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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March 12, 1899 - March 13, 1899
Ella Rickert requests a transfer to the Rosebud Agency Boarding School as an assistant matron following the resignation of Annette Suisson. Richard Henry Pratt endorses Rickert's transfer but as a cook.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Ella Rickert Requests Transfer to Rosebud as Assistant Matron848.24 KB
March 13, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs of the seven students who are asking to be enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School from the Educational House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Request to Enroll from Educational House in Philadelphia494.44 KB
March 13, 1899
Elmer Huff informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Glennie Pierce has been located and requests that Richard Henry Pratt have him released from the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania poor house and returned home.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Send Glennie Pierce Home554.21 KB
March 14, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt recommends former student Cora Cornelius for the position of assistant matron at Morris, Minnesota.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Recommends Cora Cornelius for Assistant Matron Position417.99 KB
March 14, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs of various property which requires a Board of Survey due to having become worn out, broken, or having become unfit for use.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Convene Board of Survey in March 1899697.61 KB
March 16, 1899
Major 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, March 1899615.3 KB
March 18, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the request of Elmer Huff to send Glennie Pierce home.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Request to Send Glennie Pierce Home521.24 KB
March 18, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a request from William Blakeslee to secure a position in the Indian Service along with Dr. J. G. Rogers recommendation.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: William Blakeslee Requests Assistance in Securing Indian Service Position1.71 MB
March 20, 1899 - March 25, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt forwards correspondence and informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has arranged for the mother of an Apache student to visit Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Arrangements for Mother of Student to Visit Carlisle1.13 MB
March 20, 1899 - April 6, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt forwards recommendations of Ella Rickert for the position of assistant matron in a Western Indian School. Pratt also endorses Rickert for the position.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Forwards Recommendations for Ella Rickert's Application for Assistant Matron1.4 MB
March 20, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt requests the Government Printing Office print two outing books--in other words, ledgers for the outing program--which he expects "will probably last six years."
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Government Print Two Outing Books472.54 KB
March 20, 1899
Roberta E. Wilson requests a transfer to the Indian School in Cherokee, North Carolina as an assistant matron. Richard Henry Pratt endorses the application and requests a replacement.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Roberta Wilson Requests Transfer to Cherokee Indian School539.61 KB
March 22, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt requests to pay a substitute assistant laundress to replace Carrie Thomas following her resignation.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Laundry
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Authority to Pay Substitute Assistant Laundress in 1899488.51 KB
March 22, 1899 - March 23, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt forwards the proceedings of a Board of Survey convened on March 22, 1899.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Proceedings of a Board of Survey Convened in March 18992.29 MB
March 31, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt responds to a request to return George Fairbanks to his home.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Request to Return George Fairbanks573.04 KB
March 31, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt recommends Gertrude Renfrow as an assistant seamstress in the Indian Service.
Note: This is presumably the person known as Gertrude Renfrew while at Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Recommendation for Gertrude Renfrow for Assistant Seamstress Position406.13 KB
March 31, 1899
Samuel Gruett requests Richard Henry Pratt's recommendation to help him secure the disciplinarian position at the Mt. Pleasant Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Samuel Gruett Requests Recommendation for Disciplinarian Position1.28 MB
April 1, 1899
Major Richard H. Pratt compiles a report with remarks regarding employees' efficiency, conduct, behavior, dress, health, kindness towards children, and notes on any special skills. The report also lists employees' salaries..
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Reports
View Document: Efficiency Report of Employees, April 1899933.37 KB
April 1899
S. L. Diven, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for March 1899.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness
Format: Reports
View Document: Monthly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, March 1899966.35 KB
April 1, 1899
Major Richard Henry Pratt requests a supply of two dozen different articles of stationery used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1900.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Requisition for Stationery, April 1899585.64 KB
April 3, 1899
William Hugg of the Lincoln Institution informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he will comply with the order to transfer seven students to the Carlisle Indian School. He adds that most of the students are in the school band and that they…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Hugg Confirming Transfer of Seven Students to Carlisle648.96 KB
April 3, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt responds in the negative to former student John Moses' request to re-enroll at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Reenrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Request to Reenroll John Moses517.27 KB
April 5, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt forwards matron L. R. Shaffner's application for an 18-day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: L. R. Shaffner's Application for Annual Leave of Absence 519.4 KB
April 8, 1899
Major Richard H. Pratt submits a corrected report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during March 1899. In an explanatory cover letter, Pratt mentions the cost of each repair and provides additional information on…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Returns Report of Irregular Employees, March 18991.54 MB
April 10, 1899
Estimate of funds for the fourth quarter of 1899 amounting to $11,526.49 for electric light and regular employee pay.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, Fourth Quarter 18991.45 MB