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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October 5, 1900
Major Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employees (Ephraim Lease) and those who have left the school (Charles A. Eastman). The reports include position title, salary, date of departure, and reason for departure.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Reports
View Document: Descriptive Statements of Changes in School Employees, October 1900768.71 KB
October 5, 1900
S. L. Diven, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for September 1900.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Monthly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, September 19001.74 MB
October 5, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase on the open market various foodstuffs through a bid process.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase Various Foodstuffs on the Open Market575.63 KB
October 6, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter by informing the Office that the position is temporarily filled by Mrs. Odell.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Teachers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Informs Office Place Filled by Mrs. Odell509.82 KB
October 9, 1900
Richard H. Pratt submits an Estimate of Supplies for the second quarter of fiscal year 1901 amounting to $494.15 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, October 1900791.15 KB
October 9, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Marion W. De Loss should be transferred due to her health and need to take care of her family. Pratt requests that another individual be sent quickly to replace her as assistant matron…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Transfer of Marion W. De Loss548.3 KB
October 9, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests various authorities to varnish and clean schoolroom desks, purchase a coal truck, purchase 1000 bushels of onions, as well as purchasing utensils and materials for establishing a cooking school, and stamps for student…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Various Authorities Including Utensils for Cooking School581.72 KB
October 9, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to employ a mattress maker to repair mattresses and to buy additional new mattresses.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Employ Mattress Maker and Purchase New Mattress552.29 KB
October 9, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase 1000 bushels of potatoes due to drought causing a decrease in the yield of potatoes at the school farm.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase 1000 Bushels of Potatoes in 1900543.65 KB
October 9, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase 400 linen bedspreads as used by the United States hospital service.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Living Conditions
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase 400 Linen Bedspreads537.42 KB
October 9, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase enamel roof paint as well as other supplies in addition to paying various skilled laborers.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase Roof Paint and Pay Skilled Labor566.14 KB
October 9, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase on the open market special materials needed for Office of Indian Affairs orders for manufacturing wagons and harness.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase Special Materials for Department Orders555.58 KB
October 10, 1900, August 13, 1904, and April, 1923
Edgar A. Allen served as Assistant Superintendent at Carlisle from October of 1901 to October of 1904. This post includes selections from his employee paperwork collected by the Bureau of Indian Affairs while he worked in the Indian Service.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Selections of Personnel Folder of Edgar A. Allen3.25 MB
October 11, 1900
Estimate of funds for the second quarter of 1901 amounting to $29,290.21 for support of the school. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds amounting to $12,890.00 for regular employee pay.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, Second Quarter 19011.88 MB
October 11, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from Marion W. De Loss requesting a transfer to a Western or Southern School as a clerk.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Marion W. De Loss Requests Transfer as a Clerk918.62 KB
October 12, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that the best price he can get for apples is $1.50 per barrel. Notes that he will request authority be amended.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Increase Authority for Apple Bid384.96 KB
October 23, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs of a measles outbreak at the Carlisle Indian School and diphtheria outbreak in the borough of Carlisle. As a result he requests authority to purchase the Kuhn Formaldehyde Generator along…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase Kuhn Formaldehyde Generator and Wood Alcohol837.29 KB
October 26, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt advises the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that Florence M. Carter and Agnes M. Robbins, who were granted a leave of absence without pay, have returned. Lida B. Given has gone on a leave of absence of three months but is not…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Three Reports on Leave of Absence533.93 KB
October 31, 1900
Richard H. Pratt lists the property accounts for the first quarter of fiscal year 1901 and forwards them to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Property Accounts, October 1900395.62 KB
October 31, 1900
Major Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during October 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, October 1900803.14 KB
November 1, 1900 - February 15, 1901
A. C. Tonner, Acting Commissioner of the Office of Indian Affairs, forwards correspondence connected to the Kutz Farm, a survey of the land, and copy of the act of the Pennsylvania Legislature authorizing the purchase of the U.S. Government of…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Farms - Land Transactions
View Document: Documents Related to Purchase of Kutz Farm by Government4.91 MB
November 1, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase additional turkeys, fruits, nuts, and other food items for a Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner for the students of the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Food and Dining, Thanksgiving, Christmas
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Authority to Purchase Additional Food for 1900 Holiday Dinners535.3 KB
November 2, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the request of Orlando Kenworthy to have his annuity payment paid to him in order to have it earn interest at the Carlisle Indian School bank.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Endorses Dispersal of Orlando Kenworthy's Annuity387.15 KB
November 7, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to spend an additional $4.22 for purchases of sloyd benches and materials above his previous request.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Additional Money for Sloyd Department541.84 KB
November 8, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an inquiry from Louisa John that her son George Jimeson is at the Carlisle Indian School having transferred from the Lincoln Institute. His letters home were addressed to Louisa Jimeson.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students Writing Home
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Response to Inquiry into Whereabouts of George Jimeson406.98 KB