C. R. Dixon, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for August 1891.
Student Illness
September 3, 1891
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September 10, 1891 - September 16, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the request to return Carlo French on behalf of his health. Pratt encloses a report from the school physician which indicates that there is no need to return French due to his health.
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October 5, 1891
C. R. Dixon, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for September 1891.
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November 5, 1891
C. R. Dixon, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for October 1891.
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December 1891
Richard Henry Pratt provides a report responding to questions from the Office of Indian Affairs on the needs of the Carlisle Indian School. Included are discussions on the need for more land, additional educational needs, and industrial training including the limitations of the industrial instruction received at Carlisle.
Pratt also…
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Industrial Training - General, School Farms - Land Transactions, Outing Program – Overview/Statistics/Success of, Indian School System, Factors Affecting Student Recruitment, Discipline - Punishment, Printing Department, Student Living Conditions, School Library, Student Transfers, World's Columbian Exposition (Chicago, 1893), Students Running Away, School Employees - Housing, School Utilities, Buildings and Grounds - General Descriptions, School Curriculum, Books Used at School, School Farms - Productivity, Medical Examinations of Potential Students, Opposition to Carlisle from Agency Clergy, Student Illness, Music Instruction, Supplies – Requests and Fulfillment, Recordkeeping at the School, Discipline - Student Court Process
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December 2, 1891
C. R. A. Scobey, U.S. Indian Agent for the Fort Peck Agency, writes to the Office of Indian Affairs letter objecting to a letter from Richard Henry Pratt to Smoker. Scobey claims that the agency has sent sixty students to Carlisle and that all of the students were selected with care by the agency physician and superintendent and that is not the…
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December 4, 1891
C. R. Dixon, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for November 1891.
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December 15, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt responds to a letter from the Office of Indian Affairs regarding a letter from C. R. A. Scobey, U.S. Indian Agent for the Fort Peck Agency. Pratt writes that he was mistaken in his letter to Smoker of the identity of the student who has rarely been in school since her arrival. Pratt details the treatment he has undertaken to…
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December 16, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding a request from James Bird for the return of his daughter Fanny Bird due to his illness. Pratt notes that Fanny is only 11 but has been at the school three years and both her health and conduct are constantly improving. As a result Pratt notes that if she returns home…
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January 2, 1892
Richard Henry Pratt provides an update on the health of students for the first half of the year to the Office of Indian Affairs. He notes that there has only been one death during the school year and there have been very few serious illnesses. Pratt notes this is likely due to the improved sanitary conditions through less crowding and better…
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January 4, 1892
C. R. Dixon, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for December 1891. Dixon also includes a note about the cases in the "Remarks and Physician's Special Report" section.
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February 2, 1892
C. R. Dixon, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for January 1892.
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February 6, 1892 - Feburary 13, 1892
Richard Henry Pratt requests permission to transfer Ambrose Guruz, a member of the Apache Nation, to the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind. Pratt provides a background of Guruz's time at Carlisle and notes that if the Government is willing to pay his tuition he will likely be able to learn a trade that will enable him to…
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February 8, 1892
Richard Henry Pratt informs Thomas J. Morgan that with despite the three outbreaks of measles he is hopeful to hold graduation ceremonies on February 24, 1892. He has arranged for a train from Washington D.C. to Carlisle and its return and hopes that individuals will be able to stay for a full day.
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March 2, 1892
C. R. Dixon, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for February 1892.
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April 4, 1892
C. R. Dixon, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for March 1892.
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April 16, 1892
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter by informing them that Ambrose Guruz went to the Pennsylvania Institute for the Instruction of the Blind at Philadelphia on March 4, 1892.
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May 7, 1892
C. R. Dixon, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for April 1892.
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June 1, 1892
C. R. Dixon, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for May 1892.
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July 7, 1892
C. R. Dixon, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for June 1892.
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August 1, 1892
C. R. Dixon, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for July 1892.
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September 5, 1892
C. R. Dixon, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for August 1892.
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November 1, 1892
C. R. Dixon, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for October 1892.
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December 3, 1892
C. R. Dixon, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for November 1892.
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January 4, 1893
C. R. Dixon, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for December 1892. Dixon also includes a note summarizing health conditions of 1892 in the "Remarks and Physician's Special Report" section.
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