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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January 28, 1890
George E. Gerowe, Superintendent of the Fort Stevenson Indian School, responds to the Office of Indian School letter regarding the cost of transfer of six students to the Carlisle Indian School. Gerowe states that he is willing to place the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Transfers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Transfer of Six Students from Fort Stevenson to Carlisle670.88 KB
February 1890
Estimate of funds for the fourth quarter of 1890 amounting to $12,798.90 for support of the school and for stock cattle. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds amounting to $8,105.00 for regular employee pay.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, Fourth Quarter 18901.25 MB
February 3, 1890
Fordyce Grinnell, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for January 1890. Grinnell also includes a lengthy note about the cases in the "Remarks and Physician's Special Report" section.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness, Student Deaths
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Wounded, January 18901.7 MB
February 6, 1890
Richard Henry Pratt writes to the Office of Indian Affairs regarding bringing a party of students from the Blackfeet Agency. In addition, he discusses his plan to have agents organize parties of students, because their knowledge of the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Proposal to Bring Students from Blackfeet Agency and General Recruitment Proposal907.88 KB
February 8, 1890
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 January 1890. Pratt distinguishes between the employees,…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students - Irregular Employees
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Report of Irregular Employees, January 18903.36 MB
February 10, 1890
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter as well as returns a letter from Lawrence Smith to the Office. Pratt notes that in his judgement it would be better to leave Smith's money in the Treasury until the end of the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Savings Accounts, Student Wages
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Response to Office Letter Regarding Lawrence Smith's Request505.01 KB
February 10, 1890
Richard Henry Pratt submits a "Special" Estimate of Funds form for $6000 to cover transportation of students from the Crow, Blackfeet, Fort Peck, and Fort Belknap Agencies. An explanatory cover letter is included.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Special Estimate of Funds, Third Quarter 1890996.13 KB
February 18, 1890
Captain Richard H. Pratt requests articles of stationery used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Requisition for Stationery, February 1890869.42 KB
February 21, 1890
Richard Henry Pratt requests from the Office of Indian Affairs that he would like them to send him a single iron bedstead rather than a double.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Send Single Iron Bedstead393.32 KB
February 25, 1890
Richard Henry Pratt appeals the decision of the Secretary of the Interior to not cover the expense of a lecturer on Natural History. Pratt notes that the lecturer had the most extensive collection he had seen and the man was quite capable and…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Outside Lecturers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Appeal of Expense to Cover Natural History Lecturer719.71 KB
February 25, 1890
Richard H. Pratt submits an Estimate of Supplies for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 1890 amounting to $460.70 and requests to purchase those items on 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, February 18901.24 MB
Februrary 25, 1890
George E. Gerowe, Superintendent of the Fort Stevenson Indian School, who is at Carlisle after accompanying transferred students, requests a leave of absence to visit the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and visit New York.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Transfers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: George E. Gerowe Requests Leave of Absence397.7 KB
February 25, 1890
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs circular by providing answers related to the Carlisle Indian School focused on the buildings and grounds as well as providing enrollment statistics. Additionally, included are lists of…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
February 25, 1890
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter with his endorsement from E. L. Clark regarding the erecting of a hospital at the Fort Sill Agency.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Agency/Reservation Business
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Proposal to Build a Hospital at the Fort Sill Agency1.28 MB
February 25, 1890
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs plan to secure $100,000 for the Carlisle Indian School to have 1000 students during the upcoming school year and asks for an additional $10,000 to build a small girls dormitory. In…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Increase in Appropriation to Cover Various Buildings947.65 KB
February 25, 1890
Richard Henry Pratt notes that due to an increase in the total number of students authorized for enrollment at Carlisle, he requests the Office of Indian Affairs revise its request to the agents in Montana. Agents should be requested to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Recruitment of Students
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Office to Recruit Additional Students from Montana Agencies508.5 KB
February 25, 1890
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase various furniture to replace old furniture in the teachers' quarters as well as hospital furniture and a new feed mill for the school farm.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase New Furniture for Quarters, Hospital, and Farm716.19 KB
February 25, 1890
Richard Henry Pratt requests to have two of the students from the Fort Stevenson School by George E. Gerowe returned. Pratt notes that the Carlisle Indian School school physician found the two students should not have been approved by the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness, Student Transfers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Two Recently Arrived Students from the Fort Stevenson School682.12 KB
February 25, 1890
Captain Richard H. Pratt requests a six-month supply of two dozen different blank administrative forms used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, February 1890 684.94 KB
February 26, 1890
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that arrangements for his absence are made and requests action on his leave be known.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Action on His Leave for 1890 be Known414.91 KB
February 27, 1890 - August 25, 1890
Richard Henry Pratt provides his proposed list of staff and their salaries for the ensuing school year in 1890-1891.
In addition, there is a letter from T. W. Blackburn who indicates various errors in Pratt's notations regarding new…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: List of Positions and Salaries for Fiscal Year 1890-18911.78 MB
February 27, 1890
Richard Henry Pratt responds to a prior conversation with the Commissioner of Indian Affairs regarding the number of students for the upcoming 1890-1891 school year. Pratt notes that it would likely be less than 75 students who will be returned…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Possible Total Enrollment for the 1890-1891 School Year877.2 KB
February 27, 1890
Richard Henry Pratt proposes sending William P. Campbell to Montana in order to represent the interest of the Carlisle Indian School in selecting students. Pratt states that Campbell will be able to tell the facts about Carlisle better than…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Recruitment of Students
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Proposal to Send Campbell to Montana for Recruiting Students747.36 KB
February 27, 1890
Richard Henry Pratt requests to employ Miss L. A. Bender as an additional clerk on the irregular rolls in order to assist with outing students.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Employ L. A. Bender as Additional Clerk511.09 KB
February 28, 1890
Richard Henry Pratt writes to the Office of Indian Affairs that when the Carlisle Indian School built the large and small boys quarters in 1887 they did not white coat the sides of the building to save money. Over time, Pratt notes, the buildings…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Building Repairs and Expansions
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Give White Coating to Large and Small Boys Quarters759.23 KB