1880-1889

Richard Henry Pratt requests permission to recruit female students, along with his oldest daughter as an assistant, from the Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency, the Kiowa and Comanche and the Quapaw Agency, the Pueblo Agency, the Navajo Agency, and the Pine Ridge Agency. He further requests transportation expenses to be covered for himself along with…

Richard Henry Pratt requests that transportation from Mitchell, Dakota to Carlisle, Pennsylvania be forwarded to the Agent at Mitchell Station. Pratt further requests to be notified so that he make necessary arrangements for the girls' expenses enroute.

A request from Richard Henry Pratt to send Tom Torlino to his home in order to serve as an example of the benefits of the Carlisle Indian School.

George W. Norris, the newly appointed U.S. Indian Agent for the Nez Perce Agency, replies to an Office of the Indian Affairs letter that he will travel to the Nez Perce Agency via Carlisle, Pennsylvania in order to pick up Harriet Mary to return her to her home.

Richard Henry Pratt protests the appointment by Charles H. Potter, U.S. Indian Agent for the Omaha and Winnebago Agency, of Nellie Londrosh as Assistant Teacher in the Winnebago Industrial Boarding School. Pratt notes that while Londrosh is an excellent student she was about to receive special training to become a teacher and is not yet ready…

Richard Henry Pratt writes that it will be difficult to send Harriet Mary Elder (here Harriet Mary Boston) to the agency, seemingly due to expense, but he will see that she gets there. 

Richard Henry Pratt requests full authority and instructions from the Office of Indian Affairs to travel West and recruit new students as soon as possible.

Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for September 1886. Pratt also includes details on compensation, position title, and the number of workdays required for the month.

Correspondence regarding the enrollment of Onondaga students at the Carlisle Indian School between John A. Bowman, Alfred John Standing, Bishop Huntington, and Richard Henry Pratt. Pratt concludes the correspondence by forwarding everything to the Office of Indian Affairs requesting that they allow the students to enroll at Carlisle despite…

The U.S. Indian Agent for the Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency asks if there are restrictions for sending students to the Carlisle Indian School.

Captain Richard Henry Pratt submits a report that lists new employees (James H. Richards, Flora F. Lowe, Bessie Patterson, Mary E. Campbell), those who have left the school (Lydia E. Dittes), and those who have changed positions (Kate Irvine, Ella L. Patterson). These reports include personal information about those being hired as well as…

Richard Henry Pratt seeks an answer to his request for transportation for Tom Torlino to travel back to his home.

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 August 1886. Pratt distinguishes between the white employees, whose names appear on the first page, and the "Indian Apprentices" listed on the subsequent pages…

Richard Henry Pratt submits voucher for the recovery of a run away student who was on outing in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.

Wrap for a letter from Walking Noise requesting the return of his son Howard Frost from the Carlisle Indian School.

Richard Henry Pratt requests assistance for Rev. S. S. Harry in constructing a school building for the Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency. In doing so he would have the children of the Agency in school for the winter.

Richard Henry Pratt provides his views on having graduates from the Carlisle Indian School and other industrial training schools fill agency instructor positions. Pratt notes that he does not believe this a good system due to the lack of training among Indian apprentices in their trades which would not allow them to be competent teachers. In…

Richard Henry Pratt requests transportation to Carlisle, Pennsylvania for 39 to be placed at Caldwell, Kansas for September 18, 1886.

Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for October 1886. Pratt also includes details on compensation, position title, and the number of workdays required for the month.

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 September 1886. Pratt distinguishes between the employees, whose names appear on the first page, and the "Indian Apprentices" listed on the subsequent pages of…

Follow up letter regarding request for transportation for a member of the Sioux Nation to travel to the Carlisle Indian School from Mitchell, Dakota. Richard Henry Pratt indicates that there appears to be some mix up in the transportation order and requests an investigation into the matter to limit the delay.

Superintendent Richard Henry Pratt writes to Doctor Cornelius Rea Agnew informing him that the school had gained new students, raising enrollment higher than it had been before.  He also mentions the need for more money to improve school buildings. This letter is part of a series of related correspondence which can be found using the…

Richard Henry Pratt responds to a letter from Secretary of the Interior Lucius Q. C. Lamar regarding sending children and young adults at Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Florida to the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt provides details on the number of students that can be accommodated at Carlisle through temporary shelters and through sending students…

Request by Richard Henry Pratt for permission to send Noah Little Eagle (here Noel Little Eagle), Laura Good Nation, and Wamy Oso to their homes due to consumption.

Robert Muggins requests the return of his sister, Laura Good Nation, from the Carlisle Indian School due to her poor health resulting from consumption. Muggins states that his people often die from consumption while remaining relatively well until the end. For that reason he requests her return as soon as possible.