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 4, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt notes that the Carlisle Indian School can have 650 to 675 students for the upcoming fiscal year on its Congressional appropriation compared to its current enrollment of 531. As a result Pratt notes that this would require…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Recruitment of Students
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Authority to Recruit Students for 1887-1888 School Year771.4 KB
July 7, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt forwards to the Office of Indian Affairs the agreement between the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Carlisle Indian School Charity Fund to reduce the rent of the Hocker Farm from $1000 to $600. Pratt notes…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Forwards Revised Lease of the Hocker Farm for 1888 Fiscal Year411.61 KB
July 10, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt provides the irregular employee services that will be required at the Carlisle Indian School for August 1887.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Irregular Service Needed at Carlisle in August 1887413.88 KB
July 14, 1887
Sigourney Butler, Comptroller, forwards the original contract between James Andrew McCauley, Robert M. Henderson, and Richard Henry Pratt for the lease of the Hocker Farm by the Carlisle Indian School.
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 Affairs508.74 KB
July 14, 1887
Estimate of funds for the third quarter of 1887 amounting to $11,634.45 for support of the school and for the transportation of Indian supplies. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds amounting to $7,347.50 for regular employee pay.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, Third Quarter 18871.27 MB
July 16, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt responds to a letter from Lucius Q. C. Lamar, Secretary of the Interior, with information about two Nez Perce students, Luke Phillips and Samuel Johns, who became ill during their second term of enrollment. Pratt notes that he…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Reports on State of Indian School Education to Interior Secretary3.39 MB
July 18, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding a request from Wounded Yellow Robe (here Garfield W. Yellowrobe) to visit his home. Pratt notes that Yellow Robe is due to return to his home in a year and therefore…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Wounded Yellow Robe's Request to Visit Home409.93 KB
July 18, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs of damage to the Carlisle Indian School caused by a cyclone with large hail. Pratt lists the damage including 300 broken windows and half of the small boys quarter's roof being torn off. He…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Storm Damage to the Carlisle Indian School and Cost of Rebuilding1.48 MB
July 18, 1887
Wounded Yellow Robe (here Garfield W. Yellowrobe) writes to President of the United States Grover Cleveland from his outing home in New Hope, PA requesting permission to visit his parents in Dakota Territory. Yellow Robe states that he would also…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Wounded Yellow Robe Requests Permission to Visit His Parents900.46 KB
July 21, 1887
Detailed report on the damage caused by a small cyclone and hail to the buildings of the Carlisle Indian School. Richard Henry Pratt notes that most of the buildings were damaged but can be repaired with labor and materials on hand. He notes that…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Detailed Report on Storm Damage at the Carlisle Indian School956.22 KB
July 22, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding bringing students from the Blackfeet, Navajo, and Ute Agencies to the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that he has instructed his staff sent to the Rosebud, Pine…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Recruitment of Students
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Proposal to Obtain Students from the Blackfeet, Navajo, and Ute Agencies649 KB
July 29, 1887
Wrap for proposal to sending a deaf student to a school for deaf students in Salem, Oregon.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Transfers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Wrap for Letter to Send Deaf Student to School in Salem, Oregon380.41 KB
August 1, 1887 - August 8, 1887
John A. Logan requests the return of his three children from the Carlisle Indian School. Richard Henry Pratt forwards the letter to the Office of Indian Affairs noting that he has a large correspondence with Logan and that all of his children are…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: John Logan Requests the Return of His Three Children1.01 MB
August 5, 1887
John R. Wilbon, Superintendent of the New York Warehouse, seeks authority to send pebble duck canvas to the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: New York Warehouse Seeks Authority to Send Duck Canvas to Carlisle422.91 KB
August 6, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase 1000 chestnut rails and 200 locust posts for repairing the fence at the Parker Farm.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase Supplies to Repair Fence at the Parker Farm422.73 KB
August 10, 1887 - September 12, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt refers to a letter from the Office of Indian Affairs authorizing him to send George Thomas to the Fort Stevenson School to take over the harness shop. However, he notes that no provision was made for transportation.
The…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Transportation of George Thomas to Fort Stevenson School928.31 KB
August 11, 1887 - August 16, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt requests the Office of Indian Affairs correct an error in approving irregular pay for July 1887.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Fix Office Error in Approving Irregular Pay for July 1887750.86 KB
August 16, 1887
These materials include a cover letter and a Descriptive Statement of Pupils of students from the Rosebud; Pine Ridge; and Omaha and Winnebago Agencies transferred to the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Descriptive Statement of Pupils from Various Agencies, August 18871.92 MB
August 16, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt forwards expense vouchers related to the recruitment of students in the Omaha and Winnebago Agency as well as the Pine Ridge and Rosebud Agencies.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Forwards Vouchers for Recruitment of Students in July 1887677.28 KB
August 17, 1887 - August 20, 1887
Ida Johnson, a teacher at Grand River Indian Territory, requests permission to enroll her brother and sister in the Carlisle Indian School. Richard Henry Pratt forwards the request to the Office of Indian Affairs with his favor by indicating the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Ida Johnson Requests to Enroll Siblings at Carlisle1.14 MB
August 20, 1887
Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for September 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 September 1887582.18 KB
August 22, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt requests from the Office of Indian Affairs that all circulars referencing teaching English in Indian Schools be sent to him due to articles in the Christian Union and The Advance.
Pratt also writes…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Education Circulars Referencing Teaching English418.84 KB
August 22, 1887
Supplementary estimate of funds for the third quarter of 1887 amounting to $15,755.39 for support of the school.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Supplementary Estimate of Funds, Third Quarter 18871.18 MB
August 23, 1887 - September 3, 1887
The U.S. Indian Agent for the Navajo Agency requests from Richard Henry Pratt that Benjamin Damon a student at the Carlisle Indian School be employed a position as an interpreter at the Agency.
Pratt forwards the letter to the Office of…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request from Navajo Agency to Employ Benjamin Damon as Interpreter1.03 MB
September 5, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt seeks authority to pay expenses of agents visiting pupils on farms and in families. Pratt notes that the cost will be $300 and the funds are already to his credit.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Outing Program Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Authority Sought to Pay Agents to Visit Outing Pupils373.74 KB