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…

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.

Richard Henry Pratt requests to employ former student James Flannery as an Assistant Tailor and encloses correspondence to provide context.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase various supplies to build new employee quarters along with hiring skilled laborers. Pratt includes plans for the first floor of the building.

Richard Henry Pratt requests the authority to purchase 1500 pounds of oak tanned leather on the open market due to replace the exhausted supply at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that the supply is gone due to the increase in pupils.

Alfred John Standing provides information on Antonio Apache to the Office of Indian Affairs.

Richard Henry Pratt notifies the Office of Indian Affairs that he has sent a ticket for a student from the Chippewa Nation to use to travel to Carlisle.

Richard Henry Pratt requests that a former student be appointed to the position of assistant tailor to aid with the manufacture of uniforms and clothing for 600 boys.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to transfer Miguel Maxcy to a hospital in Dakota.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay student Fred Hare for caring for three smallpox patients at the school farm house.

Richard Henry Pratt replies to Office of Indian Affairs Circular No. 36 that the cost of board at the mess of the Carlisle Indian School is $2.50 per week.

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs of the death of Bessie Barclay a teacher at the Carlisle Indian School.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase postage stamps for students to correspond with their parents and friends.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase straw hats for students on the open market due to the difficulty in purchasing the hats through contracts.

Pasquala Anderson, a member of the Mission nation in southern California and Carlisle graduate, applies to be an assistant teacher in the Indian Service. 

Richard H. Pratt forwards her application to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and endorses her in his cover letter.

Richard Henry Pratt requests two teachers to replace Sadie Newcomer and Emma Schaner whose resignations accompanies the letter.

Major Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employees (Agnes May Robbins, Lida Jones, Richard Hendricks, James D. Flannery) as well as those who have left the school (Bessie E. Barclay, Emma C. Schanes, Solomon Miller, James M. Bellows, Emma H. Bellows), and those who have changed positions (Sadie E. Newcomer). These reports include…

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Martin Wheelock has resumed his duties as of January 8, 1900.

Major Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during February 1900. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month.

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has returned Miguel Maxcy to a government hospital in Washington D.C.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards a circular disseminated by the Lincoln Institute and further comments on the writer of the pamphlet.

Richard Henry Pratt responds to a letter from the Office of Indian Affairs regarding a letter from local attorney George Hayes pertaining to a student under discipline. (The student is not identified here.) 

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has decided to enlarge the present boiler plant rather than build a new one. Pratt notes that keeping the current boilers active is cost prohibitive and recommends purchasing four new ones as well as the materials and labor to expand the plant.

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

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to cover the additional cost of the school book, Davis' Nature Studies, over what was previously authorized in the annual estimate a year ago.