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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November 8, 1899
S. L. Diven, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for October 1899.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
November 8, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt encloses a copy of the letter he wrote to George King regarding the return of his son Charley.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Request to Return Charley King
November 8, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay the invoice for vaccine points received earlier in 1899.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Medical Supplies and Materials
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Pay Vaccine Point Invoice
November 9, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt requests the appointment of Charles A. Eastman in the newly created position of outing agent.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Appoint Eastman as Outing Agent
November 10, 1899
Rosa Bourassa, a former student of the Carlisle Indian School, writes to Richard Henry Pratt thanking him for his visit to her in Los Angeles and discussing the impact of Carlisle on her future.
Repository: Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Bourassa Discusses Impact of Carlisle with Pratt
November 20, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt requests to be allowed to keep Anna H. Stewart on temporarily as the Sloyd teacher along with other changes to employees.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
November 22, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase new storm, post, and garrison flags to replace the current worn out flags.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase New Flags
November 27, 1899
Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employee Charles A. Eastman (outing agent).
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Reports
November 27, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Inga M. Erickson has left her position as a clerk/stenographer to take a position with her old employer. Pratt requests that one of his teachers be allowed to take the position and a…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Office Informed Inga M. Erickson Left Position
November 30, 1899
Major Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during November 1899. 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: Reports
View Document: Report of Irregular Employees, November 1899
December 1, 1899
Alfred John Standing requests authority to pay voucher covering the return of three runaway students.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students Running Away
Format: Letters/Correspondence
December 5, 1899 - May 16, 1901
Harry J. Deitzel submits a written application for the position of tin smith at the Carlisle Indian School. Deitzel lists his qualifications as well as a patent related to a thumb lever hinge for lids.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Application of Harry Deitzel for Tin Smithing Job
December 5, 1899
S. L. Diven, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for November 1899.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness, Student Injuries
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
December 6, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase an additional 100 winter coats with a local supplier to furnish all female students with a winter coat.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase Additional Winter Coats for Girls
December 6, 1899
Richard H. Pratt requests a six-month supply of monthly reports, memorandum books, and voucher for open market purchase 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, December 1899
December 6, 1899
John R. Procter, President of the Civil Service Commission, notes that George W. Taylor has been approved for a temporary appointment as Assistant Disciplinarian.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Temporary Appointment Approved for George W. Taylor
December 7, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to have his open market purchases of various food stuffs covered due to immediate needs resulting from an increase in the student population.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Food and Dining
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Approve Open Market Purchase of Various Foods
December 11, 1899
Richard H. Pratt forwards duplicate copies of bills of lading and weigher's returns for one bundle of snaths and two boxes of hardware delivered to the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
December 12, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase 50 woven wire bedsteads at the local Army Supply Depot.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Furniture, Enrollment Statistics
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase Bedsteads from Local Army Contractor
December 15, 1899
Alfred John Standing requests authority to pay veterinarian bills related to the treatment of distemper in three horses.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Pay Veterinarian Bill Forwarded to Office
December 16, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt requests that 100 vaccine points be sent to the Carlisle Indian School to vaccinate incoming students.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Vaccine Supplies
December 15-18, 1899
Major Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists employees who have left the school (Inga M. Erickson), and those who have changed positions (Fannie I. Peter, Clara L. Smith, Herbert W. Boyer, Mattie A. Harn, and Dora M. Peters). These reports…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
December 18, 1899
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' position titles.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Reports
View Document: Efficiency Report of Employees, December 1899
December 18, 1899 - March 27, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt forwards correspondence regarding George W. Taylor and his desire to see his appointment as an Assistant Disciplinarian cancelled.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Request to Cancel Appointment of George W. Taylor
December 18, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt requests that Smith be promoted and to have a civil service appointee report to Carlisle rather than take someone from a Western School. It is not clear who this refers to.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Promote Smith and Have Civil Service Appointee