Fordyce Grinnell, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for April 1890
Student Illness
J. George Wright, U.S. Indian Agent for the Rosebud Agency, responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding obtaining students for the Carlisle Indian School. Wright indicates that he has difficultly obtaining students with almost all students failing physicals due to influenza. He further states the past history of students having…
Alfred John Standing responds to the Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the request of Elijah J. Cornelius to have his sons Jesse and James returned home. Standing notes that the students are not eligible to be returned home for another year according to an Office ruling but that their health will be evaluated when the home going parties…
Fordyce Grinnell, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for May 1890.
Fordyce Grinnell recommends various students be returned immediately to their homes due to pulmonary consumption and scrofula.
Alfred John Standing forwards the recommendation to the Office of Indian Affairs and asks for an additional $300 to return the students to their homes.
Richard Henry Pratt recommends Howard Logan, a student at the Carlisle Indian School, for a position as a teacher at the Navajo Agency for one year. Pratt notes that Logan needs to go West for his health and this opportunity also allows him the change to earn money to pay for college.
Fordyce Grinnell, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for June 1890.
Fordyce Grinnell, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for July 1890.
Thomas Stewart, the acting school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for August 1890. Stewart also includes a short note about the cases in the "Remarks and Physician's Special Report" section.
Thomas Stewart, the acting school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for September 1890.
C. R. Dixon, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for October 1890.
C. R. Dixon, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for November 1890. Dixon also includes a lengthy note about the cases in the "Remarks and Physician's Special Report" section.
Richard Henry Pratt asks for information regarding Howard Logan. Pratt notes that Logan has been waiting for orders from Professor Rich to join him at Fort McDowell. Pratt indicates that Logan needs to be transferred due to his health and that he is a bright individual.
C. R. Dixon, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for December 1890.
C. R. Dixon, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for January 1891.
C. R. Dixon the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for March 1891.
Notice that the commencement exercises for the 1891 graduating class will be postponed until June due to an outbreak of measles on the campus. Richard Henry Pratt predicates that with the 16 cases among students and six cases among children of employees that it will take six months to overcome and likely afflict hundreds of students. As a…
C. R. Dixon, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for April 1891.
Richard Henry Pratt replies to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding requests for the return home of James Wolf. Pratt notes that due to Wolf's having only one functioning eye he should remain at Carlisle for his full term in order to take full advantage of his education. Pratt includes letters sent to the Agency and Wolf while on outing…
C. R. Dixon, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for May 1891.
C. R. Dixon, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for June 1891.
Richard Henry Pratt cites the epidemic of measles and following pneumonia that caused the hospital to become overcrowded. Included in the correspondence is plans to add an additional wing to the present hospital for $1,000 in material and labor.
C. R. Dixon, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report of July 1891.
Mrs. Crow requests the return of her grandson Carlo French from the Carlisle Indian School. Crow notes that French is not a healthy individual and went to Carlisle without her permission. She notes that she has already sent him medicine twice and that if he is not healthy then she would like him to be returned to his home.
Pratt's annual report of the Carlisle Indian School begins by providing statistics of the number of students from various nations during the school year. Pratt claims that the per capita cost at Carlisle is lesser than at other schools while also highlighting the cost of Carlisle as a tool for greater assimilation with the outing program in…