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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March 3, 1880
Commissioner of Indian Affairs William G. LeDue informs Secretary of the Interior Carl Schurz that Richard Henry Pratt's request for garden seeds has been filled.
Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives microfilm reels (M234…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Fulfillment of Request for Garden Seeds141.98 KB
March 3, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt writes to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, stating that he is in Washington on an emergency trip to look after the best interests of the school. Pratt notes that the Congressional bill about the founding of the school is…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Congressional Lobbying
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Permission for Emergency Trip to Washington1.7 MB
March 6, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt recommends George LeRoy Brown as a recruiter for the Carlisle Indian School among the agencies in Colorado and New Mexico. Pratt suggests that the assignment is difficult, and that Brown is the only person he trusts for the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Recruitment of Students
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Recommendations for Recruiter in Colorado and New Mexico2.61 MB
March 8, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt requests funds to develop the industrial and mechanical training programs at the school. Specifically, Pratt hopes to establish a harness-making program and to expand the blacksmithing, wagon-making, carpentry, shoemaking, and…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Funds for Industrial Training1.66 MB
March 8, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt requests permission to sell two old mules, transferred from the War Department, and to purchase two farm horses.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Sell Mules and Purchase Farm Horses1.64 MB
March 8, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt requests permission to purchase seeds on the open market.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Seed Purchase Request1.49 MB
March 9, 1880
Andrew J. Koser informs the Secretary of the Interior that he visited the Carlisle Indian School, which he thinks is a "noble move toward civilization" and more effective than reservation schools. He proposes the idea of purchasing the building…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Indian School System
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Idea to Establish an Indian School in Gettysburg134.3 KB
March 9, 1880
Letter from Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. J. Brooks to Indian Agent L. J. Miles at the Osage Agency to select five Osage boys and five Osage girls to send to the Carlisle Indian School for education.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Recruitment of Students
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Letter Authorizing Selection of Osage Young People to be Sent to Carlisle3 MB
March 9, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt requests permission from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to immediately purchase school supplies on the open market. Pratt notes that these supplies were not provided when requested from the Department, and that a recent…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase School Supplies on Open Market2.27 MB
March 12, 1880
Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs Edward J. Brooks wrote a letter to the Secretary of the Interior Carl Schurz lobbying for an experienced person to be sent to Colorado and New Mexico to recruit students from the Tribes of those states.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Letter Requesting Lt. Brown Be Sent to Colorado and New Mexico to Recruit Students4.64 MB
March 12, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt suggests to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that constructing a boiler for heating would be more efficient and less laborious.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Utilities
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Suggestion to Build Heating Boiler2.21 MB
March 13, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that the approved expenditure for coal for the first quarter of 1880 did not meet the school's needs. Pratt requests funds to purchase additional coal for the first quarter, and…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Additional Coal Purchase for First Quarter 18802.44 MB
March 13, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt requests additional money for postage of student letters from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Pratt states that letter-writing increases student morale and promotes the school's reputation among their families and tribes…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Additional Student Postage Allowance2.36 MB
March 13, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt requests funds for the renovation of the mess hall, kitchen, and laundry. Pratt notes that the school's increasing student population necessitates these renovations, and describes which buildings will be added and renovated.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Funds for Kitchen and Laundry Renovations2.33 MB
March 13, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt submits a "Special" Estimate of Funds form amounting to $3,075.25 for areas covering employee salary, clothing, water, coal, and chapel.
Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives microfilm reels (M234),…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Special Estimate of Funds, First Quarter 1880822.95 KB
March 15, 1880
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ezra A. Hayt wrote to Andrew J. Roser in Bigler, Pennsylvania and responded to his request to purchase a building formerly used as an Orphan's Home in Gettysburg to turn it into an Indian Training school. Hayt…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Response to Letter Requesting to Purchase Building in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania3.03 MB
March 16, 1880
Estimate of funds for the second quarter of 1880 amounting to $11,350 for areas covering subsistence, employee pay, repairs, clothing, mechanical industries, supplies, and contingencies.
Note: This item was copied from U.S. National…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Estimate of Funds, Second Quarter 1880841.84 KB
March 16, 1880
Letter from Commissioner of Indian Affairs R. E. Trowbridge to Rev. Sheldon Jackson informing him that plans are in motion to for Lt. Brown to travel West and secure children from the Ute, Navajo, and Pueblo Tribes. Trowbridge was responding to a…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Recruitment of Students
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Letter Relaying Plan to Recruit from Colorado and New Mexico Tribes3.22 MB
March 16, 1880
Based on a discussion with the Secretary of the Interior and the Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Richard Henry Pratt requests funds for the purchase of 110 sets of dormitory furniture on the open market.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Furniture
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Funds for Dormitory Furniture1.65 MB
March 16, 1880 - March 22, 1880
Mattie G. Reynolds writes to Richard Henry Pratt asking for a position at the Carlisle Indian School in sewing or as a sewing teacher or assistant matron. Reynolds, who formerly worked with the Pawnees in a variety of roles, additionally…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Suggestion to Build an Indian School in Nebraska354.46 KB
March 18, 1880
Assistant Secretary of the Interior A. Bell sends a copy of the Revised Statutes to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and asks the Commissioner to forward it to Richard Henry Pratt at the Carlisle Indian School.
Note: This item was copied…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: BIA Policy and Policy Changes
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Transmission of Revised Statutes to Pratt132.23 KB
March 19, 1880
Dr. J. S. Bender notifies Richard Henry Pratt of the death of Henry Jones, a member of the Iowa Nation, due to advanced endocarditis. Dr. Bender notes that a post-mortem examination was performed alongside local physician Dr. J. R. Bixler. Pratt…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Deaths, Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Death of Henry Jones1.46 MB
March 20, 1880
In this letter the Commissioner of Indian Affairs R. E. Trowbridge was responding to a from Indian Agent A. B. Ludlam of the Pima and Maricopa Agency's request for the education of three Pima boys at the Hampton Institute instead of at Forest…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Transfers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Letter Discussing Transfer of Pima Students to Hampton or Carlisle from Forest Grove6.25 MB
March 24, 1880 - March 29, 1880
Secretary of War Alexander Ramsey informs Secretary of the Interior Carl Schurz that he is declining the Commissioner of Indian Affairs' request to allow Lieutenant George LeRoy Brown to recruit Indian students from nations in Colorado and New…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Recruitment of Students
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: LeRoy Not Permitted to Recruit Students352.74 KB
March 24, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt states that he has had trouble finding quality teachers but recently found Jennie L. Woodbury, who started on March 11 for $45 per month. Pratt strongly urges Commissioner of Affairs R. E. Trowbridge to approve this hire and…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Teachers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Hire Teacher Jennie L. Woodbury154.97 KB