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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August 3, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that he has received a letter from Alice C. Fletcher that the military officer in charge of the Sitting Bull prisoners at Fort Randell does not have permission to turn children over…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request from Alice C. Fletcher on Recruiting Sitting Bull Children322.54 KB
August 4, 1882
U.S. Indian Agent for the Navajo Indian Agency, Galen Eastman, reports that there are five students from the Agency who wish to attend the Carlisle Indian School due to recruiting from a Carlisle student. As a result Eastman requests authority to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Expenses for Sending Five Navajo Students to Carlisle589.32 KB
August 14, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt provides a report on the outing system for the Summer of 1882. Pratt notes that he placed 85 students in homes for the Summer and that he was able to secure transportation costs from patrons as well as a salary for the student…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Update on Outing System for Summer of 1882640.19 KB
August 16, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt claims he has the authority to accept and return students from the Secretary of the Interior.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Claims Rights to Returning and Accepting Students795.63 KB
August 18, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a request from Anna Ely to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to instruct the Pawnee Agency to send Pawnee children to Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Anna Ely Request Help for Recruiting Pawnee Children329.57 KB
August 18, 1882
Benjamin M. Thomas, U.S. Indian Agent for the Pueblo Indian Agency, requests information on sending a student from Cochiti to Carlisle in addition to sending more Pueblo students to Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pueblo Agency Requests Authority to Send More Students to Carlisle407.2 KB
August 18, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt notes that the school will have additional children than in previous years necessitating additional beds and pillows. In addition the previous bed stands are not as durable as hoped.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase Beds and Pillows486.87 KB
August 21, 1882
Inspector J. M. Haworth recommends that the Pawnee Agency send ten Pawnee students to Carlisle five of whom were to be girls.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Haworth Recommends Ten Pawnee Children Sent to Carlisle408.52 KB
August 23, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt provides an estimate for the cost of running the Carlisle Indian School including $225 per student per year in additional to $30,000 for various improvements to the School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Funds Needed for Operation of the Carlisle Indian School634.02 KB
August 24, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt notifies the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that the delegation brought back by Anna Ely is different then what was approved. Pratt notes that he has sent certain students to the Hampton Institute as previously approved and…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Additional Students Brought by Ely693.91 KB
August 26 - September 1, 1882
Acting Secretary of the Interior, M. L. Joslyn, instructs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to stop Richard Henry Pratt from traveling West as had written previously. Pratt had desired to go West in order to bring back Sioux students from…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Interior Department Instructs Pratt to Not Travel West1.4 MB
August 27 - September 23, 1882
Correspondence regarding the enrollment of children from the Sitting Bull band of Sioux being held as prisoners at Fort Randall. The officer in charge of Fort Randall indicates that the parents of the eligible children do not wish to see their…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Parents from Sitting Bull Band at Fort Randall Unwilling to Send Children to Carlisle2.86 MB
September 2, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt requests to return Alfred Charko (mistakenly listed as Albert in Pratt's letter, but properly identified at Alfred in the physician's letter) and Henry Eagle Chief to their homes due to their ill health. Pratt notes that he…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Alfred Charko and Henry Eagle Chief1.36 MB
September 11, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt requests the Commissioner of Indian Affairs reconsider its decision to not allow him personally to go select students at the Navajo and Sioux Agencies. Pratt believes that none of his employees have the requisite knowledge to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Employee Travel - Recruitment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Asks for Reconsideration of His Trip to Recruit Students665.95 KB
September 14, 1882
Benjamin M. Thomas, U.S. Indian Agent for the Pueblo Agency, refers the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to a prior letter to which he asks to send more students to the Carlisle Indian School especially a Cochiti student.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Reference to Sending More Pueblo Students to Carlisle371.77 KB
September 18, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that the he and the Carlisle Indian School have been invited to attend and participate at the Bi-Centennial celebration in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on October 24, 1882. Pratt…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Invitation to Pennsylvania Bi-Centennial Committee422 KB
September 19, 1882
Alice C. Fletcher indicates that she has five Omaha pupils in her charge and desires that they be given permission to attend the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Alice Fletcher Requests Enrollment of Omaha Students424.81 KB
September 20, 1882
Estimate of funds for the fourth quarter of 1882 amounting to $8,682.25 for support of the school, and an additional $4,976.25 for employee wages.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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View Document: Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, Fourth Quarter 18821.2 MB
September 21, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs the total and per capita expenses for educating Pine Ridge and Rosebud students as well as Sisseton Agency students.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Per Capita Expenses for Educating Sioux Students389.73 KB
September 25-27, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt notes that the school is already ten percent over its appropriation in terms of students but he would be willing to accept three Ottawa Nation girls if the J. M. Haworth recommends they be brought to Carlisle. Pratt writes…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Enrollment of Three Ottawa Girls674.81 KB
September 30, 1882
Third annual report of the Carlisle Indian School providing statistics of the number of students from various nations during the school year. Pratt notes that the outing system has been highly successful and comments on the progress of the first…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Third Annual Report of the Carlisle Indian School6.27 MB
October 1882
Thomas Stewart Jr., school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for September 1882.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Reports
View Document: Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Wounded, September 18821.29 MB
October 2, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt submits this Monthly School Report for September 1882.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Reports
View Document: Monthly School Report for September 18821.18 MB
October 5, 1882
Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during September 1882. 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: School Employees - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Report of Irregular Employees, September 18821.47 MB
October 23, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt reports that he returned from his trip to recruit Navajo students. He notes that he only brought back 12 Navajo students rather than the allotted 20.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Reports on Return From Recruiting Trip834.8 KB