Richard Henry Pratt requests a position to be placed in charge of the outing program at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that he has been hesitant to fill this position in order to save money but the increase in outings has now meant the position is now unable to be filled by other staff.
Pratt, Richard Henry
December 11, 1883
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
December 22, 1883
Superintendent Richard Henry Pratt writes to Doctor Cornelius Rea Agnew thanking him for his "practical interest" in the school in regards to the arrival of two calves for the school farm. Pratt also mentions the illness of over sixty students to "a thorough seige of the mumps."
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
December 26, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt writes to the Office of Indian Affairs regarding a letter he has received from the Superintendent of the Genoa School to transfer five students to Genoa when the school opens in February 1884. Pratt states that while he is willing to send the students he does not believe the transportation costs should come out of his…
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Topics:
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
December 27, 1883
White Eagle requests that Richard Henry Pratt request from Washington D.C. a spring wagon and harness from the Carlisle Indian School. White Eagle also discusses sending more children from the Ponca Agency and returning his son Frank Eagle back to Carlisle.
Richard Henry Pratt forwards the letter to the Office of Indian Affairs and…
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Topics:
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
December 28, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt notes that the Lincoln Institute has appealed to him to help them fill their quota of students. As a result he proposes to transfer 26 girls including the small girls at Carlisle and four or five large girls who would be better served in a single sex school.
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Topics:
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
January 2, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that the Lincoln Institute wants 27 students. He also asks if there is any trouble with the reimbursement to his funds that separate vouchers be taken for the Lincoln Institute for those from Arizona which would cover orders from June.
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Topics:
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
January 2, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Mrs. Cox is coming to the Carlisle Indian School to arrange for transferring girls to the Lincoln Institute. Pratt asks for the conclusions from the Office of Indian Affairs about authorizing the transfer.
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Topics:
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
January 3, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt asks of the Office of Indian Affairs if he should pay for the transportation of 27 girls to the Lincoln Institute.
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Topics:
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
January 5, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt makes the recommendation to the Office of Indian Affairs of keeping students whose terms are set to expire through the end of the school term in June.
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
January 8, 1884 - January 12, 1884
Major General John Pope telegraphs Robert Todd Lincoln, Secretary of War, regarding enrolling children from the Apache Nation at Carlisle or other schools.
Lincoln forwards a copy of the telegraph to the Secretary of the Interior along with a statement that Richard Henry Pratt had written him that he could enroll 50 to 75 Apache students…
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Topics:
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
January 9, 1884
These materials include a cover letter and Descriptive Statements of Pupils regarding 27 children transferred to the Lincoln Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from the Carlisle Indian School. Those children, from a variety of Nations, had previously been sent to Carlisle.
Format:
Letters/Correspondence, Reports
Standard Forms & Transactions:
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
January 12, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt notifies the Office of Indian Affairs that Obadiah G. Given is at the San Carlos Agency recruiting students for the Carlisle Indian School.
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Topics:
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
January 12, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs telegraph that he has sent the school physician Obadiah G. Given to recruit students among the Pueblos and Apaches. He also details arrangements he has made with the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad company.
Pratt then details the various actions he has taken in regards…
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
January 16, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt inquires of the Office of Indian Affairs how many children will from Arkansas City will join Carlisle Indian School Agent and school physician Obadiah G. Given.
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Topics:
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
January 17, 1884 - January 28, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from Baptiste Bayhylle and Ralph J. Weeks regarding a request from a Pawnee Chiefs to visit Carlisle. Pratt provides some context to their request including the fact that many served as scouts during the war with the Cheyenne, Kiowas, and Comanches. He further states that preference should be given to those…
Format:
Letters/Correspondence, Newspapers and Magazines
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
February 1884
Petition for the return of James Thomas, Matilda Thomas, and Mary Johnson from the Carlisle Indian School. The petitioners claim that the children were sent to Carlisle under the false pretense that the school was a school for white children that would allow their children to learn English. The petitioners further claim that Richard Henry Pratt…
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
February 2, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt petitions the Office of Indian Affairs to enroll 50 students from the Mescalero and Jicarilla Agencies. Pratt notes that the headmen from each Agency having visited the Carlisle Indian School now have a high opinion of the school and are currently enthusiastic to enroll their children. Pratt additionally provides the cost of…
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Topics:
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
February 8, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt details his disappointment the fulfillment he made of a request for boots from the Department of the Interior. Pratt notes that he expected a variety of sizes but was instead only provided with one size. As a result he specifically requests various sizes for the following year.
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
February 18, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt writes to the Secretary of the Interior regarding a proposal to supply four wagons to Sioux Chiefs rather than having them travel East.
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
February 18, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding a request to enroll six students from the St. Regis band. Pratt states that Carlisle can take the students and provides details concerning the characteristics of the students.
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Topics:
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
February 20, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt states that he can get through the present fiscal year on his appropriation but needs aid for travel expenses and maintenance of the incoming party from Mescalero.
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Topics:
Standard Forms & Transactions:
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
February 20, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt requests that he be given written authority to support the verbal authority he received to increase the number of pupils enrolled, including from San Carlos and eight students he has already accepted from the Chippewa Nation.
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Topics:
Standard Forms & Transactions:
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
February 21, 1884 - March 3, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt answers a letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs regarding students from the Onondaga Nation and a disconnect regarding the status of R. H. Gardner as an Agent in New York. Pratt also encloses a letter from Julia E. Remington regarding sending home Onondaga students on vacation and their return to Carlisle as well as…
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
February 25, 1884
E. B. Townsend, Special Agent, writes the Commissioner of Indian Affairs regarding a student from the Sac and Fox Nation who was sent East to study at the Hampton Institute but is currently living in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. The student has indicated that he would like to study at the Carlisle Indian School and Richard Henry Pratt has…
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
February 27, 1884 - March 7, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt forwards the proceedings of a Board of Survey convened on February 29, 1884 to dispose of worn out and otherwise unserviceable property and drop them from his property returns.
Format:
Letters/Correspondence, Reports
Standard Forms & Transactions:
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration