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 13, 1893
John T. Doyle, the Secretary of the Civil Service Commission, forwards to the Secretary of the Interior a list of three men (Lafayette R. Holland, T. Marcellus Marshall, Horton Howard) who are eligible to fill the vacant principal teacher…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Teachers
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Eligible Candidates for Principal Teacher Position475.74 KB
May 13-17, 1893
John T. Doyle, the Secretary of the Civil Service Commission, forwards to the Secretary of the Interior a list of three candidates (Fannie I. Peter, Gussie Stocker, Henry M. Hudelson) who are eligible to fill the vacant teacher position at the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Teachers
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Eligible Candidates for Teacher Position496 KB
May 15, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt responds to Mary M. Kennedy's request to return her granddaughter Flora Patterson. Pratt notes that Patterson died at the Racine Home in Philadelphia, after having contracted quick consumption.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Request to Return Flora Patterson643.2 KB
May 17, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay for the lease of the Henderson Farm with Government funds due to a depleted Charity Fund. Pratt notes that the farm is necessary for additional grazing and farming purposes as well as drainage.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Authority to Rent Henderson Farm in Fiscal Year 1894533.82 KB
May 21, 1893
Charles Smith requests to be returned to his home.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Charles Smith Requests to be Returned Home294.32 KB
May 23, 1893
Cornelia A. Merritt, teacher, accepts transfer to the Navajo Boarding School at Fort Defiance, Arizona.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Cornelia Merritt Accepts Transfer to Navajo Boarding School314.72 KB
May 23, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Mollie V. Gaither's application for an 18-day leave of absence. Gaither works as a teacher.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Mollie V. Gaither's Application for Leave of Absence 253.16 KB
March 23, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt replies to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the sick leave granted to Miss Phillips. Pratt outlines changes he wishes to make to reduce the expenses of employing irregular employees.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Discusses Potential Changes in Employing Teachers468.27 KB
May 23, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt responds to a letter from Lieutenant McAnaney, Fort Belknap Agent, in reference to vacancies at the Fort Belknap school. Pratt states that he did not mean to give a strong endorsement for a cook position for Lucy Enter Lodge…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Discusses Various Matters Related to the Fort Belknap Agency761.35 KB
May 29, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt replies to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding to superintendent vacancies among Indian Schools. Pratt notes that of his employees the Carlisle Indian School disciplinarian William P. Campbell would be disposed to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Provides Recommendations on Filling Vacant Superintendent Positions531.69 KB
May 25, 1893
David Patterson requests that Daniel M. Browning act on the petition forwarded to him by A. W. Ferrin requesting the return of children from New York at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: David Patterson Requests Office Act on Petition for Return of Students319.41 KB
May 25, 1893
Lydia L. Hunt informs Frank C. Armstrong that she is declining her appointment as a teacher in the Wadsworth Day School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Lydia Hunt Declines Appointment as Teacher at Wadsworth Day School365.64 KB
May 25, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt forwards dairyman Richard Davis' application for a 45-day leave of absence to visit his tribe at Darlington, Oklahoma Territory.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Richard Davis' Application for Leave of Absence 250.71 KB
May 26, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt forwards teacher Cornelia A. Merritt's application for a 22-day leave of absence to prepare for her transfer to the west.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Cornelia A. Merritt's Application for Leave of Absence 242.54 KB
May 26, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt requests that Katherine J. Wiest be assigned to the Carlisle Indian School as a teacher in addition to Mr. Deavor and Mr. Drum. Pratt notes that Wiest was employed as a teacher at Carlisle after failing to obtain a teacher…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Teachers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request that Katherine J. Wiest be Assigned to Carlisle423.13 KB
May 29, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Rosa Bourassa's application for an 18-day leave of absence. Bourassa works as an assistant matron.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Rosa Bourassa's Application for Leave of Absence308.21 KB
May 30, 1893 - June 11, 1893
John Uyya requests to return home early due to a request by his mother to help her oversee their cattle and livestock.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request by John Uyya to Return Home760.06 KB
May 31, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt forwards dressmaker Helen A. Lord's application for a 19-day leave of absence. Lord will not return to work after the fiscal year and wants to take a leave of absence before then.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Helen A. Lord's Application for Leave of Absence 305.62 KB
May 31, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt letter documenting return of the papers of Henry Hudelson, Thomas E. James and W. Grant Thompson.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Returns Papers Related to Three Employees325.66 KB
June 1, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Anna S. Luckenbach's application for a 21-day leave of absence. Luckenbach works as a clerk.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Anna S. Luckenbach's Application for Leave of Absence 298.56 KB
June 1, 1893
C. R. Dixon, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for May 1893.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Monthly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, May 1893937.83 KB
June 2, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt forwards teacher Emma Abbott Cutter's request for a 32-day leave of absence to attend summer school at Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Emma Abbott Cutter's Request for Leave of Absence to Attend Summer School316.23 KB
June 3, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Annie M. Worthington's application for a 30-day sick leave of absence. Worthington works as the superintendent of the sewing department. Also included is the physician's certificate verifying Worthington's illness.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Annie M. Worthington's Application for Leave of Absence469.41 KB
June 3, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt forwards teacher Della F. Botsford's request for a 32-day leave of absence to attend summer school at Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Della F. Botsford's Request for Leave of Absence to Attend Summer School320.04 KB
June 3, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Lillie R. Shaffner's request for a 14-day leave of absence to attend two educational conventions in Chicago. Shaffner works as a matron in charge of girls.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Lillie R. Shaffner's Request for Leave of Absence 324.57 KB