Documents

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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February 27, 1899

Richard Henry Pratt recommends Clara Price to the position of assistant matron at the Grand River Boarding School in the Standing Rock Agency.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

February 27, 1899

Richard Henry Pratt forwards correspondence from James King and C. R. A. Scobey regarding King's request to enroll at the Carlisle Indian School.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

March 1, 1899 - March 2, 1899

Ticket for commencement exercises of the Carlisle Indian School for the 1899 school year.

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Topics: Graduation

March 4, 1899

Major Richard H. Pratt submits oath of office from newly appointed assistant matron, Clara Price. 

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

Topics:

View Document: Oath of Office for Clara Price 505.58 KB

March 4, 1899

Major Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during February 1899. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

March 5, 1899 - April 3, 1899

Signed request of Frank Yarlot to participate in the outing program at the Carlisle Indian School along with a copy of the outing rules signed by Yarlot, Richard Henry Pratt, and William Balderston.

Repository: Mercer Museum Research Library

View Document: Outing Papers of Frank Yarlot990.55 KB

March 9, 1899

S. L. Diven, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for February 1899.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

Topics: Student Illness

March 10, 1899

Anna S. Luckenbach requests a transfer to the Office of Indian Affairs as a clerk.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

March 12, 1899 - March 13, 1899

Ella Rickert requests a transfer to the Rosebud Agency Boarding School as an assistant matron following the resignation of Annette Suisson. Richard Henry Pratt endorses Rickert's transfer but as a cook.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

March 13, 1899

Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs of the seven students who are asking to be enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School from the Educational House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

March 13, 1899

Elmer Huff informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Glennie Pierce has been located and requests that Richard Henry Pratt have him released from the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania poor house and returned home.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

View Document: Request to Send Glennie Pierce Home554.21 KB

March 14, 1899

Richard Henry Pratt recommends former student Cora Cornelius for the position of assistant matron at Morris, Minnesota.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

March 14, 1899

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs of various property which requires a Board of Survey due to having become worn out, broken, or having become unfit for use.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

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March 16, 1899

Major Richard H. Pratt requests a six-month supply of two dozen different blank administrative forms used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

March 18, 1899

Richard Henry Pratt responds to the request of Elmer Huff to send Glennie Pierce home.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

March 18, 1899

Richard Henry Pratt forwards a request from William Blakeslee to secure a position in the Indian Service along with Dr. J. G. Rogers recommendation.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

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March 20, 1899 - March 25, 1899

Richard Henry Pratt forwards correspondence and informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has arranged for the mother of an Apache student to visit Carlisle.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

March 20, 1899 - April 6, 1899

Richard Henry Pratt forwards recommendations of Ella Rickert for the position of assistant matron in a Western Indian School. Pratt also endorses Rickert for the position.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

March 20, 1899

Richard Henry Pratt requests the Government Printing Office print two outing books--in other words, ledgers for the outing program--which he expects "will probably last six years." 

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

March 20, 1899

Roberta E. Wilson requests a transfer to the Indian School in Cherokee, North Carolina as an assistant matron. Richard Henry Pratt endorses the application and requests a replacement.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

March 22, 1899

Richard Henry Pratt requests to pay a substitute assistant laundress to replace Carrie Thomas following her resignation.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

March 22, 1899 - March 23, 1899

Richard Henry Pratt forwards the proceedings of a Board of Survey convened on March 22, 1899.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

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March 31, 1899

Richard Henry Pratt responds to a request to return George Fairbanks to his home.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

March 31, 1899

Richard Henry Pratt recommends Gertrude Renfrow as an assistant seamstress in the Indian Service.

Note: This is presumably the person known as Gertrude Renfrew while at Carlisle.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

March 31, 1899

Samuel Gruett requests Richard Henry Pratt's recommendation to help him secure the disciplinarian position at the Mt. Pleasant Indian School.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration