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 12, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that the best price he can get for apples is $1.50 per barrel. Notes that he will request authority be amended.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Increase Authority for Apple Bid384.96 KB
October 23, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs of a measles outbreak at the Carlisle Indian School and diphtheria outbreak in the borough of Carlisle. As a result he requests authority to purchase the Kuhn Formaldehyde Generator along…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase Kuhn Formaldehyde Generator and Wood Alcohol837.29 KB
October 26, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt advises the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that Florence M. Carter and Agnes M. Robbins, who were granted a leave of absence without pay, have returned. Lida B. Given has gone on a leave of absence of three months but is not…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Three Reports on Leave of Absence533.93 KB
October 31, 1900
Richard H. Pratt lists the property accounts for the first quarter of fiscal year 1901 and forwards them to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Property Accounts, October 1900395.62 KB
October 31, 1900
Major Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during October 1900. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students - Irregular Employees
Format: Reports
View Document: Report of Irregular Employees, October 1900803.14 KB
November 1, 1900 - February 15, 1901
A. C. Tonner, Acting Commissioner of the Office of Indian Affairs, forwards correspondence connected to the Kutz Farm, a survey of the land, and copy of the act of the Pennsylvania Legislature authorizing the purchase of the U.S. Government of…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Farms - Land Transactions
View Document: Documents Related to Purchase of Kutz Farm by Government4.91 MB
November 1, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase additional turkeys, fruits, nuts, and other food items for a Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner for the students of the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Food and Dining, Thanksgiving, Christmas
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Authority to Purchase Additional Food for 1900 Holiday Dinners535.3 KB
November 2, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the request of Orlando Kenworthy to have his annuity payment paid to him in order to have it earn interest at the Carlisle Indian School bank.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Endorses Dispersal of Orlando Kenworthy's Annuity387.15 KB
November 7, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to spend an additional $4.22 for purchases of sloyd benches and materials above his previous request.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Additional Money for Sloyd Department541.84 KB
November 8, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an inquiry from Louisa John that her son George Jimeson is at the Carlisle Indian School having transferred from the Lincoln Institute. His letters home were addressed to Louisa Jimeson.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students Writing Home
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Response to Inquiry into Whereabouts of George Jimeson406.98 KB
November 9, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has not received notice regarding a requisition for funds from his estimate of funds required for the 1901 second quarter. In particular, he notes, the need for certain supplies…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Authority for Funds for Supplies in November 1900404.85 KB
November 10, 1900
S. L. Diven, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for October 1900.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Monthly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, October 19001.45 MB
November 13, 1900 - November 28, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt provides information and a recommendation for Alice Lambert Otto for a position in the Indian Service. Pratt additionally forwards Otto's letter to him.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Provides Recommendation for Alice Lambert Otto1.37 MB
November 13, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase one canal boat worth of anthracite coal at $1.72 per ton.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Heating Supplies
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase Boat's Worth of Coal808.88 KB
November 15, 1900
E. A. Hitchcock, Secretary of the Interior, instructs the W. A. Jones to have Richard Henry Pratt return the children of Mrs. J. F. Hoover from the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Hitchcock Orders Return of Children of Mrs. J. F. Hoover315.66 KB
November 16, 1900 - November 24, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt forwards letter from A. F. Caldwell, U.S. Indian Agent for the Fort Hall Agency, of students who are eligible to receive annuity payments. Pratt requests their money to be sent to Carlisle where it can be placed in their…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Fort Hall Agency Annuity Payments be Sent to Carlisle728.66 KB
November 22, 1900
Major Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employees (George E. Hollenbaugh and Eugene Warren), those who have left the school (Martin Wheelock), and those who have changed positions (George E. Snyder). The reports include position…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Reports
View Document: Descriptive Statements of Changes in School Employees, November 1900578.27 KB
November 22, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt advises the Commissioner of Indian Affairs of Lida B. Given's (matron) return to duty.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Lida B. Given's Return from Leave of Absence392.56 KB
November 22, 1900
Richard H. Pratt requests a month supply of 20 blank account current sheets and 50 memorandum books 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, November 1900497.92 KB
November 28, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests to make certain changes to the positions at the Carlisle Indian School in order to accommodate the transfer of a number of small boys from the Lincoln Institute as well as increasing the salary of the dairyman.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Changes in Positions and Salaries Resulting from Lincoln Transfer734.63 KB
December 1900
Major Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during November 1900. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students - Irregular Employees
Format: Reports
View Document: Report of Irregular Employees, November 1900412.32 KB
December 1-10, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from Richard Sanderville requesting a position at the Piegan Agency.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Richard Sanderville Requests Position at the Piegan Agency486.94 KB
December 1, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt compiles a report with remarks regarding employees' efficiency, conduct, behavior, dress, health, attitude towards children, and notes on any special skills. The report also lists employees' position titles.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Reports
View Document: Semi-Annual Efficiency Report of Employees, December 19001.04 MB
December 3-19, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that the current system of student recruitment for non-reservation boarding schools is not working. Pratt forwards two letters detailing the difficulties of his employees in gathering…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Student Recruitment Not Working for Non-Reservation Boarding Schools2.88 MB
December 4-12, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a from Ralph Taylor requesting his assistance in securing a position in the Indian Service. Pratt provides information related to Taylor to the Office.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Ralph Taylor Requests Pratt's Assistance in Securing Position732.42 KB