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 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
October 11, 1879
Superintendent Richard Henry Pratt requests that the Commissioner of Indian Affairs transfer $1332.50 of approved funds to Pratt's control for repairs to buildings at the Carlisle Barracks.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Building Repairs and Expansions
View Document: Request for Transfer of Repair Funds1.83 MB
October 11, 1879
Superintendent Richard Henry Pratt writes Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ezra Hayt regarding food costs for Indian students. Pratt suggests that, until a proper standard is established, the Army ration rate be adopted and provided to him as a…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Funding Per Student
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Use of Army Ration Standard for Indian Pupils1.85 MB
October 11, 1879
Richard Henry Pratt forwards to Commissioner of Indian Affiars Ezra Hayt a telegram sent by General Samuel Armstrong of the Hampton Institute. Armstrong telegrams Pratt asking whether he (Armstrong) is needed for a recruitment trip to Dakota, and…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Westward Travel Plans for General Armstrong3.34 MB
October 13, 1879
Richard H. Pratt submits an Estimate of Supplies for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 1879 amounting to $2,361.91 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 1879829.78 KB
October 13, 1879
Telegram from Richard Henry Pratt informing the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that he is borrowing money for his travel west, and will be leaving that day.
Note: Previously approved funds had not yet been made available to Pratt, despite…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Notice of Borrowing Funds for Travel to Kansas1.48 MB
October 13, 1879
Telegram from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ezra Hayt to Richard Henry Pratt which informs Pratt that sixty people are expected to come to Carlisle from Indian Territory.
Hayt asks if Pratt will be able to meet this party on…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Recruitment of Students
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Telegram Regarding Party of Young People from Indian Territory809.66 KB
October 14, 1879
Letter from Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ezra E. Hayt to Indian Agent E. Stephens at Green Bay Agency authorizing him to recruit two Menominee boys from Keshena to go to Hampton Institute, payment for which had already been sent along to Mrs. W…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Recruitment of Students
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Letter Authorizing Transferring Two Boys from Green Bay Agency to Hampton Institute3.34 MB
October 16-28, 1879
Richard H. Pratt signs an invoice confirming that the Commissioner of Indian Affairs sent him a large shipment of letter paper, note paper, and envelopes.
Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives microfilm reels (M234), which…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Invoice for Shipment of Paper and Envelopes277.44 KB
October 16, 1879
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ezra E. Hayt's suggests that letters sent by the children cannot be classed under the head of official correspondence, and therefore those letters should not use "official" stamps." Hayt does encourage letter…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Letter Discussing Postage Stamps Used by Students1.53 MB
October 17, 1879
Richard Henry Pratt telegrams the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, noting that no tickets were on deposit for recruited Cheyenne and Kiowa students met in Wichita, Kansas. Pratt also notes that the Osage did not receive enough information about…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of No Tickets for Recruited Students in Wichita, Kansas1.89 MB
October 18, 1879
Telegram from Richard Henry Pratt to the Secretary of the Interior, pleading for the provision of immediate transportation of recruited students from Wichita, Kansas to Carlisle. The Indian Office had failed to provide transportation for the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel to Enroll
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Immediate Need for Pupil Transportation from Wichita, Kansas1.96 MB