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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November 2, 1886
J. M. Schofield informs the Adjutant General of the Army that 37 Apache students have departed from Fort Marion for the Carlisle Indian School including 29 boys and 8 girls. Further writes that 4 girls who were set to leave stayed due to fever.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Departure of Apache Students from Fort Marion to Carlisle511.59 KB
November 4, 1886
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees and includes details on their compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked at the school in October 1886. Pratt distinguishes between the employees,…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students - Irregular Employees
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Report of Irregular Employees, October 18861.59 MB
November 4, 1886 - November 10, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter to the Office of Indian Affairs from Thomas La Fort regarding enrolling students at the Carlisle Indian School from the St. Regis reservation.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Enroll Students from the St. Regis Reservation1.11 MB
November 8, 1886
O. G. Given, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary reports for August, September, and October 1886. Given also includes a short note about a case in the "Remarks and Physician's Special Report" section of the September report.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness, Student Deaths
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Wounded, August - October 18864.03 MB
November 9, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt submits a "Special" Estimate of Funds form for $555.00 to purchase "Paragon" school seating at .85 cents per feet and transportation of supplies.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Furniture
View Document: Special Estimate of Funds, Fourth Quarter 1886786.96 KB
November 10, 1886
Captain Richard Henry Pratt submits a report that lists new employee (C. H. Hepburn) as well as one who changed positions (James H. Richards). The reports include position title, salary, date of departure, and reason for departure. An explanatory…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees, November 18861.49 MB
November 10, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt seeks authority to cover the expense to return Christine Archiquette to her home due to hemorrhages.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Christine Archiqutte to Her Home445.64 KB
November 18, 1886
Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for December 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 December 1886432.6 KB
November 22, 1886
George S. Holloway of the Henry Mission Band of the Princeton Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia writes to President Grover Cleveland asking him to subscribe to the Indian Helper published at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Printing Department
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for President to Subscribe to Indian Helper852.55 KB
November 24, 1886 - January 31, 1887
John R. Wilbon, Superintendent of the Office of Indian Affairs Warehouse in New York, forwards a receipt covering shortage of three coffee boilers for the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Forwarded Invoice for Shortage of Coffee Boilers1.8 MB
November 26, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to employ a bookbinder to repair 150 worn out gospel hymnals.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Employ Bookbinder to Repair Hymnals423.95 KB
December 1886
O. G. Given, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for November 1886. Given also includes a note about the cases in the "Remarks and Physician's Special Report" section.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Reports
View Document: Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Wounded, November 18861.16 MB
December 2, 1886
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees and includes details on their compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked at the school in November 1886. Pratt distinguishes between the employees,…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students - Irregular Employees
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Report of Irregular Employees, November 18861.53 MB
December 4, 1886 - December 16, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter forwarding a letter from Agent T. J. Sheehan requesting the return of Charles Martin and Henry Hudson to the White Earth Agency. Pratt responds that Martin is a student at…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Charles Martin and Henry Hudson1.76 MB
December 6, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the Office of Indian Affairs that he has forwarded the descriptive statement of Wasu Ricker to the Department.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Forwards Descriptive Statement of Wasu Ricker382.63 KB
December 8, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt forwards the descriptive statement of Julia Long, a member of the Sioux Nation, from Mitchell, Dakota as requested by the Office of Indian Affairs.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Forwards Descriptive Statement of Julia Long387.02 KB
December 20, 1886
Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for January 1887. 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 January 1887403.01 KB
December 22, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Nellie Londrosh has accepted the position of teacher at the Winnebago Agency.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Nellie Londrosh Accepts Teaching Position at Winnebago Agency422.84 KB
December 28, 1886
Estimate of funds for the first quarter of 1886 amounting to $9,711.65 for support of the school. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds amounting to $6,817.50 for regular employee pay.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Estimate of Funds and Employee Pay, First Quarter 18861.33 MB
December 28, 1886
Richard H. Pratt submits an Estimate of Supplies for the first quarter of fiscal year 1887 amounting to $234.15 and requests to purchase those items in the open market. The form includes the items being requested, the quantity, the estimated cost…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Estimate of Supplies, December 18861.12 MB
January 3, 1887
J. T. Gregory, U.S. Indian Agent for the La Pointe Agency, seeks guidance from the Office of Indian Affairs regarding the transfer of Henry and Frank (here Francis) Blatchford from Odanah, Wisconsin to the Carlisle Indian School. The students'…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel to Enroll
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Guidance Sought for Escort for Henry and Frank Blatchford660.67 KB
January 15, 1887
An invitation for a series of exercises, performed by Carlisle Indian School students, which include industrial demonstrations, recitations, songs, drawings, and a debate. The event was billed as a way to show "the capacity of the Indian to…
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Topics:
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
View Document: "An Evening with the Carlisle Indian School"190.35 KB
January 20, 1887
Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for February 1887. 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 February 1887405.88 KB
January 21, 1887
J. T. Gregory, U.S. Indian Agent for the LaPointe Agency, notifies the Office of Indian Affairs that Henry and Frank Blatchford have departed Odanah, Wisconsin for Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel to Enroll
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Departure of Henry and Frank Blatchford379.86 KB
January 29, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he omitted a carpenter to assist in general repairs in his Report of Irregular Employees for the month of February 1887.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Add Carpenter to Irregular Employee Roll for February 1887460.32 KB