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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January 10, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt reports that the Rosebud delegation that visited Carlisle consumed 1,103 pounds of beef during their visit.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Report of Beef Consumed by Rosebud Delegation6.57 MB
January 12, 1880
Lieutenant Richard H. Pratt acknowledges receipt of 24 dozen bottles of ink and one box by Adams Express.
Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives microfilm reels (M234), which were filmed from the original documents found in…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Invoice for Shipment of Ink Bottles342.68 KB
January 12, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt writes to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ezra Hayt suggesting the return home of the former Ft. Marion prisoners, who had gone to Hampton and then Carlisle following their release. Pratt notes that they have been very helpful…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Sending Former Ft. Marion Prisoners Home4.87 MB
January 14, 1880
Pratt writes to Rep. Thaddeus C. Pound, sending him stereoviews of the students and providing information about their progress at the school. He notes that now that the work of the schoolroom is successfully underway they will begin fitting up…
Repository: Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Sends Stereoviews and Updates to Rep. Pound, 1880703.16 KB
January 15, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt writes to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ezra Hayt, requesting permission to purchase the listed supplies for the school. Some of the supplies had already been purchased for immediate use. The request includes construction…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: List of Supplies to Purchase6.58 MB
January 17, 1880
Samuel Chapman Armstrong of the Hampton Institute writes to Richard Henry Pratt discussing various individuals' views towards Indian education, as well as per capita rates.
Repository: Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Topics: Funding Per Student
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Armstrong Discusses Growing Demand for Indian Schools with Pratt1.21 MB
January 20, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt reports that he was forced to purchase coal on the open market, above his pre-approved limit, due to a shortage for the first quarter of 1880.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Necessary Coal Purchase for First Quarter 18802.76 MB
January 21, 1880
Letter from Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ezra A. Hayt to Indian Agent M. B. Kent at the Great Nemaha Agency that authorized the selection of "6 or 7 promising children" to undergo health screenings and to be brought by Agent Kent to the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Recruitment of Students
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Letter Authorizing Recruitment of Young People at Great Nemaha Agency3.21 MB
January 21, 1880
Letter from Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ezra A. Hayt to Crow Creek Agent W. E. Dougherty inquiring about the experience of Olive M. Roberts of Meadville, PA who ran the Crow Creek boarding school for three years. Hayt was asking for…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Letter Inquiring About Past Teaching Experience of Olive Roberts1.59 MB
January 21, 1880
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ezra A. Hayt's response to Captain Richard Henry Pratt's request to have Reverend A. H. Donaldson send a delegation to procure "50 to 75 Navajo children for education" at the Carlisle Indian School. Hayt encouraged…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Recruitment of Students
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Response to Pratt Requesting to Recruit Navajo Children7.84 MB
January 23, 1880
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ezra A. Hayt informs the Indian Agent of Rosebud Agency Cicero Newell that he cannot consider Spotted Tail's request to visit Carlisle this winter. "It is not deemed best for any of the members of the tribe to make…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Defers Spotted Tail's Request to Visit Carlisle1.44 MB
January 23, 1880
J. A. Moore, Principal of the Soldiers' Orphan School of Cumberland County, writes to Secretary of the Interior Carl Schurz regarding the possibility of sending Indian students to his school or one of the other soldiers' orphan schools in…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Offer to Teach Indian Students at a Soldiers' Orphans School287.9 KB
January 23, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt requests an order to travel to Washington from Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ezra Hayt. Pratt notes that he was requested to appear before the House Committee on Indian Affairs.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Travel to Appear at House Committee on Indian Affairs1.67 MB
January 25, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt forwards to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ezra Hayt a copy of the first issue of Eadle Keatah Toh, the first newspaper published at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that more donations will soon fund the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Copy of First School Newspaper and Report of School Progress29.31 MB
January 31, 1880
Two duplicate copies of the monthly school report for January 1880, submitted by the Carlisle Indian Training School to the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The report includes a list of employees, a count of students by Nation/Tribe, descriptions of…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Reports
View Document: Monthly School Report for January 1880489.08 KB
February 6, 1880
Samuel Chapman Armstrong of the Hampton Institute writes to Richard Henry Pratt about ongoing disagreements with Washington officials over expenses to be paid for the prisoners from Ft. Marion.
Repository: Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Armstrong Discusses Disagreements About Expenses for Ft. Marion Students with Pratt1.04 MB
February 6, 1880
Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. J. Brooks responding to J. A. Moore in Camp Hill, PA regarding an inquiry about educating Indian children at the Soldiers Orphans' Homes of Pennsylvania. Brooks writes that the funds for the current fiscal…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Funding Per Student
Format: Letters/Correspondence
February 10, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt requests an immediate transfer of funds to cover debts from the fourth quarter of 1879.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
View Document: Request for Funds Settling Debts for Fourth Quarter 18791.58 MB
February 14, 1880
Pratt writes to the Rev. A. H. Donaldson in New Mexico, forwarding a copy of a Department of Interior letter authorizing Navajo children to be admitted to the Carlisle Indian School.
This material is from the Richard Henry Pratt papers,…
Repository: Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Topics: Authorization to Recruit/Enroll
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Forwards Authorization to Recruit Navajo Students, 1880185.46 KB
February 16, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt forwards his cash and property accounts for the fourth quarter of 1879 to Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs Edwin J. Brooks.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Forwarded Cash and Property Accounts for Fourth Quarter 18792.66 MB
February 16, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt acknowledges receipt of a spring wagon from Toledo, Ohio.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Receipt for Spring Wagon1.41 MB
February 18, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt submits his return of medical property and transfer of hospital supplies for the fourth quarter of 1879.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Medical Supplies and Materials
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Return of Medical Property and Transfer of Hospital Supplies for Fourth Quarter 18791.57 MB
February 23, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt reports on the buildings, grounds, industrial curriculum, and overall aims of the Carlisle Indian Training School. The report includes descriptions of building sizes and purposes, industrial capabilities, and the efforts then…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Photographs, Reports
February 23, 1880 - March 2, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt informs A. O. Hyde that his son-in-law Lieutenant George LeRoy Brown has been using leave of absence from his post in Dakota to serve as the disciplinarian for the male students at the Carlisle Indian School but will have to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Desire to Permanently Hire George LeRoy Brown as Disciplinarian612.77 KB
February 23, 1880
By command of Brigadier-General Pope, Assistant Adjutant-General E. R. Platt orders that two Lipan Apache children at Fort Hays, Kansas be sent to the Carlisle Indian School.
Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives microfilm…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Transfers
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Orders to send Two Lipan Apaches to the Carlisle Indian School127.31 KB