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 31, 1887
Joseph Vetter requests the help of C. H. Grover, U.S. Indian Agent for the Pottawatomi and Great Nemaha Agency, in regards to his and his sister's inheritance from their father. In addition, he requests the return of his sister Josie from the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Joseph Vetter Seeks Assistance in Obtaining Inheritance and Return of Sister1.09 MB
February 12, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt provides a list of property which has become unserviceable and requests authority from the Office of Indian Affairs to drop them from his property returns.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
February 12, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt requests to be sent two crusts vaccine viruses in order to vaccinate new students.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Vaccine be Sent for New Students388.92 KB
February 14, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to return George Hill and Flora Well Known to Custer, Montana before their terms of enrollment expire. Pratt makes this request due to a job offer to the students from the Unitarian Board which is setting up…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return George Hill and Flora Well Known815.85 KB
February 18, 1887
Pratt telegraphs that General J. F. B. Marshall urges that Flora Well Known and George Hill depart soon so that they can be employed as teachers in the Crow School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Departure of Flora Well Known and George Hill Urged386.42 KB
February 18, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt forwards the descriptive statement of pupils transported to the Carlisle Indian School from Odanah, Wisconsin and Laguna, New Mexico in January 1887.
Note: The descriptive statement itself was missing.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Enrollment Lists
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Forwards Descriptive Statement of Pupils Arriving in January 1887442.5 KB
February 19, 1887
Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for March 1887. Pratt also includes details on compensation, position title, and the number of workdays required for the month.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Irregular Employees Required for March 1887408.4 KB
February 22, 1887 - March 26, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt responds to a letter from George W. Scott, Superintendent of the Fort Stevenson, who had requested Pratt recommend a student to oversee the newly created harness shop at the Fort Stevenson School. Pratt responds that he does…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Recommendation on Filling Harness Shop at Fort Stevenson School1.77 MB
February 23, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to return Thomas Kester and Lena Black Bear to their homes due to ill health. Pratt indicates that the school has carried them through the poor weather but believes that a change will be beneficial.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Lena Black Bear and Thomas Kester626.19 KB
February 23, 1887
Charles Robinson, the Superintendent of the Haskell Institute, forwards a copy of a letter he sent to Richard Henry Pratt regarding a request to return Louis Bayhylle due to his father's illness. Robinson states that Baptiste Bayhylle is…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Louis Bayhylle to Pawnee Agency824.62 KB
February 28, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt replies to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding Myrtie Tallchief. Pratt informs the Office that on July 27, 1885 all of the Osage students at Carlisle were transferred to Martinsburg, Pennsylvania including Myrtie…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Transfers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Office Letter Regarding Myrtie Tallchief431.04 KB
February 28, 1887
H. F. Bond, the Superintendent of the Montana Industrial School for Indians, responds to the objections of the Office of Indian Affairs for allowing Flora Well Known and George to leave Carlisle early and to enter employment at the school as…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Response to Objection of Employment of Flora Well Known and George Hill700.23 KB
March 14, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt provides the Office of Indian Affairs with a note that General J. F. B. Marshall has written the Office regrading George Hill and Flora Well Known. Pratt further asks for instructions from the Office.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Instructions Sought in Case of Flora Well Known and George Hill374.13 KB
March 14, 1887 - March 18, 1887
Nellie Londrosh writes to Richard Henry Pratt seeking his help in fulfilling her appointment as an assistant teacher at the Winnebago Industrial School. Londrosh documents that she arrived without orders and the Superintendent refused to place…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Nellie Londrosh Seeks Assistance in Appointment of Winnebago Industrial School967.19 KB
March 21, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt seeks authority to send home Millie Yellow Bear to accompany Lena Black Bear, who is ill. In addition he notes that he has delayed sending Thomas Kester home due to his coming down with a case of the mumps.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Authority Sought in Return of Lena Black Bear and Minnie Yellow Bear636.04 KB
March 21, 1887 - November 27, 1923
Documents pertaining to the United States Government's purchase of the Parker Farm. Included are a copy of the deed transferring title to the Government, other prior deeds, abstract of the title, map outlining the tract of land, copy of an act of…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Farms - Land Transactions
View Document: Documents Related to Purchase of the Parker Farm by the Government14.49 MB
March 21, 1887
Estimate of funds for the second quarter of 1887 amounting to $10,539.30 for support of the school.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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View Document: Estimate of Funds, Second Quarter 1887795.32 KB
March 21, 1887
Cover letter for papers related to the Parker farm and the purchase of mulch.
Note: A document in this file indicates the papers are filed with RG 75, Entry 91, box 393, 1887-#12555.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Files Related to the Parker Farm524.69 KB
March 21, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs of the irregular service needed at the Carlisle Indian School during the month of April 1887.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Irregular Service Needed at Carlisle in April 1887402.63 KB
March 22, 1887
"The Indian Helper," probably a pseudonym for a student editor of The Indian Helper newspaper, writes to Robert Kegerreis regarding a missing issue of the magazine. The letter also includes two small doodles. Transcript…
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Letter from "The Indian Helper" to Robert Kegerreis381.54 KB
March 22, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt requests to add one assistant in the Printing Office in his estimate for Irregular Service for April 1887.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Add Printing Assistant to Estimate of Irregular Service for April 1887371.24 KB
March 24, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt informs of the Office of Indian Affairs that after testing the fire prevention hand grenades that they are ineffective.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Test of Fire Prevention Hand Grenades400.84 KB
March 28, 1887
Information regarding the funds due to the heirs of Joseph Vetter. T. F. Bayard informs the Secretary of Interior that the German Consulate does not have the funds and suggests that the name of the person who paid out the funds in 1886 be located…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Funds for the Heirs of Joseph Vetter766.46 KB
1887
Placeholder indicating the papers are filed with RG 75, Entry 91, box 393, 1887-#12555.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Miscellaneous
View Document: Placeholder Indicating Files are Located Elsewhere132.01 KB
April 5, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the Office of Indian Affairs regarding the return of Louis Bayhylle and his transfer to the Haskell Institute. Pratt notes that Bayhylle may return to his Agency at the end of the year but should likely remain at…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Transfers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Response to the Inquiry Regarding Return of Louis Bayhylle2.82 MB