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 13, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt requests assistance from the Office of Indian Affairs in securing students for the upcoming school year. Pratt specifically asks for the office to send letters to encourage agents at various agencies to help secure students.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Securing Students for the 1889-1890 School Year from New Mexico and Michigan1.02 MB
July 15, 1889
John Elm writes to the Office of Indian Affairs regarding the arrangements surrounding his return home. Elm states that because he signed the employee list he was ineligible to be returned to his home at Government expense according to Richard…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: John Elm Makes Inquiry into Responsibility for Paying for his Return Home457.07 KB
July 15, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase $150 dollars worth of postage stamps and another $150 in the open market for canned goods, fruit, crackers, etc. for the special diet of hospital patients.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase Stamps and Food for Hospital Patients433.05 KB
July 20, 1889
Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for August 1889. 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 August 1889348.5 KB
July 22, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt replies to a letter from Thomas J. Morgan regarding his appointing a new School Physician. Pratt notes that he is not satisfied with any of the applicants and that he will discuss the position further when he visits Washington…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Medical Staff
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Reply to Office Letter Concerning Appointment of School Physician357.83 KB
July 23, 1889
Louis L. Robbins, Superintendent of the New York Warehouse, asks for instructions for shipping 5,000 pounds of hominy from Omaha to Chicago for the Carlisle Indian School as there is no provision for transportation. Robbins also provides details…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: New York Warehouse Seeks Instruction on Shipping Hominy537.4 KB
July 23, 1889
B. P. Shuler, U.S. Indian Agent for the White Earth Agency, responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter that he will provide full support to the agent of the Carlisle Indian School to secure students for the school.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Recruitment of Students
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: White Earth Agency Will Support Carlisle Agent in Recruiting Students320.87 KB
July 26, 1889
C. E. Vandever, U.S. Indian Agent for the Navajo Agency, responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter that it will be difficult to obtain students from the Navajo Agency for off reservation boarding schools. Vandever cites the fact that four…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Difficulties in Securing Students from the Navajo Agency558.18 KB
August 1889
F. L. Barnum, the acting school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for July 1889. Barnum 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, July 18891.03 MB
August 5, 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 July 1889. Pratt distinguishes between the "White Labor,"…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students - Irregular Employees
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Report of Irregular Employees, July 18891.07 MB
August 10 - August 19, 1889
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employees Anna S. Luckenbach and Lydia L. Hunt. These reports include personal information about those being hired. Pratt also sends Luckenbach and Hunt's applications for positions as…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
View Document: Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees and Applications, August 18895.04 MB
August 12 - September 4, 1889
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employees (C. A. Merritt, Florence M. Carter, J. B. Given, Chester P. Cornelius, Annie B. Moore, Clara Anthony, Jemima Wheelock, Julia Bent, Charles Monteravia, Yamie Leeds, Howard Logan),…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
View Document: Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees and Applications, September 18996.41 MB
August 12, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from A. R. Boyer, a Mission Teacher at a Creek school to enroll three Creek students at the Carlisle Indian School. Boyer provides some details about the students and requests more information about the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Enroll Three Members of the Creek Nation776.43 KB
August 13, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase a new range for the teacher's and employee's mess hall along with a galvanized boiler.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase New Range and Boiler for Teacher's Mess446.06 KB
August 15, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt responds to a suspension in his cash papers for the 1st and 2nd quarters of 1889 regarding a voucher for Obadiah G. Given which lacked a receipt. Pratt notes that he does not have the sub-voucher referenced and would a like a…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Duplicates of Sub-Vouchers to Remove Suspension on Cash Accounts305.96 KB
August 19, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt follows up on his request that the incorrect voucher for receipt rolls be returned to him.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Follows Up on Request to Have Incorrect Voucher Returned467.06 KB
August 20, 1889
John L. Bullis, Acting Indian Agent for the San Carlos Indian Agency, informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has six members of the White Mountain band of the Apache Nation who wish to enroll at the Carlisle Indian School. He asks for…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Bullis Asks for Instructions to Enroll Six Apache Students at Carlisle370.4 KB
August 20, 1889
Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for September 1889. 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 1889488.58 KB
August 21, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt follows up with Thomas J. Morgan after Morgan's visit to the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt encourages Morgan to send out his views in a circular to agents and superintendents.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Indian School System
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Follows Up with Thomas J. Morgan After Visit to Carlisle445.22 KB
August 21, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt requests that three crates of smallpox vaccine be sent to the Carlisle Indian School. Twenty-two pupils from the Laguna village are set to arrive at Carlisle shortly, and Pratt notes that his agents who were recruiting in New…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Smallpox Vaccine for Incoming Students721.31 KB
August 26, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt notifies the Office of Indian Affairs that Dr. Sheldon's candidate has declined due to having a better salary elsewhere. Pratt also notes that he has advised Romeyn that he will take Miss Merrett as well as that he would like…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Informing Office of Various Staff Updates381.45 KB
September 1, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt submits his tenth Annual Report for the Carlisle Indian School on September 1, 1889 to the Office of Indian Affairs. Included are statistics related to the school followed up a report from Pratt that provides a brief history…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Tenth Annual Report of the Carlisle Indian School5.59 MB
September 2, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt returns to the Office of Indian Affairs a letter from Frank Maltby.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Returns Letter from Frank Maltby to Office of Indian Affairs494.08 KB
September 3, 1889 - December 6, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt returns the correspondence surrounding the treatment of returned pupils to Pueblo agencies in New Mexico. Pratt notes that he is happy to see the actions taken by the Office of Indian Affairs, including the actions taken by…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Former Student Experiences
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Office of Indian Affairs Actions Taken in Pueblo Agencies Regarding Returned Students3.13 MB
September 4 - October 1, 1889
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employees (Fordyce Grinnell, Thomas W. Potter, and Mariette Wood). These reports include personal information about those being hired. Pratt also sends Grinnell's (physician), Potter's (…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
View Document: Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees and Applications, October 18893.38 MB