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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June 25, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant matron Mary E. Campbell's application for a 30-day leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Mary E. Campbell's Application for Leave of Absence 312.64 KB
June 26, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt forwards teacher Fanny G. Paull's application for a 62-day leave of absence to attend summer school at Martha's Vineyard Institute and for annual leave.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Fanny G. Paull's Application for Leave of Absence505.82 KB
June 26, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt forwards girls' matron Lillie Ruth Shaffner's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Lillie Ruth Shaffner's Application for Annual Leave of Absence 317.05 KB
June 27, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt forward principal teacher Oscar Hugh Bakeless' application for a 30-day leave of absence to attend the summer institute at Chilocco and summer school at Cook County Normal School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: O. H. Bakeless' Request for Leave of Absence to Attend Summer School in Chicago324.38 KB
June 27, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Tennyson L. Deavor's application for a 65-day leave of absence. Deavor works as a teacher.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Tennyson L. Deavor's Application for Leave of Absence 321.89 KB
June 28, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the request of Acting Agent Henry W. Sprole for the return of Martha Washington so that she may work as a teacher at the agency school.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Request to Return Martha Washington517.38 KB
Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees, Applications, and Resignations, September 1894
June 30 - September 11, 1894
Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists employees who have left the school (L. A. Bender, Annie B. Moon, T. S. Reighter, Fannie E. Russell, Clara Anthony, Richard Davis, Bessie R. Jamison, Joshua Walker, W. P. Campbell, Philip L. Drum, T. L…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
June 30, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the request of Charles G. Penney, Acting Indian Agent for the Pine Ridge Agency, for the return of Josephine Smith in order to employ her as a teacher.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Teachers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Request to Return Josephine Smith555.66 KB
July 2, 1894
Estimate of funds for the first quarter of 1895 amounting to $34,079.47 for support of the school and for transportation of Indian supplies. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds amounting to $39,700 for regular employee pay.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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View Document: Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, First Quarter 18951.1 MB
July 2, 1894
Richard H. Pratt submits an Estimate of Supplies for the first quarter of fiscal year 1895 amounting to $499.37 and requests to purchase those items in the open market. The form includes the items being requested, the quantity, the estimated cost…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Estimate of Supplies, July 18944.19 MB
July 2, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt forwards J. Edward Masten's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence. Masten works as a chief cook.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: J. Edward Masten's Application for Annual Leave of Absence 333.07 KB
July 2, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay $600 to rent the Hocker Farm for the fiscal year 1895.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Farms - Land Transactions
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Pay the Rent on the Hocker Farm in Fiscal Year 1895338.21 KB
July 2, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay $400 for the rent of the Henderson Tract during fiscal year 1895.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Farms - Land Transactions
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Rent the Henderson Tract for the 1895 Fiscal Year340.02 KB
July 7-November 28, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt forwards nine certificates of attendance at summer school for seven teachers: O. H. Bakeless, Emma A. Cutter, Fanny G. Paull, Jennie P. Cochran, Kate S. Bowersox, Katherine J. Wiest, and Anna C. Hamilton. An explanatory cover…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Certificates of Attendance for Seven Teachers at Summer School 1.96 MB
July 10, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt forwards teacher Katherine J. Wiest's application for a 26-day leave of absence to attend summer school at Martha's Vineyard Institute.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Katherine J. Wiest's Request for Leave of Absence to Attend Martha's Vineyard Institute325.6 KB
July 10, 1894
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees and includes details on their compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked at the school in June 1894. Pratt distinguishes between the "White Labor,"…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students - Irregular Employees
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Report of Irregular Employees, June 18941.65 MB
July 11, 1894
Alfred John Standing responds to the request to return Eddie Running Crane from the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Standing Responds to Request to Return Eddie Running Crane354.99 KB
July 14, 1894
W. N. Hailmann, Superintendent of Indian Schools, recommends to Daniel M. Browning that he provides authority to Richard Henry Pratt to take students from any agency for the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Authorization to Recruit/Enroll
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Hailmann Recommends Pratt Have Authority to Gather Students388.51 KB
July 17, 1894
Alfred John Standing informs the Office of Indian Affairs of the death of Solomon Brown as a result of consumption.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Deaths, Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of the Death of Solomon Brown320.38 KB
July 16, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt forwards nurse Martha S. Barr's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Martha S. Barr's Application for Annual Leave of Absence 310.76 KB
July 17, 1894
Captain Richard H. Pratt requests a six-month supply of two dozen different blank administrative forms used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, July 1894443 KB
July 20, 1894
Captain Richard H. Pratt and Assistant Superintendent A. J. Standing provide the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with additional information in regards to his report of irregular employees for June 1894. Pratt informs the Commissioner that the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Approval Request for Report of Irregular Employees, June 1894 335.34 KB
July 24, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt forwards M. Burgess' application for a 30-day annual leave of absence. Burgess works as a superintendent of the printing office.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: M. Burgess' Application for Annual Leave of Absence 309.41 KB
July 24, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt forwards clerk Nana Pratt's application for a 15-day unpaid leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Nana Pratt's Application for Leave of Absence 321.53 KB
August 1, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt forwards principal teacher Oscar Hugh Bakeless' application for a 15-day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: O. H. Bakeless' Application for Annual Leave of Absence317.32 KB