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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March 12, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt asks for 6,000 more letter envelopes for students to correspond with parents and friends.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Letter Envelopes471.16 KB
March 12, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt responds to a letter from the Bureau of Indian Affairs regarding a letter from Henry Martin. Pratt notes that the letter from Martin was not enclosed.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Response to Letter Regarding Henry Martin300.86 KB
March 16, 1886
Estimate of funds for the second quarter of 1886 amounting to $9,936.51 for support of the school. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds amounting to $6,435.00 for regular employee pay.
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View Document: Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, Second Quarter 18861.54 MB
March 18, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt notifies the Bureau of Indian Affairs that he has placed Manuel Romero as a pupil of the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Pratt indicates that he will keep Romero on his…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Manuel Romero Enrolled at School in Philadelphia488.39 KB
March 19, 1886
Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for April 1886. Pratt also includes details on compensation, position title, and the number of workdays required for the month.
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Irregular Employees Required for April 1886441.34 KB
March 19, 1886
Superintendent Richard Henry Pratt writes to Gerardus C. King, Counsellor at Law, thanking him for a donation of $5000 to the school. Pratt discusses how the gift will be used to defray the costs of a debt on the school farm, and to fund a…
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Topics: Fundraising
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Letter from Richard H. Pratt to Gerardus C. King701.57 KB
March 24, 1886
Envelope wrap for a list of pupils at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Wrap for List of Pupils at the Carlisle Indian School124.14 KB
March 27, 1886
Superintendent Richard Henry Pratt writes to Doctor Cornelius Rea Agnew regarding Pratt's recent ousting from a Congressional bill on Indian education, and Pratt's political battles with Superintendent of Schools John Oberly at the Mohonk…
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Topics: Fundraising, Lake Mohonk Conferences
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Letter from Richard H. Pratt to Cornelius R. Agnew2.14 MB
March 30, 1886
L. J. Miles, U.S. Indian Agent for the Osage Agency, requests permission to return with a number of Osage students at the Carlisle Indian School due to requests from their parents.
Note: No student named Emma Ross attended Carlisle so it…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: L. J. Miles Requests Permission to Bring Home Osage Students688.38 KB
April 2, 1886
Lewis Elm requests the return of his son Levi Elm, a student at the Carlisle Indian School, to his home. Elm states that his son does not wish to remain at Carlisle any longer and is suffering as a result. He notes that Levi can work on the farm…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Lewis Elm Requests Return of Son from the Carlisle Indian School878.03 KB
April 3, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Alice Fremont is leaving for Washington D.C.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Alice Fremont Leaving for Washington D.C.379.02 KB
April 6-20, 1886
Requests by Eli Sheridan and Theodore McCauley to go home in order to aid their fathers. Richard Henry Pratt in returning the requests to the Bureau of Indian Affairs recommends denying the requests on grounds that he had recently lectured both…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Requests by Eli Sheridan and Theodore McCauley to Return Home1.29 MB
April 7, 1886
Authority sought by Richard Henry Pratt to cover expenses in returning Joseph Roubidoux to his home due to his mother's failing health.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Authority Sought to Cover Expense in Returning Joseph Roubidoux624.94 KB
April 13, 1886
Report made by Richard Henry Pratt of the death of Jose Kowseah while returning from an outing in Rupert, Pennsylvania.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Report on the Death of Jose Kowseah535.67 KB
April 15, 1886 - April 18, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt recommends that De Bett Cheyenne Chief, who the school planned to send home due to illness, be send home sooner in response to a request from the agency. Due to Cheyenne Chief's health Pratt recommends sending Kise Williams,…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return De Bett Cheyenne Chief and Kise Williams1.09 MB
April 20, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt supplies the information requested by the Office of Indian Affairs including the fact the Carlisle Indian School can enroll 550 students for the next fiscal year including 425 students at the school and 125 on outing. Also…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Response to Request for Information by the Office of Indian Affairs674 KB
April 23, 1886
Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for May 1886. Pratt also includes details on compensation, position title, and the number of workdays required for the month.
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Irregular Employees Required for May 1886295.46 KB
April 28, 1886 - January 11, 1888
T. S. Childs makes a report to the Office of Indian Affairs on Carlisle Indian School and the Indian Training School at the Hampton Institute. Childs report was prompted by complaints made against the Hampton Institute related to the health and…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Report on the Hampton Institute and the Carlisle Indian School26.16 MB
May 4, 1886
Acting Secretary of the Interior H. L. Muldrew returns a letter from Richard Henry Pratt regarding exceptions of the Second Auditor taken regarding settlement of accounts for various contractors. The contracts were modified to reflect that…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Modification of Contracts for Supplies for the Carlisle Indian School423.77 KB
May 7, 1886
Charles Potter, U.S. Indian Agent for the Omaha and Winnebago Agency, requests on behalf of Sin-de-ha-ha or William Hamilton that his son Joseph Hamilton be returned from the Carlisle Indian School. Potter cites Sin-de-ha-ha's poor health as a…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for the Return of Joseph Hamilton529.72 KB
May 8, 1886
Superintendent Richard Henry Pratt writes to Dr. Cornelius Rea Agnew suggesting that Agnew stops in Carlisle to say goodbye before traveling. Pratt also mentions discussions between teacher Mary Hyde and Charles Pratt of the Astral Oil…
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Letter from Richard H. Pratt to Cornelius R. Agnew1.35 MB
May 17, 1886
Superintendent Richard Henry Pratt writes to Dr. Cornelius Rea Agnew saying that he received Congressional funding for the purchase of a farm adjacent to the school, as well as for the construction of a chapel, stable, and two new school wings.…
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Letter from Richard H. Pratt to Cornelius R. Agnew583.18 KB
May 21, 1886
Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for June 1886. Pratt also includes details on compensation, position title, and the number of workdays required for the month.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Irregular Employees Required for June 1886274.81 KB
May 22, 1886
David Butcher requests the return of his son, William Butcher, from the Carlisle Indian School due to ill health.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return William Butcher to His Home484.81 KB
May 24, 1886
Henry Martin requests the return of his son Charles Martin from the Carlisle Indian School due to the health of other Chippewa students at Carlisle. The interpreter writing the letter, J. A. Gilfillian, adds that he believes that because half of…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Additional Request to Return Charles Martin to His Home458.54 KB