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 18, 1879
Richard Henry Pratt requests a six-month supply of various blank administrative forms used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior.
Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives microfilm…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, December 1879292.43 KB
December 19, 1879
Richard Henry Pratt writes to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ezra Hayt, responding to a forwarded letter from Major Pollock of the Rosebud Agency. Pratt argues against screening students' letters home, suggesting that it would harm the government…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Won't Screen Students' Letters Home10.77 MB
December 20, 1879
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ezra A. Hayt denies the request of American Horse to visit Washington DC and Carlisle (to see his children), citing concerns about the winter weather. Hayt says to W. McK. Heath (the recipient of the letter) that…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Defers American Horse's Request to Visit Washington, DC and Carlisle1.68 MB
December 22, 1879
Richard H. Pratt acknowledges receipt of five crusts of vaccine virus.
Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives microfilm reels (M234), which were filmed from the original documents found in Record Group 75, Entry 79, "…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Medical Supplies and Materials
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Acknowledgement of Receipt of Five Crusts of Vaccine Virus152.12 KB
December 22, 1879
Secretary of the Interior Carl Schurz grants permission for Captain Richard H. Pratt to spend $100 on taking photographs of Carlisle Indian School buildings and students to send to the students' parents.
Note: This item was copied from U.S…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Permission to Photograph Buildings and Students for Parents129.1 KB
December 23, 1879
Richard H. Pratt transmits a "Special" Estimate for Stationary form for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1880.
Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives microfilm reels (M234), which were filmed from the original…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Special Estimate for Stationary, December 18791.3 MB
December 24, 1879
Richard Henry Pratt informs Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. A. Hayt that the construction of the chapel and assembly room is completed and will be where the school holds its Christmas celebration. Pratt accepts the building as a gift from the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Completion of the School Chapel98.03 KB
December 27, 1879
Richard Henry Pratt informs Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. A. Hayt that Dr. J. J. Bender's temporary employment "has proven acceptable" and requests to permanently hire him for $700 per year .
Note: This item was copied from U.S.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Medical Staff
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Permanently Hire Dr. J. J. Bender134.29 KB
December 29, 1879 - January 3, 1880
R. L. Sibbet, a citizen of Carlisle, asks why the Carlisle Indian School is employing a homeopathic physician instead of a doctor that practices "rational medicine."
Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives microfilm reels (…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Question Regarding Carlisle's Employment of a Homeopathic Physician189.8 KB
December 30, 1879
Richard Henry Pratt writes two letters to officials at the Bureau of Indian Affairs, inquiring why needed funds for the construction of the chapel have not been provided. In the first letter, to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ezra Hayt, Pratt…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Urgent Requests for Funds for Chapel13.03 MB
January 1, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt acknowledges receipt of a Milburn wagon. A note indicates that this is a copy of the original receipt.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Receipt for Milburn Wagon6.62 MB
January 2, 1880
Instructions from Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ezra A. Hayt sent to Indian Agent S. A. Russell at the Mescalaro Agency to pursue gathering "six to ten boys" from the (Apache) Mescalero Tribe to send to the Carlisle Indian School or Hampton, "…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Recruitment of Students
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Letter Authorizing Recruitment of (Apache) Mescalero Students3.3 MB
January 2, 1880
Comptroller W. W. Lipton refers to an account in favor of the War Department for $630.78 for medical and hospital supplies transferred to the Interior Department as part of the transfer of the Carlisle Barracks from the War to Interior to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Medical Supplies and Materials
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Status of Medical Supplies Transferred to Interior Department212.1 KB
January 4, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt forwards to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs a letter from Olive Roberts, requesting employment as a teacher at the Carlisle Indian School. Roberts states that they previously ran the Crow Creek boarding school in Dakota.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Employment Application for Olive Roberts as Teacher10.16 MB
January 5, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt telegrams the Commissioner of Indian Affairs asking for permission to come to Washington that day to discuss school matters, including a farm and industrial training.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Employee Travel
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Telegram Requesting Trip to Washington Regarding Farm7.68 MB
January 8-10, 1880
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ezra A. Hayt sends Lieutenant Richard H. Pratt a six-month supply of two dozen different blank administrative forms used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior. Pratt…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Invoice for Stationary486.85 KB
January 10, 1880
Letter from Pratt to Rev. A. H. Donaldson at Fort Defiance, Arizona, stating that he welcomes Navajo students at the school. He describes the religious affiliations of the staff and the role of religion at the school.
This material…
Repository: Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Encourages Navajo Students Be Sent to Carlisle, 1880738.31 KB
January 10, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt reports that the Rosebud delegation that visited Carlisle consumed 1,103 pounds of beef during their visit.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Report of Beef Consumed by Rosebud Delegation6.57 MB
January 12, 1880
Lieutenant Richard H. Pratt acknowledges receipt of 24 dozen bottles of ink and one box by Adams Express.
Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives microfilm reels (M234), which were filmed from the original documents found in…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Invoice for Shipment of Ink Bottles342.68 KB
January 12, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt writes to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ezra Hayt suggesting the return home of the former Ft. Marion prisoners, who had gone to Hampton and then Carlisle following their release. Pratt notes that they have been very helpful…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Sending Former Ft. Marion Prisoners Home4.87 MB
January 14, 1880
Pratt writes to Rep. Thaddeus C. Pound, sending him stereoviews of the students and providing information about their progress at the school. He notes that now that the work of the schoolroom is successfully underway they will begin fitting up…
Repository: Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Sends Stereoviews and Updates to Rep. Pound, 1880703.16 KB
January 15, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt writes to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ezra Hayt, requesting permission to purchase the listed supplies for the school. Some of the supplies had already been purchased for immediate use. The request includes construction…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: List of Supplies to Purchase6.58 MB
January 20, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt reports that he was forced to purchase coal on the open market, above his pre-approved limit, due to a shortage for the first quarter of 1880.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Necessary Coal Purchase for First Quarter 18802.76 MB
January 21, 1880
Letter from Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ezra A. Hayt to Indian Agent M. B. Kent at the Great Nemaha Agency that authorized the selection of "6 or 7 promising children" to undergo health screenings and to be brought by Agent Kent to the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Recruitment of Students
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Letter Authorizing Recruitment of Young People at Great Nemaha Agency3.21 MB
January 21, 1880
Letter from Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ezra A. Hayt to Crow Creek Agent W. E. Dougherty inquiring about the experience of Olive M. Roberts of Meadville, PA who ran the Crow Creek boarding school for three years. Hayt was asking for…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Letter Inquiring About Past Teaching Experience of Olive Roberts1.59 MB