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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August 14, 1893
S. M. Cart, Superintendent of the Sante Fe School, requests authority to transfer three students from his school to the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Transfers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Transfer Three Students from Sante Fe to Carlisle651.9 KB
August 23, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to install electric lighting at the Carlisle Indian School and pay an annual cost for the use of electric lights. Pratt notes that the use of coal-oil lamps has been a great anxiety due to the threat of fire…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Authority to Pay for Electric Lights956.42 KB
August 31, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt forwards the Annual Report of the Carlisle Indian School for the 1892-1893 school year to the Office of Indian Affairs. Pratt's narrative discusses the enrollment statistics of the school, academic and industrial education,…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Annual Reports, Enrollment Statistics, Student Deaths, Industrial Training - General, School Farms - Statistics, Printing Department, Outing Program – Overview/Statistics/Success of, Field Trips, World's Columbian Exposition (Chicago, 1893), Exhibits of Student Work, Student Illness, Education After Carlisle
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Annual Report of the Carlisle Indian School, 1892-18939.23 MB
September 1893
Carlos Montezuma, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for August 1893. Montezuma also includes a short note about the cases in the "Remarks and Physician's Special Report" section.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Reports
View Document: Monthly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, August 1893774.81 KB
September 2, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding a bill and letter from St. Joseph's Hospital covering the care of Seth Clear Eyes. Pratt provides the context of how Clear Eyes ended up at the hospital in St. Paul,…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Bill Forwarded for Care of Seth Clear Eyes586.68 KB
September 6-13, 1893
Kate S. Bowersox applies to be a Carlisle Indian School teacher. Bowersox includes a petition, teacher's certificate, and references from T. H. Harton and Charles W. Hermann in support of her application.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Application for Employment from Kate S. Bowersox 2.17 MB
September 6, 1893
Captain Richard H. Pratt requests a six-month supply of weigher's certificate blank administrative forms used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, September 1893467.9 KB
September 8, 1893
Richard H. Pratt forwards duplicate copies of bills of lading and weigher's returns for eight cases of school supplies weighing 1831 pounds.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Bills of Lading and Weigher's Returns for School Supplies280.16 KB
September 8, 1893
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees and includes details on their compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked at the school in September 1893. Pratt distinguishes between the "White…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students - Irregular Employees
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Report of Irregular Employees, August 18931.21 MB
September 9, 1893
Alfred John Standing submits school statistics accompanying the annual report requested by the Office of Indian Affairs.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Additional Statistics Requested by Department for 1892-1893612.14 KB
September 25, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt provides the general outline of the field trip to the Chicago World's Fair and Columbian Exposition for 420 students and 35 employees of the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: General Outline of Trip to Chicago for World's Fair941.65 KB
September 25, 1893 - March 28, 1895
Signed request of Peter Jordan to participate in the outing program at the Carlisle Indian School along with a copy of the outing rules signed by Jordan, Richard Henry Pratt, and William Balderston.
Repository: Mercer Museum Research Library
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Outing Papers of Peter Jordan994.48 KB
October 2, 1893
Carlos Montezuma, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for September 1893. Montezuma also includes a short note about the cases in the "Remarks and Physician's Special Report" section.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Monthly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, September 18931.43 MB
October 9, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to donate a part of the Carlisle Indian School at the Chicago World's Fair and Columbian Exposition to a Pedagogy Museum composed of exhibits at the Fair.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Forwards Request to Donate Part of Chicago Exhibit1.16 MB
October 14, 1893
Richard H. Pratt submits an Estimate of Supplies for the second quarter of fiscal year 1894 amounting to $499.41 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
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Estimate of Supplies, October 1893319.01 KB
October 16, 1893
Former student Abe Somers requests to transfer from the Haskell Institute to re-enroll at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Abe Somers Requests Transfer from Haskell to Carlisle520.94 KB
October 16, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt forwards teacher Henry M. Hudelson's application for a 30-day leave of absence because of an injury suffered in the classroom. Hudelson fell and hit his head on the mantelpiece in his classroom and got a concussion.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Henry M. Hudelson's Request for Leave of Absence 319.43 KB
October 16, 1893 - December 14, 1893
Charles G. Penney, Acting U.S. Indian Agent for the Pine Ridge Agency, forwards a letter from Oscar Warden to his father Martin Pretty Back requesting he arrange for his return home.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Oscar Warden Requests to be Returned Home675.33 KB
October 17, 1893
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees and includes details on their compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked at the school in September 1893. Pratt distinguishes between the "White…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students - Irregular Employees
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Report of Irregular Employees, September 18932 MB
October 21, 1893
Estimate of funds for the second quarter of 1894 amounting to $18,629.41 for support of the school, of which $10,205.00 is for regular employee pay.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Estimate of Funds, Second Quarter 18942.29 MB
October 21, 1893
Captain Richard H. Pratt requests to spend $203.00 on the purchase of hardwood for the bakery, coal oil for lighting buildings, and postage stamps for students.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Buy Hardwood, Coal Oil, and Postage Stamps335.26 KB
November 8, 1893
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees and includes details on their compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked at the school in October 1893. Pratt distinguishes between the "White Labor…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students - Irregular Employees
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Report of Irregular Employees, October 18931.92 MB
November 13, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt advises the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that teacher H. M. Hudelson is entitled to 19 days leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Clarification on Henry M. Hudelson's Request for Leave of Absence 354.1 KB
November 15, 1893
Carlos Montezuma, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for October 1893.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Monthly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, October 1893980.04 KB
November 15, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has gone ahead and installed electric lights using the Charity Fund and believing that there would be no objection if the annual cost was less than the previous system. Pratt…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Pratt Informs Office of Installation of Electric Lights3.46 MB