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 9, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to increase the number of pupils at the Carlisle Indian School for the upcoming school year. Pratt notes that he has corresponded with individuals from the Osage, Pueblo, and White Earth Agencies and they…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Proposal to Increase Number of Students at Carlisle771.79 KB
June 14, 1884
William H. H. Llewellyn, U.S. Indian Agent for the Mescalero and Jicarilla Agency, informs the Office of Indian Affairs of a delay in sending students to Carlisle due to the Texas and Pacific Railway being washed out in places.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Delay in Sending Apache Students to Carlisle597.92 KB
July 2, 1884
Superintendent Richard Henry Pratt writes to Doctor Cornelius Rea Agnew regarding Agnew's nomination to an unnamed committee. Pratt also discusses his ability to recruit more students thanks to the passing of the Indian Appropriations Bill…
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Letter from Richard H. Pratt to Cornelius R. Agnew2.89 MB
July 5, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt requests that $7000 be placed to his credit in order to gather the 150 students authorized by the Indian Affairs Office.
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Funds to Gather Students for the Carlisle Indian School454.11 KB
July 5, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to return three students whose terms have expired. Two of the students, Lena Carr and Harry Marmon, stayed behind because of instructions from Dr. Sheldon Jackson but whose parents have since been requested…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Three Students455.87 KB
July 7, 1884
S. R. Martin refers bill of A. Shetter for board of returned Carlisle students for $20. The original was forwarded to Richard Henry Pratt.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Envelope for Bill for Board of Carlisle Students217.83 KB
July 9, 1884
Estimate of funds for the third quarter of 1884 amounting to $21,108.00 for support of the school. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds amounting to $6,105.00 for regular employee pay.
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View Document: Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, Third Quarter 18841.22 MB
July 9 - August 28, 1884
Mary E. Whitcomb inquires of Richard Henry Pratt if there are any vacancies at the Carlisle Indian School for a teacher due to an increase in the number of students. Pratt forwards the letter to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs noting that the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to be Employed as a Teacher at the Carlisle Indian School1013.02 KB
July 10, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt requests the approval for his request for $7000 in order to transport pupils to Carlisle. In particular, Pratt notes that one of the Carlisle Indian School teachers who returned with Pueblo students has seen 40 students from…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Approval Sought for Transportation Appropriation for 1884439.33 KB
July 15, 1884
Superintendent Richard Henry Pratt writes to Doctor Cornelius Rea Agnew attempting to arrange a visit, as well as a trip to the west to recruit students. Pratt asks Agnew to come along to help select healthy children, and suggests that they…
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Topics: Fundraising, Recruitment of Students
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Letter from Richard H. Pratt to Cornelius R. Agnew2.6 MB
July 16, 1884 - July 21, 1884
Luke Phillips, a member of the Nez Perce Nation, requests to be sent home along with the Nez Perce students. Richard Henry Pratt forwards the request and notes that he has argued with Phillips to stay but believes it might be best to return him…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Luke Phillips Home937.37 KB
July 23, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt requests information from the Indian Affairs Office regarding an exhibit for New Orleans. Pratt mentions that Spencer Fullerton Baird of the Smithsonian Institute has mentioned building a display in conjunction with the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Information on a Display for New Orleans435.92 KB
July 26, 1884
Acting Secretary in the Department of the Interior M. S. Juslyn writes to Doctor Cornelius Rea Agnew enclosing an order securing Agency and Indian Service assistance for Agnew while he is in the West.
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Topics: Recruitment of Students
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Letter from M. S. Juslyn to Cornelius R. Agnew1.18 MB
July 26, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that the El Paso Station is accessible from the Mescalero Agency if a party of students is being sent to the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt ends by stating that he is heading West on Monday…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel to Enroll
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Informs Office on Transporting Students from the Mescalero Agency384.13 KB
July 28, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Bureau of Indian Affairs that he is leaving for the Indian Territory and New Mexico for new pupils for the Carlisle Indian School. In his absence he leaves A. J. Standing in charge of the School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Recruitment of Students
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Leaves for the Indian Territory and New Mexico for New Students423.61 KB
July 28, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt provides his travel plans to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for his trip West to recruit students for the Carlisle Indian School. He includes stops at the Lawrence and Chilocco Indian Schools as well as the Kaw and Osage…
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Provides His Travel Plans for Recruiting Students424.35 KB
July 31, 1884 - August 1, 1884
Alfred John Standing provides a copy of his letter to the Commissioner of the Patent Office Benjamin Butterworth to the Bureau of Indian Affairs regarding a potential Carlisle Indian School exhibit at the Government Exhibition in New Oreleans.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Proposal for Display at the Government Exhibition in New Orleans869.72 KB
August 21, 1884
William H. H. Llewellyn, requests that Assistant Surgeon Charles B. Ewing be given permission from the War Department to accompany him to the Carlisle Indian School with a delegation of students.
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Llewellyn Requests Assistant Surgeon to Accompany Him to Carlisle369.87 KB
August 25, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt reports his return to the Carlisle Indian School from his student recruiting trip out West along with 77 students. He notes that he brought back 57 students from Laguna, 14 from Acoma, four from Cochiti, and two from Jemes.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Return of Richard Henry Pratt to the Carlisle Indian School with Students592.27 KB
August 30, 1884
Roswell G. Wheeler, U.S. Indian Agent for the Pima Agency, requests a new spring wagon to replace the vehicles currently in use at the Agency. Porter in particular notes the poor quality of the spring wagon that was recently purchased from the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pima Agency Requests New Spring Wagon 948.42 KB
September 1, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt requests the Office of Indian Affairs take action on his nomination of employees for the 1885 fiscal year and his report of irregular employees for July 1884.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Office Action on Employee Reports for July 1884427.7 KB
September 4, 1884
William H. H. Llewellyn, U.S. Indian Agent for the Mescalero Agency, notes that he was unable to secure any girls from the agency to send to the Carlisle Indian School, but he has fifty boys ready to be enrolled. Inquiries whether Richard Henry…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Inquiry Regarding Enrolling 50 Boys from the Mescalero Agency378.77 KB
September 3, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt transmits to the Bureau of Indian Affairs plans for a building at the Carlisle Indian School to include a kitchen, dining room, laundry, and a sewing room along with a cellar for commissary supplies, root cellar, and coal bin…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Food and Dining, New Building Construction
View Document: Proposal for Building New Dining Room3.35 MB
September 5, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt writes that he is unwilling to only accept boys from the Mescalero Agency and believes that it is possible to obtain girls from the agency without force despite the agent's claims. As a result, Pratt requests the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Unwilling to Take All Boys from Mescalero Agency582.08 KB
September 5, 1884
Specifications for the proposed dining room.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Specifications for Proposed Dining Room to Built2.75 MB