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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January 26, 1881 - January 27, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a report on the health of the newly arrived Creek students from the school physician C. H. Hepburn. Hepburn indicates four students who have been physically affected by previous illness and comments on the age of the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Report of Medical Examination of Newly-Arrived Creek Students686.97 KB
January 28, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt objects to the gender imbalance among two incoming student groups from L. J. Miles and from the Northern Arapaho. He notes that the work details of the school are divided among the sexes and depends on an equal number of girls…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Objection to Present Composition of Arriving Students2.41 MB
January 28, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt requests from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that both L. J. Miles and E. Ballon should bring as many girls as boys to Carlisle otherwise they should not come. He notes that there are at present proportionately too many…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Enrollment Preferences
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Recruit an Equal Number of Girls273.17 KB
January 29, 1881
George L. Davenport, the Indian Agent at the Sac and Fox Agency in Tama, Iowa, notes that ex-Agent Trask's recommendation to enroll Jim Poweshiek at Carlisle is inadvisable. Davenport notes that Jim is 26 years old with a wife and child and can…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Agent Response to Enrolling Sac and Fox Student at Carlisle299.87 KB
January 29, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt recommends returning two students from the Sioux Nation. The first is Lawrence due to ill health and the second is Philip Good Voice due to a request from his father and his current home sickness which may lead to poor health…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Permission to Return Two Sioux Students Home457.91 KB
January 31, 1881
L. J. Miles, the Indian Agent at the Osage Agency, requests that if convenient when he accompanies Cheyenne children to Carlisle that the leave from Arkansas City and go through Chicago.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Transportation of Cheyenne Students to Carlisle709.67 KB
February 4, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a the lease and contract for the Parker Farm. The lease and contract stipulate how the government will farm under the lease.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Farms - Land Transactions
View Document: Parker Farm Lease2.12 MB
February 9, 1881 - February 17, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a report from the Carlisle School physician C. H. Hepburn on the health of students recently arrived from the Cheyenne, Arapaho, and Pueblo Nations to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Physician's Report on Cheyenne, Arapaho, and Pueblo Students392.58 KB
February 9, 1881 - February 16, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a copy of a letter from Archibald Young - writing from Toronto, Canada - who is seeking information on the Carlisle Indian School as he is thinking of instituting a school on a similar basis. Pratt asks the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Information on Carlisle from Toronto549.06 KB
February 10, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt notes that the Carlisle Herald and Valley Sentinel of Carlisle have the two largest circulations of the local papers and would be the best to advertise for material costs. He provides estimates for lumber; masonry excavation…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Advertising in Local Papers for Supplies346.56 KB
February 10, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt requests the authority to hire an office clerk at forty dollars a month. This is in addition to a request to hire a teacher at forty-five dollars a month due to the arrival of sixteen Cheyenne and Arapaho students who attend…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Hire a Clerk and Teacher486.04 KB
February 11, 1881
Envelope wrap detailing three miscellaneous receipts from Richard H. Pratt.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Miscellaneous
View Document: Treasury Department Wrap for Three Miscellaneous Receipts128.96 KB
February 12, 1881
U.S. Indian Agent for the La Pointe Agency, S. E. Mahan, writes that both Joseph Martin and Moses White are healthy and would meet the requirements for admission to the Carlisle School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Enroll Joseph Martin and Moses White288.57 KB
February 15, 1881 - March 2, 1881
W. J. Cleveland writes to Richard Henry Pratt seeking clarification on the government's policy in regards to sending children home prior to their term of enrollment ending. Cleveland writes that since Spotted Tail was given permission to pay the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Clarification Sought on Sending Children Home Early537.99 KB
February 15, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt notes that there is an immediate need to return home Lawrence due to a decline in his health. If their proposed escort cannot leave soon then Pratt advises having a conductor accompany Lawrence and Philip Good Voice. However,…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Immediate Need to Send Home Lawrence283.65 KB
February 17, 1881
E. Ballan writes to add additional students to the party to be sent to Carlisle. He writes that an interpreter would like to send his son along with another from the Shoshone Nation and had previously received permission from the Indian Agent. In…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Ballan Seeks to Increase Number of Students Sent to Carlisle694.43 KB
February 19, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt replies to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the arrangement between the Carlisle Indian School and Richard Parker regarding the Parker Farm. Pratt states the share of the crop to be obtained by the Government this…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Farms - Land Transactions
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Clarifies Details of Lease of the Parker Farm in 1881491.12 KB
February 19, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt seeks additional funding to purchase food to meet the requirements outlined by the school surgeon for ill children, including butter, milk, and eggs.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Medical Care at School, Food and Dining
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Additional Funds to Purchase Food for Ill Children357.6 KB
February 19, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt seeks an additional $300 for returning students to their homes in Indian Territory. He notes that fulfilling the obligations already authorized by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs would exhaust his current funding.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel Departing
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Seeks Funds for Traveling Expenses to Return Students Home297.42 KB
February 19, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt seeks to increase the clothing budget of the Carlisle School by $500 due to additional students arriving in the current quarter.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Increase Clothing Budget358.58 KB
February 19, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt submits a "Special" Estimate of Funds form amounting to $3,397.37 for areas covering supplies, the farm, shops, clothing, funding expenses, and contingencies.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Special Estimate of Funds, First Quarter 18811.03 MB
February 24, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt suggests that the Indian Office arrange transportation for Lawrence and Philip Good Voice to return home under the care of Dr. Faulkner. He notes that he has not been provided orders Sioux City and Pacific Rail Road which is…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Indian Office Arrange Transportation for Return of Sioux Students302.57 KB
February 25, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt seeks authority to send Dora home to the Rosebud Agency with Dr. Faulkner.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Authority to Send Dora, Daughter of Brave Bull, Home273.82 KB
February 28, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt forwards the report of school physican C. H. Hepburn on the health of the newly arrived students from the Osage Nation. Pratt notes that the students are quite satisfactory with the exception that are too few girls.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Physician's Report on Newly-Arrived Osage Students574.15 KB
February 28, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter forwards the lease of the Parker Farm and states that Mary P. McKeehan is a widow.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Farms - Land Transactions
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Forwards Lease for the Parker Farm299.16 KB