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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December 11, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt encloses original bills of lading.
Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives microfilm reels (M234), which were filmed from the original documents found in Record Group 75, Entry 79, "Letters Received by…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Enclosure of Bills of Lading, December 1880130.17 KB
December 11, 1880 - December 14, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt forwards an Estimate of Medical Supplies that covers the first six months of 1881.
Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives microfilm reels (M234), which were filmed from the original documents found in…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Medical Supplies and Materials
View Document: Estimate for Medical Supplies, December 1880668.47 KB
December 13, 1880 - December 16, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a board of survey conducted on two mules. The board finds that the two mules should be sold.
Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives microfilm reels (M234), which were filmed from the original…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Board of Survey for Two Mules376.39 KB
December 13, 1880
Alexander Hyde writes to Secretary of the Interior Carl Schurz about his experience as an outing host for three Carlisle Indian School students, Lulu, Stephen, and Frank, in the Summer of 1880. Hyde states that he heard about outing from his…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Outing Host's Experience and Desire for Reimbursement for Students' Board267.16 KB
December 14, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt writes to Chief White Thunder telling him of the death of his son, Ernest.
Repository: Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Topics: Student Illness, Student Deaths
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Tells White Thunder of the Death of Ernest, 1880525.22 KB
December 14, 1880
Physician Charles H. Hepburn provides a report on the deaths of two Rosebud Sioux students: Maud and Ernest. Maud died of multiple lung issues on December 13, 1880 with Ernest dying of diphtheria on December 14, 1880. Richard Henry Pratt forwards…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness, Student Deaths
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Report on Deaths of Maud (Little Girl) and Ernest (Knocks Off)217.25 KB
December 15, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt writes to Chief White Thunder about the funeral ceremony and burial of his son, Ernest. Pratt expresses his sorrow and sympathy at White Thunder's loss, but also argues that White Thunder was right to send Ernest to the school…
Repository: Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Writes to White Thunder About Ernest's Burial, 1880752.49 KB
December 18, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt requests that the Ponca delegation stops at the Carlisle Indian School to see their students on their way to Washington, D.C. Pratt states that White Eagle's son is at the school, and if White Eagle would like to bring him…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Ponca Delegation to Visit132.05 KB
December 21, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt calls attention to his monthly changes in employees, irregular employees, and proposed changes in employees forms and requests that the Commissioner of Indian Affairs approve them.
Note: This item was copied from U.S.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Attention Called to Multiple Administrative Forms Needing Approval138.46 KB
December 21, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt corrects misspellings of employee names from his irregular service report for September 1880.
Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives microfilm reels (M234), which were filmed from the original documents…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Corrections to Report of Irregular Employees, September 1880214.15 KB
December 22, 1880
E. Ballon, from the Shoshone and Bannock Agency, requests to have Arapaho Nation students admitted to the Carlisle Indian School. Ballon states that many students have learned the basics and would likely progress rapidly if admitted to Carlisle.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: E. Ballon Requests to have Arapaho Students Admitted to Carlisle591.41 KB
December 24, 1880
S. Russell, U.S. Indian Agent, informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has had no success in finding students from the Apache Nation to be educated in eastern schools.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Office Updated on Recruitment of Apache Students for Eastern Schools330.27 KB
December 24, 1880
Sheldon Jackson encloses the plan for the Pueblo Industrial Indian Boarding School in Albuquerque, New Mexico to the Office of Indian Affairs. Jackson also states that he is having difficulty recruiting students for the Carlisle Indian School and…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Sheldon Jackson Provides Update on Recruitment of Students563.5 KB
December 27, 1880 - January 1, 1881
U. S. Indian Agent, George W. Lee, of the Mackinac Agency forwards a letter to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs from John Ka dah qe go na to Richard Henry Pratt requesting a spot at the Carlisle Indian School for his daughter Jane. Lee further…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request from John Ka dah qe go na by to Enroll Daughter729.68 KB
December 27, 1880
The parents of Ernest White Thunder and Maud Swift Bear request that their bodies be returned to them in order to have them buried near their homes. They note that while Richard Henry Pratt sent them frequent letters they were not aware that…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Deaths
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Ernest White Thunder and Maud Swift Bear for Burial2.81 MB
December 29, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt requests five crusts of vaccine virus for new students and for students who received the vaccine a year ago but for whom it did not work.
Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives microfilm reels (M234),…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Five Crusts of Vaccine Virus128.13 KB
December 31, 1880
Osage Agency Indian Agent L. J. Miles reports that the Osage School has over fifty girls in attendance and he has secured promises that at least ten pupils would be willing to attend Carlisle. Miles reports that he hopes there is room for them…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Osage Agency Enrolling Students at Carlisle565.3 KB
January 1, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt reports that the visit of Ponca Chiefs Harry Bear, Standing Eagle, and White Buffalo went well. He also notes that Chief Harry Bear asked that his son be returned home due to his falling ill multiple times at Carlisle. Pratt…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Return Home of High Bear Jr.474.76 KB
January 11, 1881
U. S. Indian Agent for the Moqui Pueblo Indian Agency, John H. Sullivan, writes to inform the Indian Affairs Commissioner that he has not procured students for Carlisle or Hampton originally because he believed Rev. Sheldon Jackson lacked…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Enrollment of Moqui Pueblo Indians469.72 KB
January 11, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt submits plans and specifications for building a new hospital on the grounds of the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that he has received multiple estimates for the cost of the building as well as supplies and believes that…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Submission of Plans to Build Hospital at the Carlisle School2.45 MB
January 17, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt references several letters from V. H. Cornman, and observes that based on them it would seem to be easy to recruiting Osage pupils for the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt References Letter Regarding Osage Children92.8 KB
January 19, 1881
E. Ballon writes to the E. M. Marble, the Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs that he was informed of the decision to enroll Arapaho students at Carlisle. He notes that Black Coal was excited at this response and immediately went to gather…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Arapaho Children to be Sent to Carlisle479.89 KB
January 19-20, 1881
These materials include a cover letter and a Descriptive Statement of Pupils regarding 25 children transferred to the Carlisle Indian School from the Tullahassee Mission in Muscogee Indian Territory.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Descriptive Statement of Pupils from Tullahassee Mission, 1881636.9 KB
January 20-25, 1881
Carlisle Indian School physician, C. H. Hepburn, reports on the death of Dennis Strikes First due to typhoid pneumonia on January 19, 1881.
Note: In this record the student is identified as Denis.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness, Student Deaths
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Report on the Death of Dennis (Strikes First)580.67 KB
January 21, 1881
Captain Pratt writes to inform the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that he has just received notice that 25 Creek students are arriving at the Carlisle Indian School on January 22.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Arrival of 25 Creek Students270.99 KB