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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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June 1, 1889

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that a group of Apache students left Carlisle for the Mount Vernon on May 30, 1889. In addition, he felt it important to increase the size of the party to nine students.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

June 1, 1889

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to use the extra $500 remaining in his appropriation for sending Alfred John Standing and a female assistant to recruit students in Michigan.

Pratt also notes that a former student who could have…

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

June 3, 1889

Thomas Stewart Jr., school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for May 1889.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

June 4, 1889

Captain Richard H. Pratt forwards the monthly report of irregular employees for May 1889 to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.

Note: The report itself was missing when this file was scanned at the National Archives.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

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View Document: Report of Irregular Employees, May 1889452.89 KB

June 10, 1889

Richard Henry Pratt provides a list of students to be returned to their homes due to various reasons along with various escorts.

Note: The student referred to here as Maurice Walker is also known as Maurice Yellow Hair.

 

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

June 10, 1889

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that the Presbyterian Board desires to have Miss Patterson. Pratt notes that Patterson prefers to work in the Government service but will accept the offer if not wanted by the Government.…

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

June 14, 1889

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to bring 8 boys and 8 girls from the Green Bay Agency along with Peter J. Powlas as an escort to the Carlisle Indian School.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

June 19, 1889

Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for July 1889. Pratt also includes details on compensation, position title, and the number of workdays required for the month.

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June 22, 1889

Estimate of funds for the fourth quarter of 1889 amounting to $1,161.15 for support of school.

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View Document: Estimate of Funds, Fourth Quarter 1889867.79 KB

June 22, 1889

Richard H. Pratt submits an Estimate of Supplies for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 1889 amounting to $494.90 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

View Document: Estimate of Supplies, June 18891012.93 KB

June 22, 1889

Special estimate of funds for the first quarter of 1890 amounting to $8,000.00 for the transportation of students to and from the school.

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June 24 - July 11, 1889

Captain Richard Henry Pratt submits a report that lists all of the employees at the school to start the 1889-1890 fiscal year (A. J. Standing, S. H. Gould, C. H. Hepburn, E. L. Fisher, Emma A. Cutter, M. E. B. Phillips, Lizzie A. Shears, Mary H.…

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

June 24, 1889

Captain Richard H. Pratt replies to a letter from the Commission of Indian Affairs questioning the report of irregular employees during May 1889.  Pratt explains why the expenditure for labor was double was due to Miss Marsh (teacher)…

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

June 25, 1889

Richard Henry Pratt requests that the $8,000 appropriated for the Carlisle Indian School transportation budget be made special and placed to his credit so that he may make use of it.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

June 27, 1889

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has not received action on employees list and asks if he should forward nominations.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

June 30, 1889

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 June 1889. Pratt distinguishes between the "White Labor,"…

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

Format: Reports

July 1889

F. L. Barnum, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for June 1889.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

Topics: Student Illness

Format: Reports

July 1, 1889

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that the salaries of various staff were incorrect on the Commissioner's Report for 1888 due to leaves of absence taken and the subsequent forfeiting of one month's pay.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

July 5-27, 1889

Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employee (Della F. Botsford) as well as those who have left the school (Lizzie A. Shears). These reports include personal information about those being hired as well as reasons for departure for…

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

July 10 - August 13, 1889

Richard H. Pratt forwards and endorses Rachel A. Stanton's application for a position as a teacher at Carlisle, including references.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

July 11, 1889

Richard Henry Pratt requests to employ a short hand type writer during July, August, and part of September 1889 in order to correspond with outing students.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

July 12, 1889

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to spend $400 a year for traveling and incidental expenses of school agents to visit students on the outing program. In addition, he requests $60 to purchase ice for the hospital, kitchen, and school use…

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

July 12, 1889

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to add an addition to the teacher's mess hall. Pratt details the work to be done and notes that most of the work can be done in house.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

July 13, 1889

Estimate of funds for the first quarter of 1891 amounting to $20,356.86 for support of the school and transportation of Indian supplies, $8,000.00 of which is for regular employee pay. 

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July 13, 1889

Richard H. Pratt submits an Estimate of Supplies for the first quarter of fiscal year 1890 amounting to $494.60 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

View Document: Estimate of Supplies, July 18891.31 MB