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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September 3, 1885
Richard Henry Pratt recommends that the school at the Southern Ute Agency be made into a boarding school rather than a day school.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Indian School System
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Recommends Southern Ute Agency be Made Into a Boarding School306.98 KB
September 5, 1885
Alfred John Standing informs the Office of Indian Affairs that the ten Quapaw Agency students are ready to travel to the Carlisle Indian School. Standing notes that there was a delay due to waiting for students from the Cheyenne and Arapaho…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel to Enroll
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Standing Informs Office Quapaw Students Ready to Travel to Carlisle259.17 KB
September 8, 1885
The Quapaw Agency agent informs the Office of Indian Affairs that his delegation is ready to travel to the Carlisle Indian School but has not received transportation orders.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel to Enroll
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Quapaw Agent Informs Office Delegation Ready to Travel157.48 KB
September 9, 1885
These materials include a Descriptive Statement of Pupils regarding 13 children transferred to the Carlisle Indian School from the Pine Ridge Agency.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Reports
View Document: Descriptive Statement of Pupils from Pine Ridge Agency, 1885777.91 KB
September 14, 1885
Alfred John Standing requests authority to arrange transportation for two students to Caldwell, Kansas, due to illness.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Standing Requests Authority to Arrange Transportation for Two Students to Kansas284.73 KB
September 19, 1885
Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for October 1885. Pratt also includes details on compensation, position title, and the number of workdays required for the month.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Irregular Employees Required for October 1885625.91 KB
September 21, 1885
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Bureau of Indian Affairs that he has received word from the Green Bay Agency of a number of Oneida students who desire to enroll at Carlisle. As a result he has sent Marrianna Burgess to select 20 students to bring…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Transportation for Oneida Students to be Enrolled at Carlisle634.89 KB
September 22, 1885
Richard Henry Pratt requests to have transportation for fifty Pueblo students from the Santa Fe, Laguna, and Albuquerque agencies.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel to Enroll
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Transportation for Pueblo Students384.8 KB
September 23, 1885
Alfred John Standing refers Office of Indian Affairs to an earlier letter regarding students at the Sisseton Agency for transportation to the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel to Enroll
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Standing Refers Office to Earlier Letter Regarding Students Waiting for Tickets345.8 KB
September 25, 1885
R. S. Hair informs the Office of Indian Affairs that twenty Oneida students are ready to go from Oneida to Carlisle but cannot all go from De Pere or Green Bay to Chicago.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel to Enroll
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Hair Informs Office Oneida Students Ready to Travel to Carlisle369.72 KB
September 25, 1885
Alfred John Standing informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Marianna Burgess has reported there are no tickets waiting for her and 20 Oneida students at De Pere, Wisconsin.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel to Enroll
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: No Tickets for Oneida Students to Travel to Carlisle375.79 KB
September 26, 1885
Richard Henry Pratt requests transportation for forty be placed at Laguna for Pueblo students to travel to Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel to Enroll
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Transportation for 40 Pueblo Students for Travel to Carlisle370.39 KB
September 30, 1885
Alfred John Standing responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding a receipt for a ticket for Henry Kendall travel to Washington D.C.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Standing Responds to Inquiry Regarding Henry Kendall's Travel659.93 KB
October 3, 1885
Richard Henry Pratt inquires from the Bureau of Indian Affairs as to why his request for transportation for four students from the Sisseton Agency has not been granted.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Inquiry into No Approval for Sisseton Agency Transportation389.95 KB
October 3, 1885
Richard Henry Pratt requests to employ a vocal music teacher in addition to the irregular labor estimated on September 19, 1885.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Pay Vocal Music Teacher as an Irregular Employee406.97 KB
October 16, 1885
Richard Henry Pratt follows up his letter from October 3, 1885 regarding transportation for four students from the Sisseton Agency to Carlisle. Pratt notes that due to a delay the Sisseton Agency did not receive the order placed by the Bureau of…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel to Enroll
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Follow Up for Transportation for Four Sisseton Agency Students419.55 KB
October 16, 1885
Charles H. Potter, U.S. Indian Agent for the Winnebago Agency, forwards a request from Sin da ha-ha to have his son returned from the Carlisle Indian School due to his age and living conditions. John Oberly denies the request.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request from Sin da ha-ha for Return of His Son436.98 KB
October 19, 1885
Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for November 1885. Pratt also includes details on compensation, position title, and the number of workdays required for the month.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Irregular Employees Required for November 1885415.2 KB
October 20, 1885
Descriptive Statement of Pupils regarding 3 children transferred to the Carlisle Indian School from the Sisseton Agency.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Reports
View Document: Descriptive Statement of Pupils from Sisseton Agency, 18851.79 MB
October 26, 1885
H. J. Armstrong, U.S. Indian Agent for the Crow Agency, informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he can send six or ten students to the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Crow Agency Informs Office of Ability to Send Students to Carlisle437.69 KB
October 26, 1885
Richard Henry Pratt requests transportation for John W. Olmstead and 20 students from De Pere, Wisconsin to Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Transportation for John Olmstead and Students371.59 KB
October 30, 1885
Richard Henry Pratt requests that Kent Black Bear be sent home due to poor health at the request of his father.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Kent Black Bear to His Home627.2 KB
November 2, 1885
Estimate of funds for the fourth quarter of 1885 amounting to $7,530.71 for support of the school. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds amounting to $6,055.00 for regular employee pay.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, Fourth Quarter 18851.39 MB
November 3, 1885
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a newspaper clip to the Bureau of Indian Affairs regarding four students who had been transferred to the Martinsburg Indian School. He notes that he regrets sending the students to Martinsburg and the students…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Transfers
View Document: Regret Over Transfer of Osage Students to Martinsburg905.46 KB
November 4, 1885
Richard Henry Pratt discusses the desire of Standing Bear to have his daughter returned home from the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt provides the circumstances surrounding the request including Standing Bear's long support of the school. However,…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Standing Bear Requests Return of Daughter from Carlisle671.81 KB