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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July 10, 1886
Estimate of funds for the third quarter of 1886 amounting to $17,155.40 for support of the school and for transportation of Indian supplies. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds amounting to $6,652.50 for regular employee pay. …
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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View Document: Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, Third Quarter 18861.42 MB
July 14, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to keep Miss Hyde on the regular employee roll to continue in her role while alterations are made to the girls quarters. In addition, Pratt requests authority to pay for an irregular employee to visit outing…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Authority to Pay Temporary Help Over the 1886 Summer445.4 KB
July 15, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to renew the lease on the Hocker Farm. Pratt provides the justification for the lease by claiming that the lease goes to support the charity fund which in turn is used to rent additional farmland including…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Renew Hocker Farm Lease for Fiscal Year 1887680.83 KB
July 17, 1886
Charles E. Montieth, Farmer in Charge of the Nez Perce Agency, recommends that two or three Nez Perce students currently at the Carlisle Indian School whose terms of enrollment are about to expire travel with Montieth's replacement from the East…
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Suggestion for Returning Nez Perce Students to Their Homes471.28 KB
July 20, 1886
Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for August 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 August 1886394.53 KB
July 26, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay for the transportation of Harriet Mary, a member of the Nez Perce Nation, whose term of enrollment has expired and whose mother is requesting her return home. Pratt notes that the Nez Perce agent…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Transportation for Harriet Mary to Her Home456.7 KB
July 27, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt informs A. B. Upshaw that he has already filled the last remaining teaching vacancy at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Informs Office that He Filled Last Remaining Teaching Vacancy472.94 KB
July 29, 1886
Isaac H. Maynard, Second Comptroller, requests written evidence of the renewal of the lease of the Hocker Farm for the benefit of the Carlisle Indian School be filed with his office.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Farms - Land Transactions
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Second Comptroller Requests Hocker Farm Lease be Filed at Office522.13 KB
July 30, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt responds to a letter from the Office of Indian Affairs regarding Nez Perce students at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that four students came to Carlisle in 1880 and two in 1883. Of those students who came in 1880 the…
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Discussion of Nez Perce Students at Carlisle689.25 KB
July 30, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt writes regarding a request from Lieutenant Heistand of the 11 Infantry of an orphaned Sioux girl who his family taken in. Because of his posting on a military base he has been unable to enroll the girl in a school and so…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Enroll Wasu Ricker at the Carlisle Indian School643.2 KB
July 31, 1886
School Statistics Accompanying the Annual Report for the 1886 Fiscal Year.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Reports
View Document: School Statistics Accompanying the Annual Report, 18861.05 MB
August 4, 1886 - August 5, 1886
Charles H. Potter, the U.S. Indian Agent for the Omaha and Winnebago Agency, forwards a list of names for appointment to the Industrial Boarding School at the Winnebago Agency.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: List of Names for Appointment to the Omaha and Winnebago Industrial School987.62 KB
August 4, 1886
Voucher to cover expenses in the return of three run away students located and arrested in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students Running Away
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Voucher Covering Travel Expenses to Recover Three Runaway Students468.57 KB
August 6, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt follows up with the Office of Indian Affairs regarding the transportation for Wasu Ricker from Mandan, North Dakota to Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Follow Up on Transportation for Wasu Ricker373.06 KB
August 7, 1886
Isaac H. Maynard replies to the request of John D. C. Atkins transmits a contract between James Andrew McCauley, Robert M. Henderson, and Richard Henry Pratt for the lease of the Hocker Farm.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Farms - Land Transactions
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Comptroller Transmits Contract for Hocker Farm to the Office of Indian Affairs517.37 KB
August 9, 1886
Superintendent Richard Henry Pratt writes to Doctor Cornelius Rea Agnew about the search to "find a mother for the girls." This letter is part of a series of related correspondence which can be found using the People tags. Transcript…
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Letter from Richard H. Pratt to Cornelius R. Agnew423.54 KB
August 10, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt requests permission to recruit female students, along with his oldest daughter as an assistant, from the Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency, the Kiowa and Comanche and the Quapaw Agency, the Pueblo Agency, the Navajo Agency, and the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Proposed Trip for Student Recruitment in the Summer of 18861.21 MB
August 10, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt requests that transportation from Mitchell, Dakota to Carlisle, Pennsylvania be forwarded to the Agent at Mitchell Station. Pratt further requests to be notified so that he make necessary arrangements for the girls' expenses…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel to Enroll
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Forward Transportation to Mitchell Dakota Station435.55 KB
August 10, 1886
A request from Richard Herny Pratt to send Tom Torlino to his home in order to serve as an example of the benefits of the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Tom Torlino to His Home484.6 KB
August 18, 1886
George W. Norris, the newly appointed U.S. Indian Agent for the Nez Perce Agency, replies to an Office of the Indian Affairs letter that he will travel to the Nez Perce Agency via Carlisle, Pennsylvania in order to pick up Harriet Mary to return…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel Departing
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: George W. Harris Will Pick Up Harriet Mary on Route to Nez Perce Agency695.3 KB
August 18, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt protests the appointment by Charles H. Potter, U.S. Indian Agent for the Omaha and Winnebago Agency, of Nellie Londrosh as Assistant Teacher in the Winnebago Industrial Boarding School. Pratt notes that while Londrosh is an…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Protests Appointment of Nellie Londrosh as Assistant Teacher646.58 KB
August 19, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt writes that it will be difficult to send Harriet Mary Elder (here Harriet Mary Boston) to the agency, seemingly due to expense, but he will see that she gets there.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel Departing
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Transportation of Harriet Mary Elder to Agency363.41 KB
August 20, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt requests full authority and instructions from the Office of Indian Affairs to travel West and recruit new students as soon as possible.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Authority and Instructions Sought for Pratt's Trip West in 1886373.93 KB
August 23, 1886
Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for September 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 September 1886389.83 KB
August 23, 1886 - October 11, 1886
Correspondence regarding the enrollment of Onondaga students at the Carlisle Indian School between John A. Bowman, Alfred John Standing, Bishop Huntington, and Richard Henry Pratt. Pratt concludes the correspondence by forwarding everything to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Enroll Onondaga Students at Carlisle in 18863.63 MB