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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July 13, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt reports on the death of Taylor Ealy, a member of the Pueblo Nation, while vacationing with Dr. T. F. Ealy in Schellsburg, Pennsylvania. Pratt notes that he instructed Dr. Ealy to have Taylor Ealy be buried in Schellsburg and…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness, Student Deaths
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Report on the Death of Taylor Ealy659.74 KB
July 13, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt responds to a letter from John Harris, the U.S. Indian Agent for the Lemhi Agency, in regards to sending a delegation of students from the Agency to the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt also comments on the current number of…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Response to Sending Delegation of Students from the Lemhi Agency866.22 KB
July 15, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt requests permission to visit students on outing in order to determine how students are doing and whether they should be able to remain during the winter in order to attend local public schools. Pratt also requests authority to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Outing Program Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Authority Sought to Visit Students on Outing622.28 KB
July 25, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt seeks authority for his actions in returning the Mary Ealy, the last member of the Pueblo (Zuni) Nation at Carlisle, with the party of ill Navajo students being led home by Dr. Lippincott.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Return of Mary Ealy to Her Home454.26 KB
July 28, 1883 - August 6, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt inquires from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs what action to pursue as he has not heard from the Secretary of the Interior regarding a proposed course of action to use Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania as a…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Proposal for Making Wilson College a School for Native Women1.98 MB
August 10, 1883 - August 17, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from Julia E. Remington, a missionary at the Church of the Good Shepherd, to enroll Moses Cole, Martin Hill, and Stephen Webster at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Enroll Moses Cole, Martin Hill, and Stephen Webster1.01 MB
August 11, 1883 - November 22, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt documents his trip to the Rosebud Agency where he attempted to secure ninety students for the school. He notes that after an initial meeting where this was received with much enthusiasm, he failed to gather the allotted…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Difficulties in Securing Students from the Rosebud Agency9.26 MB
August 18, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt provides a copy of blueprints for building a small house for the disciplinarian of the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that the house will allow room for additional pupils.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Proposal for New Housing for Disciplinarian1.49 MB
August 13-20, 1883
D. M. Riordan, U.S. Indian Agent for the Navajo Agency, writes to the Richard Henry Pratt on the anger of Manuelito regarding the death of his son. Manuelito asks for all of the Navajo students to be sent back from Carlisle. Riordan states that…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Status of the Navajo Agency Following the Death of Manuelito Choni1.63 MB
August 16, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt requests permission to send 43 pupils to their homes following the expiration of their three year term of enrollment. Pratt notes that the number of students might decrease when he meets with the parents during a visit to the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return 43 Students to Their Homes658.55 KB
August 16, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt requests permission to return four Crow students who had various ailments upon their arrival to Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Four Crow Students582.44 KB
August 16, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt requests permission to pay for the expenses of transporting Robert Stewart and Antoinette Williams to the Navajo Agency in order to take positions as teachers.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Transportation of Robert Stewart and Antoinette to Navajo Agency612.95 KB
August 18, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt discusses the number of students that Carlisle can carry for the upcoming school year in 1883. He declares that the school is currently has around 320 students enrolled and can carry over 400 which he proposes to acquire from…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Recruiting Students for the 1883-1884 School Year1.42 MB
August 25, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt notes that he has received a letter from the Superintendent of the Albuquerque School that Carlisle could receive an additional 50 pupils from the Pueblo Agency.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Proposal to Increase Number of Pueblo Students at Carlisle444.96 KB
August 25, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to return Manuelito Chiquito due to his father's requests as well as another student. Pratt notes that Manuelito Chiquito desires to discuss with his father the benefits of Carlisle and then return. Pratt…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Authority to Return Manuelito Chiquito663.73 KB
August 27, 1883 - September 8, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt forwards letter from D. M. Riordan, U.S. Indian Agent for the Navajo Agency, discussing the hardships involved in overseeing the agency. Pratt also discusses various matters at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Navajo Agent Discusses Difficulties Involved in Oversight1.31 MB
August 28, 1883
H. J. Armstrong, U.S. Indian Agent for the Crow Agency, notes he wants to send twelve students to the Carlisle Indian School but has to wait until his employees return from Little Big Horn.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Armstrong Request to Send Twelve Students to Carlisle369.34 KB
September 5, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt reports on the death of Gertrude Spotted Tail while living in Andalusia, Pennsylvania with a Carlisle Indian School teacher during the summer. Pratt also notes the health and death differences between the Rosebud and Pine…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Death of Gertrude Spotted Tail947.51 KB
September 10, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt requests delaying returning four students from the Crow Nation until the other party comes to Carlisle. He further requests that the return of the students does not come from the School's appropriation.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Delay in Returning Four Crow Students to Their Homes394.58 KB
September 10, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to return a number of students to their homes due to ill health in addition to the students who are being returned due to the expiration of their terms.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Ill Students in 1883684.94 KB
September 10, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt submits a "Special" Estimate of Funds form for $3,000 to cover transportation and traveling expenses of pupils returning to their Agencies as well as students being brought to Carlisle. An explanatory cover letter is included…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Special Estimate of Funds, Third Quarter 1883802.89 KB
September 11, 1883 - September 15, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt responds to allegations from Henry M. Beadle, the editor of The Washington Catholic, that he prevents Catholic students at the Carlisle Indian School from attending the local Catholic Church in Carlisle. Pratt…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Allegations of Preventing Catholic Students from Attending Church1.16 MB
September 15, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt seeks to clarify his earlier letter regarding enrolling additional students from the Pueblo Agency. He writes that he is satisfied with the current allotment of students from the Indian Territory and Dakota but could have…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Clarification on Enrolling Additional Students from the Pueblo Agency629.56 KB
September 21, 1883
Richard H. Pratt requests funds for regular employee pay, and he encloses an estimate of supplies amounting to $1,050. He also sends an estimate of funds for the fourth quarter of 1883 amounting to $10,295.00 for support of the school.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Estimate of Supplies, Regular Employee Pay, and Estimate of Funds, Fourth Quarter 18832.32 MB
September 24, 1883 - October 8, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from S. M. Brosius regarding enrolling four students from Nebraska in addition to Lizzie Gamble.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Enrolling Four New Children from Nebraska898.42 KB