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 15, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt notes that there is an immediate need to return home Lawrence due to a decline in his health. If their proposed escort cannot leave soon then Pratt advises having a conductor accompany Lawrence and Philip Good Voice. However,…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Immediate Need to Send Home Lawrence283.65 KB
February 17, 1881
E. Ballon writes to add additional students to the party to be sent to Carlisle. He writes that an interpreter would like to send his son along with another from the Shoshone Nation and had previously received permission from the Indian Agent. In…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Ballon Seeks to Increase Number of Students Sent to Carlisle694.43 KB
February 19, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt replies to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the arrangement between the Carlisle Indian School and Richard Parker regarding the Parker Farm. Pratt states the share of the crop to be obtained by the Government this…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Farms - Land Transactions
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Clarifies Details of Lease of the Parker Farm in 1881491.12 KB
February 19, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt seeks additional funding to purchase food to meet the requirements outlined by the school surgeon for ill children, including butter, milk, and eggs.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Medical Care at School, Food and Dining
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Additional Funds to Purchase Food for Ill Children357.6 KB
February 19, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt seeks an additional $300 for returning students to their homes in Indian Territory. He notes that fulfilling the obligations already authorized by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs would exhaust his current funding.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel Departing
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Seeks Funds for Traveling Expenses to Return Students Home297.42 KB
February 19, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt seeks to increase the clothing budget of the Carlisle School by $500 due to additional students arriving in the current quarter.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Increase Clothing Budget358.58 KB
February 19, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt submits a "Special" Estimate of Funds form amounting to $3,397.37 for areas covering supplies, the farm, shops, clothing, funding expenses, and contingencies.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Special Estimate of Funds, First Quarter 18811.03 MB
February 24, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt suggests that the Indian Office arrange transportation for Lawrence and Philip Good Voice to return home under the care of Dr. Faulkner. He notes that he has not been provided orders Sioux City and Pacific Rail Road which is…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Indian Office Arrange Transportation for Return of Sioux Students302.57 KB
February 25, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt seeks authority to send Dora home to the Rosebud Agency with Dr. Faulkner.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Authority to Send Dora, Daughter of Brave Bull, Home273.82 KB
February 28, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt forwards the report of school physican C. H. Hepburn on the health of the newly arrived students from the Osage Nation. Pratt notes that the students are quite satisfactory with the exception that are too few girls.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Physician's Report on Newly-Arrived Osage Students574.15 KB
February 28, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter forwards the lease of the Parker Farm and states that Mary P. McKeehan is a widow.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Farms - Land Transactions
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Forwards Lease for the Parker Farm299.16 KB
February 28, 1881
James Patten, a former U.S. Indian Agent, records the Arapaho Council of Chiefs meeting on the occasion of them sending their children to the Carlisle School. Chief Sharp Nose noted that he looked forward to be granted permission to visit his son…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Proceedings of the Arapaho Council of Chiefs1.34 MB
March 1881
A description of this item is not currently available.
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Topics: Student Social Events
Format: Books and Pamphlets
View Document: Autograph Book, 18812.04 MB
March 4, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs of a telegram he received from Dr. Faulkner in Prairie du Chien. Faulkner states that he is snow bound and requests funds.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Forwards Faulkner's Request for Funds while Snow Bound291.26 KB
March 7, 1881
L. J. Miles, the Indian Agent at the Osage Agency, seeks authorization to allow the expense of sending an additional pupil to Carlisle in his accounts.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Authorization Sought for Sending Additional Osage Pupil606.39 KB
March 10, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt returns the corrected lease for the Parker Farm.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Farms - Land Transactions
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Returns Corrected Lease for Parker Farm268.33 KB
March 14, 1881
C. H. Hepburn, the Carlisle School Physican, reports on the general good health of the newly arrived students from the Shoshone Agency in the Wyoming Territory. He notes one student has scarring associated with scrofula but has no current…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Physicians Report on Newly Arrived Students from the Shoshone Agency340.24 KB
March 21, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt indicates that the delegation of students recruited by the Rev. Sheldon Jackson are not acceptable and that the matter should be should be left to the Indian agents. Pratt states that if there is difficulty in finding girls to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Instructions for Navajo and Ute Recruitment501.98 KB
March 23, 1881
Dr. W. H. Faulkner reports that he has arrived at the Yankton Agency returning both Charley Mills and Daniel Mandan along with the body of Lawrence. He ends his report that he will continue to Rosebud in order to deliver Philip Good Voice home.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Dr. Faulkner Reports Arrival at Yankton Agency372.74 KB
March 23, 1881
Estimate of funds for the second quarter of 1881 amounting to $14,594.97 for areas covering subsistence, the pay of employees, clothing, the farm, supplies, repairs, contingencies, supplies, and special allowance.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Estimate of Funds, Second Quarter 18811.39 MB
March 24, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt provides the names of the sixteen Osage students sent by L. J. Miles who arrived on February 25, 1881.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Enrollment Lists
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Names of Osage Children Sent to Carlisle in February 1881297.04 KB
March 24, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that due to Curtits' bad health, he has sent Curtis home with Roman Nose as a guardian, rather than wait for Bear's Heart to accompany him. Roman Nose was requested to return home by…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Sending Curtis and Roman Nose Home474.79 KB
March 26, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt writes to inform the Commissioner of Indian Affairs of an outbreak of measles among the students of a mild type. He notes that as of March 26, 1881 their were fifty-four cases in bed.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Outbreak of Measles Among Students456.68 KB
March 28, 1881
An envelope described as previously containing an explanation to accounts sent by Richard Henry Pratt for the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Envelope for an Explanation for Accounts126.21 KB
April 4, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a list of names of Pueblo students brought by the Rev. Sheldon Jackson to Carlisle in February 1881.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Enrollment Lists
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: List of Pueblo Students Brought by Sheldon Jackson in 1881439.54 KB