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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May 26, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt provides the Office of Indian Affairs with a list of students whose terms of enrollment are set to expire or for other reasons and requests authority to return them to their homes.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: List of Students to be Returned to their Homes for June 18861021.82 KB
May 29, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt reports on a proposed plan to bring the children currently being held in St. Augustine, Florida to be educated at the Carlisle Indian School. In addition, at the suggestion of Lieutenant Richards that he send Bonito, a student…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Proposal to Bring St. Augustine Children to Carlisle as Students493.82 KB
June 1, 1886
Superintendent Richard Henry Pratt writes to Doctor Cornelius Rea Agnew regarding plans for new and renovated buildings at Carlisle. Pratt states that he does not intend to take on more students, but rather to create a more individualized…
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Letter from Richard H. Pratt to Cornelius R. Agnew2.55 MB
June 2, 1886
Obadiah G. Given, the school physician of the Carlisle Indian School, reports on the health and treatment of William Butcher. Given states that Butcher has a localized scrofula infection that is best treated at the school. Richard Henry Pratt…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Physician Report and Treatment Plan for William Butcher1004.88 KB
June 3, 1886
Reply to Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the ages of outgoing pupils.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel Departing
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Age of Students Being Sent Home in June 1886946.07 KB
June 6, 1886
Stailey Norcross writes to his former outing patron William Balderston regarding his current work on the Carlisle Indian School farm.
Repository: Mercer Museum Research Library
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Stailey Norcross Letter to William Balderston933.56 KB
June 7, 1886
Se he du ba requests the return of his son Thomas Mitchell due to his age and the fact that he has been at the Carlisle Indian School for a year longer than his term of enrollment. Se he du ba also encloses a letter from Mitchell detailing his…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Se he du ba Requests Return of Son Thomas Mitchell859.76 KB
June 10, 1886
Request to return Bennie Thomas and Annie Thomas to their homes by Richard Henry Pratt. Pratt notes that the students returned after the expiration of their first term of three years with a party of students who had five year terms. However,…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Annie and Bennie Thomas to Their Homes624.71 KB
June 12, 1886 - July 12, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from D. F. Small requesting to have enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School a sister of a former Carlisle student, Rosa White Bear, from the Rosebud Agency. Small provides the history of the proposed student…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Enroll Sioux Student from Mitchell, Dakota947.37 KB
June 14, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the Office of Indian Affairs letter which enclosed a letter from Charles H. Potter requesting the return of Joseph Hamilton, the son of Sin du ha ha. Pratt answers that Hamilton is small for his age and unable to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Request for Return of Joseph Hamilton442.4 KB
June 15, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding a request by Se he du ba requesting the return of his son Thomas Mitchell from the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that Mitchell is doing well at Carlisle and that…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Request for Return of Thomas Mitchell315.58 KB
June 15, 1886
Samuel C. Armstrong, Principal of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural School, notes that with Richard Henry Pratt willing to take all of the imprisoned children at Fort Marion that the Apache students at Hampton also be transferred to Carlisle.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Proposed Transfer of Apache Students at Hampton to Carlisle283.3 KB
June 15, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt notes that he postponed the departure of students to their homes due to not having time to notify the agents to meet the students on their arrival. As a result he delayed the trip and met with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel Departing
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Reason for Postponing Trip for Returning Students to Their Homes332.38 KB
June 18, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt submits a "Special" Estimate of Funds form for $3,899.30 to purchase materials to build additional girls quarters.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Special Estimate of Funds, Second Quarter 1886438.17 KB
June 19, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt requests permission to travel to St. Augustine with a Carlisle Indian School student from Chiricahua to provide a presentation to the Apache prisoners of war about the intentions of the Government in seeking to educate their…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests to Travel to St. Augustine to Recruit Students for Carlisle639.29 KB
June 19, 1886 - June 28, 1886
Correspondence discussing the appropriation of $37,500 for improvements to the Carlisle Indian School including the acquisition of the neighboring Parker farm, a new large boys’ dormitory, a school barn, and some other improvements. A…
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View Document: Secretary of the Interior Letter Regarding Improvements to the Parker Farm828.77 KB
June 20, 1886
First Lieutenant Stephen C. Mills, the officer in charge of the Chiricahua Indian Prisoners at Fort Marion, Florida recommends sending Bonito, a student at the Carlisle Indian School and a member of the Apache Nation, to Fort Marion to discuss…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Recommendation to Send Bonito to Fort Marion for Recruitment704.78 KB
June 21, 1886
Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for July 1886. Pratt also includes details on compensation, position title, and the number of workdays required for the month.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Irregular Employees Required for July 1886292.75 KB
June 22, 1886
Clinton B. Fisk, Chairman of the Board of Indian Commissioners, provides his inspection of the Carlisle Indian School to John D. C. Atkins. In particular, Fisk suggests purchasing the Parker farm, building a large barn, and building a large new…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Recommendations for Improvements to the Carlisle Indian School837.68 KB
June 24, 1886
Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with additional information in regard to required labor needed for July 1886. Pratt inadvertently omitted the need for a music instructor from the list sent previously on…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Additional Irregular Employee Required for July 1886319.62 KB
June 28, 1886 - July 17, 1886
Mauricio Martin requests the return of his son Lorenzo Martinez (here referred to as Lorenzo Martin) for the vacation due to his mother's ill health. Martin states that she does not believe the letters and photographs Lorenzo sends home.
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Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Lorenzo Martinez to Return Home During Vacation1.6 MB
June 30, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt requests transportation to send Joseph Hamilton, a member of the Omaha Nation, from Carlisle to Bancroft, Nebraska.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Funds for Joseph Hamilton to Travel to Bancroft, Nebraska314.67 KB
July 3, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt forwards transportation requests covering students and employees over the Union Pacific and the Sioux City & Pacific railroads which were disallowed to the Secretary of the Interior.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Forwards Disallowed Travel Requests to Interior Secretary510.21 KB
July 6, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt submits a voucher to the Office of Indian Affairs for expenses related to arresting and returning the two students who had run away from the Carlisle Indian School and were apprehended at Gallitzin, Pennsylvania.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students Running Away
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Submission of Voucher Covering Expenses in Returning Two Run Away Students436.75 KB
July 8, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt submits eight photographs to the Office of Indian Affairs. Pratt mentions that four photos were of the three spring and four of the platform spring.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Submits Photographs of Wagons301.71 KB