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 22, 1889
Special estimate of funds for the first quarter of 1890 amounting to $8,000.00 for the transportation of students to and from the school.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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View Document: Special Estimate of Funds, First Quarter 1890833.63 KB
June 24 - July 11, 1889
Captain Richard Henry Pratt submits a report that lists all of the employees at the school to start the 1889-1890 fiscal year (A. J. Standing, S. H. Gould, C. H. Hepburn, E. L. Fisher, Emma A. Cutter, M. E. B. Phillips, Lizzie A. Shears, Mary H.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
View Document: Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees and Applications, July 18894.08 MB
June 24, 1889
Captain Richard H. Pratt replies to a letter from the Commission of Indian Affairs questioning the report of irregular employees during May 1889. Pratt explains why the expenditure for labor was double was due to Miss Marsh (teacher)…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Return of Report of Irregular Employees with Explanation, May 18892.23 MB
June 25, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt requests that the $8,000 appropriated for the Carlisle Indian School transportation budget be made special and placed to his credit so that he may make use of it.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request Transportation Appropriation be Made Special394.79 KB
June 27, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has not received action on employees list and asks if he should forward nominations.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Calls Attention to Annual List of Employees in 1889393.84 KB
June 30, 1889
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 1889. Pratt distinguishes between the "White Labor,"…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students - Irregular Employees
Format: Reports
View Document: Report of Irregular Employees, June 18891.05 MB
July 1889
F. L. Barnum, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for June 1889.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness
Format: Reports
View Document: Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Wounded, June 18891.19 MB
July 1, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that the salaries of various staff were incorrect on the Commissioner's Report for 1888 due to leaves of absence taken and the subsequent forfeiting of one month's pay.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Teachers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Informs Office of Incorrect Salaries on Commissioner's Report for 1888386.99 KB
July 5-27, 1889
Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employee (Della F. Botsford) as well as those who have left the school (Lizzie A. Shears). These reports include personal information about those being hired as well as reasons for departure for…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
View Document: Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees and Application, July 18891.99 MB
July 10 - August 13, 1889
Richard H. Pratt forwards and endorses Rachel A. Stanton's application for a position as a teacher at Carlisle, including references.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Application for Employment from Rachel A. Stanton1.71 MB
July 11, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt requests to employ a short hand type writer during July, August, and part of September 1889 in order to correspond with outing students.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Employ Short Hand Type Writer Over 1889 Summer366.25 KB
July 12, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to spend $400 a year for traveling and incidental expenses of school agents to visit students on the outing program. In addition, he requests $60 to purchase ice for the hospital, kitchen, and school use…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request Authority to Spend Money for Agents to Visit Outing Pupils429.24 KB
July 12, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to add an addition to the teacher's mess hall. Pratt details the work to be done and notes that most of the work can be done in house.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Build Addition to Teacher's Mess Hall623.31 KB
July 13, 1889
Estimate of funds for the first quarter of 1891 amounting to $20,356.86 for support of the school and transportation of Indian supplies, $8,000.00 of which is 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 18901.55 MB
July 13, 1889
Richard H. Pratt submits an Estimate of Supplies for the first quarter of fiscal year 1890 amounting to $494.60 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 18891.31 MB
July 13, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt requests assistance from the Office of Indian Affairs in securing students for the upcoming school year. Pratt specifically asks for the office to send letters to encourage agents at various agencies to help secure students.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Securing Students for the 1889-1890 School Year from New Mexico and Michigan1.02 MB
July 15, 1889
John Elm writes to the Office of Indian Affairs regarding the arrangements surrounding his return home. Elm states that because he signed the employee list he was ineligible to be returned to his home at Government expense according to Richard…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: John Elm Makes Inquiry into Responsibility for Paying for his Return Home457.07 KB
July 15, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase $150 dollars worth of postage stamps and another $150 in the open market for canned goods, fruit, crackers, etc. for the special diet of hospital patients.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase Stamps and Food for Hospital Patients433.05 KB
July 20, 1889
Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for August 1889. Pratt also includes details on compensation, position title, and the number of workdays required for the month.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Irregular Employees Required for August 1889348.5 KB
July 22, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt replies to a letter from Thomas J. Morgan regarding his appointing a new School Physician. Pratt notes that he is not satisfied with any of the applicants and that he will discuss the position further when he visits Washington…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Medical Staff
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Reply to Office Letter Concerning Appointment of School Physician357.83 KB
July 23, 1889
Louis L. Robbins, Superintendent of the New York Warehouse, asks for instructions for shipping 5,000 pounds of hominy from Omaha to Chicago for the Carlisle Indian School as there is no provision for transportation. Robbins also provides details…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: New York Warehouse Seeks Instruction on Shipping Hominy537.4 KB
July 23, 1889
B. P. Shuler, U.S. Indian Agent for the White Earth Agency, responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter that he will provide full support to the agent of the Carlisle Indian School to secure students for the school.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Recruitment of Students
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: White Earth Agency Will Support Carlisle Agent in Recruiting Students320.87 KB
July 26, 1889
C. E. Vandever, U.S. Indian Agent for the Navajo Agency, responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter that it will be difficult to obtain students from the Navajo Agency for off reservation boarding schools. Vandever cites the fact that four…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Difficulties in Securing Students from the Navajo Agency558.18 KB
August 1889
F. L. Barnum, the acting school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for July 1889. Barnum also includes a note about the cases in the "Remarks and Physician's Special Report" section.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Reports
View Document: Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Wounded, July 18891.03 MB
August 5, 1889
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 July 1889. 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, July 18891.07 MB