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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July 5, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase supplies including gravel to continue the work of improving the roads and walks of the Carlisle Indian School as well as the pay of a mason and plasterer.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase Gravel for Improving Walks and Roads545.82 KB
July 5, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase 250 pillows and to purchase special material for making wagons and harness as well as pay of a trimmer.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase Pillows and Materials for Wagons and Harness543.51 KB
July 5, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase various supplies and materials connected to the new heating plant including iron pipes and fittings.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase Supplies Connected to Heating Plant537.79 KB
July 5, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase wood covering for steam pipes to connect new buildings and to make repairs as well as asbestos or magnesia covering for a steam drum and an exposed surface of steam pipes.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase Wood Covering for Steam Pipes537.41 KB
July 5, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests renewal of the authority for building the brick stack to enlarge the boiler house.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Building Repairs and Expansions
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Renew Authority to Build Brick Stack for Boiler House567.2 KB
July 5, 1900
Richard H. Pratt forwards applications of three employees for leave of absence: W. H. Monett (shoemaker), George E. Snyder (fireman), and Ed. W. Harkness (tinner).
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Three Applications for Leave of Absence1.69 MB
July 6, 1900
Richard H. Pratt forwards Margaret Roberts's request to attend summer school as well as 21 days of leave. Roberts works as a teacher.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to attend Summer School and Annual Leave504.16 KB
July 6, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests that Dr. S. L. Diven be continued for the 1901 fiscal year at $800.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Continue Current Arrangement with S. L. Diven in 1901 Fiscal Year512.2 KB
July 6, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay freight costs to send goods manufactured at Carlisle to Indian School to agencies as well as the freight costs for goods purchased for the school not covered by transportation contracts.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Pay for Freight to Send Industrial Goods to Agencies515.92 KB
July 6, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase stamps for student correspondence as well as pay annual contracts for water and telephone service.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students Writing Home, School Utilities
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Pay for Stamps, Water, and Telephone Service561.63 KB
July 6, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay $400 to continue renting the Henderson Tract for the 1901 fiscal year.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Farms - Land Transactions
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Pay Henderson Farm Rent for the 1901 Fiscal Year509.95 KB
July 6, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay $600 for the rent of the Hocker Farm for fiscal year 1901 and requests the lease be renewed for one year.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Farms - Land Transactions
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Pay Hocker Farm Rent for Fiscal Year 1901523.62 KB
July 6, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase various supplies for the Carlisle Indian School hospital including medicine, fruit, crackers as well as electricity for running motors for the laundry and printing office as well as 2000 yards of…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase Hospital Supplies and Other Items540.35 KB
July 6, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase a fireproof safe for student funds, dried yeast for the bakery, as well as printing equipment.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Request to Purchase Safe, Yeast, and Printing Equipment778.01 KB
July 6, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to spend $1,000 in placing and visiting students on the outing program during the summer of 1900.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Outing Program Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Spend Money Placing and Visiting Students on Outing, 1900515.38 KB
July 7, 1900
Estimate of funds for the first quarter of 1901 amounting to $56,971.21 for support of the school and transportation of Indian Supplies. Richard H. Pratt also requests funds amounting to $12,970.00 for regular employee pay. He forwards an…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Estimate of Funds, Estimate of Supplies, and Regular Employee Pay, First Quarter 19012.99 MB
July 7, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase a second hand press following the failure of school's old printing press.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase Second Hand Printing Press586.14 KB
July 9, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant seamstress Beckie L. Goodyear's application for a 17 day leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Beckie L. Goodyear's Application for Leave of Absence377.42 KB
July 9, 1900
Major Richard Henry Pratt submits a report that lists all of the employees at the school to start the 1900-1901 fiscal year (A. J. Standing, O. H. Bakeless, W. B. Beitzel, W. Grant Thompson, Dennison Wheelock, M. Burgess, A. S. Ely, W. H. Miller…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Descriptive Statements of Changes in School Employees, July 19002.72 MB
July 10, 1900
S. L. Diven, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for June 1900.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Monthly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, June 19001.39 MB
July 10, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to enroll James Goings.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of James Goings386.61 KB
July 10, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to cover the amount exceeded in shipping vehicles manufactured at the Carlisle Indian School to various agencies.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Pay Freight for Shipping Vehicles553.57 KB
July 10, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests that Walter Taylor and wife be transferred from Fort Lewis to Carlisle Indian School if approved by Supervisor Dixon.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Transfer Walter Taylor and Wife to Carlisle386.35 KB
July 11, 1900
Major Richard H. Pratt and Assistant Superintendent A. J. Standing submit a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during June 1900. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Report of Irregular Employees, June 19001.68 MB
July 12-14, 1900
John T. Doyle, the Secretary of the Civil Service Commission, forwards to the Secretary of the Interior a list of three women (Catherine A. Curtin, Mary E. Jackson, Anna E. Lamb) who are eligible to fill the vacant clerk position at the Carlisle…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Eligible Candidates for Clerk Position 706.17 KB