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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March 7, 1893
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 February 1893. 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, February 18933.18 MB
March 8, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt forwards teacher Mary E. B. Phillips' application for a 30-day leave of absence because of poor health. Also included is a letter from the physician recommending Phillips be granted a 30-day leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Mary E. B. Phillips' Request for Leave of Absence 736.83 KB
March 10, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt sends the Commissioner of Indian Affairs a report on leave of absences taken by numerous employees during the fiscal year 1892-1893: A. J. Standing, C. R. Dixon, C. H. Hepburn, W. G. McConkey, A. S. Ely, W. P. Campbell, M.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Report on Leave of Absences for Fiscal Year 1892-18931.61 MB
March 13, 1893
Benjamin H. Miller, Inspector, requests that William Ike be enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School in order to further his education and in carpentry.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Enroll William Ike736.19 KB
March 15, 1893 - June 26, 1893
Catherine Caryl requests a transfer to another school as a teacher and includes a recommendation from former Carlisle Indian School principal Elspeth Fisher.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Catharine Caryl Requests Transfer to Different School as Teacher510.74 KB
March 15, 1893
Minnie M. Birch informs the Office of Indian Affairs that she wants to change her previous response. Birch states that she wants to accept the dining room matron position at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Minnie Birch Accepts Dining Room Matron Position238.08 KB
March 21, 1893
Edward Miller requests the appointment of his daughter Clara Miller as a teacher or principal at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for the Appointment of Clara Miller as Teacher711.79 KB
March 22, 1893
Jerry R. Fisher requests the return of his son Belknap Fox from the Carlisle Indian School due to his own health and that of his son.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for the Return of Belknap Fox532.04 KB
March 22, 1893
Captain Richard Henry Pratt requests a supply of two dozen different articles of stationery used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1893.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Special Requisition for Stationery, March 1893862.99 KB
March 22, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that has a found a cheaper grade of goods satisfactory from J. L. Mott in New York City. These goods include bath tubs, compression bibbs, enameled washstands, and waterclosets.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Data in Reference to Various Supplies536.11 KB
March 23, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt replies to the Office of Indian Affairs regarding the approval of Mary E. B. Phillips sick leave. Pratt notes that he hopes to consolidate schools during the closing months to save costs due to the increase in irregular…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Resignation of Mary E. B. Phillips and Consolidation of Schoolrooms468.27 KB
March 24-31, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt requests blanks of administrative reports that had not been delivered despite being ordered in December 1892. Department of Interior Chief Clerk E. M. Dawson explains that they were not delivered because Pratt's office had not…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, March 18931.26 MB
March 27, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt sends a letter to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs requesting Miss McAdam's application for leave of absence be granted.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Teachers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Attention Called to Clara C. McAdam's Request for Sick Leave of Absence (Letter)337.14 KB
March 27, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt sends a telegram to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs requesting teacher Clara C. McAdam's application for leave of absence be granted.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Teachers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Attention Called to Clara C. McAdam's Request for Sick Leave of Absence (Telegram)381.89 KB
March 29, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt notifies the Office of Indian Affairs that the Carlisle Indian School will forward to Chicago the articles named in a letter from the Office.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Forwarding Articles to Chicago Per Office Instructions348.37 KB
March 31, 1893
Mary M. Kennedy writes to Thomas J. Morgan asking him to help her granddaughter at the Carlisle Indian School. Kennedy claims that her granddaughter is in danger and that all of the students are afraid of Richard Henry Pratt. Kennedy ends her…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Mary M. Kennedy Requests Return of Her Granddaughter509.72 KB
April 1, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt advises the Commissioner of Indian Affairs of the dates teacher Effie (Elspeth) Miss Fisher was paid for her leave of absence. Pratt also tells the Commissioner that Fisher understood that she would not be paid a full month's…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Teachers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Information on Miss Fisher's Leave of Absence507.9 KB
April 1, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant dressmaker Lizzie C. Jacobs' application for a 12-day leave of absence due to illness. Pratt also forwards a physician's certificate from Thomas Stewart verifying Jacobs has acute bronchitis.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Lizzie C. Jacobs' Request for Leave of Absence 787.74 KB
April 1, 1893
Captain Richard Henry Pratt requests a supply of two dozen different articles of stationery used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1894.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Requisition for Stationery, April 1893544.21 KB
April 3, 1893
John T. Doyle, the Secretary of the Civil Service Commission, forwards to the Secretary of the Interior a list of three women (Mittie Henry, Mary F. Stewart, Mary C. Devore) who are eligible to fill the vacant teacher position at the Carlisle…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Teachers
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Eligible Female Candidates for Teacher Position509.12 KB
April 3, 1893
Richard H. Pratt forwards the monthly sanitary report for March 1893 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
Topics: Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Monthly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, March 1893446.94 KB
April 3, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the request by Jerry R. Fisher for the return of his son Belknap Fox from the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that Fox is one of the most promising students at the school but that the school physician has long…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Request to Return Belknap Fox550.62 KB
April 5, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt forwards school physician Cyrus R. Dixon's application for a 45-day leave of absence to attend a six-week course at post-graduate medical school in New York. In an explantory cover letter, Dixon explains that he can still…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Cyrus R. Dixon's Request for Leave of Absence to Attend Medical School 1.19 MB
April 5, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he is short in his authority covering expenses of visiting students on farms. As a result he requests authority to spend an additional $50.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Outing Program Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Additional Funds to Visit Outing Students511.34 KB
April 6, 1893
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 March 1893. 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, March 18933.52 MB