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 20, 1882
U.S. Indian Agent for the Rosebud Agency, John Cook, notifies the Indian Affairs Office that he has received the telegram informing him to send the parents of the returned students from Carlisle to Chamberlain, South Dakota to pick up their…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Rosebud Agency Prepared to Receive Returned Carlisle Students340.71 KB
June 21, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt submits a "Special" Estimate of Funds form for $524.90 for areas covering the farm and traveling expenses.
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View Document: Special Estimate of Funds, Second Quarter 1882702.02 KB
June 22, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt notes that Two Crows and La Flesche have requested to visit the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt writes that any time is satisfactory for Carlisle that suits Two Crows, La Flesche, and the Office of Indian Affairs.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Two Crows and La Flesche Request to Visit Carlisle303.19 KB
June 24, 1882 - July 26, 1882
U.S. Indian Agent, Benjamin M. Thomas inquires of the Indian Affairs Office when a Juan de Jesus Paucha can be sent to Carlisle as his enrollment was promised during a visit of Pueblo to Washington D.C. Richard Henry Pratt notes that it is…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Juan de Jesus Paucha to be Sent to Carlisle726.88 KB
June 26, 1882 - July 10, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from a John M. Watson, a missionary in the Bluejacket Indian Territory asking how to enroll a number of students from that area. Pratt forwarded the letter along with additional information on inquires he has…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment from the Bluejacket Indian Territory889.08 KB
June 26, 1882
A request is made by Richard Henry Pratt to secure traveling expenses for a Navajo Nation Carlisle student to travel back to the Navajo Nation to bring back twenty students for the Carlisle Indian School.
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Send Navajo Student to Bring Back Additional Students292.79 KB
June 29, 1882
Percy Smith of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad provides rates of tickets from Carlisle, Pennsylvania to Wichita, Kansas.
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Baltimore and Ohio RR Rates for Transporting Children302.85 KB
June 30, 1882
Estimate of Funds for the third quarter of 1882 amounting to $15,450.00 for the support of the school and transportation of Indian supplies.
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View Document: Estimate of Funds, Third Quarter 1882668.67 KB
July 4, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt writes a letter to inform the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that he underestimated the cost of clothing on the previous Estimate of Funds. He will need to spend $35 to $40 per pupil instead of $17.
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Correcting Error in Estimate of Funds, Annual 1882521.72 KB
July 12, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt details the number of students he is able to accept from various Indian Agencies including the Rosebud, Pine Ridge, Kiowa and Comanche, Pawnee and Ponca, and the Cheyenne and Arapaho. Pratt provides instructions as to the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Enrollment Targets from Various Indian Agencies for Fall 18821.01 MB
July 13, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt requests to replace the gutters on older buildings to prevent further damage to the structures. Pratt outlines the cost of the tin to update the gutters as well as hiring an additional mechanic on the irregular rolls.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Replace Gutters on Buildings674.25 KB
July 19, 1882 - July 22, 1882
Samuel C. Armstrong writes that the Hampton Normal Institute is willing to educate three married Omaha couples along with three girls and one boy as government students if Alice C. Fletcher is able to bring them with the Sioux delegation going to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Hampton Normal School Recruiting Married Omaha Couples820.2 KB
July 19, 1882
Man on the Cloud writes to Richard Henry Pratt regarding a promise that was made to the Cheyenne delegation about providing a spring wagon to each member. Man on the Cloud also makes reference to the returned Cheyenne students from Carlisle and…
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Man on the Cloud Requests Spring Wagon Promised to Him644.61 KB
July 20, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt comments on a letter he has received from Alice C. Fletcher regarding student recruitment in the Rosebud and Pine Ridge Agencies. Fletcher recommends taking more students from Pine Ridge due to the actions of Agent V. T.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Potential Student Recruitment at Rosebud and Pine Ridge in 1882518.36 KB
July 26, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt replies to a letter from the Office of Indian Affairs concerning a delegation of Omaha students being brought east by Alice C. Fletcher.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Recruitment of Students
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Reply to Office Letter Concerning Omaha Delegation in 1882343.59 KB
July 28, 1882 - August 11, 1882
Ralph Iron Eagle Feather writes to Richard Henry Pratt discussing how there is now work for returned students at the Rosebud Agency. In Pratt's comments to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs he notes that the Agent at Pine Ridge has but all of…
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Ralph Iron Eagle Feather Discusses Lack of Work at Rosebud1.05 MB
July 28, 1882
U.S. Indian Agent for the Kiowa Agency, P. B. Hunt, provides the circumstances of Juana, a member of the Navajo Nation, who was brought to the Kiowa Agency a year prior. Hunt recommends sending to her to Carlisle and then possibly placing her in…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Recommendation to Enroll Juana at Carlisle794.68 KB
July 28, 1882
Robert Todd Lincoln, Secretary of War, acknowledges the letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that A. C. Fletcher will select ten students from the Sitting Bull being held at Fort Randall with assistance from the Fort's Commanding…
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Selection of Children from the Sitting Bull Band for Carlisle663.8 KB
August 1, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt recommends accepting a proposal of U.S. Indian Agent Hunt for enrolling a Navajo girl now at the Kiowa Agency separate from the agency's allotment of students.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Accepts Recommendation to Enroll Navajo Girl527.14 KB
August 2, 1882
Complying with Indian Office orders, Richard Henry Pratt provides a list of students brought to the Carlisle Indian School by Special Agent E. B. Townsend for the fall of 1882. Students were from the Osage, Kaw, and Nez Perce Nations.
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Names of Students Brought to Carlisle by Townsend474.87 KB
August 3, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that he has received a letter from Alice C. Fletcher that the military officer in charge of the Sitting Bull prisoners at Fort Randell does not have permission to turn children over…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request from Alice C. Fletcher on Recruiting Sitting Bull Children322.54 KB
August 4, 1882
U.S. Indian Agent for the Navajo Indian Agency, Galen Eastman, reports that there are five students from the Agency who wish to attend the Carlisle Indian School due to recruiting from a Carlisle student. As a result Eastman requests authority to…
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Expenses for Sending Five Navajo Students to Carlisle589.32 KB
August 14, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt provides a report on the outing system for the Summer of 1882. Pratt notes that he placed 85 students in homes for the Summer and that he was able to secure transportation costs from patrons as well as a salary for the student…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Update on Outing System for Summer of 1882640.19 KB
August 16, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt claims he has the authority to accept and return students from the Secretary of the Interior.
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Claims Rights to Returning and Accepting Students795.63 KB
August 18, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a request from Anna Ely to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to instruct the Pawnee Agency to send Pawnee children to Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Anna Ely Request Help for Recruiting Pawnee Children329.57 KB