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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July 17, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt inquires of the Office of Indian Affairs when Dr. Carlos Montezuma is set to report to the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Medical Staff
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Inquiry into When Carlos Montezuma Set to Report464.89 KB
July 17, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt sends a telegram to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs requesting a one week leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Richard Henry Pratt's Request for Leave of Absence 251.4 KB
July 18, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding Fred Penn. Pratt provides Penn's background and notes that he is quite capable of carrying out his expressed intentions.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Office Letter Regarding Fred Penn540.7 KB
July 18, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt responds to a letter by Edward McConnville, Superintendent of the Fort Lapwai School, who requests the return of David McFarland by his brother Philip McFarland. Pratt states that David has expressed a desire to stay at…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Request to Return David McFarland1.16 MB
July 27, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt responds to a request from John Wilson for the return of his grandchildren Samuel Wilson and Minnie Finley. Pratt notes that Samuel has just went out on outing and should remain there in order to honor his contract. In…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Request to Return Samuel Wilson and Minnie Finley594.22 KB
July 28, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Dr. Carlos Montezuma has arrived at Carlisle and reported for duty on July 27, 1893.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Informs Office that Montezuma Reported for Duty294.08 KB
July 28, 1893
Captain Richard H. Pratt requests 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.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, July 1893471.76 KB
July 29, 1893
Richard H. Pratt forwards the monthly sanitary report for July 1893 to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
Note: The report itself was missing when this file was scanned at the National Archives. A corrected report was sent on August 14,…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Monthly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, July 1893299.05 KB
July 29, 1893 - September 2, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt responds to a request to return Harry Mann by his father Black Coyote.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Request to Return Harry Mann1.43 MB
July 29 - December 19, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt forwards certificates of attendance at summer school for six teachers: Emma A. Cutter and Della F. Botsford (Martha's Vineyard, MA), Florence M. Carter, Jennie P. Cochran, and Katherine J. Wiest (Chicago, IL), and Annie B.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Six Certificates of Attendance at Summer School 1.75 MB
July 31, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt follows up on a previous letter regarding Amos Osage on July 3, 1893 noting that there a clerk made a clerical error. Pratt continues that the clerk assumed that Amos Hamilton and Amos Osage were the same person but that is…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Follows Up on Annuity Payments to Amos Osage684.91 KB
July 31, 1893
William Tallchief requests the return of his daughter Jennie Tallchief from the Carlisle Indian School. Tallchief notes that Jennie was induced to go to Carlisle without his consent and knowledge and that after receiving a contract for his…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: William Tallchief Requests Return of Jennie Tallchief726.88 KB
August 7, 1893 - August 17, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt responds to William Tallchief's request to return his daughter Jennie Tallchief from the Carlisle Indian School. He further addresses Tallchief's claims that the school kidnapped Jennie by providing letters from C. R. Dixon…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Request to Return Jennie Tallchief2.79 MB
August 7, 1893
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 July 1893. Pratt distinguishes between the "White Labor,"…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students - Irregular Employees
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Report of Irregular Employees, July 18931.22 MB
August 10, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that only 11 teachers and assistants were on the payroll for July 1893 and three of them did not receive pay. As a result, three others on order of the Office does not exceed the authority…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Informs Office Ordered Pay for Leave will not Exceed Authority300.33 KB
August 14, 1893
Thomas Stewart, the school physician, compiles the corrected monthly sanitary report for July 1893. Stewart also includes a note about the tuberculosis 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 Diseases and Injuries, July 18931.41 MB
August 14, 1893
S. M. Cart, Superintendent of the Sante Fe School, requests authority to transfer three students from his school to the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Transfers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Transfer Three Students from Sante Fe to Carlisle651.9 KB
August 23, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to install electric lighting at the Carlisle Indian School and pay an annual cost for the use of electric lights. Pratt notes that the use of coal-oil lamps has been a great anxiety due to the threat of fire…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Authority to Pay for Electric Lights956.42 KB
August 31, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt forwards the Annual Report of the Carlisle Indian School for the 1892-1893 school year to the Office of Indian Affairs. Pratt's narrative discusses the enrollment statistics of the school, academic and industrial education,…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Annual Reports, Enrollment Statistics, Student Deaths, Industrial Training - General, School Farms - Statistics, Printing Department, Outing Program – Overview/Statistics/Success of, Field Trips, World's Columbian Exposition (Chicago, 1893), Exhibits of Student Work, Student Illness, Education After Carlisle
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Annual Report of the Carlisle Indian School, 1892-18939.23 MB
September 1893
Carlos Montezuma, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for August 1893. Montezuma also includes a short note about the cases in the "Remarks and Physician's Special Report" section.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Reports
View Document: Monthly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, August 1893774.81 KB
September 2, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding a bill and letter from St. Joseph's Hospital covering the care of Seth Clear Eyes. Pratt provides the context of how Clear Eyes ended up at the hospital in St. Paul,…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Contact Us for the Materials24.09 KB
September 6-13, 1893
Kate S. Bowersox applies to be a Carlisle Indian School teacher. Bowersox includes a petition, teacher's certificate, and references from T. H. Harton and Charles W. Hermann in support of her application.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Application for Employment from Kate S. Bowersox 2.17 MB
September 6, 1893
Captain Richard H. Pratt requests a six-month supply of weigher's certificate blank administrative forms used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, September 1893467.9 KB
September 8, 1893
Richard H. Pratt forwards duplicate copies of bills of lading and weigher's returns for eight cases of school supplies weighing 1831 pounds.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Bills of Lading and Weigher's Returns for School Supplies280.16 KB
September 8, 1893
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 September 1893. Pratt distinguishes between the "White…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students - Irregular Employees
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Report of Irregular Employees, August 18931.21 MB