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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June 21, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Kate S. Bowersox's request to attend Martha's Vineyard Institute under the provisions of school service, as well as 30 days of leave. Bowersox is a teacher.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Kate S. Bowersox to attend Martha's Vineyard Institute and Annual Leave506.26 KB
June 22, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Jennie P. Cochran's request to attend Martha's Vineyard Institute under the provisions of school service, as well as 30 days of leave. Cochran is a teacher.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Jennie P. Cochran to attend Martha's Vineyard Institute and Annual Leave516.44 KB
June 22, 1894
Richard H. Pratt forwards Emma A. Cutter's request to attend summer school in Amherst, Massachusetts, as well as 30 days of leave. Cutter works as a senior teacher.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to attend Summer School in Amherst and Annual Leave509.31 KB
June 23, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Anna M. Worthington's application for 30 day sick leave. Worthington works as the superintendent of the sewing room. Also included is a letter from Dr. C. Montezuma, the school physician, recommending Worthington take…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Anna M Worthington's Application for Sick Leave1.01 MB
June 23, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Florence M. Carter's request for 30 day vacation without pay, as well as 30 days of annual leave. Carter works as a teacher.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Florence M. Carter's Application for Leave of Absence and Annual Leave492.23 KB
June 23, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Lida B. Given's application for 30 days leave of absence. Given works as a matron.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Lida B. Given's Application for Leave of Absence 491.61 KB
June 23, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Philip L. Drum's application for 30 days leave of absence. Drum works as a teacher.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Philip L. Drum's Application for Leave of Absence485.17 KB
June 23, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt requests that Rosa Bourassa be added to the Carlisle Indian School list of teachers for the following school year. Pratt further notes that she will be taking a summer school course at Martha's Vineyard.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Bourassa be Added as Teacher323.69 KB
June 23, 1894
Richard H. Pratt forwards Anna C. Hamilton's request to attend the institute at Chilocco and to attend summer school in Ottawa, Kansas, as well as 30 days of leave. Hamilton works as a teacher.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to attend Summer School in Ottawa and Annual Leave500.17 KB
June 25, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant matron Mary E. Campbell's application for a 30-day leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Mary E. Campbell's Application for Leave of Absence 312.64 KB
June 26, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt forwards teacher Fanny G. Paull's application for a 62-day leave of absence to attend summer school at Martha's Vineyard Institute and for annual leave.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Fanny G. Paull's Application for Leave of Absence505.82 KB
June 26, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt forwards girls' matron Lillie Ruth Shaffner's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Lillie Ruth Shaffner's Application for Annual Leave of Absence 317.05 KB
June 27, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt forward principal teacher Oscar Hugh Bakeless' application for a 30-day leave of absence to attend the summer institute at Chilocco and summer school at Cook County Normal School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: O. H. Bakeless' Request for Leave of Absence to Attend Summer School in Chicago324.38 KB
June 27, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Tennyson L. Deavor's application for a 65-day leave of absence. Deavor works as a teacher.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Tennyson L. Deavor's Application for Leave of Absence 321.89 KB
June 28, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the request of Acting Agent Henry W. Sprole for the return of Martha Washington so that she may work as a teacher at the agency school.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Request to Return Martha Washington517.38 KB
Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees, Applications, and Resignations, September 1894
June 30 - September 11, 1894
Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists employees who have left the school (L. A. Bender, Annie B. Moon, T. S. Reighter, Fannie E. Russell, Clara Anthony, Richard Davis, Bessie R. Jamison, Joshua Walker, W. P. Campbell, Philip L. Drum, T. L…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
June 30, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the request of Charles G. Penney, Acting Indian Agent for the Pine Ridge Agency, for the return of Josephine Smith in order to employ her as a teacher.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Teachers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Request to Return Josephine Smith555.66 KB
July 2, 1894
Estimate of funds for the first quarter of 1895 amounting to $34,079.47 for support of the school and for transportation of Indian supplies. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds amounting to $39,700 for regular employee pay.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, First Quarter 18951.1 MB
July 2, 1894
Richard H. Pratt submits an Estimate of Supplies for the first quarter of fiscal year 1895 amounting to $499.37 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, July 18944.19 MB
July 2, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt forwards J. Edward Masten's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence. Masten works as a chief cook.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: J. Edward Masten's Application for Annual Leave of Absence 333.07 KB
July 2, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay $600 to rent the Hocker Farm for the fiscal year 1895.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Farms - Land Transactions
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Pay the Rent on the Hocker Farm in Fiscal Year 1895338.21 KB
July 2, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay $400 for the rent of the Henderson Tract during fiscal year 1895.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Farms - Land Transactions
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Rent the Henderson Tract for the 1895 Fiscal Year340.02 KB
July 7-November 28, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt forwards nine certificates of attendance at summer school for seven teachers: O. H. Bakeless, Emma A. Cutter, Fanny G. Paull, Jennie P. Cochran, Kate S. Bowersox, Katherine J. Wiest, and Anna C. Hamilton. An explanatory cover…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Certificates of Attendance for Seven Teachers at Summer School 1.96 MB
July 10, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt forwards teacher Katherine J. Wiest's application for a 26-day leave of absence to attend summer school at Martha's Vineyard Institute.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Katherine J. Wiest's Request for Leave of Absence to Attend Martha's Vineyard Institute325.6 KB
July 10, 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 June 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, June 18941.65 MB