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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January 22, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt requests permission to allow Frank Engler to return home due to his mother's illness. Pratt writes that other members of the Cheyenne Nation have pooled their money to cover Engler's transportation expense and recommends…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Allow Frank Engler to Visit His Home432.52 KB
February 8, 1883
H. J. Armstrong, U.S. Indian Agent for the Crow Agency, asks to be sent to the Carlisle Indian School as the escort for the Crow students rather than some other individual. Armstrong indicates that when recruiting for Carlisle he promised he…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: H. J. Armstrong Presents Case for Escorting Crow Students to Carlisle1.03 MB
February 9, 1883
Arden R. Smith, Special U.S. Indian Agent, writes the Commissioner of Indian Affairs seeking specific instructions for how he should escort 20 Crow students from the Crow Agency to the Carlisle Indian School. Smith provides context on previous…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Arden Smith Instructions for Escorting Crow Students1.17 MB
February 9, 1883
Arden R. Smith, U.S. Indian Agent for the Crow Agency, requests the Indian Affairs Office to send transportation for Crow students from St. Paul to Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Transportation Requested for Crow Students 355.67 KB
February 10, 1883
Carlisle School physician O. G. Given provides a report on the health of some of the remaining Northern Arapaho students at Carlisle and recommends returning four boys to their homes. Richard Henry Pratt endorses this recommendation and asks for…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Report on the Northern Arapaho Students from Wyoming1.33 MB
February 13, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt provides the Indian Affairs Office with proposed text for receiving funds for educating Osage students from the Osage trust fund. Pratt notes that if he does not receive the funds for the Osage then he can place more students…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Proposal for Increased Appropriation from Osage Fund753.17 KB
February 17, 1883 - March 2, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt forwards for approval the lease agreement between the Carlisle Indian School and Samuel K. Humrich for a 225 acre farm beginning on February 17, 1883.
Henry Morgan Teller, Secretary of the Interior, approves the lease…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Farms - Land Transactions
View Document: Pratt Forwards Lease for the Humrich Farm for the 1884 Fiscal Year2.18 MB
February 21, 1883
H. J. Armstrong, U.S. Indian Agent for the Crow Agency, sends a telegraph that he cannot send the full allotment of Crow students to Carlisle at present. Inquires if he can send twelve students now and the remainder at a later date.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Armstrong Cannot Send Full Allotment of Crow Students357.53 KB
February 22, 1883
H. J. Armstrong, U.S. Indian Agent for the Crow Agency, reports that he has sent eight Crow boys to Carlisle under escort of Special U.S. Indian Agent Arden Smith. Armstrong indicates that he was unable to secure any girls to go to Carlisle but…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Departure of Eight Crow Students for Carlisle968.94 KB
February 22-28, 1883
These materials include a cover letter and a Descriptive Statement of Pupils regarding 8 children transferred to the Carlisle Indian School from the Crow Agency in Montana. The Descriptive Statement indicates that two female children initially…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Descriptive Statement of Pupils from Crow Agency, February 18836.48 MB
February 24, 1883
Representative Henry Meyer writes to an unknown recipient, possibly Marie, about recent occurrences in Harrisburg. Included is a brief description of a visit of Carlisle Indian School students to the House of Representatives. Meyer…
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Topics: Field Trips
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Letter from Henry Meyer to Unknown Recipient926.88 KB
February 26, 1883
Itemized statement from John Robinson in assisting Marianna Burgess in escorting 68 Sioux students from the Pine Ridge and Rosebud Agencies to Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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View Document: Itemized Statement of John Robinson for Escorting Students to Carlisle1.35 MB
March 12, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt submits a "Special" Estimate of Funds form for $1045 for support of Indian school to purchase 200 tons of coal.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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View Document: Special Estimate of Funds, First Quarter 1883771.6 KB
March 13, 1883 - March 14, 1883
Carlisle Indian School physician O. G. Given provides a report on the recently arrived Crow students from Carlisle, several of whom should be sent back. As a result of the report Pratt recommends including additional agency health examinations.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Physician Report of Newly Arrived Crow Students in 18831.06 MB
March 16, 1883 - March 23, 1883
Lizzie Spence, a teacher at the Kaw Agency Boarding School, requests the Carlisle Indian School enroll Otwin James who is a student at the school. Richard Henry Pratt endorses the recommendation to the Indian Affairs Office.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Enroll Otwin James755.39 KB
March 22, 1883
Request to return Katie La Croix to her home due to a pulmonary illness with the U.S. Indian Agent for the Sisseton Agency when he returns from Washington D.C.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Katie La Croix to Her Home624.36 KB
March 23, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt requests permission to allow Henry Roman Nose to travel to Carlisle at no expense to the government to spend six months at Carlisle learning the tinsmithing trade.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Enroll Henry Roman Nose for Six Months857.27 KB
March 26, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt writes that the father of Alfred Brown requests his son be sent home in order to see him due to his illness. Pratt also notes that Clement Black Deer is ill and will require some time to recover and may benefit from being sent…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Alfred Brown and Clement Black Deer Home655.35 KB
March 26, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt provides a list of students to be returned to their homes at the end of their enrollment terms. Pratt notes that many of these students have expressed a desire to remain and notes that agents should attempt to secure…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Students to be Returned Home in 18831.21 MB
April 2, 1883
Request to send George Walker home. Walker had remained at the Carlisle Indian School after this term of enrollment was up at the behest of the Sisseton Indian agent to further learn the harness making trade prior to taking over the agency shop.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return George Walker Home612.62 KB
April 3, 1883
Estimate of funds for the second quarter of 1883 amounting to $9,674.65 for support of the school. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds amounting to $5,166.26 for regular employee pay.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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View Document: Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, Second Quarter 18831.33 MB
April 9, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt returns to the Indian Affairs Office a letter from U.S. Indian Agent H. J. Armstrong from the Crow Agency. Pratt recommends returning Hears Fire and Steals the Bear to their home due to illness.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Hears Fire and Steals the Bear618.21 KB
April 9, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt requests permission to return to their homes Tommie McGillycuddy and Oliver Spotted Tail due to tuberculous infections. As a result of their conditions Pratt notes that they will need an escort to accompany them on their way…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Tommie McGillycuddy and Oliver Spotted Tail656.81 KB
April 16, 1883
Lewellyn E. Woodin, U.S. Indian Agent for the Ponca, Pawnee, and Otoe Agency, notes that the mother of Harriet Mary Elder (here Harriet May) requests her daughter to be sent home from Carlisle. Woodin writes that the mother is part of a party…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Harriet Elder to Her Home373.89 KB
May 2, 1883
Lewellyn E. Woodin, U.S. Indian Agent for the Ponca, Pawnee, and Otoe Agency, provides the answers of the parents whose children's terms are set to expire regarding extending their terms at Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Response of Parents Regarding Extending Terms of Enrollment573.63 KB