Student Teachers

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Proposal to Establish a Normal School Course at Carlisle
April 5, 1888

Richard Henry Pratt notes that the Carlisle Indian School has been operating for eight years and has produced a number of students capable of becoming teachers. He proposes establishing a normal school course at Carlisle to better prepare future teachers rather than have returned students learn on the job.

Pratt also requests that if the…

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Response to Office Letter Regarding Appointment of Cadet Sergeants
December 30, 1889

Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter noting Office approval of Jennie Dubray, Rosa Bourassa, Nellie Robertson, and Lydia Flint as cadet sergeants. Pratt writes that he requested to have the students listed be approved as pupil teachers and not as cadet sergeants.

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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Pratt Responds to Request to Return Josephine Smith
June 30, 1894

Richard Henry Pratt responds to the request of Charles G. Penney, Acting Indian Agent for the Pine Ridge Agency, for the return of Josephine Smith in order to employ her as a teacher. 

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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Report on the Normal Department at Carlisle
June 10, 1896

Alfred John Standing responds to a letter from W. N. Hailmann with a report on the Normal Department of the Carlisle Indian School. Standing also includes a printed brochure outlining the scheme of grading for the school.

Format:
Books and Pamphlets, Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Detailed Report on the Normal Training Class
August 25, 1896

Richard Henry Pratt provides greater detail on the Normal Training Class at the Carlisle Indian School and also encloses the school's Scheme of Grading pamphlet.

Format:
Books and Pamphlets, Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Questions Regarding Use of Athletic Funds Following Investigation
June 25, 1913 - May 14, 1914

Oscar H. Lipps forwards a number of questions for the disbursement of the Athletic Fund following the investigation into Moses Friedman including paying for a lacrosse coach as well as building a new grandstand.

Format:
Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
First page of typed transcript of testimony
February 7, 1914

The typed transcript of Lydia E. Kaup's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Kaup was the normal teacher at the school.

In her testimony Kaup answers questions about the friction between Superintendent Friedman and the students and about the over-crowded nature of her classroom.

In the…

Format:
Legal and Government Documents
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration