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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January 19, 1883
Notice of the death of White Shield is received by Richard Henry Pratt from U.S. Indian Agent John D. Miles. As a result Pratt requests authorization for sending home his son Harvey in order to provide help to the family. In addition, Pratt…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Harvey White Shield Home
January 22, 1883
Arden R. Smith, Special Indian Agent, writes that he has received authority to send ten boys and ten girls to the Carlisle Indian School. Smith writes that it will be quite easy to send the ten boys as he met with a local chief Bear in the Water…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Crow Agency Response to Sending Students to Carlisle
January 22, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to visit Washington D.C. to discuss farming at the Carlisle Indian School.
A note from Hiram Price recommends that Pratt's request be approved by the Secretary of the Interior.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Employee Travel
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests to Visit D.C. to Discuss Farm Matters
January 22, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt requests permission to allow Frank Engler to return home due to his mother's illness. Pratt writes that other members of the Cheyenne Nation have pooled their money to cover Engler's transportation expense and recommends…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Allow Frank Engler to Visit His Home
February 3, 1883
Felix R. Brunot writes to Richard Henry Pratt discussing dates for Pratt's upcoming visit to Pittsburgh. Brunot also discusses a recent connection with Mrs. Longstreth of Philadelphia, a significant donor to the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Brunot Discusses Dates of Pratt's Visit to Pittsburgh
February 8, 1883
H. J. Armstrong, U.S. Indian Agent for the Crow Agency, asks to be sent to the Carlisle Indian School as the escort for the Crow students rather than some other individual. Armstrong indicates that when recruiting for Carlisle he promised he…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
February 9, 1883
Arden R. Smith, Special U.S. Indian Agent, writes the Commissioner of Indian Affairs seeking specific instructions for how he should escort 20 Crow students from the Crow Agency to the Carlisle Indian School. Smith provides context on previous…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Arden Smith Instructions for Escorting Crow Students
February 9, 1883
Arden R. Smith, U.S. Indian Agent for the Crow Agency, requests the Indian Affairs Office to send transportation for Crow students from St. Paul to Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Transportation Requested for Crow Students
February 10, 1883
Felix R. Brunot writes to Richard Henry Pratt, recommending a plan for Pratt to visit a number of schools and other organizations while in Pittsburgh to hold a public lecture.
Repository: Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Format: Letters/Correspondence
February 10, 1883
Carlisle School physician O. G. Given provides a report on the health of some of the remaining Northern Arapaho students at Carlisle and recommends returning four boys to their homes. Richard Henry Pratt endorses this recommendation and asks for…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Report on the Northern Arapaho Students from Wyoming
February 13, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt provides the Indian Affairs Office with proposed text for receiving funds for educating Osage students from the Osage trust fund. Pratt notes that if he does not receive the funds for the Osage then he can place more students…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Proposal for Increased Appropriation from Osage Fund
February 16, 1883
Felix R. Brunot shares final plans for Pratt's visit to Pittsburgh with a number of Carlisle Indian School students, including tours of schools in the city.
Repository: Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Brunot Shares Plans for Pratt's Visit to Pittsburgh, 1883
February 17 - March 2, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt forwards for approval the lease agreement between the Carlisle Indian School and Samuel K. Humrich for a 225 acre farm beginning on February 17, 1883.
Henry Morgan Teller, Secretary of the Interior, approves the lease…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Farms - Land Transactions
February 20, 1883
Samuel Chapman Armstrong of the Hampton Institute writes to Richard Henry Pratt asking for him to write feedback on excerpts from Col. Richard H. Dodge's book Thirty-three Years among Our Wild Indians for publication. Armstrong wishes to…
Repository: Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Armstrong Asks Pratt for Feedback on Dodge Book
February 21, 1883
H. J. Armstrong, U.S. Indian Agent for the Crow Agency, sends a telegraph that he cannot send the full allotment of Crow students to Carlisle at present. Inquires if he can send twelve students now and the remainder at a later date.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Armstrong Cannot Send Full Allotment of Crow Students
February 22, 1883
H. J. Armstrong, U.S. Indian Agent for the Crow Agency, reports that he has sent eight Crow boys to Carlisle under escort of Special U.S. Indian Agent Arden Smith. Armstrong indicates that he was unable to secure any girls to go to Carlisle but…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Departure of Eight Crow Students for Carlisle
February 22-28, 1883
These materials include a cover letter and a Descriptive Statement of Pupils regarding 8 children transferred to the Carlisle Indian School from the Crow Agency in Montana. The Descriptive Statement indicates that two female children initially…
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Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
February 24, 1883
Representative Henry Meyer writes to an unknown recipient, possibly Marie, about recent occurrences in Harrisburg. Included is a brief description of a visit of Carlisle Indian School students to the House of Representatives. Meyer…
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Topics: Field Trips
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Letter from Henry Meyer to Unknown Recipient
February 26, 1883
Itemized statement from John Robinson in assisting Marianna Burgess in escorting 68 Sioux students from the Pine Ridge and Rosebud Agencies to Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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February 27, 1883
Felix R. Brunot writes to Richard Henry Pratt after his visit to Pittsburgh, forwarding a donation given to Brunot by Mrs. Mawhinney for the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Brunot Forwards Donation of Mawhinney to Pratt
March 3, 1883
Felix R. Brunot writes to Richard Henry Pratt asking him to confirm receipt of a previously sent letter with a donation, and discussing the positive reputation of Carlisle's pupils in Pittsburgh in the wake of Pratt's recent visit to that city.…
Repository: Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Format: Letters/Correspondence
March 12, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt submits a "Special" Estimate of Funds form for $1045 for support of Indian school to purchase 200 tons of coal.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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View Document: Special Estimate of Funds, First Quarter 1883
March 13-14, 1883
Carlisle Indian School physician O. G. Given provides a report on the recently arrived Crow students from Carlisle, several of whom should be sent back. As a result of the report Pratt recommends including additional agency health examinations.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Physician Report of Newly Arrived Crow Students in 1883
March 16-23, 1883
Lizzie Spence, a teacher at the Kaw Agency Boarding School, requests the Carlisle Indian School enroll Otwin James who is a student at the school. Richard Henry Pratt endorses the recommendation to the Indian Affairs Office.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Enroll Otwin James
March 22, 1883
Request to return Katie La Croix to her home due to a pulmonary illness with the U.S. Indian Agent for the Sisseton Agency when he returns from Washington D.C.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Katie La Croix to Her Home