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 2 - December 8, 1879
Edward Bloeden writes to U.S. Indian Inspector William J. Pollock looking for a job, so Pollock forwards Bloden's letter to Richard Henry Pratt. Pratt forwards Bloeden's letter to Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. A. Hayt and states that he doesn…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Application for Employment from Edward Bloeden311.45 KB
October 2, 1879
Frank D. Karr, Superintendent of Warehouse, transmits a list of articles to be purchased for the Carlisle Barracks and asks the Commissioner of Indian Affairs for shipping directions.
Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Transmission of Articles to be Purchased for Carlisle Barracks140.45 KB
October 2, 1879
Telegram from Richard Henry Pratt, at the Yankton Agency, to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs informing him that 47 boys and 17 girls from Rosebud as well as 12 boys and 6 girls from Pine Ridge have been recruited. Pratt notes that he will…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Recruitment of Students
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Update on Recruitment from Rosebud and Pine Ridge Agencies1.74 MB
October 3, 1879
Telegram from Richard Henry Pratt in Onawa, Iowa, to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs following up on a previous message regarding his orders to recruit a party of students for the Hampton Institute. Pratt notifies the Commissioner that he has…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Telegram Regarding Orders to Recruit for Hampton1.77 MB
October 3, 1879
Telegram to Richard Henry Pratt from Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. J. Brooks while Pratt is out recruiting students to attend the Carlisle Indian School that reads, "had better wait for [Charles] Crissey. If he does not arrive by fifth…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Recruitment of Students
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Telegram to Pratt While Out Recruiting in Dakota Territory1.42 MB
October 6, 1879
Telegram from Richard Henry Pratt to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs requesting materials and funds to erect a "picket fence six feet high to keep Indians in and citizens out" of the Carlisle Indian School campus.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Materials Request for Picket Fence1.68 MB
October 6, 1879
Telegram from Richard Henry Pratt informing the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that he has arrived in Carlisle with the first party of students. Pratt also asks about his previous requests for supplies and rations, which have gone unanswered.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Arrival of First Group of Students1.61 MB
October 7, 1879
Frank D. Karr, Superintendent of Warehouse, states that his sewing machine contractor E. J. Howard does not have the Wilcox & Gibbs sewing machine requested for the Carlisle Indian School and asks the Commissioner of Indian Affairs what he…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Need for Clarifying Information on Requested Supplies for Carlisle Indian School223.42 KB
October 7, 1879
Telegram from Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ezra Hayt to Richard Henry Pratt informing him that Hayt has given permission for an increased recruitment quota from the Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency. The new number of young people will be 25. …
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Telegram Regarding Recruitment from Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency815.97 KB
October 7, 1879
Telegram from Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ezra Hayt to the Agent of Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency John D. Miles which tells Miles that he has permission to recruit 25 young people to be sent to Carlisle.
Hayt orders Miles to have a…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Telegram with Permission to Recruit 25 People from Cheyenne and Arapaho818.5 KB
October 8, 1879
Frank D. Karr, Superintendent of Warehouse, informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that the rate for shipping freight to the Carlisle Indian School is $0.90 per 100 pounds. Karr further requests that the mark to be placed on the goods to be…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Rate for Shipping Supplies to Carlisle Indian School150.59 KB
October 8, 1879
Telegram from Richard Henry Pratt to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs requesting $2,000 for food at the Carlisle Indian School and to cover expenses for a recruitment trip in the West. Pratt notes that he is leaving for Winfield, Kansas soon.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Request for Funds for Food and Travel1.55 MB
October 8, 1879
Request from Richard Henry Pratt for postage stamps, for use on official school business.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Office Supplies
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Postage Stamps1.68 MB
October 8 - October 11, 1879
Frank D. Karr, Superintendent of Warehouse, encloses two letters, one of which relates to shipping organs to Yankton Agency and the other by N. L. Douglass relating to shipping rates to the Carlisle Indian School. Pennsylvania Railroad Company…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Shipping Rates from New York to Carlisle Indian School499.28 KB
October 9, 1879
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ezra A. Hayt informs Indian Agent V. T. McGillycuddy that there is no need to send more young people from the Pine Ridge Agency to the Carlisle Indian School. Hayt states that the quota from other agencies has been…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Recruitment of Students
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Letter Discussing Increasing Number of Young People Sent from the Pine Ridge Reservation1.51 MB
October 9, 1879
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ezra A. Hayt's letter to Richard Henry Pratt communicating that it is unnecessary to recruit more children from the Pine Ridge Agency to attend the Carlisle Indian School. Hayt says that he does not think it best to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Recruitment of Students
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Letter Discussing Recruitment at Pine Ridge Agency and in Winfield, OK2.96 MB
October 9, 1879
Richard H. Pratt writes to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ezra Hayt regarding a board to appraise property at the Carlisle Barracks. Pratt notes that, because of the timing of this visit, he will be unable to meet a group of recruited students in…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Informs of Changes in Plans to Escort Recruited Students 508.29 KB
October 9, 1879
Telegram from Richard Henry Pratt to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs asking for a quick response to outstanding requests for supplies.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Expedited Supplies Shipment1.63 MB
October 10, 1879
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a copy of a letter from the Carlisle Gas and Water Company regarding cost of water while the Barracks is occupied. Pratt requests permission to resume payment of a long-standing water contract, as requested by the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Contract for Water Supply at Carlisle Barracks2.37 MB
October 10, 1879
Wilson & Bradbury Dry Goods Commission Merchants informs Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. A. Hayt that they received an order from Carlisle for 140 heavy blankets. While those blankets could be manufactured, there are a variety of other…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Question Regarding an Order for 140 Heavy Blankets159.36 KB
October 10, 1879
Telegram from Richard Henry Pratt requesting funds from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. The funds were needs for repairs, the construction of a fence, and the purchase of school and bedding furniture.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Requesting Funds for Repairs and Furniture1.74 MB
October 10, 1879
Richard Henry Pratt writes to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ezra Hayt asking whether official postage stamps can be used to send students' mail to their families and friends at home in the western Agencies.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students Writing Home
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Use of Official Postage for Student Letters1.81 MB
October 11, 1879
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that funds promised in previous correspondence have not yet been received. Pratt warns that, if the funds are not received soon, he will be unable to meet recruited students at…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Employee Travel - Recruitment
View Document: Notice of Lack of Promised Funds1.86 MB
October 11, 1879
Request from Richard Henry Pratt for $430 of previously authorized funds to be credited to his account, for the construction of a fence at Carlisle Barracks.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Fence Construction Funds1.77 MB
October 11, 1879
Richard Henry Pratt writes to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ezra Hayt for instructions on how to process donations received for the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that he received a donation for the continued education of a former prisoner-…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Request for Instructions Regarding Donations2.9 MB