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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August 4, 1891
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during July 1891. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students - Irregular Employees
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Report of Irregular Employees, July 18912.12 MB
August 4, 1891
Helen R. Duncan inquires from the Carlisle Indian School if a number of Cherokee students under her care can enroll at the Carlisle Indian School. Duncan cites the desire of the students to enroll at an Industrial Training School in order to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Enroll Cherokee Students at the Carlisle Indian School510.45 KB
August 5, 1891
George King writes to the Office of Indian Affairs to request the return of his oldest daughter Louise King from the Carlisle Indian School. King states that his wife is very sick and he needs his daughter to help care for her.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for the Return of Louise King690.83 KB
August 6, 1891
C. R. Dixon, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report of July 1891.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Wounded, July 18911.45 MB
August 7, 1891
Benjamin F. Bennett requests a meeting with Thomas J. Morgan to discuss another position following his being replaced on the school farm at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - School Farms
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: B. F. Bennett Requests Meeting with Morgan to Discuss New Position310.84 KB
August 10, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding filling a teaching position in the Indian Service. Pratt notes that at the moment he is having difficulty filling a teaching position at Carlisle and so he cannot…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Cannot Provide Name for Fort Totten Teaching Position861.31 KB
August 10, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding a request from Daniel Schanandore to return his son Wilson Schanandore. Pratt states that Wilson is not a student at Carlisle nor do they have any sons of Daniel…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Request to Return Son of Daniel Schanandore517.11 KB
August 10, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase needed supplies on the open market due to being out of various contract goods that are not being replaced quickly enough.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase Various Supplies on the Open Market401.82 KB
August 11, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian School that since his previous letter that he has learned that Wilson Schanandore is at the Hampton Institute.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Location of Wilson Schanandore507.1 KB
August 11, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the request from Helen R. Duncan to enroll Cherokee students at Carlisle. Pratt writes that some avenue should be open to the Cherokee students to learn a practical…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Request to Enroll Cherokee Students526 KB
August 12, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority he asked for in his previous telegram of two days prior to purchase needed supplies on the open market due to being out of various contract goods that are not being replaced quickly enough.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Authority to Purchase Various Supplies395.29 KB
August 18, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding Lawrence Smith. Pratt provides Smith's history at the Carlisle Indian School and noting that he has asked to be reenrolled at the Carlisle Indian School or to be…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Office Letter Regarding Lawrence Smith776.05 KB
August 18, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that the authority granted for transporting children to and from Carlisle has mostly been used in returning children and their is now a need for additional funds. As a result, he requests $…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Additional Transportation Funds in Fiscal Year 1891554.76 KB
August 19, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the request of Josiah Baird for the return of his wife Lily Huff. Pratt indicates that the claims in the letter of Rev. S. S. Burleson are unfounded as indicated by the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Additional Information Regarding Request to Return Lily Huff3.15 MB
August 18, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding a request by George King for the return of his daughter Louisa King due to the sickness of her mother. Pratt provides the history of King's time at Carlisle and…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Request for Return of Louisa King833.34 KB
August 22, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt informs R. V. Belt that Miss Carter does not want to be transferred this year but will consider a transfer to a Western School at a higher salary the following year.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Informs Office of Willingness of Staff Member to Transfer516.55 KB
August 25, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt proposes amending his previous authority to abandon the Smead Willis system for the girls quarters due to its failures in the Public Schools of Cleveland as well as other difficulties raised by their employees and engineers.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Proposal to Amend Girls Building Plans856.74 KB
August 27, 1891
Wrapper for response to return of Jemima Two Elks to her mother sent by Richard Henry Pratt.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Wrapper for Response to Return of Jemima Two Elks120.03 KB
August 31, 1891
Mrs. Crow requests the return of her grandson Carlo French from the Carlisle Indian School. Crow notes that French is not a healthy individual and went to Carlisle without her permission. She notes that she has already sent him medicine twice and…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for the Return Home of Carlo French551.1 KB
September 1, 1891
Pratt's annual report of the Carlisle Indian School begins by providing statistics of the number of students from various nations during the school year. Pratt claims that the per capita cost at Carlisle is lesser than at other schools while also…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents, Reports
View Document: Annual Report of the Carlisle Indian School, 18914.16 MB
September 2, 1891 - September 9, 1891
A. W. Ferrin forwards a request from Milton Abram to enroll his two sons to the Carlisle Indian School. Ferrin encloses a letter from Richard Henry Pratt informing Abram that he needs the permission of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs due to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request from Milton Abram to Enroll Children at Carlisle812.09 KB
September 3, 1891
C. R. Dixon, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for August 1891.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Wounded, August 18911.49 MB
September 3, 1891
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during August 1891. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students - Irregular Employees
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Report of Irregular Employees, August 18911.97 MB
September 5, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay half the cost of restoring the arch and rebuilding the walls of the collapsed barn on the Parker Farm.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Pay Costs Associated with Rebuilding Parker Farm Barn815.02 KB
September 9, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding an application for appointment as a teacher on the Oneida reservation of Lillian May Cornelius. Pratt provides Cornelius history at Carlisle and notes that she was a…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Recommendation for Lillian May Cornelius (#4158b) for Position as a Teacher533.39 KB