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 15, 1891 - June 27, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from J. H. Mateer, Superintendent of the Sisseton Indian Industrial Boarding School regarding three girls who had requested to be enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School. Mateer claims that the students now…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Delay in Sending Sisseton Students to Carlisle1023.45 KB
June 25, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt forwards estimated cost of labor and material required to build a two story office building at the Carlisle Indian School along with the specifications.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Forwards Estimated Cost and Specifications for Office Building2.94 MB
June 25, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to build a new blacksmith and wagon shop at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt submits specifications, estimate of supplies and labor, and blueprints.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Pratt Submits Plans and Estimates for New Blacksmith and Wagon Shop2.58 MB
June 26, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt transmits freight bills for brooms received from the Genoa School and letters from L. C. Slavens relative to the brooms and asks for instructions.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Forwarding Freight Bills and Correspondence Regarding Brooms from Genoa494.4 KB
June 28, 1891
James Wolf requests assistance from Commissioner Thomas J. Morgan to be returned to his home.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: James Wolf Requests to be Returned Home350.23 KB
June 29, 1891
Superintendent McConville of the Fort Lapwai School informs the Office of Indian Affairs that five boys and three girls will see their parents on July 4, 1891. And that the children should start at once for the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel to Enroll
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Fort Lapwai Students Should Start for Carlisle at Once371 KB
June 29, 1891
Thomas J. Quinn informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he wants his nephew Henry Keoke returned home from the Carlisle Indian School. Quinn notes that Keoke has spent six years at the School while his term was only for five years and as a…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for the Return of Henry Keoke631.5 KB
June 29, 1891
The Superintendent of the Pawnee School informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that three Pawnee students desire to enroll at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Three Pawnee Students Desire to Transfer to Carlisle352.12 KB
June 30, 1891
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during June 1891. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students - Irregular Employees
Format: Reports
View Document: Report of Irregular Employees, June 18911.62 MB
June 30, 1891 - July 3, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt writes to the Office of Indian Affairs on a number of matters including the continued employment of Alfred John Standing, revisions to the Civil Service Code, and enrolling Dennison Wheelock at Dickinson College. In addition,…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Update on Recruiting Oneida Students and Other Matters2.1 MB
July 1891
Richard H. Pratt submits an Estimate of Supplies for the first quarter of fiscal year 1892 amounting to $496.05 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
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Estimate of Supplies, July 18911.26 MB
July 1, 1891
C. R. Dixon, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for June 1891.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness, Student Deaths
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Wounded, June 18911.05 MB
July 3, 1891
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, July 1891735.98 KB
July 6, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt cites the epidemic of measles and following pneumonia that caused the hospital to become overcrowded. Included in the correspondence is plans to add an additional wing to the present hospital for $1,000 in material and labor…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Proposal to Add Additional Wing to School Hospital1.24 MB
July 7, 1891
C. R. Dixon, Carlisle Indian School Physician, requests additional information from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs on a request he made for Dixon and Alice Seabrook to write up a report on the care of the sick. Dixon inquires about the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Medical Care at School
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: C. R. Dixon Inquires About Parameters of Report on Care of Sick692.09 KB
July 9, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt acknowledges receipt of an Office of Indian Affairs letter inclosing contracts between various individuals.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Acknowledgement of Receipt of Various Contracts467.46 KB
July 10, 1891
Major Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists all employees (A. J. Standing, C. R. Dixon, C. H. Hepburn, W. G. McConkey, L. A. Bendes, A. S. Luckenbach, E. L. Fisher, Emma A. Cutter, Anna C. Hamilton, Mary H. Cooke, M. C. B. Phillips,…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Reports
View Document: Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees, July 18912.9 MB
July 11, 1891
Estimate of funds for the first quarter of 1892 amounting to $54,367.65 for support of the school, transportation of Indian supplies, and stock cattle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Estimate of Funds, First Quarter 18921.27 MB
July 11, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt provides reasons for not reappointing employees from the previous year.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Justifications for Not Reappointing Employees in 1892 Fiscal Year739.96 KB
July 11, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt forwards articles of agreement covering the lease of the Hocker Farm and requests that it is renewed for one year beginning on July 1, 1891.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Farms - Land Transactions
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Forwards Lease of the Hocker Farm for the 1892 Fiscal Year503.6 KB
July 11, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay for freight shipment of articles manufactured at the Carlisle Indian School and shipped to various Indian Agencies. In addition, Pratt requests authority to pay for freight shipment on articles…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Authority to Pay for Freight Shipping522.34 KB
July 11, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt requests $3000 for the fiscal year in order to pay for travel and incidental expenses in the transportation of students from Carlisle to their homes and brining students to the school.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Expenses for Transportation of Students510.15 KB
July 11, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt requests $400 for expenses incurred during the current fiscal year in traveling to visit pupils on the outing program.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Outing Program Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Funding to Visit Pupils on the Outing Program501.71 KB
July 11, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt requests to employ a Carlisle Indian School graduate from 1889, Joe Harris, as an Assistant Printer at $240 a year.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Employ Joe Harris as Assistant Printer543.51 KB
July 11, 1891
Josiah Baird requests the return of his wife Lily Huff from the Carlisle Indian School. Baird claims that Lily was sent to the school by her father and that she has been influenced to make false claims to Richard Henry Pratt to keep her at the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Lily Huff711.57 KB