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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October 3, 1888
Richard Henry Pratt requests that William Freeman Vilas, Interior Secretary, place the $8,000 balance Congress appropriated for dividing the Sioux reservation be placed to his credit in New York.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Severality Act/Dawes Act (1887)
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Funds for Dividing the Sioux Reservation be Placed to His Credit480.53 KB
October 3, 1888
Richard Henry Pratt, head of the Sioux Commission, informs the Secretary Interior that Agents should be notified they are authorized to bring themselves, interpreters, and Indians to Washington D.C. The Sioux Commission will pay for…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Sioux Commission of 1888
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Sioux Commission Authorization for Travel to Washington D.C.990.06 KB
October 8, 1888 - October 13, 1888
Obadiah G. Given requests the Office of Indian Affairs place 25 tickets for a delegation from Darlington, Indian Territory to the Carlisle Indian School.
A note indicates that 25 first class tickets were awarded to the Baltimore and Ohio…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel to Enroll
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Given Requests 25 Tickets for Delegation to Travel to Carlisle358.76 KB
October 8, 1888
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has received letters from Quapaw Agency and the Sac and Fox Agency that they would like to attend the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt asks if the Office can add these two points to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Add Sac and Fox and Quapaw Agencies to Authorization514.76 KB
October 9, 1888
Richard Henry Pratt submits a "Special" Estimate of Funds form for $17,999.50 for completion of two-story building under contract with Andrew Wetzel.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Special Estimate of Funds, Second Quarter 1888858.87 KB
October 15, 1888
Richard Henry Pratt requests that the number of tickets for students traveling from Birch Cooley to enroll be increased from 10 to 16 and that there be one ticket for an escort.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Increase in Tickets for Students Enrolling from Birch Cooley527.29 KB
October 22, 1888
Estimate of funds for the second quarter of 1889 amounting to $11,090.35 for support of the school and stock cattle. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds amounting to $7,810.00 for regular employee pay.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, Second Quarter 18891.59 MB
October 22, 1888
Richard H. Pratt submits an Estimate of Supplies for the second quarter of fiscal year 1889 amounting to $385.35 and requests to purchase those items in the open market. The form includes the items being requested, the quantity, the estimated…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Estimate of Supplies, October 18881.37 MB
October 22, 1888
Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for November 1888. 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 November 1888707.94 KB
October 23, 1888
Richard Henry Pratt notes that with the completion of the new school building the Carlisle Indian School can accommodate 500 students on its campus. He further indicates that 189 students are currently on outing with only a few in any one…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Send William Campbell to Crow and Sioux Agencies1.31 MB
October 26, 1888
Obadiah G. Given, Carlisle Indian School physician, requests tickets for students to travel from Red Fork, Indian Territory and Seneca, Missouri to the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel to Enroll
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Tickets for Students to Travel to Carlisle532.16 KB
October 27, 1888
Richard Henry Pratt notes that his acting school physician has recommended sending Lucinda Hill and Rhoda Red Wolf home due to incipient consumption. Pratt notes that both students are able to travel to their homes in De Pere, Wisconsin and…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Lucinda Hill and Rhoda Red Wolf733.38 KB
October 31 - November 7, 1888
These materials include a cover letter and descriptive statement of students regarding 17 individuals sent to the Carlisle Indian School from the Quapaw Agency.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Descriptive Statement of Pupils from Quapaw Agency, 18881.29 MB
October 31, 1888 - July 22, 1889
Louis L. Robbins, Superintendent of the New York Warehouse, responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding complaints made by Richard Henry Pratt in receiving various supplies and invoices late.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: New York Warehouse Responds to Complaints from Carlisle1.88 MB
November 5, 1888
Wrap for Descriptive Statement of Children Sent to the Carlisle Indian School from the Quapaw Agency.
Note: The descriptive statement itself was missing.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Enrollment Lists
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Wrap for Descriptive Statement of Children Sent to Carlisle from the Quapaw Agency144.98 KB
November 6, 1888
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that the new school building is too large for any of the boilers at Carlisle. Pratt further requests that he be authorized to purchase a boiler from the Star Steam Heater Co.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Authority to Purchase Boiler for New School Building1.31 MB
November 6, 1888
Richard Henry Pratt returns the letter of Wounded Yellow Robe (here Richard G. Robe) who requested from the Office of Indian Affairs to be returned home. Pratt refers to an Office of Indian Affairs letter that indicates students who arrived in…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request of Wounded Yellow Robe to Return Home712.73 KB
November 9, 1888
Richard Henry Pratt provides a list of property which has become unserviceable and requests authority from the Office of Indian Affairs to drop them from his property returns.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
November 10, 1888
Richard Henry Pratt inquires if he will receive tickets for W. G. Campbell and incoming students from the Crow Agency to travel to the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel to Enroll
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Inquires if He Will Receive Tickets for Students from Crow Agency325.01 KB
November 12, 1888 - November 19, 1888
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a Board of Survey to the Office of Indian Affairs convened on November 14, 1888 to dispose of broken or otherwise unserviceable property at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Forwards Board of Survey Proceedings Convened in November 18882.67 MB
November 17, 1888
Thomas H. Breen, Superintendent of the Grand Junction Indian School, requests to transfer Joseph Morgan, Joseph Banks, and Sam Morgan to the Carlisle Indian School. Breen notes that the students came to Grand Junction under the belief that they…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Transfers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Transfer Three Students from Grand Junction to Carlisle822.73 KB
November 19, 1888
Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for December 1888. 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 1888700.84 KB
November 19, 1888
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has just received a letter from the Sac and Fox Agency requesting to enroll 10 or 12 students. The Agency asks simply that the students be allowed to return to their homes for…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Enroll a Group of Sac and Fox Students737.24 KB
November 19, 1888
Supplementary estimate of funds for the second quarter of 1889 amounting to $2,433.00 for support of the school and stock cattle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Supplementary Estimate of Funds, Second Quarter 1889906.08 KB
November 24, 1888
Richard Henry Pratt notifies the Office of Indian Affairs that Given's party from the Sac and Fox Agency failed to report and ten tickets were not used. The thirteen tickets that were asked for are to include these ten.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel to Enroll
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Tickets for Travel of Sac and Fox Agency Students to Carlisle298.29 KB