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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May 22, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant printer Levi St. Cyr's application for a 28-day leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Levi St. Cyr's Application for Leave of Absence 548.92 KB
May 25, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt requests the Office of Indian Affairs request Congress amend the law prohibiting the sale of alcohol to Indians to fix a loophole.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Alcohol Use
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Suggests Change to Law Prohibiting Sale of Alcohol to Indians800.08 KB
May 27, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt forwards harnessmaker George W. Kemp's application for a 24-day leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: George W. Kemp's Application for Leave of Absence 523.12 KB
May 27, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay the expenses in the treatment of Louisa Ance while on outing.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Authority to Pay for Treatment of Louisa Ance519.81 KB
May 29, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt forwards teacher Jessie W. Cook's application for a 46-day leave of absence, 22 days for annual leave and 24 days to attend summer school in Los Angeles, California.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Jessie W. Cook's Request for Leave of Absence545.94 KB
May 31, 1899
Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during May 1899. 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: Reports
View Document: Report of Irregular Employees, May 18991.15 MB
June 1899 - July 14, 1899
Frank M. Baker forwards a copy of the most recent record of his daughter Alice E. Baker received from the Carlisle Indian School which notes that her health is not very strong. As a result Baker requests the return of his two daughters Hattie and…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Frank Baker Requests Return of Alice and Hattie429.92 KB
June 1, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that a student joined the Forepaugh & Sells show and he requests the Office order his return if they have any connection with them.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students Running Away
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Office Order Return of Student from Show547.44 KB
June 1, 1899
Supplemental estimate of funds for the fourth quarter of 1899 amounting to $2,442.40 for beef and mutton contracts and support of the school.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Supplemental Estimate of Funds, Fourth Quarter 1899883.38 KB
June 7, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter concerning the Office exhibit at the Paris Exposition. Pratt notes that the Office exhibit would be of more interest to the colonizing people of Europe due to their colonies.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Office Letter Regarding Instructions on Paris Exhibit1014.21 KB
June 9-13, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt forwards twenty-one employees' leave of absence applications: Florence M. Carter (teacher), Mariette Wood (teacher), Jeannette L. Senseney (music teacher), Carrie E. Weekley (teacher), Jenny Ericson (sloyd teacher), O. H.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Twenty-One Requests for Leave of Absence 10.96 MB
June 12, 1899
Edwin L. Chalcraft requests that he be kept in mind if Richard Henry Pratt hears of anyone looking for a clerk in the Indian Service.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Edwin Chalcraft Requests to be Kept in Mind for Vacant Clerk Positions719.16 KB
June 12, 1899 - July 6, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt responds to request of Frank Baker to return his two daughters Hattie and Alice Baker from the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt also includes outing reports from their outing patrons.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Pratt Responds to Request to Return Hattie and Alice Baker1015.29 KB
June 13, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt sends a letter to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs advising him that he is granting Miss Jessie L. McIntire (teacher) leave of absence as she requested as long as she reports at Carlisle by September 1st. McIntire was…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Requested Approval of Jessie L. McIntire's Request for Leave of Absence 526.12 KB
June 14, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt requests update on the transfer of J. D. Sowerby before making his July nominations.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Update on Sowerby's Transfer482.69 KB
June 15, 1899
S. L. Diven, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for May 1899.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Monthly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, May 18991.25 MB
June 20, 1899
Estimate of funds for the first quarter of 1900 amounting to $54,663.28 for support of the school and for transportation of Indian supplies. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds amounting to $11,845.00 for regular employee pay. …
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, First Quarter 19001.72 MB
June 20, 1899
Richard H. Pratt submits an Estimate of Supplies for the first quarter of fiscal year 1900 amounting to $490.82 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, June 1899563.74 KB
June 20, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay student labor over the summer.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students - Irregular Employees
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Authority to Pay Students Over the Summer494.3 KB
June 20, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay $600 for the rent of the Hocker Farm during fiscal year 1900 and that the lease be renewed.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Farms - Land Transactions
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Pay Hocker Farm Rent for Fiscal Year 1900506.08 KB
June 20, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay $400 for the rent of the Henderson Tract during fiscal year 1900.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Farms - Land Transactions
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Rent the Henderson Tract for the 1900 Fiscal Year516.06 KB
June 21 - October 26, 1899
Major Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employees (William Ratley, Anne Stewart, and Ernest Robitaille), those who have left the school (George Wolfe), and those who have changed positions (James Wheelock). These reports include…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
View Document: Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees and Application, October 18992.91 MB
June 21, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant seamstress Mary E. Lininger's application for a 21-and-a-half-day leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Mary E. Lininger's Application for Annual Leave of Absence 526.94 KB
June 21, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant seamstress Susan Zeamer's application for a 28-day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Susan Zeamer's Application for Annual Leave of Absence519.37 KB
June 22, 1899 - August 18, 1899
Correspondence regarding a request for an increase in the salary of Mariette Wood to prevent her transfer to the Haskell Institute as Assistant Principal Teacher.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Correspondence Regarding Retaining Mariette Wood1 MB