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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June 11, 1904
Copy of War Department orders relieving Richard Henry Pratt as Superintendent of the Carlisle Indian School and appointing William A. Mercer as Superintendent.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: War Department Orders Relieving Pratt of Duty as Superintendent492.7 KB
April 25 - June 14, 1904
Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists employees who have left the school (James C. Scott). The report includes position title, salary, date of departure, and reason for departure. Scott's resignation letter is attached.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Descriptive Statements of Changes in School Employees and Resignations, June 1904529.85 KB
June 14, 1904
E. A. Hitchcock, Secretary of the Interior, directs W. A. Jones to instruct Richard Henry Pratt to turn over all government property to William A. Mercer.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Hitchcock Instructs Jones to Order Pratt to Turn Over Government Property451.22 KB
June 15, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant matron Joanna R. Speer's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Joanna R. Speer's Application for Annual Leave of Absence 523.78 KB
June 15, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt forwards M. I. Zeigler's application for a 27-day annual leave of absence. Zeigler works as an instructor in harness-making.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: M. I. Zeigler's Application for Annual Leave of Absence505.62 KB
June 17, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant carpenter John A. Herr's application for a 27-day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: John A. Herr's Application for Annual Leave of Absence532.64 KB
June 17, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt responds to a bill forwarded to him from J. A. Hefflefinger for goods purchased by student Walter Komah. Pratt details the school's policy regarding student financial accounts and makes a recommendation to Hefflefinger on how…
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Topics: Student Savings Accounts, Local Businesses
View Document: Pratt Responds to Bill from J. A. Hefflefinger348.71 KB
June 17, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt forwards William Normast's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence. Normast works as an instructor in tailoring.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: William Normast's Application for Annual Leave of Absence528.69 KB
June 18, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant seamstress Beckie L. Goodyear's request for a 23-day leave of absence due to the illness and death of her mother.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Beckie L. Goodyear's Request for Leave of Absence529.87 KB
June 22, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs of the death of Anastasia Achwack. (Family have indicated that the proper spelling of her last name should be Ashouwak.) He further requests authority to pay for her burial.
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Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Deaths
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Death of Anastasia Ashouwak480.55 KB
June 23, 1904
Richard H. Pratt forwards applications of three employees for leave of absence: E. Corbett (assistant seamstress), Susan Zeamer (assistant seamstress), and Mary E. Lininger (seamstress).
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Three Applications for Leave of Absence1.66 MB
June 24, 1904
Superintendent Richard H. Pratt informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that if Emma A. Cutter and Jeannette L. Senseney cannot get immediate approval to attend their desired summer schools, they would like to make other arrangements.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Attention Called to Two Requests to Attend Summer School504.78 KB
June 27-28, 1904
Superintendent Richard H. Pratt forwards teacher Cora B. Hawk's letter stating that she is taking three courses at summer school in Chicago: Primary Methods, Nature Study, and American History.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Cora B. Hawk's Summer School Coursework678.75 KB
June 27, 1904 - July 8, 1904
William A. Mercer responds to a complaint of Harwood Hall, Superintendent of the Riverside School, regarding correspondence between Charles Lamar, Bandleader at Carlisle, and Riverside student John Morongo, which Hall interpreted as an attempt to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Mercer Responds to Complaint of Harwood Hall1.59 MB
June 28, 1904
Superintendent Richard H. Pratt requests approval of two days leave to the five employees traveling to St. Louis to attend an "institute." Pratt adds that Carrie E. Weekley (matron) can no longer go on the trip.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Addition of Two Days of Leave of Absence to Travel to St. Louis Institute491.5 KB
June 30, 1904
Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees and includes details on their compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked at the school in June 1904. Pratt distinguishes between the employees, whose names…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students - Irregular Employees
Format: Reports
View Document: Report of Irregular Employees, June 19042.03 MB
June 30, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that the Carlisle Indian School exceeded its authority for returning students to their homes by $1248.61. As a result Pratt requests authority to spend that sum in the last quarter of…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel Departing
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Cover Exceeded Authority in Returning Students to their Homes465.01 KB
June 30, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to drop from his property return three musical instruments which were exchanged for a concert flute and upright bass tuba. Pratt notes the exchange was necessary as the old instruments were not needed and…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Drop Exchanged Instruments from Property Returns373.17 KB
June 30, 1904
Richard H. Pratt submits a statement of cost form that lists the total amounts for subsistence, clothing, school materials and furnishings, light and fuel, miscellaneous expenses, new buildings and repairs, the value of subsistence raised by…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Statement of Cost of Employees and Issues and Expenditures, June 1904486.23 KB
July 1 - September 21, 1904
Captain W. A. Mercer forwards certificates of attendance at summer school for fifteen employees: Ella G. Hill (laundry manager), Minnie L. Ferree and Effie Moul (assistant matrons), Margaret O. Eckert (seamstress), Anne H. Stewart (sloyd teacher…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Certificates of Attendance at Summer School7.78 MB
July 1, 1904
William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has assumed command of the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Mercer Assumes Command of the Carlisle Indian School388.02 KB
July 1904
S. L. Diven, the school physician, compiles the sanitary report for the quarter ending on June 30, 1904.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness, Student Deaths
Format: Reports
View Document: Quarterly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, June 19041.17 MB
July 2, 1904 - August 31, 1904
F. W. Browntree writes the Office of Indian Affairs regarding the resignation of Richard Henry Pratt from the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Pratt Resignations
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Browntree Writes Against Pratt's Resignation1.74 MB
July 2, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter directing him to deposit the unexpended balance of his funds for the fiscal year. Pratt notes various contracts regarding work to be done on buildings.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Authority to Turn Over Funds to Meet Contracts649.06 KB
July 2-8, 1904
Superintendent W. A. Mercer returns assistant printer Genus E. Baird's corrected application for a 23-day leave of absence due to sickness. Included is an explanatory cover letter.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Return of Genus Baird's Leave of Absence Request923.6 KB