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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March 24, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt states that he has had trouble finding quality teachers but recently found Jennie L. Woodbury, who started on March 11 for $45 per month. Pratt strongly urges Commissioner of Affairs R. E. Trowbridge to approve this hire and…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Teachers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Hire Teacher Jennie L. Woodbury154.97 KB
March 26, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt asks the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to send Dr. Kellogg to inspect the sanitary conditions at the Carlisle Indian School and to inspect and consult with him on the precautions that they should be taking.
Note: This…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for a Sanitary Inspection150.06 KB
March 29, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt writes to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs regarding a disallowed sum of $2.35 from his February irregular employees report. Pratt explains the error and transmits a new and corrected report.
Note: This item was…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Claim for $2.35 from February Irregular Employees Report164.3 KB
March 29, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt continues correspondence with Sheldon Jackson about obtaining permission to recruit Navajo, Pueblo, and Moqui students. He regrets that they are only permitted 15 Navaho students out of a total of 50 from these peoples. Pratt…
Repository: Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Topics: Recruitment of Students
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Writes to Jackson About Recruiting Navajo Students, 1880191.04 KB
March 29, 1880
A. J. Standing informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that he's escorting eleven Indians to Carlisle and requests transportation for his party and himself.
Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives microfilm reels (M234),…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel to Enroll
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Transportation of Eleven Indians to Carlisle90.85 KB
April 1, 1880 - June 21, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt provides a copy of the Description of Party brought to the Carlisle Indian School by A. J. Standing on April 1, 1880.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Copy of Descriptive Statement of Pupils from the Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita Agency, 1880705.55 KB
April 2, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt references the recent denial of the detail of Lieutenant Brown for recruiting, and then informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that he can recruit students himself from New Mexico and Colorado in after the Dakota Chiefs…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt to Personally Recruit Students in New Mexico and Colorado148.13 KB
April 3, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt asks that the funds requested in his special estimate of funds for the first quarter of 1880 be sent immediately.
Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives microfilm reels (M234), which were filmed from the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Attention Called to Special Estimate of Funds, First Quarter 188097.11 KB
April 5, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt forwards to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs A. J. Standing's report on his trip to Indian Territory in March 1880. Standing left on March 2nd accompanied by Pauskie (Comanche), White Bear and Cohoe (Cheyenne and Arapaho…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: A. J. Standing's Report from his Trip to Indian Territory525.03 KB
April 5, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that A. J. Standing incurred $206.80 in expenses. Pratt asks that the funds be placed on his next remittance.
Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives microfilm…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Employee Travel - Recruitment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Cover A. J. Standing's Expenses142.35 KB
April 8, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt argues to the Secretary of the Interior Carl Schurz that his approval for the school to recruit 15 Navajo students is insufficient, and he would like to recruit 50. Pratt writes that the Presbyterian Church has had 10 years to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Recruit 50 Navajo Students268.28 KB
April 9, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt acknowledges receipt of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs' statement of funds that covers some of the Carlisle Indian School's expenses during the first and second quarter of fiscal year 1879-1880. Pratt requests authority to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Authority to Cover $4,850 of Expenses150.93 KB
April 9, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt requests Commissioner of Indian Affairs R. E. Trowbridge's approval for purchases made during the first quarter of 1880 amounting to $1,163.59. The purchases were not covered on the quarter's estimate of funds but were "…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Cover Indispensable Expenses, First Quarter 1880399.99 KB
April 9, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt transmits a copy of a voucher that covers all the items of expense from A. J. Standing's trip that Pratt paid for.
Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives microfilm reels (M234), which were filmed from…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Voucher Covering A. J. Standing's Expenses148.9 KB
April 11, 1880
George Kellogg of the Medical Division of the Bureau of Indian Affairs provides a sanitary report on the buildings, appliances, and children at the Carlisle Indian School. He recommends replacing some old brick drains with terra cotta pipes. He…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Sanitary Inspection, April 1880580.95 KB
April 12, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt approves the Commissioner of Indian Affairs' suggestion that General Agent for the Presbyterian Board of Missions, Sheldon Jackson, should recruit and send students from Colorado and New Mexico to the Carlisle Indian School.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Recruitment of Students, Missionary Work
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Plan for Reverend Sheldon Jackson to Recruit Southwestern Students224.2 KB
April 14, 1880
Wrapper for Samuel C. Armstrong's letter forwarding a copy of the newspaper, The Southern Workman, which details some of the work for Indians done at Hampton Institute and the Carlisle Indian School to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Enclosure of The Southern Workman Newspaper139.09 KB
April 17, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt informs Commissioner of Indian Affairs R. E. Trowbridge that when the late and former Commissioner, E. A. Hayt, visited the school several months ago, he recommended that Pratt hire an instructor and start a student band at…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Hire Instructor to Start Student Band147.09 KB
April 17, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase 300 dining room stools, 72 desks, 30 rear seats, and 5 teacher's desks amounting to $545
Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives microfilm reels (M234), which were filmed…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Furniture
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase Chairs and Desks151.33 KB
April 19-21, 1880
A. J. Koser informs Representative J. C. Beltzhoover that he visited the Carlisle Indian School and liked it so much that he'd like to establish an Indian school for 140 students in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania at a former Soldiers Homestead.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Indian School System
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Desire to Start Indian School in Gettysburg259.95 KB
April 23, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt requests to spend $65 on materials for his blacksmith and wagonmaker to make a carriage to travel to the town of Carlisle and the surrounding countryside.
Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives microfilm…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase Materials to Build a Carriage147.62 KB
April 24, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt asks Commissioner of Indian Affairs R. E. Trowbridge to set the date when chiefs visit the Carlisle Indian School so that "friends of the school" can visit at the same time.
Note: This item was copied from U.S. National…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Friends of the School to Visit when Chiefs Do100.49 KB
April 27, 1880
Rev. Sheldon Jackson continues correspondence with Pratt regarding bringing Navajo and Pueblo students to Carlisle. He notes that "the Navajoes are very restless just now & we may have difficulty in security their consent."
Repository: Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Jackson Writes About Arrangements for Bringing Navajo and Pueblo Students, 1880553.37 KB
April 27, 1880
Andrew J. Koser informs Commissioner of Indian Affairs R. E. Trowbridge that he visited the Carlisle Indian School, which he thinks is a "grand success" and more effective than reservation schools. He proposes the idea of purchasing the building…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Indian School System
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Plan to Establish Indian School in Gettysburg253.88 KB
May 1880
Richard Henry Pratt lists the cash and property accounts for the quarter ending March 31, 1880 and forwards them to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives microfilm reels (M234), which…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Cash and Property Accounts, March 1880219.52 KB