Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase 1000 bushels of potatoes due to drought causing a decrease in the yield of potatoes at the school farm.
1900
![Request to Purchase 1000 Bushels of Potatoes in 1900 Request to Purchase 1000 Bushels of Potatoes in 1900](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1841_50625_0001.jpg?itok=TZBF6C3X)
![Request to Purchase 400 Linen Bedspreads Request to Purchase 400 Linen Bedspreads](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1841_50622_0001.jpg?itok=Qf7czWT1)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase 400 linen bedspreads as used by the United States hospital service.
![Request to Purchase Roof Paint and Pay Skilled Labor Request to Purchase Roof Paint and Pay Skilled Labor](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1841_50624_0001.jpg?itok=FPJxbqoz)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase enamel roof paint as well as other supplies in addition to paying various skilled laborers.
![Request to Purchase Special Materials for Department Orders Request to Purchase Special Materials for Department Orders](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1841_50626_0001.jpg?itok=tdqTUu0D)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase on the open market special materials needed for Office of Indian Affairs orders for manufacturing wagons and harness.
![Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, Second Quarter 1901 Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, Second Quarter 1901](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1840_50476_c1736.jpg?itok=S4Exhf64)
Estimate of funds for the second quarter of 1901 amounting to $29,290.21 for support of the school. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds amounting to $12,890.00 for regular employee pay.
![Marion W. De Loss Requests Transfer as a Clerk Marion W. De Loss Requests Transfer as a Clerk](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1840_50289_0001.jpg?itok=A1sbcz7k)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from Marion W. De Loss requesting a transfer to a Western or Southern School as a clerk.
![Request to Increase Authority for Apple Bid Request to Increase Authority for Apple Bid](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1840_50271_0002.jpg?itok=i8B22LN9)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that the best price he can get for apples is $1.50 per barrel. Notes that he will request authority be amended.
![Request to Purchase Kuhn Formaldehyde Generator and Wood Alcohol Request to Purchase Kuhn Formaldehyde Generator and Wood Alcohol](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1844_52475_0001.jpg?itok=SYXKo8KP)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs of a measles outbreak at the Carlisle Indian School and diphtheria outbreak in the borough of Carlisle. As a result he requests authority to purchase the Kuhn Formaldehyde Generator along with a 55 gallon barrel of wood alcohol for use as a disinfectant to prevent further outbreaks.
![Three Reports on Leave of Absence Three Reports on Leave of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1845_53074_0001.jpg?itok=D31YcWur)
Richard Henry Pratt advises the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that Florence M. Carter and Agnes M. Robbins, who were granted a leave of absence without pay, have returned. Lida B. Given has gone on a leave of absence of three months but is not due to return yet.
![Property Accounts, October 1900 Property Accounts, October 1900](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1847_54239_0002.jpg?itok=DYqdk90J)
Richard H. Pratt lists the property accounts for the first quarter of fiscal year 1901 and forwards them to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
![Report of Irregular Employees, October 1900 Report of Irregular Employees, October 1900](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1849_54864_c1852.jpg?itok=eWJvGXkh)
Major Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during October 1900. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month.
![Documents Related to Purchase of Kutz Farm by Government Documents Related to Purchase of Kutz Farm by Government](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1891_10299_c2210.jpg?itok=LpXblvih)
A. C. Tonner, Acting Commissioner of the Office of Indian Affairs, forwards correspondence connected to the Kutz Farm, a survey of the land, and copy of the act of the Pennsylvania Legislature authorizing the purchase of the U.S. Government of the Kutz Farm to the Secretary of the Interior. The correspondence covers the difficulty in…
![Pratt Requests Authority to Purchase Additional Food for 1900 Holiday Dinners Pratt Requests Authority to Purchase Additional Food for 1900 Holiday Dinners](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1847_54180_0001.jpg?itok=pCAPmPKc)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase additional turkeys, fruits, nuts, and other food items for a Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner for the students of the Carlisle Indian School.
![Pratt Endorses Dispersal of Orlando Kenworthy's Annuity Pratt Endorses Dispersal of Orlando Kenworthy's Annuity](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1848_54411_0002_0.jpg?itok=mLxF_iWe)
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the request of Orlando Kenworthy to have his annuity payment paid to him in order to have it earn interest at the Carlisle Indian School bank.
![Request for Additional Money for Sloyd Department Request for Additional Money for Sloyd Department](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1849_55290_0001.jpg?itok=mt8g_q0e)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to spend an additional $4.22 for purchases of sloyd benches and materials above his previous request.
![Response to Inquiry into Whereabouts of George Jimeson Response to Inquiry into Whereabouts of George Jimeson](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1849_55291_0002.jpg?itok=Kf_gPdyC)
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an inquiry from Louisa John that her son George Jimeson is at the Carlisle Indian School having transferred from the Lincoln Institute. His letters home were addressed to Louisa Jimeson.
![Request for Authority for Funds for Supplies in November 1900 Request for Authority for Funds for Supplies in November 1900](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1850_55580_0002.jpg?itok=PD7nry2U)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has not received notice regarding a requisition for funds from his estimate of funds required for the 1901 second quarter. In particular, he notes, the need for certain supplies that are urgently needed and some of which have already been purchased.
![Monthly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, October 1900 Monthly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, October 1900](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1850_55581_c1868.jpg?itok=ALTalWIB)
S. L. Diven, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for October 1900.
![Pratt Provides Recommendation for Alice Lambert Otto Pratt Provides Recommendation for Alice Lambert Otto](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1856_58728_0003.jpg?itok=Pymp8td4)
Richard Henry Pratt provides information and a recommendation for Alice Lambert Otto for a position in the Indian Service. Pratt additionally forwards Otto's letter to him.
![Request to Purchase Boat's Worth of Coal Request to Purchase Boat's Worth of Coal](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1851_56177_0001.jpg?itok=uhaV8fKN)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase one canal boat worth of anthracite coal at $1.72 per ton.
![Hitchcock Orders Return of Children of Mrs. J. F. Hoover Hitchcock Orders Return of Children of Mrs. J. F. Hoover](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1852_56528_0002.jpg?itok=OCXNYZjM)
E. A. Hitchcock, Secretary of the Interior, instructs the W. A. Jones to have Richard Henry Pratt return the children of Mrs. J. F. Hoover from the Carlisle Indian School.
![Pratt Requests Fort Hall Agency Annuity Payments be Sent to Carlisle Pratt Requests Fort Hall Agency Annuity Payments be Sent to Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1855_57969_0002.jpg?itok=MOT19IfH)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards letter from A. F. Caldwell, U.S. Indian Agent for the Fort Hall Agency, of students who are eligible to receive annuity payments. Pratt requests their money to be sent to Carlisle where it can be placed in their student accounts.
![Descriptive Statements of Changes in School Employees, November 1900 Descriptive Statements of Changes in School Employees, November 1900](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1854_57589_c1930.jpg?itok=TgjOR3lZ)
Major Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employees (George E. Hollenbaugh and Eugene Warren), those who have left the school (Martin Wheelock), and those who have changed positions (George E. Snyder). The reports include position title, salary, date of departure, and reason for departure.
![Lida B. Given's Return from Leave of Absence Lida B. Given's Return from Leave of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1854_57590_0001.jpg?itok=5yiNXH5u)
Richard Henry Pratt advises the Commissioner of Indian Affairs of Lida B. Given's (matron) return to duty.
![Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, November 1900 Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, November 1900](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1854_57591_0001.jpg?itok=DlOODRSe)
Richard H. Pratt requests a month supply of 20 blank account current sheets and 50 memorandum books used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior.