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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January 4, 1892
Richard Henry Pratt follows up on a conversation with Thomas J. Morgan in regards to placing students who break the law while attending the Carlisle Indian School at the Huntingdon Reformatory. Pratt writes that he has discussed the matter with…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Information Related to Sending Students to Huntingdon Reformatory17.71 MB
January 4, 1892
C. R. Dixon, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for December 1891. Dixon also includes a note about the cases in the "Remarks and Physician's Special Report" section.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Injured, December 18911.69 MB
January 6, 1892
David L. Shipley, U.S. Indian Agent for the Navajo Agency, notes that since former student Charles Damon returned home, Damon has visited the Agency a school a number of times discussing the Carlisle Indian School. As a result a number of boys…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Take Party of Navajo Students to Carlisle505.81 KB
January 9, 1892
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that in order to have 1000 students for the upcoming academic year that they will need to be brought to Carlisle in the current fiscal year. This will require the students to be selected…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Recruiting Students for the 1892-1893 School Year798.75 KB
January 9, 1892
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during December 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, December 18912.27 MB
January 13, 1892
Estimate of funds for the third quarter of 1892 amounting to $11,792.50 for support of the school and for transportation of Indian supplies.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Estimate of Funds, Third Quarter 18921002.31 KB
January 13, 1892
Richard H. Pratt submits an Estimate of Supplies for the third quarter of fiscal year 1892 amounting to $339.60 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, January 18921.18 MB
January 26, 1892
George King requests the return of his daughter Louise King from the Carlisle Indian School due to her mother's illness and the length of Louise's term at Carlisle having expired.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Return Home of Louise King540.06 KB
January 27, 1892 - March 2, 1892
Special and Disbursing Indian Agent Charles H. Thompson writes to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs regarding the Board of Survey's report on worn out and unserviceable property at the Carlisle Indian School. Thompson confirms that the property…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Confirmation of Worn Out and Unserviceable Property Report, February 18923.35 MB
November 26, 1891 - February 2, 1892
Major Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employees (T. S. Reighter, W. R. Claudy, Carrie Cory, Catherine Caryl, and Phebe Howell) and those who have left the school (Laura N. Meredith and Maud B. Cummins). These reports include…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
View Document: Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees and Application, January 18923.7 MB
February 2, 1892
C. R. Dixon, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for January 1892.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Injured, January 18921.48 MB
February 5, 1892
Richard Henry Pratt responds to George King's request for the return of Louise King that was forwarded to him by the Office of Indian Affairs. Pratt refers to his letter from August 18, 1891 on the same request in which he noted that he has…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Request for Return of Louise King779.37 KB
February 6, 1892
Ricahrd H. Pratt writes to Thomas J. Morgan, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, about plans for having the Carlisle Indian School Band perform in the inaugural parade to open the Chicago World's Fair and Columbian Exposition, planned for October…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Letter regarding Band at World's Columbian Exposition812.46 KB
February 6, 1892 - Feburary 13, 1892
Richard Henry Pratt requests permission to transfer Ambrose Guruz, a member of the Apache Nation, to the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind. Pratt provides a background of Guruz's time at Carlisle and notes that if the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Transfers, Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Transfer Ambrose Guruz1.19 MB
February 8, 1892
Richard Henry Pratt informs Thomas J. Morgan that with despite the three outbreaks of measles he is hopeful to hold graduation ceremonies on February 24, 1892. He has arranged for a train from Washington D.C. to Carlisle and its return and hopes…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness, Graduation
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Informs Morgan of 1892 Commencement Planning791.58 KB
February 10, 1892 - February 13, 1892
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from an Indian Depredation Claim law firm to the Office of Indian Affairs. Pratt states that this is the fifth letter of this type he has received for a claim he had in 1869 and that was paid out in the early…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Pratt's Personal Finances
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Forwards Claim Inquiry Letter to Office1.55 MB
February 11, 1892
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during January 1892. 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, January 18922.63 MB
February 11, 1892
Benjamin S. Coppock, Superintendent of the Chilocco Industrial School, forwards a request to transfer Delos Lone Wolf, Ned Brace, and James Ahatone to the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Transfers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Transfer Three Chilocco Students to Carlisle571.08 KB
February 12, 1892
Richard Henry Pratt responds to a letter from the Office of Indian Affairs regarding the sons of Edward Gordon. Pratt encloses the correspondence between him and Gordon to show that the claims of the Catholic priest, who claimed the family wanted…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Correspondence Regarding the Children of Edward Gordon3.17 MB
February 15, 1892
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letters regarding an inquiry from Lieutenant W. H. Bean regarding the need for an Apache translator for Fort Apache. Pratt notes that all of the Apache students have noted that while…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Fort Apache Request for Carlisle Student as a Translator646.19 KB
February 15, 1892
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has sent a student in consultation with a local judge to the Huntingdon Reformatory.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Informing Office of Transfer of Student to Huntingdon Reformatory400.89 KB
February 15, 1892
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter enclosing a letter from Acting Agent Captain Lewis Johnson regarding students from the San Carlos Agency at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt provides a list of the students who…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to San Carlos Agency Inquiry1.22 MB
February 17, 1892 - March 3, 1892
Richard H. Pratt forwards a report of worn out and unserviceable property at the school. An appointed Board of Survey conducts the report, and Special and Disbursing Indian Agent Charles H. Thompson certifies the report.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Worn Out and Unserviceable Property Report, February 18922.21 MB
February 20, 1892
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding a letter from Matilda C. Stevenson to Otis Mason. Pratt notes that the Zuni student referenced in the letter can be enrolled at Carlisle but that the school cannot cover…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Response to Request to Enroll Zuni Student in 1892506.78 KB
February 22, 1892
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Abner St. Cyr, who was sent to the Pennsylvania State Reformatory, is from the Omaha and Winnebago Agency.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Discipline - Punishment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Information Related to Abner St. Cyr483.12 KB