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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November 24, 1881
Charles Hatton, U.S. Indian Agent at the Shoshone and Bannock Agency, writes asking for assistance from Michigan Senator Thomas W. Ferry in allowing him to bring a delegation of five Arapaho Chiefs to Carlisle and Washington D.C.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Hatton Requests Help from Senator Ferry747.79 KB
November 24, 1881
Charles Hatton, U.S. Indian Agent for the Northern Arapaho Agency, seeks authority to bring five Northern Arapaho Chiefs to Carlisle and Washington D.C. to visit their children. The Chiefs were promised when they sent their children that they…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Proposal to Bring Northern Arapaho Chiefs to Carlisle691.01 KB
November 28 - December 5, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt forwards two letters along with his recommendation that Antoinette Williams, a member of the Navajo Nation, be allowed to be enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School. The two forwarded letters indicate that Williams was brought…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Background and Request to Enroll Antoinette Williams1.6 MB
December 1-12, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from Israel H. Johnson seeking to have six students from the Quapaw Nation transferred to the Carlisle Indian School. Johnson notes that the students believed they were going to Carlisle and were as a result…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Enrolling Six Quapaw Students from the Emlen Institute1.04 MB
December 1881
Estimate of funds for the first quarter of 1882 amounting to $10,160.60 for support of the school. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds amounting to $4,640 for regular employee pay.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, First Quarter 1882882.31 KB
December 4, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt submits a "Special" Estimate of Funds form for $1,146.77 for areas covering pay of employees, hospital, and contingencies.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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View Document: Special Estimate of Funds, Fourth Quarter 1881769.91 KB
December 6, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt notes that there are several Arapaho students who can serve as an interpreter for the Arapaho and Shoshone Indian party.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Potential Interpreters Among Arapaho Students 395.21 KB
December 12, 1881
Susan Longstreth writes to the Hiram Price, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, in support of transferring six Quapaw Nation students from the Emlen Institute to the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Susan Longstreth Writing in Support of Transferring Quapaw Students538.9 KB
December 13, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to send Duke (Frog) to his home at the Rosebud Agency at government expense due to his poor health.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Authority Sought to Return Duke to His Home555.25 KB
December 15, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt notes that the Carlisle Indian School can accept the Emlen Institute students from the Quapaw Nation with no additional increase in school staff.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Room for Emlen Quapaw Students at Carlisle399.28 KB
December 17, 1881
The Secretary of the Board of Trustees for the Emlen Institute Israel H. Johnson, writes in support of transferring the six Quapaw Nation students from the Emlen Institute to the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Emlen Institute Support for Transferring Students to Carlisle561.61 KB
circa 1882
Drawing by Charles Mat Chickeny of various animals including three birds and a goat.
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Topics: Student Artwork
Format: Student Artwork
View Document: Drawing of Animals by Charley Mat Chickeny176.6 KB
January 4, 1882
L. J. Miles, U.S. Indian Agent at the Osage Agency, sends a petition from the Osage Council to send their children to school. In particular Chief Josephs children and some other boys are to be sent to the Osage Mission School. Miles also notes…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Transmission of Osage Petition to Send Children to School840.61 KB
January 6, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt seeks to visit Washington D.C. in order to advocate for the interests of the Carlisle Indian School in addition to the education of Indian students in general.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Employee Travel
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Authority Sought by Pratt to Visit Washington D.C.402.61 KB
January 11, 1882
Jose La Cruz Marcus, the Governor of the San Felipe, and Lorenzo Duran, the Captain of War, send Richard Henry Pratt a note of appreciation for educating the Pueblo students.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Note of Appreciation from the Pueblo Nation393.43 KB
January 12, 1882
Green Bay Agency Indian Agent E. Stephens proposes transferring Charles Somains from the Hampton Institute to the Carlisle Indian School rather than having him return home. Stephens indicates that this is likely the best path for helping Somains…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Transfers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Proposal to Transfer Charles Somains to Carlisle1.31 MB
January 12, 1882
Seminole Chiefs from the Wewoka Indian Territory inquire from Hiram Price about the possibility of sending ten girls and ten boys to be educated at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Seminole Chiefs Inquire about Sending Children to Carlisle274.04 KB
January 15, 1882
Louis Hamilton and John Pappan, two members of the Ponca Nation, request to be enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: John Pappan and Louis Hamilton Enrollment Request363.47 KB
January 15, 1882
Ponca Chief Standing Bear requests that his nephew William Snake be allowed to return home during his vacation from the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for William Snake to Spend Vacation at Home712.83 KB
January 16, 1882
B. C. Hobbs requests an introductory letter to visit the Carlisle Indian School in order to provide specific points during Congressional testimony in support of funding for Industrial Schools and other work.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Visits by Government Officials
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: B. C. Hobbs Asks for Introductory Letter to Visit Carlisle661.45 KB
January 16 - May 6, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt relays a copy of the last message he received from former Carlisle Indian School physician Dr. W. H. Faulkner regarding expenses accrued by Dr. Faulkner while returning two students to their homes at the Rosebud Agency. Due to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Unaccounted Expenses from Dr. Faulkner813.87 KB
January 18, 1882
S. C. Armstrong acknowledges that he will transfer Charles Somains to Carlisle at the earliest opportunity from the Hampton Institute.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Transfers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice that Somains to be Transferred to Carlisle293.83 KB
January 24, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt details the additional capacity of the Carlisle Indian School at the beginning of 1882. He notes that the school is capable of having 200 boys and 125 girls on site at the school. In addition by sending students on the outing…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Capacity of the Carlisle Indian School in 1882865.55 KB
January 24, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt requests an increase in the proposed appropriation for 1883 allocated to the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Increase for 1883 Appropriation582.92 KB
January 25, 1882
D. B. Dyer, U.S. Indian Agent at the Quapaw Indian Agency, notes that he will comply with an order from the Department of Indian Affairs to meet children in order to accompany them to Carlisle on their travels in Kansas City.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Dyer to Meet Children in Kansas City for Escort635.42 KB