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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December 7, 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, December 1891763.57 KB
December 8, 1891
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during November 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: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Report of Irregular Employees, November 18912.79 MB
December 10, 1891
Charles S. Kelsey, U.S. Indian agent for the Green Bay Agency, informs the Office of Indian Affairs that eight students have departed the agency for the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel to Enroll
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Green Bay Agency Sending Eight Students to Carlisle562.28 KB
December 10, 1891
Captain Richard H. Pratt returns corrected report of irregular employees who worked at the school during October 1891. Pratt advises the Commissioner of Indian Affairs of the changes made in the amount paid to A. Smith and George Work.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Return of Report of Irregular Employees, October 1891725.62 KB
December 11, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt requests from the Office of Indian Affairs to be informed if a group of Piegan chiefs decide to visit the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt writes that he was informed that the chiefs are visiting Washington D.C. from his students…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to be Informed if Piegan Chiefs Decide to Visit Carlisle514.98 KB
December 14, 1891
Captain Richard H. Pratt replies to a letter from the Commission of Indian Affairs questioning the report of irregular employees during October 1891. Pratt explains why some regular employees were submitted as irregular, why irregular employees…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Explanation to Report of Irregular Employees, October 18911.61 MB
December 15, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding a request to be returned home by Festus Pelone. Pratt includes a copy of Pelone's disciplinary record while at Carlisle and notes that his punishment of being on "no pay…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Request to Return Festus Pelone967.46 KB
December 15, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt responds to a letter from the Office of Indian Affairs regarding a letter from C. R. A. Scobey, U.S. Indian Agent for the Fort Peck Agency. Pratt writes that he was mistaken in his letter to Smoker of the identity of the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Scobey's Letter Regarding Student Sent by Agency1.07 MB
December 16, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding a request from James Bird for the return of his daughter Fanny Bird due to his illness. Pratt notes that Fanny is only 11 but has been at the school three years and both…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Request for Return of Fanny Bird550.46 KB
December 19, 1891
Robert H. Ashley, U.S. Indian Agent for the Omaha and Winnebago Agency, responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the return of Fanny Bird. Ashley states that her father has been getting better and that Fanny would be better off at…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Agent Responds to Office Letter Regarding Return of Fanny Bird525.66 KB
December 26, 1891 - January 4, 1892
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a copy of a letter from George LeRoy Brown, Acting U.S. Indian Agent for the Pine Ridge Agency, to the Office of Indian Affairs. In Brown's letter he provides an update and a character assessment on former Carlisle…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Former Student Experiences
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Agency Update on Former Students Living at the Pine Ridge Agency1.81 MB
December 29, 1891
Festus Pelone responds to letter from Thomas J. Morgan again requesting him to be allowed to return home. Pelone states that he has only ever gotten into trouble while on outing and that he has been at Carlisle eight years and now desires to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pelone Reiterates Desire to be Returned Home851.95 KB
December 29, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt forwards expense voucher of W. P. Campbell incurred in the return of three runaway students.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students Running Away
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Forwards Expense Voucher in Return of Three Runaway Students524.43 KB
January 2, 1892
Richard Henry Pratt provides an update on the health of students for the first half of the year to the Office of Indian Affairs. He notes that there has only been one death during the school year and there have been very few serious illnesses.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Update on the Health of Students During the First Half of the 1891-1892 Year536.17 KB
January 4, 1892
Richard Henry Pratt follows up on a conversation with Thomas J. Morgan in regards to placing students who break the law while attending the Carlisle Indian School at the Huntingdon Reformatory. Pratt writes that he has discussed the matter with…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Information Related to Sending Students to Huntingdon Reformatory17.71 MB
January 4, 1892
C. R. Dixon, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for December 1891. Dixon also includes a note about the cases in the "Remarks and Physician's Special Report" section.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Injured, December 18911.69 MB
January 6, 1892
David L. Shipley, U.S. Indian Agent for the Navajo Agency, notes that since former student Charles Damon returned home, Damon has visited the Agency a school a number of times discussing the Carlisle Indian School. As a result a number of boys…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Take Party of Navajo Students to Carlisle505.81 KB
January 9, 1892
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that in order to have 1000 students for the upcoming academic year that they will need to be brought to Carlisle in the current fiscal year. This will require the students to be selected…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Recruiting Students for the 1892-1893 School Year798.75 KB
January 9, 1892
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during December 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: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Report of Irregular Employees, December 18912.27 MB
January 13, 1892
Estimate of funds for the third quarter of 1892 amounting to $11,792.50 for support of the school and for transportation of Indian supplies.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Estimate of Funds, Third Quarter 18921002.31 KB
January 13, 1892
Richard H. Pratt submits an Estimate of Supplies for the third quarter of fiscal year 1892 amounting to $339.60 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
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Estimate of Supplies, January 18921.18 MB
January 26, 1892
George King requests the return of his daughter Louise King from the Carlisle Indian School due to her mother's illness and the length of Louise's term at Carlisle having expired.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Return Home of Louise King540.06 KB
January 27, 1892 - March 2, 1892
Special and Disbursing Indian Agent Charles H. Thompson writes to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs regarding the Board of Survey's report on worn out and unservicable property at the Carlisle Indian School. Thompson confirms that the property…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Confirmation of Worn Out and Unserviceable Property Report, February 18923.35 MB
November 26, 1891 - February 2, 1892
Major Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employees (T. S. Reighter, W. R. Claudy, Carrie Cory, Catherine Caryl, and Phebe Howell) and those who have left the school (Laura N. Meredith and Maud B. Cummins). These reports include…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
View Document: Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees and Application, January 18923.7 MB
February 2, 1892
C. R. Dixon, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for January 1892.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Injured, January 18921.48 MB