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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July 3, 1896
Estimate of funds for the first quarter of 1897 amounting to $39,256.20 for support of the school and transportation of Indian supplies. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds amounting to $10,790 for regular employee pay.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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View Document: Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, First Quarter 18971.47 MB
July 3, 1896
Alfred John Standing requests authority to pay $400 for the rent of the Henderson Tract during fiscal year 1897.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Farms - Land Transactions
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Rent the Henderson Tract for the 1897 Fiscal Year289.7 KB
July 3, 1896
Alfred John Standing requests authority to spend money for Carlisle employees to visit students on outings.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Outing Program Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Spend Money Visiting Students on Outing, 1896310.88 KB
July 3, 1896
Alfred John Standing requests authority to pay $600 during the 1897 fiscal year for the rent of the Hocker Farm. Standing encloses the lease with the request that it be extended.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Farms - Land Transactions
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Standing Request Authority to Pay Rent for Hocker Farm in Fiscal Year 1897220.13 KB
July 3, 1896
Alfred John Standing requests authority to spend $7000 during the current fiscal year in transporting students to and from Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Standing Requests Authority to Spend Money on Transporting Students303.93 KB
July 7, 1896
Alfred John Standing requests authority to pay for an overage in the accounts of transporting students to and from Carlisle for the 1896 fiscal year.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Pay Overage in Account for Transporting Students in Fiscal Year 1896323.54 KB
July 8, 1896
Captain Richard H. Pratt and Assistant Superintendent A. J. Standing submit a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during June 1896. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students - Irregular Employees
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Report of Irregular Employees, June 1896761.27 KB
July 11, 1896
Richard Henry Pratt forwards teacher Fannie I. Peter's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Fannie I. Peter's Application for Annual Leave of Absence 312.16 KB
July 13, 1896
Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant cook Laura A. Dandridge's request for a 30-day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Laura A. Dandridge's Application for Annual Leave of Absence 314.26 KB
July 14, 1896
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs of the death of Anna C. Hamilton, Normal School Teacher.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Death of Anna C. Hamilton342.16 KB
July 15, 1896
Samuel Blackwell, Auditor with the Office of Auditor for the Interior Department, forwards for the purpose of renewal the lease of the Henderson Tract between R. M. Henderson, George Norcross, and Richard Henry Pratt dated August 20, 1890 to the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Farms - Land Transactions
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Samuel Blackwell Forwards Lease of Henderson Tract for Renewal335.94 KB
July 16, 1896 - July 17, 1896
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding a request to return Josephine Bissonette due to her health. Pratt includes a report from the school physician.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Request to Return Josephine Bissonette612.93 KB
July 17, 1896 - November 16, 1896
Correspondence regarding Richard Henry Pratt not re-nominating M. L. Silcott and Maud Mosher for teaching positions during the 1897 fiscal year. Pratt had not given sufficient written reasons for his decision, and so complaints were made leading…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Correspondence Regarding the Failure to Re-Nominate Two Teachers3.81 MB
July 17, 1896
Richard Henry Pratt informs W. N. Hailmann that he is not re-nominating M. L. Silcott and Maud Mosher for teaching positions at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Teachers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Informs Hailmann of Plan to Not Re-Nominate Mosher or Silcott304.26 KB
July 18, 1896
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Carrie E. Hulme's application for a 30-day leave of absence. Hulme works as a superintendent of the sewing room.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Carrie E. Hulme's Application for Leave of Absence 330.26 KB
July 18, 1896
Richard Henry Pratt forwards E. Corbett's application for a 30-day leave of absence. Corbett works as a seamstress.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: E. Corbett's Application for Leave of Absence 318.59 KB
July 21, 1896
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Ella G. Hill's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence. Hill works as a laundress.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Ella G. Hill's Application for Annual Leave of Absence 327.57 KB
July 21, 1896
Z. S. David, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for June 1896.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness, Student Deaths
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Monthly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, June 1896849.99 KB
July 22-25, 1896
Richard Henry Pratt submits plans for a laundry building along with the invitation for proposals for supplies and further requests authority to spend the money in order to erect the building.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Pratt Submits Plans and Request for Supplies for Laundry Building2.81 MB
July 22, 1896
Richard Henry Pratt requests W. N. Hailmann transfer Lizzie M. Lampson to the Carlisle Indian School. He further requests meeting with Hailmann to discuss taking the teachers from the Civil Service.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Transfer of Lizzie M. Lampson to Carlisle442.35 KB
July 24, 1896
Richard Henry Pratt forwards teamster George W. Foulk's application for a 15-day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: George W. Foulk's Application for Annual Leave of Absence 324.55 KB
July 27, 1896
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Elmer Snyder's application for a 13-day leave of absence. Snyder works as a tailor.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Elmer Snyder's Application for Leave of Absence 335.17 KB
July 27, 1896
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase a Beck microscope in order to better detect tuberculosis among students.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Authority to Purchase Beck Microscope492.04 KB
July 27, 1896 - August 20, 1896
Richard Henry Pratt requests from W. N. Hailmann that Laura deRussey Berry be placed on the active list and transferred to the Carlisle Indian School as a matron, although he seems to want to employ her as a vocal music teacher.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Laura Berry to be Transferred to Carlisle as Matron505.65 KB
July 28, 1896
Richard Henry Pratt forwards clerk Anna S. Luckenbach's application for an 18-day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Anna S. Luckenbach's Application for Annual Leave of Absence 326.6 KB