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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September 9, 1893
Alfred John Standing submits school statistics accompanying the annual report requested by the Office of Indian Affairs.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Additional Statistics Requested by Department for 1892-1893612.14 KB
September 25, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt provides the general outline of the field trip to the Chicago World's Fair and Columbian Exposition for 420 students and 35 employees of the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: General Outline of Trip to Chicago for World's Fair941.65 KB
September 25, 1893 - March 28, 1895
Signed request of Peter Jordan to participate in the outing program at the Carlisle Indian School along with a copy of the outing rules signed by Jordan, Richard Henry Pratt, and William Balderston.
Repository: Mercer Museum Research Library
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Outing Papers of Peter Jordan994.48 KB
October 2, 1893
Carlos Montezuma, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for September 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: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Monthly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, September 18931.43 MB
October 9, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to donate a part of the Carlisle Indian School at the Chicago World's Fair and Columbian Exposition to a Pedagogy Museum composed of exhibits at the Fair.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Forwards Request to Donate Part of Chicago Exhibit1.16 MB
October 14, 1893
Richard H. Pratt submits an Estimate of Supplies for the second quarter of fiscal year 1894 amounting to $499.41 and requests to purchase those items in the open market. The form includes the items being requested, the quantity, the estimated…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Estimate of Supplies, October 1893319.01 KB
October 16, 1893
Former student Abe Somers requests to transfer from the Haskell Institute to re-enroll at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Abe Somers Requests Transfer from Haskell to Carlisle520.94 KB
October 16, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt forwards teacher Henry M. Hudelson's application for a 30-day leave of absence because of an injury suffered in the classroom. Hudelson fell and hit his head on the mantelpiece in his classroom and got a concussion.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Henry M. Hudelson's Request for Leave of Absence 319.43 KB
October 16, 1893 - December 14, 1893
Charles G. Penney, Acting U.S. Indian Agent for the Pine Ridge Agency, forwards a letter from Oscar Warden to his father Martin Pretty Back requesting he arrange for his return home.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Oscar Warden Requests to be Returned Home675.33 KB
October 17, 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, September 18932 MB
October 21, 1893
Estimate of funds for the second quarter of 1894 amounting to $18,629.41 for support of the school, of which $10,205.00 is for regular employee pay.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Estimate of Funds, Second Quarter 18942.29 MB
October 21, 1893
Captain Richard H. Pratt requests to spend $203.00 on the purchase of hardwood for the bakery, coal oil for lighting buildings, and postage stamps for students.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Buy Hardwood, Coal Oil, and Postage Stamps335.26 KB
November 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 October 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, October 18931.92 MB
November 13, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt advises the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that teacher H. M. Hudelson is entitled to 19 days leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Clarification on Henry M. Hudelson's Request for Leave of Absence 354.1 KB
November 15, 1893
Carlos Montezuma, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for October 1893.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Monthly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, October 1893980.04 KB
November 15, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has gone ahead and installed electric lights using the Charity Fund and believing that there would be no objection if the annual cost was less than the previous system. Pratt…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Pratt Informs Office of Installation of Electric Lights3.46 MB
November 16, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with additional information on salary in regards to an assistant laundress mentioned in the October 1893 irregular employees report. Pratt informs the Commissioner that the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Laundry
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Details on Assistant Laundress on Report of Irregular Employees, October 1893591.31 KB
November 17, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that T. L. Deavor and Henry M. Hudelson are unable to continue in their present roles due to health and he forwards the name of Philip Drum to replace Hudelson.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Office Inquiry Regarding Appointment of Teachers348.44 KB
November 20, 1893
Mary A. Smith requests permission from the Office of Indian Affairs to have two New York students enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Mary A. Smith Requests Enrollment of Two New York Students293.79 KB
November 29, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt sends a letter to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs advising him that he received his letter granting teacher Henry M. Hudelson 9 days leave of absence, which Hudelson took from November 11th to November 19th.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Teachers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Report of Henry M. Hudelson's Leave of Absence 287.33 KB
December 1, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt forwards teacher Fanny G. Paull's application for a 30-day leave of absence due to sickness. Pratt also sends school physician Carlos Montezuma's recommendation for Paull to take a leave of absence for her "incipient nervous…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Fanny G. Paull's Application for Leave of Absence 582.03 KB
December 2, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt reports the death of Annie R. Jordan, head of the Laundry Department, to the Office of Indian Affairs.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Reports the Death of Annie R. Jordan328.29 KB
December 4, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt requests that the position of teacher previously held by Henry M. Hudelson be abolished and an assistant teacher position which does not fall under the Civil Service Commission be created.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Teachers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Teaching Position be Abolished and Replaced with Assistant609.05 KB
December 4, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt sends a telegram to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs requesting to have teacher Fanny G. Paull's leave of absence begin on December 15th.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Teachers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Starting Date of Fanny G. Paull's Leave of Absence 291.78 KB
December 8, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt requests to take a party of students from Cherokee, North Carolina to the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that the local boarding school is overcrowded and there is great interest among students and parents to be educated…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Request to Bring Students from Cherokee, North Carolina563.05 KB