Documents

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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May 9, 1887

Request from Richard Henry Pratt to return Frank Yates to Arkansas City with Chief Bayhylle due to Yates' poor health.

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View Document: Request to Send Home Frank Yates1.9 MB

May 10-11, 1887

These materials include a cover letter and a Descriptive Statement of Pupils regarding two individuals discharged from the Carlisle Indian School and transferred back to the Pawnee Agency.

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May 14, 1887

Request for transportation to placed with the Officer in Charge of Fort Barrancas for Go-So or Jose from Pensacola, Florida to Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

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May 17, 1887

Richard Henry Pratt requests that transportation be arranged for Maggie Worrington to enroll at Carlisle.

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May 18, 1887

Richard Henry Pratt provides an explanatory letter for the descriptive list of pupils forwarded to sent to Arkansas City in March 1887.

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May 20, 1887

Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for June 1887. Pratt also includes details on compensation, position title, and the number of workdays required for the month.

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May 26, 1887

Richard Henry Pratt provides the Office of Indian Affairs with a list of 80 students to return to their homes due to expiration of their terms and sickness. Pratt also details the travel arrangements for travel to the various agencies and…

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May 26, 1887

Grey Eagle Tail writes to the Office of Indian Affairs requesting the return of his brother Raymond B. Stewart from the Carlisle Indian School. Grey Eagle Tail informs the Office Stewart wants to come home and Grey Eagle Tail wants him home as…

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May 27, 1887

Richard Henry Pratt requests that when transportation is furnished for students returning home the Gettysburg Junction station should be made the starting point rather than the Carlisle station.

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May 30, 1887

Thomas Jennings, U.S. Indian Agent for the Green Bay Agency, responds on a proposal for sending Maggie Worrington to the Carlisle Indian School. Jennings indicates that Worrington is quite advanced in her trade of general work and seamstress and…

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May 31, 1887

Richard Henry Pratt endorses and forwards a letter from Esther S. Miller regarding the appointment of Miller's half-aunt as her guardian. Miller objects to the appointment and wishes her cousin to be chosen instead.

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June 1, 1887

Peter J. Powlas requests from the Office of Indian Affairs for transportation to his home near Green Bay City, Wisconsin. Powlas writes that his father's age makes him unable to properly maintain the farm.

In forwarding the letter, Richard…

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View Document: Peter J. Powlas Requests Return Home1.16 MB

June 4, 1887

Richard Henry Pratt details finances to the Office of Indian Affairs regarding returning students to their homes.

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June 4, 1887

Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter providing information on the enrollment status of Raymond B. Stewart and his current education level and refers the office to a letter he had previously written to them regarding…

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June 4, 1887

Richard Henry Pratt requests instructions in the case of Benjamin M. Thomas who desires to remain at Carlisle to learn the printing trade. However, the Governor of the Pueblo village where his father is from has requested his return on his father…

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June 7, 1887 - June 16, 1887

Correspondence regarding the request of Rev. Colbranth B. Perry to educate students currently enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School at the Mount Calvary Clergy House in Baltimore, Maryland.

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June 14, 1887

Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs inquiry by sending a descriptive list of students returned to their homes for 1887.

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June 15, 1887 - August 20, 1887

Richard Henry Pratt addresses the Office of Indian Affairs regarding discussions he has had with A. Loudon Snowden, the Marshall in charge of the Centennial Celebration of the Constitution in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, regarding having students…

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June 16, 1887

Captain Richard H. Pratt informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that the Annual Estimate of School Supplies covers regular school room work only, whereas the Requisition for Stationary covers stationery for office. He needs both. 

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June 20, 1887

J. V. Summers, U.S. Indian Agent for the Quapaw Agency, responds to the Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the guardianship of Esther Miller. Summers states that Susan Benjamin was appointed Miller's guardian by the general council of the…

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June 27-28, 1887

These materials include a cover letter and a Descriptive Statement of Pupils regarding three students discharged from the Carlisle Indian School and transferred back to their homes at the Green Bay, Rosebud, and Pine Ridge Agencies.

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June 29, 1887

Richard Henry Pratt proposes extending the lease the school has with the Hocker farm at $600 per annum and encloses the agreement for the indorsement of the Office of Indian Affairs while requesting it be returned.

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View Document: Proposal to Extend Hocker Farm Lease607.63 KB

June 29, 1887

Richard Henry Pratt returns the letter of J. V. Summers regarding the guardianship of Esther Miller and notes that Miller has read both the Office of Indian Affairs letter and Summers letter.

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July 1, 1887

Esther E. Miller questions the need for a guardian to appointed as she will soon be 18 years old. Miller notes that if a guardian must be appointed why Mary Richardville cannot be appointed.

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July 1, 1887 - July 11, 1887

George W. Scott, Superintendent of the Fort Stevenson School, asks if Richard Henry Pratt will be able to send George Thomas to take over the harness shop at the school. Pratt in forwarding the letter to the Office of Indian Affairs refers to a…

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