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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April 4, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay six individuals to work the entire day at the school farms of the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt also requests to purchase 200 pairs of shoes on the open market.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Pay Six All Day Workers at the School Farms569.33 KB
April 4, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase 300 bushels of potatoes for the kitchen and planting at the school farm.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase Potatoes for 1901530.45 KB
April 5, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that nine graphophone records were considered satisfactory.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Academic Supplies
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Informs Office of Satisfactory Graphophone Records583.44 KB
April 6, 1901
Estimate of funds for the fourth quarter of 1901 amounting to $12,890.00 for regular employee pay.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, Fourth Quarter 19011010.83 KB
April 6, 1901
Richard H. Pratt submits an Estimate of Supplies for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 1901 amounting to $493.80 and requests to purchase those items in the open market. The form includes the items being requested, the quantity, the estimated…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Estimate of Supplies, April 1901537.04 KB
April 6, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt requests immediate authority to purchase five horses for the new school farm for plowing during good weather.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Immediately Purchase Five Horses for New Farm384.01 KB
April 10, 1901
Lt. Col. Richard H. Pratt sends telegram requesting extra sheets for abstract and property return forms that had not been delivered despite being ordered in January and March. Pratt advises the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that he cannot make…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Office Supplies
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, April 1901375.7 KB
April 11, 1901
W. A. Jones requests A. C. Tonner to order Richard Henry Pratt to report to the Chicago Warehouse at once.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Commissioner Instructs Office to Order Pratt to Report to Chicago365.24 KB
April 11, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to have a telephone placed at the Kutz Farm connected with the general exchange and the school at the cost of $18 per year. Pratt notes that the phone can be attached to the line on the Hocker Farm.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Utilities
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Authority to Place Telephone on Kutz Farm576.78 KB
April 12, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office that letters have been sent by Patrick Miguel to three individuals. The content of those letters is not discussed.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Informs Office of Letters Sent by Patrick Miguel544.49 KB
April 12, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he recommends all the probationary appointees currently on the rolls for permanent employment.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Recommends All Probationary Employees for Permanent Employment479.32 KB
April 12, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he would prefer to discuss the school physician position at the Carlisle Indian School closer to the close of the fiscal year.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Medical Staff
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Discuss School Physician Position Closer to End of Fiscal Year312.78 KB
April 12, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs that he can send a student to preside over the Indian exhibit at Buffalo.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Student Available to Preside Over Exhibit in Buffalo561.52 KB
April 13 - August 2, 1901
Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists all school employees (W. B. Beitzel, Fannie I. Peter, S. J. Nori, W. H. Miller, Nellie V. Robertson, W. Grant Thompson, O. H. Bakeless, Kate S. Bowersox, Emma A. Cutter, Mariette Wood, Jessie W. Cook,…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
April 13, 1901
Marianna Burgess forwards four labels printed by a student at the Carlisle Indian School and recommends they be paid an additional 40 cents.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Printing Department, Student Wages
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Recommendation to Send Additional Pay for Printing Labels928.59 KB
April 15, 1901
Alfred John Standing requests authority to purchase an additional five tons of hay for dairy cows and 250 bushels of oats for planting and feeding the new horses.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase Hay and Oats in 1901557.02 KB
April 21, 1901 - April 26, 1901
Lida Jones requests a transfer as a teacher to a Western School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Lida Jones Requests Transfer to Western School735.58 KB
April 21, 1901 - July 3, 1901
Lida Jones submits her request for a transfer to a Western School along with recommendations and Richard Henry Pratt's approval.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Lida Jones Requests Transfer to Western School in July 19013.73 MB
April 22, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a supplemental requesition for stationary for twenty-four quarts of writing ink for immediate delivery.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Supplemental Requisition for Stationery, April 1901565.07 KB
April 25, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant superintendent A. J. Standing's application for a 30 day leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Alfred J. Standing's Application for Leave of Absence540 KB
April 26, 1901 - May 2, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from Lizzie Hill Tyndall and Joel Tyndall requesting a position for Lizzie at the Omaha Schools. Pratt further provides a recommendation for Lizzie.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Provides Information and Recommendation for Lizzie Hill Tyndall630.68 KB
April 27, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt provides statistics related to the industrial departments including the sewing room, tailor shop, shoe shop, tin shop, harness shop, blacksmith and carriage shop, printing office, and the laundry over the previous twelve…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Industrial Department Output for 1900-1901844.07 KB
April 30, 1901 - May 6, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from James I. Cochrane, Principal of the Mekusukey Academy, requesting Carlisle enroll a member of the Seminole Nation.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: James Cochrane Requests Carlisle Enroll Seminole Student2.08 MB
April 30, 1901
Lt. Colonel Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during April 1901. 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, April 1901562.34 KB
April 30, 1901 - August 14, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt requests the Commissioner of Indian Affairs write to the Governor of Montana to have Little Whirlwind transferred to the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt encloses documents from the Indian Rights Association claiming Little…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to have Little Whirlwind Transferred to Carlisle1.83 MB