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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July 21, 1897
Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant superintendent A. J. Standing's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Alfred J. Standing's Application for Annual Leave of Absence 248.41 KB
July 21, 1897
Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant seamstress Susan Zeamer's application for a 29-day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Susan Zeamer's Application for Annual Leave of Absence 253.76 KB
July 22, 1897
Richard Henry Pratt provides information and recommendation regarding former student William F. Campbell being hired to look after the legal affairs of the Chippewa Nation.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Provides Information and a Recommendation for William F. Campbell291.39 KB
July 22, 1897
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular "white" employees who worked at the school during June 1897. 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, June 1897730.15 KB
July 23, 1897
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay expenses associated with the treatment of three students at the Medico-Chirurgical Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Authority to Pay Expenses in Treatment of Three Students599.3 KB
July 24, 1897
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay the expenses associated in the capture and return of four runaway pupils from Wittenberg, Wisconsin.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students Running Away
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Authority to Pay Expenses in Recovery of Four Runaway Students290.72 KB
July 28, 1897
Robert J. Hamilton inquires of W. A. Jones if Richard Henry Pratt has the authority to intercept any letter sent to the students of the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Employees Reading Students' Mail
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Inquiry into Authority of Pratt to Intercept Letters545.22 KB
July 29, 1897
Charles Low Cloud and Samuel Decora (here Samuel Decorah) request help from Richard Henry Pratt in order to receive their annuity payments.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Charles Low Cloud and Samuel Decorah Request Help from Pratt244.68 KB
July 29, 1897
Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for July and August 1897. Pratt also includes details on compensation, position title, and the number of workdays required for the month…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Irregular Employees Required for July and August 18971004.35 KB
August 1897
S. L. Diven, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for July 1897.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness
Format: Reports
View Document: Monthly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, July 1897994.14 KB
August 5, 1897
Acting Secretary of the Interior Thomas Ryan informs Clinton C. Duncan that his resignation from the Indian Service is modified to take effect on June 30, 1897.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Clinton Duncan's Resignation Modified to Take Effect in June256.91 KB
August 6, 1897 - April 21, 1898
Richard Henry Pratt responds to a request to return Marguerite Provost and Louise Provost to their home. Pratt also encloses two letters from Marianna Burgess regarding the case.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Request to Return Marguerite and Louise Provost1.39 MB
August 7, 1897
Richard Henry Pratt forwards the new and old lease for the Hocker Farm and requests that it be approved. Pratt provides information on the purchase of the farm as well as the possibility that it will be sold and further notes that the lease goes…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Transmits New Lease for the Hocker Farm for the 1898 Fiscal Year474.61 KB
August 7, 1897
Captain Richard H. Pratt requests a six-month supply of receipt-supplies-contract (flour and grains) blank administrative forms used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Supplemental Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, August 1897444.06 KB
August 9, 1897
Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with additional information on decisions made in regards to irregular labor mentioned in the May and June 1897 report. He informs the Commissioner that the unauthorized labor…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Funding Explanation for Report of Irregular Employees, May and June 1897935.63 KB
August 9, 1897
Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant printer Levi St. Cyr's application for a 30-day leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Levi St. Cyr's Application for Leave of Absence 323.27 KB
August 10, 1897
Richard Henry Pratt forwards O. H. Bakeless' application for a 15-day annual leave of absence. Bakeless works as a principal teacher.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: O. H. Bakeless' Application for Annual Leave of Absence 323.85 KB
August 11-14, 1897
Richard H. Pratt recommends that former student Mark Wolfe (Cherokee) be appointed as an industrial teacher in the Indian Service. Pratt forwards Wolf's application to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, endorses them in his cover letter, and…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Application for Employment from Mark Wolfe1.18 MB
August 11, 1897
Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant cook Laura A. Dandridge's application for a 14-day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Laura A. Dandridge's Application for Annual Leave of Absence 309.15 KB
August 11, 1897
Richard Henry Pratt follows up on his letters of July 24, 1897 requesting if the Office of Indian Affairs has taken on those applications.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Follows Up on Request for Action on Applications752.14 KB
August 13, 1897
Form indicating to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that Howard R. Blanchard is recognized as an agent to represent claims before the department and the bureau.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Form Indicating Howard R. Blanchard is Agent284.3 KB
August 13, 1897
Richard Henry Pratt forwards government request for transportation on account of the Carlisle Indian School for Hosea Locke and ten students from Blackfoot, Idaho to Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel to Enroll
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Forwards Government Request for Transportation from Idaho to Iowa532.46 KB
August 14, 1897
Richard Henry Pratt requests the Office of Indian Affairs instruct the U.S. Indian Agent at the Pine Ridge Agency assist Nellie Robertson in bringing a party of students from the agency to Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Pine Ridge Agent Assist in Recruitment263.53 KB
August 16, 1897
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a request from Maxie and Charley Frizzle Head who request to be enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Maxie and Charley Frizzle Head Request to Enroll at Carlisle603.62 KB
August 16, 1897
Richard Henry Pratt requests the Office of Indian Affairs direct the Superintendent of the Oneida Boarding and Day Schools to send 10 or 12 students be sent to Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Office Direct Oneida School to Send Students to Carlisle294.2 KB