Documents

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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October 2, 1882

Samuel Chapman Armstrong of the Hampton Institute writes to Richard Henry Pratt, urging him to attend a large meeting in Boston where 24 Hampton students would be present, to convince the public of the value of Indian education.

Repository: Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library

October 2, 1882

Richard Henry Pratt submits this Monthly School Report for September 1882.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

Format: Reports

October 5, 1882

Samuel Chapman Armstrong of the Hampton Institute writes to Richard Henry Pratt discussing logistics of a trip to Boston.

Repository: Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library

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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

October 15, 1882

Samuel Chapman Armstrong of the Hampton Institute writes to Richard Henry Pratt regretting that Pratt was unable to come to Boston for a meeting, and asks for information on J. H. Segar, an individual recommended to Armstrong by Agent Miles to…

Repository: Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library

October 16, 1882

Samuel Chapman Armstrong of the Hampton Institute writes to Richard Henry Pratt asking for information about Indian Territory and its peoples to include in a paper for the American Missionary Association meeting in Cleveland.

Repository: Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library

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

October 25-26, 1882

Alice C. Fletcher requests permission to enroll six Omaha students at the Carlisle Indian School. Fletcher recounts she had been fundraising to secure funds for their education and had nearly succeeded.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

October 31, 1882

Richard H. Pratt submits this Monthly School Report for October 1882.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

Format: Reports

November 1882

Thomas Stewarts Jr, school physician compiles the monthly sanitary report for October 1882.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

Topics: Student Illness

Format: Reports

November 3, 1882

Richard Henry Pratt recommends being allowed to send eight small girls to be educated by Emily J. Bowen of Woodstock, Connecticut.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

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November 8, 1882

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that he has received word that Sitting Bull refuses to send any children to Carlisle. As a result he has directed his representative to go directly to Rosebud or Pine Ridge to bring…

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

November 9, 1882

Samuel Chapman Armstrong of the Hampton Institute writes to Richard Henry Pratt with trip logistics for Armstrong's visit to Carlisle, including an expressed desire to meet with supporters at Dickinson College.

Repository: Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library

November 14, 1882

Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during October 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

November 15, 1882

Richard Henry Pratt requests $50 worth of 3 cent stamps in order for the Carlisle Indian School to correspond with outing patrons, returned students, parents, and official inquiries.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

November 17, 1882

Richard Henry Pratt replies to an inquiry that the cost of recruiting Osage students for the third quarter of 1882 was $2143.96.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

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November 17, 1882

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has hired Obadiah G. Given as the Carlisle Indian School physician. Pratt details how he came to the decision as well as Given's salary.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

November 18, 1882

Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employees (Florence M. Carter, M. E. Snyder), those who have left the school (Mary Pain, Emma C. Sickels, Thomas Stewart Jr., Margaret Wilson, H. H. Shiverick), and those who have changed…

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

November 18, 1882

Richard Henry Pratt notifies the Department of the Interior of changes made by the Indian Department regarding changes in transportation. Pratt indicates that the Department has arranged the delegation to travel by the B&O Railroad rather…

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

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November 25, 1882

J. R. Buchannan, the passenger agent for the Sioux City and Pacific Railroad, writes regarding transportation ordered for 70 students from the Rosebud Agency to the Carlisle Indian School.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

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November 30, 1882

Richard Henry Pratt submits this Monthly School Report for November 1882, which includes a list of text books used for the academic education, industrial trades taught, information on the arrival of students from Pine Ridge and Rosebud Agencies,…

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

Format: Reports

November 30, 1882

Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during November 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

Format: Reports

December 1, 1882

Richard Henry Pratt provides the account of Samuel Bausley, a member of the Pottawatomi Nation, who came to Carlisle on his own accord in order to enroll at the school. Pratt recommends retaining Bausley at Carlisle if his story is truthful.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

December 1, 1882

Richard Henry Pratt reports the arrival of 68 students at the Carlisle Indian School from the Rosebud and Pine Ridge Agencies.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

December 1882

O. G. Given, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for November 1882.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

Topics: Student Illness

Format: Reports