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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November 3, 1896
S. L. Diven, the acting school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for October 1896.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Monthly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, October 18961.23 MB
November 12, 1896
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during October 1896. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students - Irregular Employees
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Report of Irregular Employees, October 1896787.34 KB
November 14, 1896 - November 20, 1896
Alfred John Standing responds to requests from two local citizens that former student William Lone Wolf be returned to his home in Oklahoma after sustaining injuries while working in Erie, Pennsylvania.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Standing Responds to Request to Return William Lone Wolf1.22 MB
November 16, 1896 - February 15, 1897
Correspondence regarding an article written and published by Richard Henry Pratt attacking the Civil Service Commission in the Indian School Service.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Correspondence Regarding Pratt Attacking Civil Service in Red Man Article5.29 MB
November 18, 1896
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase 524 pairs of boys and men's shoes due to the ongoing construction work at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase 524 Pairs of Shoes213.66 KB
November 21, 1896
Richard Henry Pratt forwards check for M. L. Silcott as directed by the orders of the Office of Indian Affairs.
A note indicates that the check was delivered to M. L. Silcott on November 23, 1896.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Forwards Check for M. L. Silcott300.92 KB
November 27 - December 2, 1896
J. O. Brown, Pittsburgh Department of Safety, requests the assistance of the Secretary of War in addressing two runaway students from the Carlisle Indian School whom Richard Henry Pratt wishes to be treated as vagrants.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students Running Away
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pittsburgh Police Request Assistance in Return of Two Runaway Students917.88 KB
December 4, 1896
Richard Henry Pratt provides the context of his actions to the Office of Indian Affairs regarding his request to the Pittsburgh Police Department treat two runaway students as vagrants.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Request for Pittsburgh Police Request for Assistance610.32 KB
December 9, 1896
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during November 1896. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students - Irregular Employees
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Report of Irregular Employees, November 1896709.89 KB
December 12, 1896
Captain Richard H. Pratt requests a six-month supply of 150 blank extra sheets for abstracts A-E forms used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Supplemental Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, December 1896320.65 KB
December 22-24, 1896
John T. Doyle, the Secretary of the Civil Service Commission, forwards to the Secretary of the Interior the name of one woman (Jeannette L. Senseney) who are eligible to fill the vacant music teacher position at the Carlisle Indian School. The…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Eligible Candidate for Music Teacher Position528.11 KB
December 31, 1896
Richard Henry Pratt responds to a request of Henry K. Cooper for the return of Caroline Peters from the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Request to Return Caroline Peters Home355.29 KB
January 1897 - February 5, 1897
David R. Francis forwards a copy of the Red Man Vol. XIV No. 2 to the Office of Indian Affairs. Francis highlights an article concerning the civil service in the Indian School Service.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Indian School System, School Newspapers
Format: Newspapers and Magazines
View Document: The Red Man (Vol. 14, No. 2)5.36 MB
January 5, 1897
Richard Henry Pratt requests the Office of Indian Affairs appoint an Indian woman, Mrs. Peters, as an assistant laundress if no action has already been taken.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Laundry
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Office Appoint Peters as Assistant Laundress287.78 KB
January 7, 1897
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during December 1896. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students - Irregular Employees
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Report of Irregular Employees, December 1896805.31 KB
January 8, 1897
Z. S. David, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary reports for November and December 1896.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Monthly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, November-December 18961.21 MB
January 8, 1897
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs of his plans to employ various teachers using non-Governmental funds to comply with Civil Service regulations.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Informs Office of Non-Governmental Funds to Employ Teachers391.37 KB
January 9, 1897
Richard Henry Pratt responds to a letter from W. N. Hailmann regarding Joel Tyndall as a candidate for a job in the Indian Service.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Provides Recommendation for Joel Tyndall296.23 KB
January 11, 1897
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority from the Office of Indian Affairs to purchase various school books and supplies in January 1897.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Academic Supplies, Books Used at School
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase School Books and Supplies in 1897666.41 KB
January 13, 1897
Estimate of funds for the third quarter of 1897 amounting to $14,916.61 for support of the school and for transportation of Indian supplies. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds amounting to $10,345.00 for regular employee pay. …
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, Third Quarter 18971.51 MB
January 13, 1897
Richard H. Pratt submits an Estimate of Supplies for the third quarter of fiscal year 1897 amounting to $254.55 and requests to purchase those items in the open market. The form includes the items being requested, the quantity, the estimated cost…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Estimate of Supplies, January 1897651.17 KB
January 13, 1897
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay for freight on supplies purchased either by the Office of Indian Affairs or Pratt for the Carlisle Indian School on points not covered by transportation contracts.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Pay for Freight on Supplies Purchased for School463.44 KB
January 13, 1897
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay for traveling expenses involved in visiting students on outing.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Outing Program Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Pay for Travel Expenses in Visiting Outing Students471.03 KB
January 13, 1897
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to spend $100 to make repairs to buildings, water and steam pipes, and machinery at the Carlisle Indian School before the end of the fiscal year.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Pay for Various Repairs at the Carlisle Indian School in 1897470.13 KB
January 13, 1897
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase various supplies on the open market including upper leather, dried compressed yeast, Saunder's Pipe Cutting Machinery, and various field and garden seeds.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase Various Supplies in January 1897485.3 KB