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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June 2, 1880
J. S. Bender informs Richard Henry Pratt that he believes six to eight students should be returned to their homes because they have "incurable" conditions and will likely "die young." Pratt encloses and endorses Bender's requests to the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: School Physician's Belief that Eight Students Should be Sent Home due to Poor Health324.24 KB
June 3, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt submits a "Special" Estimate of Funds form for the second quarter of 1880 amounting to $1,100.80 for areas covering traveling expenses, supplies, contingencies, and clothing.
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Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Special Estimate of Funds, Second Quarter 1880821.45 KB
June 5, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt informs Commissioner of Indian Affairs R. E. Trowbridge that the Cheyenne & Arapaho Agent John D. Miles would like to send 25 students from his agency to the Carlisle Indian School. Miles added that he'd like several…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Enroll 25 Cheyenne and Arapaho Students225.21 KB
June 11, 1880
Richard H. Pratt transmits to Commissioner of Indian Affairs R. E. Trowbridge his Return of Medical Property form for the first quarter of 1880.
Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives microfilm reels (M234), which were…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Medical Supplies and Materials
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Return of Medical Property, First Quarter 1880146.44 KB
June 14, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt requests Commissioner of Indian Affairs R. E. Trowbridge's authority to spend $250 to purchase and manufacture clothing for the current quarter.
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Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase Materials to Manufacture Clothing158.08 KB
June 14, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt requests to purchase 20 standard tents and 2 hospital tents. Pratt wants the tents because he intends to form two detachments of boys and one detachment of girls and send them to camp in the mountains near the school for a…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Summer Camps
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase Tents for Summer Camp240.86 KB
June 15, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt forwards two separate agreements to rent two plots of land amounting to 18 acres near the Carlisle Indian School for agricultural purposes to Commissioner of Indian Affairs R. E. Trowbridge for his approval.
Note: This…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Farms - Land Transactions
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Agreements to Rent 18 Acres of Land for School Farm234.21 KB
June 15 - July 16, 1880
Acting Secretary of the Interior A. Bell encloses to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs agreements allowing Richard Henry Pratt to rent 10 acres of land from Annie and Laura Alexander and allowing Pratt to rent 8 acres of land from Benjamin Sanno…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Farms - Land Transactions
View Document: Contracts to Rent 18 Acres of Land for the School Farm1.06 MB
June 15, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt provides a list to the Acting Commissioner of Indian Affair of the students to be returned home at the request of Sioux chiefs. Assistant matron Zoe McKenzie will accompany them, particularly to care for Thomas.
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Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: List of Sioux Students to be Returned103.02 KB
June 15, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt informs Commissioner of Indian Affairs R. E. Trowbridge that he would like students to have outings on farms located in Berkshire and Hampshire counties in Massachusetts. According to Pratt's plan, the Bureau of Indian Affairs…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Outing Program Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Plan for Outing System in Massachusetts231.6 KB
June 17, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he hired Zoe McKenzie to serve as an interpreter and assistant matron when he brought Sioux students to the Carlisle Indian School in 1879. Pratt notes that he paid her a monthly…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Matrons
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Pay Assistant Matron Zoe McKenzie's Claim235.11 KB
June 18 - August 4, 1880
Estimate of funds for the third quarter of 1880 amounting to $8,805 for areas covering subsistence, employee pay, clothing, supplies, and contingencies. Two explanatory cover letters are attached.
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Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Estimate of Funds, Third Quarter 1880946.99 KB
June 19, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt requests returning party should remain at the Carlisle Indian School until the Sioux chiefs arrive. Pratt notes this will prolong their railroad tickets until the June 23rd.
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Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Allow a Party to Stay at School until Chiefs Arrive100.86 KB
June 20, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt writes to Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. J. Brooks regarding Brooks' decision to not allow Pratt to purchase tents or take his students to camp in the mountains over the summer. Pratt tells Brooks that he had already…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Commissioner to Reconsider Declining the Purchase of Tents322.66 KB
June 21, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs that White Thunder would like his sister-in-law as his second wife, but she is not interested. She is currently a student at the Carlisle Indian School, but there are reports…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: White Thunder's Desire to Marry his Sister-In-Law, a Student at the School106.4 KB
June 22, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt informs Acting Commissioner of Affairs E. J. Brooks that Hart's party left this afternoon.
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Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notification that Hart's Party has Left108.45 KB
June 23, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt informs Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. J. Brooks that Chief Spotted Tail would like to return his children, one grandchild, and one other relative currently enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School to their homes at…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Chief Spotted Tail's Request to Return his Children and Relatives Home163.28 KB
June 23, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt informs Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. J. Brooks that the party has left, and Spotted Tail took his children and grandchildren home.
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Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel Departing
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Return of Chief Spotted Tail's Children and Grandchildren122.47 KB
June 24, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt asks E. J. Brooks to send him instructions for adding additional pupils to the Carlisle Indian School. He references Sheldon Jackson's mission to recruit Navajo and Pueblo students. Finally, he believes that Spotted Tail's…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Discusses Several Enrollment Issues168.27 KB
June 24, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt asks Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. J. Brooks if he will accept his request to place a party of students in Massachusetts for the summer.
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Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Outing Program Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Place Students in Massachusetts for Summer100.93 KB
June 25, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt tells Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. J. Brooks to let Charles Ohettoint go and that it won't disturb the Carlisle Indian School if the party returns.
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Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Let Charles Oheltoint Go100.1 KB
June 30, 1880
Inspector E. C. Cooper informs Commissioner of Indian Affairs R. E. Trowbridge that he's inspected tinware samples, like coffee boilers, funnels, cups, and pails that were made by Carlisle Indian School students and finds that they're as good, if…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Quality of Student-Produced Tinware160.31 KB
July 2, 1880
Lieutenant in Charge Richard H. Pratt submits an estimate of tools and material amounting to $1,400 needed for the Carlisle Indian School to build wagons and carriages.
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Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Estimate of Tools and Material, July 1880243.46 KB
July 16, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt writes to Commissioner of Indian Affairs R. E. Trowbridge regarding a delay in approval for his request for a $6,000 general heating system at the Carlisle Indian School.
Note: This item was copied from U.S. National…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Delay in Approval for a new General Heating System102.93 KB
July 17, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt requests $350 to paint the tin roofs on the Carlisle Indian School's buildings. Pratt adds that the roofs have been in disrepair since the school began.
Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives microfilm…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Funds to Paint Tin Roofs151.82 KB