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 14-21, 1900
Four Carlisle students who will graduate this year and one student who graduated last year apply for positions in the Indian Service. Mamie Annie Ryan applies to be an assistant matron, assistant teacher, or assistant matron; Frances A. Harris…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Five Indian Service Applications from Female Students3.32 MB
February 14, 1900 - August 8, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt requests the Office of Indian Affairs order the Siletz U. S. Indian Agent to have money paid to Robert Depoe paid to him in order to cover a loan Pratt provided to fund Depoe's return. Pratt encloses correspondence in order to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Robert Depoe's Salary be used to Repay Loan4.79 MB
February 15, 1900 - February 20, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests to employ former student James Flannery as an Assistant Tailor and encloses correspondence to provide context.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Transfer of James Flannery to Fill Tailor Position1.38 MB
February 15, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase various supplies to build new employee quarters along with hiring skilled laborers. Pratt includes plans for the first floor of the building.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Proposal to Build Additional Employee Quarters1.22 MB
February 15, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests the authority to purchase 1500 pounds of oak tanned leather on the open market due to replace the exhausted supply at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that the supply is gone due to the increase in pupils.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Industrial Training Supplies
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase Harness Leather on Open Market475.02 KB
February 17, 1900
Alfred John Standing provides information on Antonio Apache to the Office of Indian Affairs.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Graduation
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Standing Provides Information on Antonio Apache509.01 KB
February 17, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt notifies the Office of Indian Affairs that he has sent a ticket for a student from the Chippewa Nation to use to travel to Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel to Enroll
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Ticket for Chippewa Student to Travel to Carlisle441.37 KB
February 19, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests that a former student be appointed to the position of assistant tailor to aid with the manufacture of uniforms and clothing for 600 boys.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Former Student to be Appointed to Assistant Tailor Position464.56 KB
February 19, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to transfer Miguel Maxcy to a hospital in Dakota.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness, Student Transfers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Transfer Miguel Maxcy to Hospital in Dakota475.31 KB
February 20, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay student Fred Hare for caring for three smallpox patients at the school farm house.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Pay Fred Hare for Care of Smallpox Patients476.11 KB
February 23, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt replies to Office of Indian Affairs Circular No. 36 that the cost of board at the mess of the Carlisle Indian School is $2.50 per week.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Food and Dining
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Cost of Board at Mess at the Carlisle Indian School448.6 KB
February 24, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs of the death of Bessie Barclay a teacher at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Death of Bessie Barclay456.93 KB
Feburary 26, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase postage stamps for students to correspond with their parents and friends.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students Writing Home
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase Stamps for Student Correspondence460.9 KB
February 26, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase straw hats for students on the open market due to the difficulty in purchasing the hats through contracts.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Uniforms and Clothing
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase Straw Hats for Students488.29 KB
February 27-28, 1900
Pasquala Anderson, a member of the Mission nation in southern California and Carlisle graduate, applies to be an assistant teacher in the Indian Service.
Richard H. Pratt forwards her application to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Application for Employment from Pasquala Anderson1.01 MB
February 27, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests two teachers to replace Sadie Newcomer and Emma Schaner whose resignations accompanies the letter.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Teachers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Two Teachers to Replace Newcomer and Schaner840.12 KB
February 28 - March 20, 1900
Major Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employees (Agnes May Robbins, Lida Jones, Richard Hendricks, James D. Flannery) as well as those who have left the school (Bessie E. Barclay, Emma C. Schanes, Solomon Miller, James M. Bellows…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
February 28, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Martin Wheelock has resumed his duties as of January 8, 1900.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Office Informed Martin Wheelock has Resumed Duties448.4 KB
February 28, 1900
Major Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during February 1900. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students - Irregular Employees
Format: Reports
View Document: Report of Irregular Employees, February 1900398.35 KB
March 1, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has returned Miguel Maxcy to a government hospital in Washington D.C.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness, Student Transfers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Miguel Maxcy Returned to Hospital in Washington D.C.525.41 KB
March 1, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a circular disseminated by the Lincoln Institute and further comments on the writer of the pamphlet.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Missionary Work
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Forwards Circular from Lincoln Institute481.19 KB
March 1, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt responds to a letter from the Office of Indian Affairs regarding a letter from local attorney George Hayes pertaining to a student under discipline. (The student is not identified here.)
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Letter from Local Carlisle Attorney503.32 KB
March 1, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has decided to enlarge the present boiler plant rather than build a new one. Pratt notes that keeping the current boilers active is cost prohibitive and recommends purchasing four…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Building Repairs and Expansions
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase New Boilers and Expand Plant835.25 KB
March 3, 1900
S. L. Diven, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for February 1900.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Monthly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, February 19001.3 MB
March 3, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to cover the additional cost of the school book, Davis' Nature Studies, over what was previously authorized in the annual estimate a year ago.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Academic Supplies, Books Used at School
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Cover Additional Cost of Books474.29 KB