The Documents section features digitized copies of documents relating to the history of the school. These documents include correspondence, graduation pamphlets, and other forms of ephemera, and have been digitized by Digital Resource Center staff. Today, these documents are preserved in a number of locations, including the Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections as well as private collections.
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April 3, 1895
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during March 1895. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students - Irregular Employees
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Report of Irregular Employees, March 1895683.39 KB
April 4, 1895
Richard Henry Pratt recommends to W. N. Hailmann that Alfred John Standing and Lillie Ruth Shaffner to present papers at various conventions.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Recommendation of Standing and Shaffner to Present Paper at Conventions331.95 KB
April 12, 1895
Captain Richard Henry Pratt requests a supply of two dozen different articles of stationery used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1896.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Requisition for Stationery, April 1895486.49 KB
April 13, 1895
Richard Henry Pratt returns letters to W. N. Hailmann regarding Purcell Powlas. Pratt notes that Powlas should remain on the home going list with the expectation that he will return in the fall.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Returns Correspondence Regarding Purcell Powlas312.37 KB
April 16, 1895
Charles G. Penney, Acting U.S. Indian Agent for the Pine Ridge Agency, forwards a request for the return of George Running Horse from the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for the Return of George Running Horse715.11 KB
April 17, 1895
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Anna S. Luckenbach's application for a 22-day leave of absence. Luckenbach works as a clerk.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Anna S. Luckenbach's Application for Leave of Absence 308.61 KB
April 17, 1895
Richard Henry Pratt provides the Quarterly Report for the Quarter ending March 31, 1895. Pratt provides an overview of the academic classes and their progression. Also included is an account of the industrial training program and the outing…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Quarterly Report for Period Ending March 31, 1895661.06 KB
April 23, 1895
Richard Henry Pratt informs W. N. Hailmann that student Benjamin Caswell would like a position in the Indian Service.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Benjamin Caswell Requests Position in the Indian Service316.68 KB
April 23, 1895
Richard Henry Pratt requests to expend the money received by the Carlisle Indian School due to the transfer of cows affected with tuberculosis to purchase new cows.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Replenish School Farm Cow Herd337.99 KB
April 24, 1895
Estimate of funds for the fourth quarter of 1895 amounting to $18,432.18 for support of the school.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Estimate of Funds, Fourth Quarter 1895586.5 KB
April 24, 1895
Richard H. Pratt submits an Estimate of Supplies for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 1895 amounting to $498.78 and requests to purchase those items in the open market. The form includes the items being requested, the quantity, the estimated…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Estimate of Supplies, April 1895469.97 KB
April 24, 1895
Richard Henry Pratt forwards bill from the Medico-Chirurgical Hospital for an operation to save the life of a student.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Forwards Bill Covering Operation at Medico-Chirurgical Hospital315.02 KB
April 25, 1895
Richard Henry Pratt requests to spend $4,000 to return students home during the current fiscal year.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Spend Funds to Send Students Home During the 1895 Fiscal Year558.33 KB
April 25, 1895
Richard Henry Pratt forwards clerk W. B. Beitzel's application for a 10-day leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: W. B. Beitzel's Application for Leave of Absence 313.57 KB
April 29, 1895
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the request to return George Running Horse to his home.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Request to Return George Running Horse264.09 KB
April 29, 1895
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has allowed Hiram Moses to return to his home with his father on the understanding that he will return to Carlisle in the Fall.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Request to Return Hiram Moses324.94 KB
May 1, 1895
Richard Henry Pratt forwards disciplinarian W. Grant Thompson's application for a 30-day leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: W. Grant Thompson's Application for Leave of Absence 251.15 KB
May 4, 1895
Carlos Montezuma, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for March 1895. Montezuma also includes a short note about the cases in the "Remarks and Physician's Special Report" section.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Monthly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, March 1895971.65 KB
May 9, 1895
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Lida B. Given's application for a 42-day annual leave of absence. Given works as a matron for small boys.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Lida B. Given's Application for Annual Leave of Absence 241.39 KB
May 12, 1895
Former student Jacob Cobmoosa requests the Office of Indian Affairs to issue an order to Richard Henry Pratt to force him to send Cobmoosa's belongings to him.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students Running Away
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Jacob Cobmoosa Requests Order to Have Belongings Returned656.84 KB
May 20, 1895
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Charlotte R. Thomas's application for a 52-day annual leave of absence. Thomas works as an assistant seamstress.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Charlotte R. Thomas' Application for Annual Leave of Absence 239.5 KB
May 21, 1895
Carlos Montezuma, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for April 1895. Montezuma also includes a lengthy note about the cases in the "Remarks and Physician's Special Report" section.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Monthly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, April 1895897.32 KB
May 22, 1895
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the request of former student Jacob Cobmoosa to have his belongings shipped to him.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Request of Jacob Cobmoosa266.85 KB
May 24, 1895
Richard Henry Pratt requests to have two books made in connection with the outing program.
These were probably outing ledgers.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Two Books Related to the Outing Program245.32 KB
May 28, 1895
Richard Henry Pratt sends a telegram to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs requesting an immediate answer to Miss Shaffner's and Miss Pratt's applications for leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Update on Two Leave of Absence Requests309.12 KB