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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November 24, 1887 - November 26, 1887
J. L. Thomas seeks to have his son enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School. Richard Henry Pratt forwarded his letter to the Office of Indian Affairs noting that Thomas will pay his transportation to the school and that with Office approval he…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: J. L. Thomas Seeks to Enroll His Son at Carlisle569.14 KB
November 29, 1887 - January 17, 1888
A. B. Upshaw, the Acting Commissioner of the Office of Indian Affairs, appoints Rev. T. S. Childs to investigate complaints made against the Hampton Institute Indian Department.
The report was then submitted to the Secretary of the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Inspection Reports
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Report of T. S. Childs of the Hampton Institute Submitted to Interior Department949.28 KB
December 1, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt seeks clarification on whether an Office of Indian Affairs letter gives him authority to arrange transportation for two girls from the Green Bay Agency to travel to the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt asks for transportation be…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel to Enroll
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Seeks Clarification on Transportation Authority for Stockbridge Girls393.5 KB
December 6, 1887 - December 27, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt forwards two letters one from Wallace Charging Shield and one from Perry H. Laravie to the Office of Indian Affairs. Both Charging Shield and Laravie request to be enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School and Pratt provides his…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Wallace Charging Shield and Perry Laravie Request to Enroll at Carlisle1.42 MB
December 9, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt seeks authority from the Office of Indian Affairs to enroll two students from Alaska at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that the students were brought from the Sitka school to learn the printing and tin smithing trades…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Enroll Two Alaskan Students at the Carlisle Indian School643.65 KB
December 20, 1887
Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for January 1888. Pratt also includes details on compensation, position title, and the number of workdays required for the month.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Irregular Employees Required for January 1888423.38 KB
December 22, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt asks the Office of Indian Affairs if Parker West (here Porter West) should accompany Miss Eustes to the Mount Vernon Barracks as an interpreter. Pratt notes that Eustes requested West be at Hampton on Monday.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Asks for Permission to Allow Parker West to Serve as Interpreter299.51 KB
December 22, 1887
Richard H. Pratt submits a statement of cost form that lists the total amounts for subsistence, clothing, school materials, school furnishings, light and fuel, buildings and repairs, miscellaneous expenses, and the value of subsistence raised by…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Statement of Cost of Employees and Issues and Expenditures, September 18871.54 MB
December 23, 1887
Estimate of funds for the first quarter of 1888 amounting to $10,368.30 for support of the school. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds amounting to $7,292.50 for regular employee pay.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, First Quarter 18881.4 MB
December 23, 1887
Richard H. Pratt submits an Estimate of Supplies for the first quarter of fiscal year 1888 amounting to $475.80 and requests to purchase those items in the open market. The form includes the items being requested, the quantity, the estimated cost…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Estimate of Supplies, December 18871.23 MB
December 27, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt seeks authority to return five students to their homes due to their ill health. Pratt notes that the school physician believes their long term health will prevent the students from taking full advantage of the Carlisle Indian…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Five Students to Their Home694.89 KB
December 31, 1887 - January 6, 1888
Outing report of Eben Beads along with a letter from Beads to Richard Henry Pratt detailing his experience working on a farm and attending a school in Darlington, Pennsylvania while on outing.
Repository: Mercer Museum Research Library
View Document: Outing Letter and Report of Eben Beads704.21 KB
January 9, 1888 - January 13, 1888
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the Office of Indian Affairs regarding the request to enroll Holiday in the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that Holiday is likely far above the age limit of Carlisle general rule and due to his work in…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Request for Enrolling Holiday977.63 KB
January 12, 1888
Lieutentant General P. H. Sheridan requests to return a Holiday, a member of the Apache Nation, to his people near Prescott, Arizona or to allow him to attend the Carlisle Indian School. Sheridan notes that Holiday was captured by the U.S. Army…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Allow Holiday to Return Home or Enroll at Carlisle715.03 KB
January 18, 1888
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding Edith Abner. Pratt states that Abner is a student at the Carlisle Indian School and is the proper claimant for the Peoria Fund distributed at the Quapaw Agency.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Claim of Edith Abner to Peoria Fund Distribution445.91 KB
January 18, 1888
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding enrolling Katie, a member of the Apache Nation, who is a prisoner of the U.S. Government.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Request to Enroll Katie444.51 KB
January 19, 1888
Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for February 1888. Pratt also includes details on compensation, position title, and the number of workdays required for the month.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Irregular Employees Required for February 1888423 KB
January 24, 1888
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter providing authority to transport Wallace Charging Shield and Perry Laravie while also suggesting they serve as escort for other students. Pratt then states that he does not…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Suggestions for Improving Student Recruitment for Training Schools1.44 MB
January 31, 1888
Superintendent Richard Henry Pratt writes to Doctor Cornelius Rea Agnew discussing a controversy over uniform styles to be used during peacetime. Pratt also mentions possible changes in the administration of the Indian Service. This…
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Letter from Richard H. Pratt to Cornelius R. Agnew1.19 MB
February 3, 1888
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
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
February 4, 1888
Superintendent Richard Henry Pratt writes to Doctor Cornelius Rea Angew informing him of his inability to attend an event, due to an attempt to secure an appropriation to build a school building and barn. This letter is part of a series of…
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Topics: Fundraising
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Letter from Richard H. Pratt to Cornelius R. Agnew555.31 KB
February 13, 1888 - February 17, 1888
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a Board of Survey to the Office of Indian Affairs convened on February 15, 1888 to dispose of broken or otherwise unserviceable property at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Forwards Board of Survey Proceedings Convened in February 18883.11 MB
February 15, 1888 - February 16, 1888
Richard Henry Pratt requests that Congress provide an appropriation for building a new school building through the Office of Indian Affairs. Pratt notes that the school can accommodate 600 students except for its school rooms which are…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for a New School Building1.04 MB
February 16, 1888 - February 20, 1888
C. H. Grover requests to have Peter Curley, a member of the Pottawatomi Nation, enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School. Grover notes that Curley was previously a student at the Haskell Institute and was considered an excellent shoe maker.
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Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Enroll Peter Curley1.15 MB
February 16, 1888 - February 23, 1888
Ridge Bear requests that his son Hartley Ridge Bear be returned to his home from the Carlisle Indian School. Ridge Bear notes his daughter, Hartley's sister, is ill and wishes to see her brother.
Richard Henry Pratt notes that he approves…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Hartley Ridge Bear to His Home1.2 MB