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.
Search Documents
Please Note: The Search box above only searches Documents. To search the entire site, use the search box on the top left.
You are searching the title, description, and location fields. File attachments are not searched.
Browse Documents
September 1, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt seeks authority to send James, a member of the Sioux Nation, back to his home.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Requests Authority to Send James Home595.05 KB
September 3, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt, brings to attention the account of Carlisle School physician Dr. W. H. Faulkner who was advanced two hundred dollars to accompany two sick students to their homes. According to Pratt this transaction was approved by the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Attention Called to the Account of Dr. Faulkner600.71 KB
September 12-15, 1881
Benjamin M. Thomas, U.S. Indian Agent at the Pueblo Agency, forwards a petition from Juan Cristobal and Teodosio Duran to visit their children at Carlisle. They note they were the principal supporters of sending students to Carlisle and as a…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Petition of Teodosio Duran and Juan Cristobal to Visit Carlisle1.25 MB
September 16, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt comments that he has made arrangements to allow six large boys to remain in their summer outing homes. In addition, 17 other boys and 6 girls were found homes for the fall period. Pratt notes that he consulted with the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Extended Outing Finalized and Summer Outing Report779.24 KB
September 30 - October 18, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter that was originally sent to Benjamin M. Thomas, U.S. Indian Agent at the Pueblo Agency, from S. A. Bentley a teacher in the Indian Service. Bentley's letter concerns the wishes of Frank Cushing's parents to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Deaths
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Repatriate of Frank Cushing's Body to Zuni954.27 KB
October 8, 1881
Estimate of funds for the fourth quarter of 1881 amounting to $12,689.55 for areas covering shops, traveling expenses, hospital, contingencies, rations, the pay of employees, clothing, the farm, and special allowance. Richard H. Pratt also…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, Fourth Quarter 18812.15 MB
October 14, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt discusses the appropriation of $20,000 for employees at the Carlisle Indian School and his incorrect interpretation for applying the funds. Pratt indicates that he believed the funds only covered regular employees and not…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Asks to Make Alterations to Employee Appropriation1.04 MB
October 18, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt details the course of actions he took to treat Steve Willamson, a member of the Arapaho Nation, by sending him and the school physician to the Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Pratt requests authorization to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness, Student Medical Travel
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Pay Expenses for Travel of Steve Willamson for Treatment505.54 KB
October 25, 1881
E. Whittley returns to the H. Price, the Comptroller of Indian Affairs, an account of William McMichael of the Indian Training School to show the differences in purchases from normal.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Cover Letter for Return of Indian Training School Accounts464.45 KB
October 29, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs of his acceptance to attend the American Missionary Association annual meeting. He notes that it will allow him to return an exhibit on display in Boston, Massachusetts at no expense…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Missionary Work, Exhibits of Student Work
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Leave of Absence to Attend American Missionary Association Meeting418.95 KB
October 28, 1881 - November 4, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt asks Samuel J. Kirkwood, Secretary of the Interior, through Hiram Price, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs for more oversight from the Department of the Interior or the Commissioner in overseeing the Carlisle Indian School.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Call for more Supervision from the Interior Department1017.68 KB
November 21, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt lends support to the request of the Northern Arapaho U.S. Indian Agent that the Chiefs from the Northern Arapaho be allowed to visit Carlisle as was promised when they sent their children. Pratt notes that Northern Arapaho…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Support for Funds to Allow Northern Arapaho Chiefs to Visit Carlisle615.19 KB
November 24, 1881
Charles Hatton, U.S. Indian Agent at the Shosone and Bannock Agency, writes asking for assistance from Michigan Senator Thomas W. Ferry in allowing him to bring a delegation of five Arapaho Chiefs to Carlisle and Washington D.C.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Hatton Requests Help from Senator Ferry747.79 KB
November 24, 1881
Charles Hatton, U.S. Indian Agent for the Northern Arapaho Agency, seeks authority to bring five Northern Arapaho Chiefs to Carlisle and Washington D.C. to visit their children. The Chiefs were promised when they sent their children that they…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Proposal to Bring Northern Arapaho Chiefs to Carlisle691.01 KB
November 28, 1881 - December 5, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt forwards two letters along with his recommendation that Antoinette Williams, a member of the Navajo Nation, be allowed to be enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School. The two forwarded letters indicate that Williams was brought…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Background and Request to Enroll Antoinette Williams1.6 MB
December 1-12, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from Israel H. Johnson seeking to have six students from the Quapaw Nation transferred to the Carlisle Indian School. Johnson notes that the students believed they were going to Carlisle and were as a result…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Enrolling Six Quapaw Students from the Emlen Institute1.04 MB
December 1881
Estimate of funds for the first quarter of 1882 amounting to $10,160.60 for support of the school. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds amounting to $4,640 for regular employee pay.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, First Quarter 1882882.31 KB
December 4, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt submits a "Special" Estimate of Funds form for $1,146.77 for areas covering pay of employees, hospital, and contingencies.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Special Estimate of Funds, Fourth Quarter 1881769.91 KB
December 6, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt notes that there are several Arapaho students who can serve as an interpreter for the Arapaho and Shoshone Indian party.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Potential Interpreters Among Arapaho Students 395.21 KB
December 12, 1881
Susan Longstreth writes to the Hiram Price, the Commissoner of Indian Affairs, in support of transfering six Quapaw Nation students from the Emlen Institute to the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Susan Longstreth Writing in Support of Transferring Quapaw Students538.9 KB
December 13, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to send Duke (Frog) to his home at the Rosebud Agency at government expense due to his poor health.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Authority Sought to Return Duke to His Home555.25 KB
December 15, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt notes that the Carlisle Indian School can accept the Emlen Institute students from the Quapaw Nation with no additional increase in school staff.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Room for Emlen Quapaw Students at Carlisle399.28 KB
December 17, 1881
The Secretary of the Board of Trustees for the Emlen Institute Israel H. Johnson, writes in support of transferring the six Quapaw Nation students from the Emlen Institute to the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Emlen Institute Support for Transferring Students to Carlisle561.61 KB
circa 1882
Drawing by Charles Mat Chickeny of various animals including three birds and a goat.
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Topics: Student Artwork
Format: Miscellaneous
View Document: Drawing of Animals by Charley Mat Chickeny176.6 KB
January 4, 1882
L. J. Miles, U.S. Indian Agent at the Osage Agency, sends a petition from the Osage Council to send their children to school. In particular Chief Josephs children and some other boys are to be sent to the Osage Mission School. Miles also notes…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Transmission of Osage Petition to Send Children to School840.61 KB