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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October 6, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt provides an update to the Secretary of the Interior on his recruitment of students for the Carlisle Indian School in the fall of 1883. Pratt notes that he can acquire some students from the Ponca and Nez Perce Agency, the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Carlisle Student Recruitment in the Fall of 1883966.75 KB
October 10, 1883
Obadiah G. Given forwards the deed of trust covering the purchase of the Hocker Farm by the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Farms - Land Transactions
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Given Sends Deed of Trust Covering Purchase of Hocker Farm882.16 KB
October 13, 1883
Samuel Jeanes writes regarding an omitted circular from an enclosure which Jeanes asks to be resent from the Indian Affairs Office. In a post script Jeanes documents that he has been informed that a student from Carlisle who was being returned to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Omitted Circular and Inquiry on Assault on Returned Student365.72 KB
October 15, 1883
Alice C. Fletcher asks for permission to send Winnebago children to be educated at the Carlisle Indian School and the Hampton Institute.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Enroll Winnebago Children at Carlisle and Hampton665.92 KB
October 17, 1883
Obadiah G. Given, Carlisle Indian School Physician, acknowledges Hiram Price's letter and informs him that he has forwarded it to Richard Henry Pratt. The content of Price's letter is not mentioned.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Given Acknowledges Letter from Hiram Price420.43 KB
October 22, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an inquiry from H. J. Armstrong, U.S. Indian Agent for the Crow Agency, regarding a request to alter the composition of the delegation to be sent to Carlisle. Pratt notes that because of the greater expense of…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Enrollment Preferences
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Crow Agency Request to Alter Delegation698.45 KB
November 1, 1883 - November 16, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from Emmet Crawford, Captain 3rd Cavalry, regarding sending students to the Carlisle Indian School from the Tonto, San Carlos, Yuma, and Mojave bands of the Apache Nation. In addition to the students Crawford…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Proposal to Bring Apache Students to Carlisle1.42 MB
November 1, 1883
J. R. Buchanan, General Passenger Agent for the Missouri Valley, on a proposal by Richard Henry Pratt to move over one hundred children from the Rosebud Agency to Chamberlain. Buchanan notes that this will be hard on the passengers and instead…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Proposal to Transport Students from the Rosebud Agency385.47 KB
November 10, 1883
H. J. Armstrong, U.S. Indian Agent for the Crow Agency, requests authority for transportation for six boys, seven girls, and one escort to Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Transportation of Crow Students to Carlisle368.91 KB
November 13-23, 1883
These materials include a cover letter and a Descriptive Statement of Pupils regarding 11 children transferred to the Carlisle Indian School from the Crow Agency in Montana.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Descriptive Statement of Pupils from Crow Agency, November 18831.2 MB
November 13, 1883 - November 25, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from James G. Wright, U.S. Indian Agent for the Rosebud Agency, regarding his previous letter concerning the actions of Father M. Wright.
In addition, there is a letter from A. R. Z. Dawson, the U.S.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Follow Up on Difficulties in Recruiting Students from Rosebud Agency1.49 MB
November 13, 1883
H. J. Armstrong, U.S. Indian Agent for the Crow Agency, reports that he has sent 11 students to Carlisle due to some refusing to go at the last minute. He further notes that the Agency physician was not able to make an examination but he believes…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of 11 Crow Children Sent to Carlisle664.78 KB
November 14, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt reports on his arrival back to the Carlisle Indian School with 60 students. He notes that with the 88 students on outing the school has a total of 424 students. He requests written authority to bring additional students from…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Reports on His Arrival Back from Recruiting Students637.71 KB
November 15, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt requests the Office of Indian Affairs approve his Reports of Irregular Employees for August, September 1883 as well as his nomination of Alfred John Standing as Assistant Superintendent.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Office Approval of Irregular Employees and Standing Nomination603.83 KB
November 15, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs he is returning invoices of stationary.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Return of Stationary Invoices394.8 KB
November 21, 1883 - November 27, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a copy of a letter from former Carlisle Indian School student Ralph Eagle Feather regarding his grandfather who left the Rosebud Agency under the care of a former U.S. Indian Agent. Eagle Feather requests help in…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Help in Returning Grandfather of Ralph Eagle Feather991.76 KB
November 23, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay for the expenses of all students whose terms of enrollment expire and ill health during the remainder of the 1883 fiscal year.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Students During the 1883 Fiscal Year667.87 KB
November 26, 1883
J. M. Haworth reports that arrangements might be made to allow for the San Carlos students to be sent with the Fort Union students to the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Arrangements to Transport San Carlos Children with Fort Union Children386.52 KB
November 28, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt requests the Office of Indian Affairs authority to send Cora Eyre to the Navajo Agency to work as a laundress at the agency school.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Authority Sought for Cora Eyre to Work at Navajo Agency429.72 KB
December 1, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt objects to U.S. Indian Agent Wilcox spending his appropriation unless he can do so more economically.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Objects to Agent Spending His Appropriation382.68 KB
December 1, 1883 - February 7, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a request for the return of Onondaga children currently enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt provides context to the request for the return of the children and determines that it might be best to return the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Onondaga Nation Students1.28 MB
December 5, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt forwards at the request of the Office of Indian Affairs five copies for the lease of the Hocker Farm signed by members of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees. Pratt notes that Board was authorized to act in all…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Forwards Lease of the Hocker Farm426.75 KB
December 6, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt provides further discussion related to his telegraph objecting to U.S. Indian Agent Wilcox spending his appropriation money in transporting students from the Apache Nation to Carlisle. Pratt indicates that he had negotiated…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Further Objects to Apache Indian Agent Spending His Appropriation919.1 KB
December 8, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt requests that funds expended from the Carlisle Indian School appropriation to send three students to take positions in the Indian Service at the Navajo Agency be refunded from another fund.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Funds to Send Students to Indian Service Positions be Refunded412.04 KB
December 11, 1883
Estimate of funds for the first quarter of 1884 amounting to $14,401.00 for support of the school and estimate of supplies ammounting to $1,196. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds amounting to $5,510.00 for regular employee pay.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Reports