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.
1880-1889
December 1881
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Financial Documents
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National Archives and Records Administration
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.
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Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
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.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
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.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
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.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
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.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
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.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
circa 1882
Drawing by Charles Mat Chickeny of various animals including three birds and a goat.
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Student Artwork
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Cumberland County Historical Society
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 that he believes he can find up to twenty students to be sent to Carlisle or a similar school with…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
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.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
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.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
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 and his mother.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
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.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
January 15, 1882
Louis Hamilton and John Pappan, two members of the Ponca Nation, request to be enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
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.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
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.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
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 delays Dr. Faulkner was stuck at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin where one student died. Pratt notes…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
January 18, 1882
S. C. Armstrong acknowledges that he will transfer Charles Somains to Carlisle at the earliest opportunity from the Hampton Institute.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
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 program the total capacity of the school further increase. He notes that there would be room for the…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
January 24, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt requests an increase in the proposed appropriation for 1883 allocated to the Carlisle Indian School.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
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.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
January 25, 1882
C. M. Semple, the Principal of the Education Department at the Carlisle Indian School provides a report on the teaching methods, educational foundations, and principles guiding the teachers at Carlisle.
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Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
January 28, 1882
D. W. Janowitz, Passenger Agent for the Pennsylvania Route, requests an order for transportation from Washington D.C. to Carlisle for eight passengers in order to allow the Ticket Agent to make his report.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 7, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt requests that Sheldon Jackson be allowed to go to the Navajo Agency to recruit a delegation of students for the Carlisle Indian School along with an assistant.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 10, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt forwards certificate of receipt from the War Department of two Lipan children.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration