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 14, 1888
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase various supplies to repair various buildings as well as build housing for the engineer and laundress.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Repair Buildings and Build Employee Housing791.39 KB
July 19, 1888
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the return of Hartley Ridge Bear and Harry Raven. Pratt further notes that the ticket for Henry Outa to return to Purcell, Oklahoma was not used due to Outa being too…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Response to Office Letter on the Return of Three Students529.92 KB
July 25, 1888
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to send school physician, Obadiah G. Given, to various agencies in the West to recruit 50 to 75 students. Pratt asks for latitude in recruiting students and arranging their transportation rather than having…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Student Recruitment in Western Agencies for Summer 1888651.25 KB
August 2, 1888
Wilson Elm requests the return of his ward Margaret Thomas, a student at the Carlisle Indian School, who is on outing in Colora, Maryland. Elm states that Thomas wishes to return home due to her health.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Return of Margaret Thomas408.63 KB
August 6, 1888 - September 3, 1888
Alfred John Standing forwards a request from Charles Mat Chickeny (here Charles Chickeny) to reenroll at the Carlisle Indian School with his cousin Peter Kewa-ta-wa-py. Standing indicates that he would approve of Chickeny's request as an…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Reenrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request of Charles Chickeny to Reenroll at the Carlisle Indian School762.37 KB
August 16, 1888 - October 31, 1889
Five members of the Pawnee Nation--Frank West, William Morgan, Stacy Morgan, Wilkie Sharpe, and Robert Mathews--request that their annuity money and lease money be sent to them or to Richard Henry Pratt to be in trust. They refer to a letter…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Annuity Money by Five Pawnee Nation Members1.62 MB
August 20, 1888
Captain Richard H. Pratt and Assistant Superintendent A. J. Standing provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for September 1888. Pratt also includes details on compensation, position title, and the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Irregular Employees Required for September 1888692.19 KB
August 21, 1888
Alfred John Standing replies to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the request of Cornelius and Margaret Baird for the return of their daughter Angelia from the Carlisle Indian School. Standing forwards a statement from Obadiah G. Given…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Response to Request for Return of Angelia Baird1.22 MB
August 27, 1888
Special etimate of funds for the first quarter of 1889 amounting to $9,007.41 for support of school.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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View Document: Special Estimate of Funds, First Quarter 18892.63 MB
August 30, 1888
Wrap for telegraph from Richard Henry Pratt in which he he describes difficulties in securing pupils, asks authority from the Office of Indian Affairs authority for 150 students, and opportunity to answer adverse allegations.
The telegraph…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Wrap for Telegraph Regarding Difficulties in Securing Students300.6 KB
August 31, 1888
Richard Henry Pratt replies to the Office of Indian Affairs that the Office has instructed Alfred John Standing to telegraph the Office for transportation only as he finds pupils to come to Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Office Dispatch Regarding Transportation for Students373.47 KB
September 3, 1888
Alfred John Standing requests that one ticket be placed for Henry J. Kendall in New Mexico.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel to Enroll
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Standing Requests Ticket for Henry Kendall520.38 KB
September 5, 1888
Charles R. Bishop, Eastern Passenger Agent for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, informs C. A. Maxwell that the railroad cannot carry business to Carlisle and so cannot provides rates for student travel.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Informs Office of No Service to Carlisle427.14 KB
September 7, 1888
Percy G. Smith, Passenger Agent, for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad provides a quote to A. B. Upshaw for the A and P Junction to Carlisle Pennsylvania.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: B&O Passenger Agent Provides Quote for Ticket324.41 KB
September 7, 1888
Richard Henry Pratt notifies the Office of Indian Affairs that he has received a telegram from Joshua H. Given stating that Given was waiting for transportation for himself and a party of students to be enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Transportation of Students from Purcell, IT to Carlisle762.93 KB
September 4, 1888
Robert A. Parker, Passenger Agent for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, provides a quote for a ticket for A&P Junction to Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: PRR Passenger Agent Provides Quote for Ticket435.78 KB
September 12, 1888
Richard Henry Pratt acknowledges Office of Indian Affairs authority covering him in the incidental expenses incurred in the transportation in bringing students to Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel to Enroll
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Acknowledgement of Authority to Cover Expenses in Bringing Students to Carlisle512.84 KB
September 12, 1888
Richard Henry Pratt writes that in accordance with Office of Indian Affairs authority he has sent Obadiah G. Given to Indian Territory to secure students. Pratt notes that he has instructed Given to telegraph the Office directly with the number…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Given Sent to Indian Territory to Recruit Students738.28 KB
September 14, 1888
Richard Henry Pratt requests transportation for 12 students from the Winnebago and Omaha Agency be placed at Sioux City in care of Alice C. Fletcher for travel to Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Transportation for 12 Students from the Winnebago and Omaha Agency467.79 KB
September 20, 1888
Captain Richard H. Pratt and Assistant Superintendent A. J. Standing provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for October 1888. Pratt also includes details on compensation, position title, and the number…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Irregular Employees Required for October 1888671.18 KB
September 21, 1888
Alfred John Standing follows up on a conversation he had in Washington D.C. with A. B. Upshaw, Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs, that the Carlisle Indian School has a capacity for 650 students. Its current enrollment is 538 students.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Capacity of the Carlisle Indian School in 1888463.7 KB
September 21, 1888
Joshua H. Given informs the the Office of Indian Affairs that nine boys and two girls will start for Carlisle from Purcell, Indian Territory under his charge.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Joshua Given Informs Office of Transporting Students to Carlisle343.96 KB
September 24, 1888
Alfred John Standing inquires who the Carlisle to Rushville ticket ordered by Richard Henry Pratt is intended to be given.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel Departing
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Standing Inquires Who Ticket from Carlisle to Rushville is For343.85 KB
September 29, 1888
Alfred John Standing requests that his order for 12 tickets for the delegation from the Omaha and Winnebago Agency to be placed for Alice C. Fletcher at Sioux City be changed to 15 tickets at Bancroft.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Standing Requests Change in Tickets for Omaha and Winnebago Delegation747.95 KB
October 1, 1888 - October 30, 1888
Letters of introduction for Edward F. Wilson the principal of two homes for the education and industrial training of Indian children at Sault Ste. Marie in Ontario, Canada. One of the letters is from Richard Henry Pratt who notes that he has…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Letters of Introduction for Edward Wilson1.52 MB