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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February 18, 1891 - February 23, 1891

John Noble, Secretary of the Interior, forwards a letter from Redfield Proctor, Secretary of War, regarding opposition to sending Apache students currently being held at the Mount Vernon Barracks in Alabama to the Carlisle Indian School to the…

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

February 19, 1891

Richard Henry Pratt refers to the inquiries of the Senate Resolution will require additional clerical workforce before the next session of Congress. As a result, Pratt requests two additional clerks and one agent.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

February 21, 1891

Joseph Scanadore requests the return of his son Jemison Scanadore from the Carlisle Indian School. Scanadore indicates that his son has recently written him asking to return home and his letters to Richard Henry Pratt have gone unanswered.…

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

February 21, 1891

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase 33 books for a staff reference library.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

February 28, 1891

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has received their telegram regarding the Senate Committee cutting annual per capita appropriation to $150. Pratt notes that this is ample and further reiterates his beliefs in…

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

March 1, 1891

James Garcia writes to John Noble, the Secretary of the Interior, expressing his gratitude for his education at the Carlisle Indian School and the outing program.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

March 3, 1891 - March 10, 1891

Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from Henry A. Kennerly regarding an order from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that discouraged the transfer of mixed blood students to Carlisle. Kennerly notes that unless this order is modified he could…

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

March 3, 1891

Richard Henry Pratt responds to the Office of Indian Affairs regarding the request of Joseph Scanadore for the return of his son Jemison Scanadore. Pratt provides Jemison's history at the Carlisle Indian School since his transfer from Martinsburg…

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March 5, 1891

Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter concerning Ralph Eagle Feather. Pratt provides the history of Eagle Feather and notes that he would be quite willing to find Eagle Feather farm employment but that if he is…

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March 7, 1891

Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs notice to change the name of the Carlisle Indian School to the Pratt Institute.

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March 10, 1891

Richard Henry Pratt requests that the Office of Indian Affairs send a letter to a group of San Carlos Apache students encouraging them to remain at the Carlisle Indian School in order to complete the grammar grades. Pratt cites that the students…

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March 10, 1891

Captain Richard H. Pratt submit a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during February 1891. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month. 

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

March 19, 1891

Richard Henry Pratt asks to add Riverside Instruction Frame to the list of books and school materials required. Pratt notes that his principal teacher believes the book is adapted for use in the school's primary departments.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

March 31, 1891 - May 12, 1891

Richard Henry Pratt forwards the Statement of Classification for students at the Carlisle Indian School for the quarter ending March 31, 1891.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

March 31, 1891

Inquiry by Richard Henry Pratt at the request of Pawnee students at the Carlisle Indian School into unpaid annuity money.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

March 31, 1891 - May 9, 1891

Richard Henry Pratt forwards the Report of School Employees for the quarter ending March 31, 1891.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

April 3, 1891

Estimate of funds for the fourth quarter of 1891 amounting to $18,485.53 for support of the school.

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April 3, 1891

Richard H. Pratt submits an Estimate of Supplies for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 1891 amounting to $497.95 and requests to purchase those items in the open market. The form includes the items being requested, the quantity, the estimated…

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

View Document: Estimate of Supplies, April 18911.27 MB

April 6, 1891 - June 10, 1891

Joseph Schanandore requests the Office of Indian Affairs instruct Richard Henry Pratt to remit him the remaining money held in his son Jemison's account at the Carlisle Indian School.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

April 7, 1891

Captain Richard H. Pratt forwards a monthly report of irregular employees for March 1891 to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.

Note: The report itself was missing when this file was scanned at the National Archives.

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April 6, 1891

C. R. Dixon the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for March 1891.

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March 6 - April 10, 1891

Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employee (Lillie Ruth Shaffner). The report includes personal information about those being hired. Pratt also sends Lillie Ruth Shaffner's application for a position as a teacher, including…

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

April 10, 1891

Notice that the commencement exercises for the 1891 graduating class will be postponed until June due to an outbreak of measles on the campus. Richard Henry Pratt predicates that with the 16 cases among students and six cases among children of…

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April 13, 1891

Richard Henry Pratt forwards an account of expenses related to Alfred John Standing in attending to the funeral of John W. Pipe who died while on outing. Also included in the report are expenses related to Pipe's sickness, death, and burial.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

April 17, 1891

The Acting Secretary of the Interior disapproves using the appropriation of Carlisle Indian School to cover the pay and travel expenses for two clerks and one agent to obtain and record the information called for the Senate Resolution of February…

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration