Documents
The Documents section features digitized copies of documents relating to the history of the school. These documents include correspondence, graduation pamphlets, and other forms of ephemera, and have been digitized by Digital Resource Center staff. Today, these documents are preserved in a number of locations, including the Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections as well as private collections.
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Date: June 20, 1876
Amy A. Carothers writes to Doctor Cornelius Rea Agnew, thanking Agnew for his donation of five dollars to Carothers' class of Indians. Carothers also notes that Howling Wolf is under Agnew's treatment for an eye condition. Transcript included.
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Topics: Fundraising
Format: Letters/Correspondence
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Letter from Amy A. Carothers to Cornelius R. Agnew
Date: October 26, 1877
Amy A. Carothers writes to Doctor Cornelius Rea Agnew regarding the delayed admittance of some of Carothers' students to the Hampton Normal School. Carothers also requests financial support from Agnew to pay for the students' fees. Transcript included.
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Topics: Fundraising
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Letter from Amy A. Carothers to Cornelius R. Agnew
Date: August 4, 1879
Letter from Richard Henry Pratt to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ezra A. Hayt suggesting an increase in the per-student funding afforded by the government to Indian schools. Pratt also encourages the Commissioner to continue pursuing Congressional approval for the opening of an Indian school at the Carlisle Barracks.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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View Document: Per-Student Funding and Establishment of School at Carlisle
Date: September 8, 1879
Letter from Richard Henry Pratt to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, transferring his account of travel expenses from Florida. Immediately before this time, Pratt was stationed at Fort Marion in St. Augustine, Florida as a jailer for Indian prisoners-of-war.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Account for Transit Expenses from Florida
Date: September 9, 1879
List of supplies requested by Richard Henry Pratt for the school he is preparing to establish at Carlisle Barracks. Requested supplies include clothing, tools, cooking supplies, and firefighting equipment.
Pratt refers to this request list in a letter sent to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs the following day.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Supplies and Materials
Format: Letters/Correspondence