Richard Henry Pratt requests Commissioner of Indian Affairs R. E. Trowbridge's authority to spend $250 to purchase and manufacture clothing for the current quarter.
Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives microfilm reels (M234), which were filmed from the original documents found in Record Group 75, Entry 79, "Letters…
Richard Henry Pratt calls attention to his request for $1,000 to purchase supplies to manufacture clothing.
Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives microfilm reels (M234), which were filmed from the original documents found in Record Group 75, Entry 79, "Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-80."
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase two tailor's heavy Singer sewing machines amounting to $70 for the school's tailor shop.
Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives microfilm reels (M234), which were filmed from the original documents found in Record Group 75, Entry 79, "Letters Received by the Office of…
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that his students are very hard on their clothes and that many of them have outgrown their clothing from a year ago. He requests to spend $2,000 on materials needed to manufacture new uniforms for his current students as well as new students from the Navajo and Pueblo Nations.
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Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that the Carlisle Indian School can supply a suit for Komalta at the same price they furnished for the Cheyennes.
Edgar A. Allen responds to the complaints of John Susep and J. Frederick Nicholar against disciplinarian W. G. Thompson.
The typed transcript of William Nonast's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Nonast taught tailoring at the school.
In his testimony Nonast details how many students work in his shop at any one time and explains why few students go on to work in his trade.
In the published version of…