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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April 11, 1904 - April 25, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the request of Eugene Estoppey into the reasons for his dismissal as a cook at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Estoppey's Inquiry into Dismissal1015.63 KB
April 11, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the request to return Charles King to his home.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Request to Return Charles King696.78 KB
April 15, 1904 - August 24, 1904
Louise Hoye requests to have Domingo Dikit enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School rather than the Saint Francis Indian Academy in Eddington, Pennsylvania. Included is correspondence from Hoye and the Bureau of Insular Affairs regarding Dikit's…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Enroll Domingo Dikit at Carlisle7.63 MB
April 16, 1904
Edgar A. Allen forwards the proposals of the Carlisle Indian School to furnish tinware to the Office of Indian Affairs. Allen notes that the tinware produced by the school is superior to manufactured goods as it is handmade and that he has also…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Allen Forwards Tinware Supplier Proposal to Commissioner of Indian Affairs5.24 MB
April 16, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt provides a report on former students of the Carlisle Indian School to Estelle Reel.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Report on Former Carlisle Students791.03 KB
April 18, 1904
Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employees (Alice Lamar) and employees who have left the school (Edith McHarg Steele and Eugene Estoppey Jr.). The report includes position title, salary, date of departure, and reason for departure…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Reports
View Document: Descriptive Statements of Changes in School Employees, April 1904782.08 KB
April 18, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Ed. A. Lau's application for a 9-day leave of absence. Lau works as an instructor in carriagemaking.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Ed. A. Lau's Request for Leave of Absence 379.16 KB
April 18, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt requests that Charles Lamar be appointed to the position of band leader following the resignation of James Riley Wheelock. Pratt notes that if the Civil Service Commission declines to appoint Lamar that the position be…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Appoint Charles Lamar to Vacant Band Leader Position625.02 KB
April 19, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs of the difficulties in securing fireman for the school through the Civil Service Commission. Pratt comments that the most recent appointee John Haines has turned down the assignment and…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Fireman
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Informs Office of Difficulties in Securing Fireman for School413.25 KB
April 20, 1904
New York Representative De Alva S. Alexander requests a copy of the regulations governing admission of pupils to the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Enrollment Policies
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Alexander Requests Rules Governing Admission to Carlisle313.03 KB
April 20, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Etta White prefers the transfer to the Colville School due to the higher salary. Pratt requests that Beckie Goodyear be promoted to fill White's place and that he be allowed to fill…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Office Informed that Etta White Prefers Transfer to the Colville School423.74 KB
April 20, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt provides the Office of Indian Affairs the correct authority number for the February 1904 report of irregular school employees.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Provides Correct Authority Number for February 1904 Irregular Employees359.01 KB
April 21, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Anne H. Stewart's application for a 47-day leave of absence to take a sloyd course in Naas, Sweden. Stewart works as a sloyd teacher.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Anne H. Stewart's Request for Leave of Absence 392.26 KB
April 21, 1904
Superintendent Richard H. Pratt forwards the catalogue for Sloyd teacher Anne H. Stewart's summer school course in Naas, Sweden. Stewart is taking the course from the British Sloyd Association.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Sloyd Teacher's Swedish Summer School Program1 MB
April 25, 1904 - May 28, 1904
Correspondence regarding the request of Mason Wheelock for the return of son Joshua Wheelock from the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Correspondence Regarding Request to Return Joshua Wheelock3.33 MB
April 25, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Fannie I. Peter's request for a 28-day annual leave of absence. Peter works as a clerk.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Fannie I. Peter's Request for Annual Leave of Absence 403.89 KB
April 25, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt forwards James C. Scott's request for a 22-day annual leave of absence. Scott works as a teacher.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: James C. Scott's Request for Annual Leave of Absence 392.46 KB
April 26, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Carrie E. Weekley's request for a 30-day annual leave of absence. Weekley works as a matron.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Carrie E. Weekley's Request for Leave of Absence382.98 KB
April 26, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs circular regarding tuberculosis. He further requests to establish a camp at Mount Alto to treat tuberculosis patients.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Proposes Establishing Camp for Tuberculosis Patients712.03 KB
April 27, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Etta White's request for a 14-day annual leave of absence. White works as an assistant seamstress.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Etta White's Request for Annual Leave of Absence 384.1 KB
April 28, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the Office of Indian Affairs that Enola G. Acord was misinformed about the vacancy of outing matron at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Informs Office that Outing Matron Position is not Vacant389.76 KB
March 24 - April 29, 1904
Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employees (Nikefer Shoushick (here spelled Nekifer Shouchuk), Charles Lamar, Mary A. Yarnall), employees who have left the school (Alexander J. Pope, James R. Wheelock, and Edith S. Prince), and…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Descriptive Statements of Changes in School Employees and Resignation, April 19041.1 MB
April 30, 1904
Colonel Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during April 1904. 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, April 1904927.18 KB
May 2, 1904 - May 6, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the request to return Nicodemus Billy to his home.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Request to Return Nicodemus Billy1.5 MB
May 4, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt responds to Education Circular No. 110 requesting data regarding transportation of students. Pratt notes that this is not applicable to Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Circular Regarding Student Transportation373.75 KB