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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August 27, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt requests to spend $90 on the purchase of butter, milk, eggs, and fruit for sick students and the "general health of the school."
Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives microfilm reels (M234), which were…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness, Food and Dining
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase Special Food Supplies for Sick Students154.37 KB
August 28, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt calls attention to his request for $1,000 to purchase supplies to manufacture clothing.
Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives microfilm reels (M234), which were filmed from the original documents found…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Attention Called to Request for Funds to Manufacture Clothing149.19 KB
August 28, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt requests to add a $1,980 purchase of four hundred tons of coal to his "special" estimate of funds.
Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives microfilm reels (M234), which were filmed from the original…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Heating Supplies
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase 400 Tons of Coal143.82 KB
September 3, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt responds to a series of exceptions made to his Returns.
Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives microfilm reels (M234), which were filmed from the original documents found in Record Group 75, Entry 79, "…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Answers to Exceptions to Returns, September 1880320.31 KB
September 4, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt informs school physician Dr. J. S. Bender that he will be fired at the end of the month unless he quits sooner. Pratt provides multiple reasons for his decision, including that almost every student sent to the school hospital…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Decision to Fire School Physician Dr. J. S. Bender466.57 KB
September 4, 1880
Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs O. Marble asks that Lieutenant Richard H. Pratt's request for a 14 day leave of absence be granted.
Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives microfilm reels (M234), which were filmed from…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Leave of Absence Request for Richard H. Pratt153.22 KB
September 5, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that he needs assistance in his office and requests that Alice M. Robertson of the Tallahassee Mission School be transferred to the Carlisle Indian School to help Pratt and his clerk…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Requests to Hire Help for Pratt's Office and Clerk247.29 KB
September 7, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt transmits his Report of Irregular Employees for July 1880.
Note: The report itself was missing from the microfilm reels at the National Archives.
Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives microfilm…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Report of Irregular Employees, July 1880137.5 KB
September 7, 1880
Dr. J. S. Bender responds to Richard Henry Pratt's letter relieving him of his duties as school physician. In his response, Bender explains and defends himself against the claims that Pratt makes about him. Pratt forwards Bender's letter to the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: School Physician's Rebuttal to Pratt's Claims Against Him558.07 KB
September 8, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt asks Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. M. Marble for permission to accompany a party to Philadelphia and Washington, D. C. on business related to the Carlisle Indian School.
Note: This item was copied from U.S.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Visit Philadelphia and Washington, D. C.105.24 KB
September 9, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt transmits his Report of Irregular Employees for August 1880.
Note: The report itself was missing from the microfilm reels at the National Archives.
Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives microfilm…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Report of Irregular Employees, August 1880147 KB
September 9, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt writes to Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. M. Marble regarding three former Florida prisoners that should be returned home, escorted by Agent Miles. The first is going to die soon because of an accident suffered while…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Send Three Former Florida Prisoners Home349.14 KB
September 15, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that he's firing Carlisle Indian School Physician Dr. J. S. Bender at the end of the month.
Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives microfilm reels (M234), which…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Confirmation of the Dismissal of School Physician Dr. J. S. Bender158.82 KB
September 15, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt requests $800 from the Commissioner of Affairs to supplement funds he has raised from donors in order to install a heating apparatus in the boys quarters. Pratt states that last winter, the male students were very cold at…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Funds to Install a new Heating System in the Boys' Quarters333.09 KB
September 15, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt requests that the Commissioner of Indian Affairs authorize Agent Miles' expenses incurred while transporting a party of six Cheyenne and Arapaho chiefs and their children as well as Daniel Tucker from the Carlisle Indian…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Cover Traveling Expenses of a Cheyenne and Arapaho Party252.81 KB
September 17, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt acknowledges receipt of two packages of letter paper with "United States Indian Service" printed on the top of each page. Pratt requests that, in the future, he receive blank letter paper, so he can use the Carlisle Indian…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Blank Letter Paper in the Future134.79 KB
September 17, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt requests to hire Dr. C. H. Hepburn as the Carlisle Indian School physician at $900 per year. Hepburn will exclusively treat students and employees, live on campus, and deliver weekly health lectures to the students.
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Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Hire Dr. Hepburn as School Physician197.45 KB
September 18, 1880
Estimate of Funds for the fourth quarter of 1880 amounting to $1,880 for beef and flour, $1,000 for clothing and material to manufacture clothing, and $700 for fuel, stamps, water, and other contingencies.
Note: This item was copied from U…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Estimate of Funds, Fourth Quarter 1880211.86 KB
September 18, 1880
Estimate of Funds for the fourth quarter of 1880 amounting to $9,180 for subsistence, employee pay, clothing, repairs, and contingencies.
Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives microfilm reels (M234), which were filmed from…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Estimate of Funds, Fourth Quarter 1880 (Report)801.3 KB
September 18, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that he's sending samples of goods manufactured by Carlisle Indian School students, including tin ware, double harness, and repaired shoes, to the annual Indian Fair. Pratt believes…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Plan to Distribute Student-Manufactured Goods at the Annual Indian Fair218.9 KB
September 25, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt states that the Carlisle Indian School currently has 196 students with 20 Navajos and 10 Pueblos on the way, increasing enrollment to 226. He believes that they have room for 300 total students and requests that Major Berry…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Recruitment of Navajo, Pueblo, and Ute Students294.27 KB
September 27, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt lists the cash and property accounts for the quarter ending June 30, 1880 to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives microfilm reels (M234), which were filmed from the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Cash and Property Accounts, June 1880211.63 KB
September 27, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he desires a hospital that is purposely designed to be a hospital, isolated from the rest of the school, and on higher ground. He requests to spend $4,550 to construct a new hospital…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Plans to Construct a New Hospital, Problems with Current Hospital1.02 MB
October 2, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt requests 50 blank Bills of Lading and 50 blank Invoice forms.
Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives microfilm reels (M234), which were filmed from the original documents found in Record Group 75, Entry…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Requisition for Stationary, October 1880136.32 KB
October 8, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to travel to the Sisseton, Green Bay, and La Pointe agencies in order to recruit 25 new students. As he would like more than half to be girls, he also requests to bring a female assistant on the trip.
…Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Recruit Students from the Sisseton, Green Bay, and Lapointe Agencies142.62 KB