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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May 12, 1885
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he needs to go to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and New York. Asks if the Commissioner can visit the following week.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Visits by Government Officials
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Informs Office of Need to Travel to Philadelphia and New York373.58 KB
May 25, 1885
Richard Henry Pratt notes that he believes placing Carlisle Indian School students into white schools is a great benefit for the student. He notes that if it was possible he would like to have half the students at the school made up of white…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Enrolling New York Students to Carlisle661.61 KB
May 30, 1885 - June 8, 1885
Lyndon A. Smith requests from Richard Henry Pratt part of the Carlisle Indian School Exhibit at the Government Exhibition in New Orleans due to a request by the French Government. Pratt informs the Bureau of Indian Affairs that while he was…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request of the French Government for Part of Exhibit1.74 MB
June 1, 1885
Letter from Ann Ely to outing patron William Balderston regarding student Stailey Norcross.
Repository: Princeton University Library, Department of Special Collections
Topics: Students on Outings, Outing Patrons
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Letter from Anne Ely to Outing Patron William Balderston, 1885476.4 KB
June 5, 1885
John D. C. Atkins, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, refers to the letter from Richard Henry Pratt regarding donating parts or the whole of the Carlisle Indian School exhibit at the Government Exhibition in New Orleans to the French Government in a…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Bureau of Indian Affairs Endorses Plan to Donate Exhibit to French797.21 KB
June 13, 1885
Richard Henry Pratt requests permission to return 48 students of the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that of those being returned 23 students are being sent home due to the expiration of their terms and 25 for various reasons. In addition, he…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return 48 Students and Enroll 70429.21 KB
June 15, 1885
Estimate of funds for the third quarter of 1885 amounting to $24,592.50 for support of the school. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds amounting to $6,510.00 for regular employee pay.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, Third Quarter 18851.07 MB
June 23, 1885
Richard Henry Pratt seeks guidance from the Bureau of Indian Affairs regarding whether or not to return 12 members of the Cheyenne Nation to their home. Pratt references the Cheyenne Agent has written about unfavorable conditions at the Agency…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Delay Returning 12 Cheyenne Students Home643.36 KB
June 25, 1885 - July 23, 1885
Richard Henry Pratt responds to a letter from the Bureau of Indian Affairs informing him that the Bureau will arrange the agreements in transporting students to and from the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that he has already sought bids from…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel to Enroll
View Document: Transportation of Students to Carlisle from Rosebud and Pine Ridge1.29 MB
June 26, 1885
Richard Henry Pratt requests to allow Amos Lone Hill, who is to return home shortly, to purchase a spring wagon he made himself at a discount along with a commendation from the Office of Indian Affairs as an incentive.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Allow Amos Lone Hill to Purchase Wagon at Discount660.28 KB
July 2, 1885
Richard Henry Pratt returns statement of funds for the third quarter of 1885 and advises commissioner he did not request cornmeal. An explanatory cover letter is attached.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Return and Correction of Statement of Funds, Third Quarter 18852.8 MB
July 9, 1885
Richard Henry Pratt references a letter from the Bureau of Indian Affairs regarding the Osage students at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that he has already returned 13 students and can transfer the remaining 43 students to Martinsburg…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Transfers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Sending Osage Students to Martinsburg427.66 KB
July 14, 1885
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase additional tents for the Carlisle Indian School vacation and sanitary camp in the mountains.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Summer Camps
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase Tents for Mountain Camp418.26 KB
July 15, 1885
Richard Henry Pratt calls attention to his nomination of employees for the current year sent out on June 15, 1885 which has not yet been confirmed.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Calls Attention to Nomination of Employees Not Yet Confirmed387.67 KB
July 15, 1885
Richard Henry Pratt calls attention to pending requests for authorities requested on June 13, 1885.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Commissioner to Grant Outstanding Authorities420.39 KB
July 23, 1885
Richard Henry Pratt notes that he has received telegram providing authority to return students. He notes that the students were sent on July 6, 1885 and are now home. Pratt further notes that he has already asked for rate for incoming students.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice that Students Left by Pennsylvania Railroad277.91 KB
July 24, 1885
Superintendent Richard Henry Pratt writes to Doctor Cornelius Rea Agnew regarding an editorial Pratt wrote. Pratt also discusses staffing changes at Carlisle, and his wish that Agnew accept former student Etahdleuh Doanmoe into his hospital…
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Topics: Former Student Health
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Letter from Richard H. Pratt to Cornelius R. Agnew1.05 MB
July 25, 1885
Richard Henry Pratt requests an additional 43 students to make up for the transfer of the Osage students to Martinsburg. He notes this is in addition to the 108 students that have already been authorized.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Transfers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Additional Students Needed due to Transfer of Osage Students198.82 KB
July 25, 1885
Notice of intent by Richard Henry Pratt that either he or the Carlisle Indian School physician Obadiah G. Given is set to visit the Rosebud and Pine Ridge Agencies to enroll 75 students. Pratt notes that due to students at Rosebud being sent to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Upcoming Recruitment Trip to Sioux Agencies290.9 KB
July 29, 1885
Endorsement of George LeRoy Brown for the position of Superintendent of the Fort Stevenson Indian School by Richard Henry Pratt at the request of Reverend C. L. Hall. Pratt provides the background of Brown and his work educating young Native…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Endorsement of George LeRoy Brown for Superintendent308.18 KB
July 29, 1885
Richard Henry Pratt provides additional justification for his request to purchase additional tents for the summer vacation camp. Pratt notes that he sends students to the camp who are often just arrived and have yet acquired the education to be…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Summer Camps
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Further Justification for Tents for School Summer Camp820.23 KB
July 30, 1885
D. C. De Wulf, pastor for the St. Charles Church in Pikesville, Maryland, requests a letter of introduction in order to visit the Carlisle Indian School and Hampton Institute along with the visitors from France.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Visits by Notable People
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Letter of Introduction to Carlisle and Hampton214.83 KB
July 30, 1885 - August 7, 1885
L. J. Miles, U.S. Indian Agent for the Osage Agency inquires about returning Osage students who were set to be transferred to Juniata College and replaced with full blood students. Miles indicates that it would be possible to pay for the expense…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Return of Osage Students being Sent to Juniata College679.04 KB
July 31, 1885
Cover letter documenting return of the original and duplicate weighers return for three dozen hand grenades for fire-related purposes at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Cover Letter for Weighers Return of 3 Dozen Hand Grenades139.95 KB
August 3, 1885
P. H. Bridenbaugh notes that the arrangements have been made for receiving Osage students being transferred from the Carlisle Indian School. He notes that in calculating the distance it is important to add an additional 22 miles on the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Transfers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Arrangements for Receiving Osage Students at Martinsburg256.07 KB