Telegram from Richard Henry Pratt noting the arrival of Agent Crissey with Sisseton, Standing Rock, and Cheyenne River Sioux children, Green Bay Menominee children, and Chief Little No Heart at Carlisle. Pratt suggests that all these children should be sent to the Hampton Institute.
Sioux
November 6, 1879
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
December 20, 1879
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ezra A. Hayt denies the request of American Horse to visit Washington DC and Carlisle (to see his children), citing concerns about the winter weather. Hayt says to W. McK. Heath (the recipient of the letter) that plans will be made for some of the members of the Oglala Sioux to visit Carlisle in the spring instead…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
January 23, 1880
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ezra A. Hayt informs the Indian Agent of Rosebud Agency Cicero Newell that he cannot consider Spotted Tail's request to visit Carlisle this winter. "It is not deemed best for any of the members of the tribe to make the proposed visit this winter." Instead, arrangements will be made in the spring.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
January 31, 1880
Two duplicate copies of the monthly school report for January 1880, submitted by the Carlisle Indian Training School to the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The report includes a list of employees, a count of students by Nation/Tribe, descriptions of the educational program, and Superintendent Richard Henry Pratt's remarks about developments and…
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Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
March 13, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt requests additional money for postage of student letters from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Pratt states that letter-writing increases student morale and promotes the school's reputation among their families and tribes.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
January 9, 1884
These materials include a cover letter and Descriptive Statements of Pupils regarding 27 children transferred to the Lincoln Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from the Carlisle Indian School. Those children, from a variety of Nations, had previously been sent to Carlisle.
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Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
September 9, 1885
These materials include a Descriptive Statement of Pupils regarding 13 children transferred to the Carlisle Indian School from the Pine Ridge Agency.
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Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
June 27-28, 1887
These materials include a cover letter and a Descriptive Statement of Pupils regarding three students discharged from the Carlisle Indian School and transferred back to their homes at the Green Bay, Rosebud, and Pine Ridge Agencies.
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Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
April 9-11, 1888
These materials include a cover letter and a Descriptive Statement of Pupils regarding 4 individuals transferred to the Carlisle Indian School from the Green Bay Agency, and 4 individuals discharged from Carlisle and transferred back to their homes in the Pine Ridge Agency due to sickness. A single Descriptive Statement was used for both groups…
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Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
July 7-11, 1888
These materials include a cover letter and a Descriptive Statement of Pupils regarding 61 individuals discharged from the Carlisle Indian School and transferred back to their homes in the San Carlos, Laguna, Wallace, Isleta, Quapaw, Eufaula, Omaha, Winnebago, Nez Perce, Crow, Kiowa and Comanche, Cheyenne and Arapaho, Ponca, Rosebud, and Pine…
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National Archives and Records Administration
December 28, 1888 - January 7, 1889
These materials include a descriptive statement of students regarding 15 individuals sent to the Carlisle Indian School from the Pine Ridge Agency of the Dakota Territory.
Note: Some people listed here were re-enrolling at Carlisle (having left and come back) while others (such as Mary Sitting Bear) did not enroll at this time, but…
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Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
May 31 - July 11, 1890
A series of twenty-three letters written to Captain Richard H. Pratt in response to a questionnaire sent to former students. The accompanying questionnaire forms are not included.
Transcripts follow each handwritten letter.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
June 2-9, 1890
A series of sixteen letters written to Captain Richard H. Pratt in response to a questionnaire sent to former students. The accompanying questionnaire forms are not included.
Transcripts follow each handwritten letter.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
June 4-13, 1890
A series of fifteen letters written to Captain Richard H. Pratt in response to a questionnaire sent to former students. The accompanying questionnaire forms are not included.
Transcripts follow each handwritten letter.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
June 8-29, 1890
A series of twenty nine letters written to Captain Richard H. Pratt in response to a questionnaire sent to former students. The accompanying questionnaire forms are not included.
Transcripts follow each handwritten letter.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
June 20 - July 21, 1890
A series of nineteen letters written to Captain Richard H. Pratt in response to a questionnaire sent to former students. The accompanying questionnaire forms are not included.
Transcripts follow each handwritten letter.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 16, 1891
These materials include two descriptive statements of students regarding 9 girls and 8 boys sent to the Carlisle Indian School from the Pine Ridge Agency.
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Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
June 12-20, 1891
These materials include telegrams and a descriptive statement of students regarding 3 individuals sent to the Carlisle Indian School from the Pine Ridge Agency of South Dakota. The telegrams indicate that Carlisle's superintendent, Richard Henry Pratt, travelled to Pine Ridge to select students and escort them back East.
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 25, 1892
These materials include a descriptive statement of students for 10 individuals transferred to the Carlisle Indian School from the Pine Ridge Agency in South Dakota.
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Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
November 4, 1892
These materials include a descriptive statement of pupils for 14 individuals transferred to the Carlisle Indian School from the Pine Ridge Agency of South Dakota.
Note: A duplicate of this statement was also submitted to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and is posted.
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Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
September 10, 1896
These materials include a descriptive statement of pupils regarding 10 individuals sent to the Carlisle Indian School from the Santee Agency.
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Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
March 11, 1897
The commencement program for the Eighteenth Anniversary and Ninth Graduating Exercises of the Indian Industrial School at Carlisle, Pennsylvania. The program includes a schedule of events as well as a photograph of the graduating class of 1897.
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Memorabilia and Ephemera
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Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
August 24, 1897
These materials include a descriptive statement of pupils regarding 3 individuals sent to the Carlisle Indian School from the Santee Agency.
Note: Gertrude Simmons later became known as Gertrude Simmons Bonnin and Zitkala-Sa.
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Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
August 24, 1897
These materials include a descriptive statement of pupils regarding 7 individuals sent to the Carlisle Indian School from the Yankton Agency in South Dakota.
Note: Gertrude Simmons later became known as Gertrude Simmons Bonnin and Zitkala-Sa.
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Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
April 2, 1908
This program was distributed for the 1908 Commencement Exercises, which took place on Thursday, April 2nd. Inside features a portrait of Moses Friedman, the Superintendent, Francis E. Leupp, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Charles H. Dickson, the Supervisor-in Charge, as well as a portrait of the Class of 1908. Included is a full schedule…
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Memorabilia and Ephemera
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Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections