1888

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Index Card with table recording demographic information and details of employment
October 1, 1880

The service record card for Marianna Burgess's employment with the Office of Indian Affairs. The card indicates that she began working as a teacher at the Pawnee Agency in 1873 then left to become a teacher at Carlisle in 1880. She continued to teach at Carlisle until 1884 when she became a Truant Officer, a Registering Officer, then the…

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Report on the Hampton Institute and the Carlisle Indian School
April 28, 1886 - January 11, 1888

T. S. Childs makes a report to the Office of Indian Affairs on Carlisle Indian School and the Indian Training School at the Hampton Institute. Childs report was prompted by complaints made against the Hampton Institute related to the health and discipline of students. Childs report focuses mostly on Hampton while examining Carlisle in order to…

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Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
Index Card with table recording demographic information and details of employment
October 1, 1887

This is a card tracking the details of Richard Davis' employment with the Office of Indian Affairs. He began working at Carlisle as an assistant disciplinarian in 1887, resigned in 1888, and returned as a dairy manager/dairyman from 1891 to 1894.

Note: upon request for Davis' Official Personnel Folder at the National Archives in St. Louis…

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Report of T. S. Childs of the Hampton Institute Submitted to Interior Department
November 29, 1887 - January 17, 1888

A. B. Upshaw, the Acting Commissioner of the Office of Indian Affairs, appoints Rev. T. S. Childs to investigate complaints made against the Hampton Institute Indian Department.

The report was then submitted to the Secretary of the Interior.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Irregular Employees Required for January 1888
December 20, 1887

Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for January 1888. Pratt also includes details on compensation, position title, and the number of workdays required for the month.

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Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, First Quarter 1888
December 23, 1887

Estimate of funds for the first quarter of 1888 amounting to $10,368.30 for support of the school. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds amounting to $7,292.50 for regular employee pay. 

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Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Estimate of Supplies, December 1887
December 23, 1887

Richard H. Pratt submits an Estimate of Supplies for the first quarter of fiscal year 1888 amounting to $475.80 and requests to purchase those items in the open market. The form includes the items being requested, the quantity, the estimated cost, and how the item will be used at the school.

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Outing Letter and Report of Eben Beads
December 31, 1887 - January 6, 1888

Outing report of Eben Beads along with a letter from Beads to Richard Henry Pratt detailing his experience working on a farm and attending a school in Darlington, Pennsylvania while on outing.

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Mercer Museum Research Library
Pratt Responds to Request for Enrolling Holiday
January 9, 1888 - January 13, 1888

Richard Henry Pratt responds to the Office of Indian Affairs regarding the request to enroll Holiday in the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that Holiday is likely far above the age limit of Carlisle general rule and due to his work in Washington D.C. might not be prepared for the strictness of life at Carlisle. However, Pratt notes that if…

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Request to Allow Holiday to Return Home or Enroll at Carlisle
January 12, 1888

Lieutenant General P. H. Sheridan requests to return a Holiday, a member of the Apache Nation, to his people near Prescott, Arizona or to allow him to attend the Carlisle Indian School. Sheridan notes that Holiday was captured by the U.S. Army when he was very young and has been employed at the quartermaster's corral in Washington D.C. for five…

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Claim of Edith Abner to Peoria Fund Distribution
January 18, 1888

Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding Edith Abner. Pratt states that Abner is a student at the Carlisle Indian School and is the proper claimant for the Peoria Fund distributed at the Quapaw Agency.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Pratt Responds to Request to Enroll Katie
January 18, 1888

Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding enrolling Katie, a member of the Apache Nation, who is a prisoner of the U.S. Government.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Irregular Employees Required for February 1888
January 19, 1888

Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for February 1888. Pratt also includes details on compensation, position title, and the number of workdays required for the month.

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Pratt Suggestions for Improving Student Recruitment for Training Schools
January 24, 1888

Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter providing authority to transport Wallace Charging Shield and Perry Laravie while also suggesting they serve as escort for other students. Pratt then states that he does not believe individuals in agencies are currently capable of selecting students to attend the training schools…

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Letter from Richard H. Pratt to Cornelius R. Agnew, January 31, 1888
January 31, 1888

Superintendent Richard Henry Pratt writes to Doctor Cornelius Rea Agnew discussing a controversy over uniform styles to be used during peacetime.  Pratt also mentions possible changes in the administration of the Indian Service.  This letter is part of a series of related correspondence which can be found using the People tags.…

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Letters/Correspondence
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Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
List of Unserviceable Property and Requesting it be Dropped from Property Returns for February 1888
February 3, 1888

Richard Henry Pratt provides a list of property which has become unserviceable and requests authority from the Office of Indian Affairs to drop them from his property returns.

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Letter from Richard H. Pratt to Cornelius R. Agnew, February 4, 1888
February 4, 1888

Superintendent Richard Henry Pratt writes to Doctor Cornelius Rea Agnew informing him of his inability to attend an event, due to an attempt to secure an appropriation to build a school building and barn. This letter is part of a series of related correspondence which can be found using the People tags. Transcript included.

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Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Forwards Board of Survey Proceedings Convened in February 1888
February 13, 1888 - February 17, 1888

Richard Henry Pratt forwards a Board of Survey to the Office of Indian Affairs convened on February 15, 1888 to dispose of broken or otherwise unserviceable property at the Carlisle Indian School.

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Request for a New School Building
February 15, 1888 - February 16, 1888

Richard Henry Pratt requests that Congress provide an appropriation for building a new school building through the Office of Indian Affairs. Pratt notes that the school can accommodate 600 students except for its school rooms which are overcrowded at 440 students. He provides the history of the current building and the reasons for his request…

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Request to Enroll Peter Curley
February 16-20, 1888

C. H. Grover requests to have Peter Curley, a member of the Pottawatomi Nation, enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School. Grover notes that Curley was previously a student at the Haskell Institute and was considered an excellent shoe maker.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards the request to the Office of Indian Affairs with a note that he favors…

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Request to Return Hartley Ridge Bear to His Home
February 16, 1888 - February 23, 1888

Ridge Bear requests that his son Hartley Ridge Bear be returned to his home from the Carlisle Indian School. Ridge Bear notes his daughter, Hartley's sister, is ill and wishes to see her brother.

Richard Henry Pratt notes that he approves of the request due to the fact that Hartley was due to return to the Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency the…

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Irregular Employees Required for March 1888
February 20, 1888

Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for March 1888. Pratt also includes details on compensation, position title, and the number of workdays required for the month.

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Request for Transportation for Six Students from Oneida
February 20, 1888

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs of a request from the Oneida Agency to enroll six students at the Carlisle Indian Schools. Pratt requests that transportation be arranged for six from De Pere, Wisconsin to Carlisle.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
William Brown Requests to Return Home
February 23, 1888

Student William Brown writes to the Office of Indian Affairs asking permission to return to his home on the Pine Ridge Agency in the early spring in order to prepare his farm. Brown also notes that he is engaged to another student from Pine Ridge who attended Carlisle and is ready to start supporting his family. Brown ends by requesting if the…

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Inquiry from Comanche Chief Regarding Annual Money
February 25, 1888 - March 29, 1888

Comanche Chief at Pawnee Agency writes to his daughter [not identified here, but Phoebe Howell] asking her to have Richard Henry Pratt inquire about the annual money for the agency. He also writes that since his daughter stayed at the Carlisle Indian School to work on outing as a seamstress, and so Gertie Wild was hired as a seamstress at the…

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration