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 28 - September 1, 1902
Richard H. Pratt recommends that former student Delia Webster be appointed as the assistant matron at the Greenwood School in South Dakota. Pratt forwards Webster's application to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and endorses her in his cover…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Application for Employment from Delia Webster1.15 MB
August 28, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt provides information on Earl Jennings (referred to here as Earl Sweeney) to the Office of Indian Affairs.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Information on Earl Jennings Related to Admission586.18 KB
September 1, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt proposes to the Office of Indian Affairs to revert the Outing Matron title back to Matron with the appointment of Etta Knickerbacker. Pratt states that an assistant matron will take on the outing duties.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Proposes Reverting Outing Matron Title to Matron595.44 KB
September 3, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Enoch M. Sherry and Amos R. Frank have not reported to the Carlisle Indian School as ordered.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Office Informed of Two Appointees Failing to Report as Ordered530.07 KB
September 5, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Amos Frank has reported for duty.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Office Informed Amos Frank Reported for Duty356.91 KB
September 5-6, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from G. M. Philips regarding former student Dahney George finding a position as an Assistant Teacher in the Indian Service.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Forwards Letter Regarding Position for Dahney George2.71 MB
September 5, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has received a message from Enoch M. Sherry that he will leave for Carlisle shortly.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Teachers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Informs Office that Sherry is Leaving for Carlisle Shortly357.54 KB
July 11 - September 10, 1902
Lt. Colonel Richard H. Pratt submits a report thats lists new employees (Frank T. Reising, Frances R. Scales, William Davies, Emma H. Foster, Genus E. Baird, Amos R. Frank, and Enoch M. Sherry), those that have left the school (Samuel J. Brown,…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Descriptive Statements of Changes in School Employees and Resignations, September 19021.57 MB
September 15, 1902 - September 16, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from Joseph C. Hart, Superintendent of the Oneida Indian School, regarding three former Carlisle students who desire to enroll at Flandreau.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Transfers, Discipline - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Protests Three Former Students Enrolling at Flandreau640.71 KB
September 18, 1902 - September 22, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Etta Knickerbacker's letter declining to come to Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Etta Knickerbacker Declines to Travel to Carlisle1.15 MB
September 18, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt requests to have Dr. O. O. Benson reinstated to the Indian Service and appointed as a physician to the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Medical Staff
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Have Dr. O. O. Benson Reinstated to Indian Service760.04 KB
September 18, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt updates the Office of Indian Affairs that Etta Knickerbacker is unable to report to the Carlisle Indian School to fill the matron position. Pratt requests to search outside the Civil Service list to fill the position.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Matrons
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Update on Filling Matron Position and Request to Search Outside Civil Service List553.59 KB
September 22, 1902
Richard H. Pratt requests a six-month supply of two dozen different 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 1902502.54 KB
September 23, 1902
Richard H. Pratt submits the corrected report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during August 1902. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month. Pratt…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Corrected Report of Irregular Employees, August 19021.57 MB
September 24, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt forwards fifty-one reports on leave of absence for several employees: Agnes May Robbins (teacher), Elizabeth E. Forster (drawing teacher), Etta S. Fortney (assistant laundress), Kate S. Bowersox (normal teacher), Beckie L.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Fifty-One Reports on Leave of Absence24.42 MB
July 11-September 24, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt forwards certificates of attendance at summer school for twelve employees: Flora Laird (teacher), Emma A. Cutter (senior teacher), Mariette Wood (teacher), Fanny G. Paull (teacher), Carrie E. Weekley (teacher), Edith McHarg…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Twelve Teachers' Certificates of Attendance at Summer School5.4 MB
September 29, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Outing Agent Anne S. Ely's request for a 30 day leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Anne S. Ely's Request for leave of Absence577.12 KB
September 29, 1902
Richard H. Pratt requests that Margaret Roberts (teacher) is granted an additional six days unpaid leave of absence for the death of her sister.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Teachers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Unpaid Leave of Absence for Margaret Roberts440.95 KB
September 30, 1902
Major Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during September 1902. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students - Irregular Employees
Format: Reports
View Document: Report of Irregular Employees, September 1902570.13 KB
September 30, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Hospital Cook Sara Pierre's request for a 30-day leave of absence to attend nursing school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Nursing Training
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Sara Pierre's Request for Leave of Absence to Attend Nursing School in Philadelphia1.02 MB
October 1, 1902 - November 20, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt provides correspondence and documents related to a request to return Lizzie and Nancy Chubb to their home. Their father in particular objects to them being sent out to work on the outing program and notes that they are sick.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Pratt Responds to Request to Return Lizzie and Nancy Chubb4.82 MB
October 1902
S. L. Diven, the school physician, compiles the sanitary report for the quarter ending on September 30, 1902.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness
Format: Reports
View Document: Quarterly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, September 1902878.17 KB
October 2, 1902
Edgar A. Allen informs the Office of Indian Affairs of the average attendance for the quarter ending September 30, 1902 was 874.3 and the remaining number of students at Carlisle was 882.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Enrollment Statistics
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Average Attendance for Quarter Ending September 30, 1902428.1 KB
October 2, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the request of John Charging Hawk by noting that there is no student by that name at Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Request to Return John Charging Hawk418.51 KB
October 6, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Assistant Matron Frances A. Veitch's application for a 24-day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Frances A. Veitch's Application for Annual Leave of Absence566.76 KB