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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April 11, 1899
Leila W. Hayden (Chippewa) applies to be a clerk at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Application for Employment from Leila W. Hayden1022.7 KB
April 12, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt provides his recommendations for expanding the school building at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt provides blueprints along with the specifications for the expansion.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Plans and Specifications for Expansion to School Building3.93 MB
April 13, 1899
Wrap indicating Richard Henry Pratt returned with remarks a letter from Charley Doxtator who wants to transfer to the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Wrap for Charley Doxtator Requesting Transfer to Carlisle1.1 MB
April 15, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt responds to a request from Filmore Jackson to transfer his son from the Lincoln Institute to the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Request to Enroll Son of Filmore Jackson821.49 KB
April 17, 1899
Richard H. Pratt submits an Estimate of Supplies for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 1899 amounting to $359.35 and requests to purchase those items in the open market. The form includes the items being requested, the quantity, the estimated…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Estimate of Supplies, April 1899589.7 KB
April 17, 1899
Major Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for the current quarter of 1899. Pratt also includes details on compensation, position title, and the number of workdays required for the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Irregular Employees Required for the Fourth Quarter of Fiscal Year 1898-1899480.91 KB
April 17, 1899
Dennison Wheelock requests to have Evan Goslyah transferred from the Grand Junction Indian School noting that Goslyah has requested it and he needs an additional clarinet player for the band.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Wheelock Requests Transfer of Evan Goslyah514.78 KB
April 21-24, 1899
John R. Procter, Civil Service Commissioner, approves the request of Thomas Ryan for the appointment of Leila W. Hayden as a clerk at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Civil Service Approves Appointment of Leila Hayden788.35 KB
April 21 - November 18, 1899
Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employees (Inga M. Erickson and George W. Taylor). Pratt also sends George W. Taylor's application for a position as an assistant disciplinarian, including references.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
View Document: Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees and Application, November 189913.29 MB
April 21, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the application of Leila Hayden for a position at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Application of Leila Hayden466.2 KB
April 21, 1899 - May 27, 1899
Thomas Ryan disallows Richard Henry Pratt's request to purchase supplies for improvements and extensions to the school plant on the open market.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Ryan Disallows Open Market Purchase of Supplies2.31 MB
April 24, 1899
Major Richard H. Pratt requests 150 points of vaccine virus.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Vaccine Virus450.75 KB
April 26, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the Civil Service application of Luella Cunningham as well as the applications of Lizzie James, Jennie Wolf, and Ella Albert.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Need for Employees to Take Civil Service Exams472.72 KB
April 27, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Luella Cunningham has sent her application for the position of assistant laundress to the chairman of the Civil Service Commission.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Office Informed Luella Cunningham Sent Application to Civil Service Commission460.4 KB
April 27, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt provides J. H. Dortch with information related to Josiah Archiquette.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Provides Information on Josiah Archiquette478.69 KB
April 28, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that former student Ella Rickert, employed at Carlisle as a cook, has accepted the position of assistant matron at Fort Shaw.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Ella Rickert Accepts Assistant Matron Position at Fort Shaw468.98 KB
April 28, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt indicates that this previous letter requesting authority to buy vaccine viruses was not answered immediately. Pratt notes that he will purchase the vaccines without authority if there is a further delay.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Immediate Response to Purchase Vaccines379.9 KB
April 28, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the recent appointments of J. Banks Ralston and Sadie E. Newcomer and their performance.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Update on Performance of J. Banks Ralston and Sadie E. Newcomer499.92 KB
April 30, 1899
Major Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during April 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
Topics: Students - Irregular Employees
Format: Reports
View Document: Report of Irregular Employees, April 1899368.06 KB
April 30 - May 5, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt forwards letter of Isidor Casto requesting to enroll at the Carlisle Indian School. Casto was enrolled at the Phoenix Indian School at the time.
Note: Isidor Casto is the brother of Carlisle student Ignacio Casto…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment, Football
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request of Isidor Costo to Enroll at Carlisle1.27 MB
May 1, 1899
Civil Service Commission approving an extension of the temporary appointments of Jennie Wolf and Lizzie James as assistant laundresses at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Civil Service Commission Approves Extension of Temporary Appointments of Assistant Laundresses637.43 KB
May 1, 1899
Leila W. Hayden responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter expressing her desire to be appointed to a position as matron rather than clerk at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Leila Hayden Expresses Preference for Appointment as Matron460.26 KB
May 1, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt requests that Jessie L. McIntire (referred to here as Jennie) be transferred to the Carlisle Indian School to fill a vacant teaching position.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Transfer of Jessie L. McIntire to Carlisle451.18 KB
May 1, 1899
Major Richard H. Pratt requests a six-month supply of two types of 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, May 1899654.96 KB
May 2, 1899
Richard H. Pratt recommends that graduate Jeanette (Nettie) Buckles be appointed as an assistant teacher or assistant matron in the Indian Service. Pratt forwards Buckles' application.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Application for Employment from Jeanette Buckles 1019.43 KB