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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August 6, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Band Leader James R. Wheelock's application for a twenty-four and a half-day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: James R. Wheelock's Application for Annual Leave of Absence506.73 KB
August 6, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt requests that the position of tinner and assistant disciplinarian be abolished at the Carlisle Indian School and replaced with an additional laborer and an additional teacher.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Change Various Positions at Carlisle487.03 KB
August 7, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Principal Teacher O. H. Bakeless' application for a 18-day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: O. H. Bakeless' Application for Annual Leave of Absence 518.67 KB
August 7, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt requests to have Ed. Lau permanently appointed as a carriage maker after having passed the Civil Service Commission exam.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Have Ed. Lau Permanently Appointed to Carriage Maker Position391.23 KB
August 8, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Clerk W. B. Beitzel's application for a 29-day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: W. B. Beitzel's Application for Annual Leave of Absence 520.07 KB
August 9, 1902 - August 18, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt forwards correspondence related to a request to return Roger Jamison to his home.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Provides Correspondence Related to Request to Return Roger Jamison1.43 MB
August 9, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt provides a certificate of graduation for Emily A. Clark and a recommendation.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Provides Recommendation for Emily A. Clark318.71 KB
August 9, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt requests the Office of Indian Affairs inform Superintendent Hart of Oneida Agency that he is not to interfere with the recruitment of students for the Carlisle Indian School, as he had done the previous year.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Office Direct Agent Hart Not to Interfere with Recruitment532.45 KB
August 9, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that he has instructed Siceni Nori to bring two girls from Laguna whose parents have requested that they attend Carlisle. The girls have been attending the Albuquerque Indian School…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment, Student Transfers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Two Laguna Students Brought to Carlisle633.75 KB
August 11, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt provides a recommendation and information on Jemima Wheelock Webster to the Office of Indian Affairs.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Provides Recommendation and Information for Jemima Webster389.59 KB
August 12, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt provides an overview of the 1902 fiscal year and provides an estimate for the 1904 fiscal year appropriation to the Office of Indian Affairs. Pratt focuses on the water and sewer plant at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Fiscal Year 1904 Financial Estimate1.07 MB
August 16, 1902 - September 2, 1902
Anzi W. Thomas, U. S. Indian Agent, forwards letter from Richard Henry Pratt regarding a request from Strikes Enemy for the return of his son Clair Everett from the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Thomas Forwards Letter Regarding Denial of Request to Return Clair Everett1.02 MB
August 18, 1902 - August 25, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from Samuel M. Lindsay regarding the decision that students from Puerto Rico no longer be admitted to the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students from Puerto Rico
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Decision to No Longer Enroll Students from Puerto Rico1.21 MB
August 18, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt forwards letter from Jemima Webster seeking reinstatement to the Indian Service referenced in his previous letter on August 11, 1902.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Forwards Letter from Jemima Webster Requesting Reinstatement 617.35 KB
August 19, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt requests the creation of an assistant principal teacher position and abolishing a Normal teacher position. Pratt notes that the position is needed to create continuity following the resignation of O. H. Bakeless as Principal…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Teachers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Create Assistant Principal Position387.52 KB
August 20, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt proposes abolishing the position of principal teacher following the resignation of O. H. Bakeless and requests the creation of Assistant Superintendent and Principal Teacher positions.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Creation of Assistant Superintendent and Principal Teacher Position890.4 KB
August 21, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from Charles E. Shell, Superintendent of the Greenville School, regarding Pratt's pending enrollment of a student from that area who wishes to come to Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Shell Threatens to Prevent Transfers to Carlisle794.51 KB
August 22, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt requests the promotion of Etta Knickerbacker to the position of outing manager at the Carlisle Indian School from her position as matron in Morris, Minnesota.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Promotion of Etta Knickerbacker312.84 KB
August 23, 1902
Telegram from Richard Henry Pratt confirming his confirmation his telephone conversation with the Commissioner of Indian Affairs requesting transfer of Mrs. Foster of the Klamath School to the assistant matron position at Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Confirms Conversation Authorizing Transfer of Foster to Carlisle311.05 KB
August 23, 1902 - August 25, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a request from Karl E. Enteman and requests that he be dropped from the assignments to Carlisle due to his request to delay his appointment. Pratt also requests additional names from the Civil Service Commission of…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Karl Enteman's be Dropped from Carlisle Assignments631.21 KB
August 25, 1902 - January 18, 1906
William A. Mercer responds to the request of Oscar Hodgkiss for the return of his two children, Noel Hodgkiss and Ida May Sawyer, due to their health from the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Mercer Responds to Request to Return Noel Hodgkiss and Ida Sawyer3.04 MB
August 25, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Etta Knickerbacker has accepted the position of Outing Matron. Pratt also forwards a request of Superintendent Brown in replacing Knickerbacker with Mrs. Pierson of Petoskey, Michigan…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Informs Office of Knickerbacker's Acceptance of Outing Matron Position332.34 KB
August 28 - September 1, 1902
Richard H. Pratt recommends that former student Delia Webster be appointed as the assistant matron at the Greenwood School in South Dakota. Pratt forwards Webster's application to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and endorses her in his cover…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Application for Employment from Delia Webster1.15 MB
August 28, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt provides information on Earl Jennings (referred to here as Earl Sweeney) to the Office of Indian Affairs.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Information on Earl Jennings Related to Admission586.18 KB
September 1, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt proposes to the Office of Indian Affairs to revert the Outing Matron title back to Matron with the appointment of Etta Knickerbacker. Pratt states that an assistant matron will take on the outing duties.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Proposes Reverting Outing Matron Title to Matron595.44 KB