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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January 16, 1900
John T. Doyle, the Secretary of the Civil Service Commission, forwards to the Secretary of the Interior a list of three men (Henry T. Klostermann, Andrew Noll, and Granville M. Shelley) who are eligible to fill the vacant tailor position at the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Tailor
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Eligible Candidates for Tailor Position 771.21 KB
January 19, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs of a report from the school physician regarding the smallpox vaccine sent to the school. In addition, he notes a minor outbreak causing him to use the farm house as a hospital and…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Reports on Varioloid Outbreak at School528.17 KB
January 19, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to enroll Felipa Amago, a graduate of the Perris School, as a student at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Enroll Felipa Amago465.83 KB
January 20, 1900 - February 20, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt forwards former student Jeanette Buckles' request for a transfer in the Indian Service from her current position as matron to a teaching position.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Jeanette Buckles Requests Help in Transferring to Teaching Position1012.8 KB
January 20, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the approval of irregular employees as well as the position of assistant cook.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Update on Irregular Employees and Assistant Cook Position507.3 KB
January 22, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests the continuance of the education of 164 students who are over the age of 21 at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Enrollment Policies, Enrollment Lists
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Continuance of Education of Pupils Over 211.61 MB
January 23, 1900 - April 8, 1907
Four financial accounts of members of the Kickapoo Nation showing deposits while at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Savings Accounts
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Four Financial Accounts of Kickapoo Students776.51 KB
January 24, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt writes W. A. Jones that he hopes Bertha Canfield has been ordered to report to the Carlisle Indian School along with an increased salary. And that he desires the return of the descriptive book of the Crowell apparatus.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Writes Jones for Canfield Order and Return of Descriptive Book454.5 KB
January 24, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Carrie Hulme has resigned from her position as seamstress at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt requests that Bertha Canfield be transferred from the Phoenix Indian School to take…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Transfer of Bertha Canfield to take Charge of Sewing Room510.19 KB
January 25, 1900
Richard H. Pratt forwards the Annual Estimate of Supplies in triplicate for fiscal year 1901 to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
Note: The report itself was missing when this file was scanned at the National Archives.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Annual Estimate of Supplies, Fiscal Year 1900-1901454.85 KB
January 25, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests the Office of Indian Affairs that G. M. Shelley be appointed to the tailor position at Carlisle with orders to report at once.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Tailor
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request of Office to Appoint G. M. Shelley as Tailor378.9 KB
January 26, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt provides a list of members of the Sioux Nation enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School per a request from the Office of Indian Affairs.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Enrollment Lists
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: List of Sioux Nation Students at Carlisle496.37 KB
January 26, 1900
Richard H. Pratt requests that Band Manager Ernest Robitalille's unpaid leave of absence for the month of December 1899 be approved.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for A Month's Leave of Absence for Ernest Robitaille440.25 KB
January 26, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority from the Office of Indian Affairs to exchange a broken Remington typewriter for a new Smith Premier. Pratt notes that the Smith Premier is now preferred by his staff and is cheaper than a new Remington.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Office Supplies
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Exchange Old Remington Typewriter for Smith Premier526.34 KB
January 27, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt provides a correction to the list of members of the Sioux Nation at Carlisle by noting that Hannah Hopkins is a member of the Sisseton Sioux Nation and should not have appeared in the previous list.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Enrollment Lists
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Correction to List of Sioux Nation Students at Carlisle453.18 KB
January 27, 1900
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
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, January 1900500.43 KB
January 29-31, 1900
R. H. Pratt requests approval for Outing Agent Dr. Charles A. Eastman's 30 day sick leave of absence and for two additional weeks of paid sick leave. Additionally, Pratt forwards School Physician S. L. Diven's certificate swearing that Eastman…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Charles A. Eastman's Application for Six Weeks of Sick Leave1.33 MB
January 30, 1900
Request by Richard Henry Pratt to advertise locally for the purchase of various supplies.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase Various Supplies Locally1.35 MB
February 1900
S. L. Diven, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for January 1900.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness
Format: Reports
View Document: Monthly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, January 1900709.73 KB
February 7, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt submits a request for a new Morning Report Book with 500 leave of absence forms.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for New Leave of Absence Morning Report Book451.06 KB
February 7, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests that the authority for purchasing be increased for shingling hatchets and coach maker's vises due to the increase in iron and steel costs since the estimate was made a year prior.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Industrial Training Supplies
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Increase Purchase Authority for Iron and Steel Items503.64 KB
February 9, 1900
The Postal Telegraph-Cable Company informs W. A. Jones that William A. Mercer cannot be located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and requests a better address.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Message for Mercer Unable to be Delivered378.86 KB
February 12, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt forwards girls' manager Ellen R. Dorsett's application for a 10 day leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Ellen R. Dorsett's Application for Leave of Absence 532.33 KB
February 12, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that various supplies were ordered from the New York Warehouse for the Carlisle Indian School did not include his full order. Pratt notes that he only received 40 yards of the 400 yards of…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Uniforms and Clothing
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Balance of Hats and Fabric Ordered459.83 KB
February 13, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt notes that with new students soon to arrive there is a need to purchase 50 more woven wire beds. Pratt requests authority to purchase the beds due to their superior characterizes over what the Office of Indian Affairs supplies…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Furniture
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase Wire Beds to Accommodate New Students492.96 KB