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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December 2, 1886
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees and includes details on their compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked at the school in November 1886. Pratt distinguishes between the employees,…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students - Irregular Employees
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Report of Irregular Employees, November 18861.53 MB
December 4-16, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter forwarding a letter from Agent T. J. Sheehan requesting the return of Charles Martin and Henry Hudson to the White Earth Agency. Pratt responds that Martin is a student at…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Charles Martin and Henry Hudson1.76 MB
December 6, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the Office of Indian Affairs that he has forwarded the descriptive statement of Wasu Ricker to the Department.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Forwards Descriptive Statement of Wasu Ricker382.63 KB
December 8, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt forwards the descriptive statement of Julia Long, a member of the Sioux Nation, from Mitchell, Dakota as requested by the Office of Indian Affairs.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Forwards Descriptive Statement of Julia Long387.02 KB
December 20, 1886
Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for January 1887. Pratt also includes details on compensation, position title, and the number of workdays required for the month.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Irregular Employees Required for January 1887403.01 KB
December 22, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Nellie Londrosh has accepted the position of teacher at the Winnebago Agency.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Nellie Londrosh Accepts Teaching Position at Winnebago Agency422.84 KB
December 28, 1886
Estimate of funds for the first quarter of 1886 amounting to $9,711.65 for support of the school. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds amounting to $6,817.50 for regular employee pay.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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View Document: Estimate of Funds and Employee Pay, First Quarter 18861.33 MB
December 28, 1886
Richard H. Pratt submits an Estimate of Supplies for the first quarter of fiscal year 1887 amounting to $234.15 and requests to purchase those items in the open market. The form includes the items being requested, the quantity, the estimated cost…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Estimate of Supplies, December 18861.12 MB
January 3, 1887
J. T. Gregory, U.S. Indian Agent for the La Pointe Agency, seeks guidance from the Office of Indian Affairs regarding the transfer of Henry and Frank (here Francis) Blatchford from Odanah, Wisconsin to the Carlisle Indian School. The students'…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel to Enroll
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Guidance Sought for Escort for Henry and Frank Blatchford660.67 KB
January 15, 1887
An invitation for a series of exercises, performed by Carlisle Indian School students, which include industrial demonstrations, recitations, songs, drawings, and a debate. The event was billed as a way to show "the capacity of the Indian to…
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Topics:
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
View Document: "An Evening with the Carlisle Indian School"190.35 KB
January 20, 1887
Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for February 1887. Pratt also includes details on compensation, position title, and the number of workdays required for the month.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Irregular Employees Required for February 1887405.88 KB
January 21, 1887
J. T. Gregory, U.S. Indian Agent for the La Pointe Agency, notifies the Office of Indian Affairs that Henry and Frank Blatchford left Odanah, Wisconsin for their trip to Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel to Enroll
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Departure of Henry and Frank Blatchford379.86 KB
January 29, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he omitted a carpenter to assist in general repairs in his Report of Irregular Employees for the month of February 1887.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Add Carpenter to Irregular Employee Roll for February 1887460.32 KB
January 31, 1887
Joseph Vetter requests the help of C. H. Grover, U.S. Indian Agent for the Pottawatomi and Great Nemaha Agency, in regards to his and his sister's inheritance from their father. In addition, he requests the return of his sister Josie from the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Joseph Vetter Seeks Assistance in Obtaining Inheritance and Return of Sister1.09 MB
February 12, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt provides a list of property which has become unserviceable and requests authority from the Office of Indian Affairs to drop them from his property returns.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
February 12, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt requests to be sent two crusts vaccine viruses in order to vaccinate new students.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Vaccine be Sent for New Students388.92 KB
February 14, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to return George Hill and Flora Well Known to Custer, Montana before their terms of enrollment expire. Pratt makes this request due to a job offer to the students from the Unitarian Board which is setting up…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return George Hill and Flora Well Known815.85 KB
February 18, 1887
Pratt telegraphs that General J. F. B. Marshall urges that Flora Well Known and George Hill depart soon so that they can be employed as teachers in the Crow School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Departure of Flora Well Known and George Hill Urged386.42 KB
February 18, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt forwards the descriptive statement of pupils transported to the Carlisle Indian School from Odanah, Wisconsin and Laguna, New Mexico in January 1887.
Note: The descriptive statement itself was missing.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Enrollment Lists
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Forwards Descriptive Statement of Pupils Arriving in January 1887442.5 KB
February 19, 1887
Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for March 1887. Pratt also includes details on compensation, position title, and the number of workdays required for the month.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Irregular Employees Required for March 1887408.4 KB
February 22, 1887 - March 26, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt responds to a letter from George W. Scott, Superintendent of the Fort Stevenson, who had requested Pratt recommend a student to oversee the newly created harness shop at the Fort Stevenson School. Pratt responds that he does…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Recommendation on Filling Harness Shop at Fort Stevenson School1.77 MB
February 23, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to return Thomas Kester and Lena Black Bear to their homes due to ill health. Pratt indicates that the school has carried them through the poor weather but believes that a change will be beneficial.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Lena Black Bear and Thomas Kester626.19 KB
February 23, 1887
Charles Robinson, the Superintendent of the Haskell Institute, forwards a copy of a letter he sent to Richard Henry Pratt regarding a request to return Louis Bayhylle due to his father's illness. Robinson states that Baptiste Bayhylle is…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Louis Bayhylle to Pawnee Agency824.62 KB
February 28, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt replies to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding Myrtie Tallchief. Pratt informs the Office that on July 27, 1885 all of the Osage students at Carlisle were transferred to Martinsburg, Pennsylvania including Myrtie…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Transfers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Office Letter Regarding Myrtie Tallchief431.04 KB
February 28, 1887
H. F. Bond, the Superintendent of the Montana Industrial School for Indians, responds to the objections of the Office of Indian Affairs for allowing Flora Well Known and George to leave Carlisle early and to enter employment at the school as…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Response to Objection of Employment of Flora Well Known and George Hill700.23 KB