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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June 22, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt informs Acting Commissioner of Affairs E. J. Brooks that Hart's party left this afternoon.
Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives microfilm reels (M234), which were filmed from the original documents…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notification that Hart's Party has Left108.45 KB
June 23, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt informs Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. J. Brooks that Chief Spotted Tail would like to return his children, one grandchild, and one other relative currently enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School to their homes at…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Chief Spotted Tail's Request to Return his Children and Relatives Home163.28 KB
June 23, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt informs Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. J. Brooks that the party has left, and Spotted Tail took his children and grandchildren home.
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Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel Departing
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Return of Chief Spotted Tail's Children and Grandchildren122.47 KB
June 24, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt asks E. J. Brooks to send him instructions for adding additional pupils to the Carlisle Indian School. He references Sheldon Jackson's mission to recruit Navajo and Pueblo students. Finally, he believes that Spotted Tail's…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Discusses Several Enrollment Issues168.27 KB
June 24, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt asks Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. J. Brooks if he will accept his request to place a party of students in Massachusetts for the summer.
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Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Outing Program Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Place Students in Massachusetts for Summer100.93 KB
June 25, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt tells Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. J. Brooks to let Charles Ohettoint go and that it won't disturb the Carlisle Indian School if the party returns.
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Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Let Charles Oheltoint Go100.1 KB
June 30, 1880
Inspector E. C. Cooper informs Commissioner of Indian Affairs R. E. Trowbridge that he's inspected tinware samples, like coffee boilers, funnels, cups, and pails that were made by Carlisle Indian School students and finds that they're as good, if…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Quality of Student-Produced Tinware160.31 KB
July 2, 1880
Lieutenant in Charge Richard H. Pratt submits an estimate of tools and material amounting to $1,400 needed for the Carlisle Indian School to build wagons and carriages.
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Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Estimate of Tools and Material, July 1880243.46 KB
July 16, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt writes to Commissioner of Indian Affairs R. E. Trowbridge regarding a delay in approval for his request for a $6,000 general heating system at the Carlisle Indian School.
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Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Delay in Approval for a new General Heating System102.93 KB
July 17, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt requests $350 to paint the tin roofs on the Carlisle Indian School's buildings. Pratt adds that the roofs have been in disrepair since the school began.
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Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Funds to Paint Tin Roofs151.82 KB
July 22, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt informs Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. J. Brooks that during their recent visit the Kiowa, Comanche, Apache and Wichita chiefs told him that they would like more of their children enrolled at the school. In…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Admit More Kiowa, Comanche, Apache, and Wichita Students249.77 KB
July 22, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt states that the "long pending Ute matter" is almost finished, meaning that they will be able to recruit 50 students from that nation. Pratt requests to recruit these students himself.
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Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Authorization to Recruit/Enroll
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Recruit 50 Ute Students155.22 KB
July 27, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt forwards answers and explanations to the Office of Indian Affairs' exceptions and suspensions on his accounts for June-July 1879 and the third quarter of 1879.
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Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Answers and Explanations to Exceptions and Suspensions to Accounts, 1879148.86 KB
July 29, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt provides a report on the health of several Rosebud Sioux students. He informs Commissioner of Indian Affairs R. E. Trowbridge that Thigh's son is suffering from tapeworm, and Pratt will send him home if he's still sick when…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Report on the Health of Rosebud Sioux Students409.62 KB
July 29, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to cover his traveling expenses from his trip to New York to show the Carlisle Indian School's manufactured goods.
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Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Cover Traveling Expenses from a Trip to New York153.95 KB
July 31, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt request the authority to buy an annual supply of coal, approximately 400 tons, for $2,280.00. Pratt notes that he normally purchases coal monthly, but he'd rather buy a full year's supply to avoid having it shipped in the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase Coal Annually239.55 KB
August 1, 1880
C. W. Kise applies to be the Carlisle Indian School physician. Kise includes a petition and letter recommendation in support of his application.
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Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Application for Employment from C. W. Kise265.48 KB
August 3, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt informs Commissioner of Indian Affairs R. E. Trowbridge that Sheldon Jackson has arrived with eleven new potential Pueblo students. Pratt states that he'll send an official physician report on the students once it is finished…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Arrival of Eleven New Pueblo Students160.42 KB
August 3, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt forwards duplicate answers and explanations to the Office of Indian Affairs' exceptions and suspensions on his accounts for June-July 1879 and the third quarter of 1879.
Note: This item was copied from U.S. National…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Duplicate Answers and Explanations to Exceptions and Suspensions to Accounts, 1879152.4 KB
August 4, 1880
J. S. Bender informs Richard Henry Pratt that he has completed his examination of the eleven new Pueblo students and found nine of them to be healthy. Bender notes that two students have several problematic symptoms, and states that he's been…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Report on the Health of Eleven New Pueblo Students175.88 KB
August 6, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt informs Commissioner of Indian Affairs R. E. Trowbridge that many of the buildings are in desperate need of new paint, especially the exterior walls and porches. Pratt asks that his previous request for painting supplies for…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Paint Supplies to Paint Exterior Walls and Porches239.77 KB
August 9, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt acknowledges receipt of an $8,805.00 deposit to his credit to cover the Carlisle Indian School's expenses for the current quarter. Pratt requests Commissioner of Indian Affairs R. E. Trowbridge's written approval for the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Acknowledgement of $8,805 Disbursement to Pratt's Credit160.91 KB
August 9, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt inquires if he has authority to purchase tents as he informs the Office of Indian Affairs he has not received a letter confirming their telegram of June 24, 1880.
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Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Summer Camps
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Question Regarding Authority to Purchase Tents156.01 KB
August 10, 1880
J. S. Bender reports the death of Sioux student John Renville from typhus. Richard Henry Pratt forwards Bender's letter to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives microfilm reels (M234),…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness, Student Deaths
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Death of Sioux Student John Renville157.28 KB
August 10, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt requests to spend $50 on material to build a hose carriage.
Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives microfilm reels (M234), which were filmed from the original documents found in Record Group 75, Entry 79…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Fire Prevention
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase Materials to Build a Hose Carriage152.89 KB