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 10, 1894
John W. Rubb, Acting U.S. Indian Agent for the Colville Agency, requests permission to enroll students at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Enroll Students from the Colville Agency273.57 KB
May 13, 1894
James Mooney forwards a letter of Mary E. Smith requesting his assistance in returning her son Sibbald Smith from the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Mary E. Smith Requests Return of Sibbald Smith569.42 KB
May 15, 1894 - June 13, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt responds to requests to return Helen Patterson and Ophelia King to their homes. Pratt includes comments from King's sister Louisa as well as the Patterson's mother in arguing for keeping the students at Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Requests to Return Helen Patterson and Ophelia King972.31 KB
May 22, 1894
Sibbald Smith requests to be sent home from the Carlisle Indian School in order to help his mother.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Sibbald Smith Requests to be Sent Home208.55 KB
May 23, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt forwards senior teacher Emma A. Cutter's application for a 15-day leave of absence. She needs rest after "unusually heavy work."
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Emma A. Cutter's Application for Leave of Absence 319.7 KB
June 1, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt forwards E. Corbett's request for 30 days leave of absence. Corbett is a seamstress.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: E. Corbett's Request for Annual Leave of Absence495.92 KB
June 1, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Laura A. Dandridge's request for 30 days leave of absence. Dandridge is a seamstress.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Laura A. Dandridge's Request for Annual Leave of Absence472.6 KB
June 1, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Lizzie Jacobs's request for 30 days leave of absence. Jacobs is a seamstress.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Lizzie Jacobs's Request for Annual Leave of Absence 487.69 KB
June 1, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Mary E. Lininger's request for 30 days leave of absence. Lininger is a seamstress.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Mary Lininger's Request for Annual Leave of Absence487.42 KB
June 1, 1894
George King requests the return of his daughter Ophelia King from the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for the Return of Ophelia King529.9 KB
June 1, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Susan Zeamer's request for 30 days leave of absence. Zeamer is a seamstress.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Susan Zeamer's Request for Annual Leave of Absence493.94 KB
June 2, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt forwards teacher Katherine Jane Wiest's application for a 30-day leave of absence due to illness. She will be going to the Woman's Hospital in Philadelphia.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Teachers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Katherine Jane Wiest's Request for Leave of Absence 320.33 KB
June 4, 1894
John Brown personally requests from Frank C. Armstrong, the Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs, the return of his son James Brown from the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: John Brown Requests Return of His Son James269.17 KB
June 6, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt sends a telegram to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs requesting an answer to Miss Woester's application for leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Miss Woesters' Application for Leave of Absence 312.49 KB
June 6, 1894
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 May 1894. 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, May 18942.22 MB
June 6, 1894 - June 28, 1894
Correspondence regarding the enrollment of Fenton Geronimo at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for the Enrollment of Fenton Geronimo577.5 KB
June 6, 1894
N. C. Patterson requests the return of his daughter Helen Patterson from the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for the Return of Helen Patterson261.79 KB
June 8, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the request of Mrs. Lewis Richards for the return of her granddaughter Hannah Long Wolf. Pratt notes that Hannah is already scheduled to return home at the request of her sister, former student Hattie Long Wolf.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Request for Return of Hannah Long Wolf320.21 KB
June 8, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the request for the return of James Brown.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Request for the Return of James Brown334.23 KB
June 8, 1894
Richard H. Pratt submits a "Supplementary" Estimate of Supplies for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 1894 amounting to $499.10 and requests to purchase those items in the open market. The form includes the items being requested, the quantity,…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Supplementary Estimate of Supplies, June 1894495.04 KB
June 9, 1894
Request of George E. Doane, U. S. Indian Agent for the Quapaw Agency, for the return of Noah Hawk from the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for the Return of Noah Hawk532.62 KB
June 11, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Henry Wilson Spray's application for a 15-day leave of absence. Spray works as a teacher.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Henry Wilson Spray's Application for Leave of Absence 324.46 KB
June 12, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Bessie R. Jamison's request for a 15-day leave of absence. Jamison works as an assistant superintendent of the sewing room and will resign at the end of June.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Bessie R. Jamison's Request for Leave of Absence 328.47 KB
June 14, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt sends a telegram to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs requesting an answer to Henry Wilson Spray's application for leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Teachers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Attention Called to Henry Wilson Spray's Request for Leave of Absence 241.21 KB
June 14, 1894
Cover letter for an enclosure the names and addresses of former students of the Carlisle Indian School for unclassified positions in the Indian Service. That list is not included with this cover letter.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Cover Letter for List of Former Students for Indian Service Positions353.65 KB