1900

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Request to Enroll Felipa Amago
January 19, 1900

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to enroll Felipa Amago, a graduate of the Perris School, as a student at the Carlisle Indian School.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Jeanette Buckles Requests Help in Transferring to Teaching Position
January 20, 1900 - February 20, 1900

Richard Henry Pratt forwards former student Jeanette Buckles' request for a transfer in the Indian Service from her current position as matron to a teaching position.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Update on Irregular Employees and Assistant Cook Position
January 20, 1900

Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the approval of irregular employees as well as the position of assistant cook.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Request for Continuance of Education of Pupils Over 21
January 22, 1900

Richard Henry Pratt requests the continuance of the education of 164 students who are over the age of 21 at the Carlisle Indian School.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Four Financial Accounts of Kickapoo Students
January 23, 1900 - April 8, 1907

Four financial accounts of members of the Kickapoo Nation showing deposits while at the Carlisle Indian School.

Format:
Financial Documents
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National Archives and Records Administration
Pratt Writes Jones for Canfield Order and Return of Descriptive Book
January 24, 1900

Richard Henry Pratt writes W. A. Jones that he hopes Bertha Canfield has been ordered to report to the Carlisle Indian School along with an increased salary. And that he desires the return of the descriptive book of the Crowell apparatus.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Request for Transfer of Bertha Canfield to take Charge of Sewing Room
January 24, 1900

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Carrie Hulme has resigned from her position as seamstress at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt requests that Bertha Canfield be transferred from the Phoenix Indian School to take charge of the sewing room.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Annual Estimate of Supplies, Fiscal Year 1900-1901
January 25, 1900

Richard H. Pratt forwards the Annual Estimate of Supplies in triplicate for fiscal year 1901 to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.

Note: The report itself was missing when this file was scanned at the National Archives. 

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Request of Office to Appoint G. M. Shelley as Tailor
January 25, 1900

Richard Henry Pratt requests the Office of Indian Affairs that G. M. Shelley be appointed to the tailor position at Carlisle with orders to report at once.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
List of Sioux Nation Students at Carlisle
January 26, 1900

Richard Henry Pratt provides a list of members of the Sioux Nation enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School per a request from the Office of Indian Affairs.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Request for A Month's Leave of Absence for Ernest Robitaille
January 26, 1900

Richard H. Pratt requests that Band Manager Ernest Robitalille's unpaid leave of absence for the month of December 1899 be approved. 

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Request to Exchange Old Remington Typewriter for Smith Premier
January 26, 1900

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority from the Office of Indian Affairs to exchange a broken Remington typewriter for a new Smith Premier. Pratt notes that the Smith Premier is now preferred by his staff and is cheaper than a new Remington.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Correction to List of Sioux Nation Students at Carlisle
January 27, 1900

Richard Henry Pratt provides a correction to the list of members of the Sioux Nation at Carlisle by noting that Hannah Hopkins is a member of the Sisseton Sioux Nation and should not have appeared in the previous list.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, January 1900
January 27, 1900

Richard H. Pratt requests a six-month supply of two dozen different blank administrative forms used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior.

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Legal and Government Documents
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National Archives and Records Administration
Charles A. Eastman's Application for Six Weeks of Sick Leave
January 29-31, 1900

R. H. Pratt requests approval for Outing Agent Dr. Charles A. Eastman's 30 day sick leave of absence and for two additional weeks of paid sick leave. Additionally, Pratt forwards School Physician S. L. Diven's certificate swearing that Eastman was sick and a letter from Diven requesting the additional two weeks of leave. Pratt and Diven state…

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Request to Purchase Various Supplies Locally
January 30, 1900

Request by Richard Henry Pratt to advertise locally for the purchase of various supplies.

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National Archives and Records Administration
Monthly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, January 1900
February 1900

S. L. Diven, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for January 1900.

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Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
Request for New Leave of Absence Morning Report Book
February 7, 1900

Richard Henry Pratt submits a request for a new Morning Report Book with 500 leave of absence forms.

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National Archives and Records Administration
Request to Increase Purchase Authority for Iron and Steel Items
February 7, 1900

Richard Henry Pratt requests that the authority for purchasing be increased for shingling hatchets and coach maker's vises due to the increase in iron and steel costs since the estimate was made a year prior.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Message for Mercer Unable to be Delivered
February 9, 1900

The Postal Telegraph-Cable Company informs W. A. Jones that William A. Mercer cannot be located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and requests a better address.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Ellen R. Dorsett's Application for Leave of Absence
February 12, 1900

Richard Henry Pratt forwards girls' manager Ellen R. Dorsett's application for a 10 day leave of absence.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Request for Balance of Hats and Fabric Ordered
February 12, 1900

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that various supplies were ordered from the New York Warehouse for the Carlisle Indian School did not include his full order. Pratt notes that he only received 40 yards of the 400 yards of kersey (a type of fabric) he ordered and no felt hats.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Request to Purchase Wire Beds to Accommodate New Students
February 13, 1900

Richard Henry Pratt notes that with new students soon to arrive there is a need to purchase 50 more woven wire beds. Pratt requests authority to purchase the beds due to their superior characterizes over what the Office of Indian Affairs supplies.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Five Indian Service Applications from Female Students
February 14-21, 1900

Four Carlisle students who will graduate this year and one student who graduated last year apply for positions in the Indian Service. Mamie Annie Ryan applies to be an assistant matron, assistant teacher, or assistant matron; Frances A. Harris applies to be a teacher or assistant matron; Rose Poodry applies to be an assistant matron; Katherine…

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Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Pratt Requests Robert Depoe's Salary be used to Repay Loan
February 14, 1900 - August 8, 1901

Richard Henry Pratt requests the Office of Indian Affairs order the Siletz U. S. Indian Agent to have money paid to Robert Depoe paid to him in order to cover a loan Pratt provided to fund Depoe's return. Pratt encloses correspondence in order to provide context to his request.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration