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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June 11, 1895
Richard Henry Pratt forwards teacher James W. Hendren's application for a 60-day annual leave of absence. Hendren will also attend summer school while on annual leave.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: James W. Hendren's Application for Annual Leave of Absence 284.86 KB
June 11, 1895
Richard Henry Pratt forwards teacher Kate S. Bowersox's application for a 60-day annual leave of absence. Bowersox will also attend summer school during her leave.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Kate S. Bowersox's Application for Annual Leave of Absence 295.93 KB
June 11, 1895
Richard Henry Pratt forwards seamstress Lizzie C. Jacobs' application for a 30-day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Lizzie C. Jacobs' Application for Annual Leave of Absence 285.81 KB
June 11, 1895
Richard Henry Pratt forwards seamstress Mary E. Lininger's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Mary E. Lininger's Application for Annual Leave of Absence 313.47 KB
June 11, 1895
Richard Henry Pratt returns list of students recommended from the Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency to W. N. Hailmann. Pratt also makes recommendations on how to improve the report blanks.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Returns List of Students from the Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency336.93 KB
June 11, 1895
Richard Henry Pratt forwards seamstress Susan Zeamer's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence.
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Susan Zeamer's Application for Annual Leave of Absence 308.31 KB
June 12, 1895
Richard Henry Pratt forwards normal teacher Anna C. Hamilton's application for a 58-day annual leave of absence. Hamilton will also attend summer school while on leave.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Anna C. Hamilton's Application for Annual Leave of Absence 308.68 KB
June 12, 1895
Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant teacher Rosa Bourassa's application for a 60-day leave of absence. Bourassa will also attend summer school while on leave.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Rosa Bourassa's Application for Annual Leave of Absence 305.33 KB
June 13, 1895
Richard Henry Pratt forwards teacher Fannie I. Peter's application for a 58-day annual leave of absence. Peter will also attend summer school while on leave.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Fannie I. Peter's Application for Annual Leave of Absence 302.16 KB
June 13, 1895
Richard Henry Pratt forwards teacher Jennie P. Cochran's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Jennie P. Cochran's Application for Annual Leave of Absence 293.55 KB
June 13, 1895
Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant matron Martha B. Hench's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Martha B. Hench's Request for Annual Leave of Absence 293.89 KB
June 13, 1895
Richard Henry Pratt requests to use unexpended money from the current fiscal year along with some additional funds from the following fiscal year to erect an addition to the Gymnasium.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Build Addition to Gymnasium544.66 KB
June 13-14, 1895
Richard H. Pratt submits a "Supplementary" Estimate of Supplies for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 1895 amounting to $499.90 and requests to purchase those items in the open market. The form includes the items being requested, the quantity,…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Supplementary Estimate of Supplies, June 1895611.33 KB
June 15, 1895
Richard Henry Pratt forwards clerk Eva H. Quinn's application for a 23-day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Eva H. Quinn's Application for Annual Leave of Absence 304.58 KB
June 15, 1895
William L. Hargrove, U.S. Indian Agent for the Western Shoshone Agency, writes to the Office of Indian Affairs regarding the transfer of 16 children to the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Potential Transfer of 16 Students from Western Shoshone253.41 KB
June 19, 1895
Carlos Montezuma, school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for May 1895.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Reports
View Document: Monthly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, May 18951.33 MB
June 20, 1895
Richard Henry Pratt forwards physician Carlos Montezuma's request for a 60-day annual leave of absence to attend a post-graduate school of medicine. In an explanatory letter, Montezuma advises Pratt that attending post-graduate school will…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Carlos Montezuma's Request for Leave of Absence 617.63 KB
June 20, 1895
Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant nurse Elizabeth B. Wind's application for an 18-day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Elizabeth B. Wind's Application for Annual Leave of Absence 292.92 KB
June 21, 1895
Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant matron Prudence Miles' application for a 25-day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Prudence Miles' Application for Annual Leave of Absence 308.46 KB
June 22, 1895 - June 24, 1895
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding a change in the music department at the Carlisle Indian School (not specified). Also included is a letter from Ella G. Hill who was left without a position as a result…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Change in Music Department at Carlisle688.83 KB
June 24, 1895
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Elmer N. Snyder's application for a 23-day annual leave of absence. Snyder works as a tailor.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Elmer N. Snyder's Application for Annual Leave of Absence302.11 KB
June 24, 1895
Richard Henry Pratt informs W. N. Hailmann that he does not have the funds to employ as teachers the two men named in Hailmann's previous letter. After discussing issues related to funding and employee salaries, Pratt says he wants to wait until…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Suggests Robertson for Teaching Vacancy323.37 KB
June 25, 1895
Richard Henry Pratt forwards teacher Fanny G. Paull's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Fanny G. Paull's Application for Annual Leave of Absence 298.49 KB
June 25, 1895
Teacher James W. Hendren requests to know from Daniel M. Browning whether he is to be transferred from the Carlisle Indian School and where the transfer is to in the Indian Service.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: James W. Hendren Requests to Know if is to be Transferred165.48 KB
June 25, 1895
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to spend $5,000 in the transportation of students to and from the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Spend Funds for Transport of Students to and from Carlisle in Fiscal Year 1896319.11 KB