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 13, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt sends a letter to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs advising him that he is granting Miss Jessie L. McIntire (teacher) leave of absence as she requested as long as she reports at Carlisle by September 1st. McIntire was…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Requested Approval of Jessie L. McIntire's Request for Leave of Absence 526.12 KB
June 14, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt requests update on the transfer of J. D. Sowerby before making his July nominations.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Update on Sowerby's Transfer482.69 KB
June 15, 1899
S. L. Diven, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for May 1899.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Monthly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, May 18991.25 MB
June 20, 1899
Estimate of funds for the first quarter of 1900 amounting to $54,663.28 for support of the school and for transportation of Indian supplies. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds amounting to $11,845.00 for regular employee pay. …
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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View Document: Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, First Quarter 19001.72 MB
June 20, 1899
Richard H. Pratt submits an Estimate of Supplies for the first quarter of fiscal year 1900 amounting to $490.82 and requests to purchase those items in the open market. The form includes the items being requested, the quantity, the estimated cost…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Estimate of Supplies, June 1899563.74 KB
June 20, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay student labor over the summer.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students - Irregular Employees
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Authority to Pay Students Over the Summer494.3 KB
June 20, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay $600 for the rent of the Hocker Farm during fiscal year 1900 and that the lease be renewed.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Farms - Land Transactions
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Pay Hocker Farm Rent for Fiscal Year 1900506.08 KB
June 20, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay $400 for the rent of the Henderson Tract during fiscal year 1900.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Farms - Land Transactions
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Rent the Henderson Tract for the 1900 Fiscal Year516.06 KB
June 21 - October 26, 1899
Major Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employees (William Ratley, Anne Stewart, and Ernest Robitaille), those who have left the school (George Wolfe), and those who have changed positions (James Wheelock). These reports include…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
View Document: Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees and Application, October 18992.91 MB
June 21, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant seamstress Mary E. Lininger's application for a 21-and-a-half-day leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Mary E. Lininger's Application for Annual Leave of Absence 526.94 KB
June 21, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant seamstress Susan Zeamer's application for a 28-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 Absence519.37 KB
June 22, 1899 - August 18, 1899
Correspondence regarding a request for an increase in the salary of Mariette Wood to prevent her transfer to the Haskell Institute as Assistant Principal Teacher.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Correspondence Regarding Retaining Mariette Wood1 MB
June 23, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt forwards disciplinarian W. Grant Thompson's application for a 44-day leave of absence, 14 days for annual leave and 30 days to attend summer school at Chautauqua Normal School of Physical Education.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: W. Grant Thompson's Request for Leave of Absence to Attend Summer School520.97 KB
June 24, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt forwards teacher Bessie Barclay's application for a 59-day leave of absence, 29 days for annual leave and 30 days to attend summer school at Mout Gretna, Pennsylvania.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Bessie Barclay's Application for Leave of Absence 508.14 KB
June 24, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant teacher Sadie E. Newcomer's application for a 14-day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Sadie E. Newcomer's Application for Annual Leave of Absence 498.13 KB
June 26, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Dandridge will accept appointment at the Fort Apache Agency.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Dandridge Will Accept Transfer to Fort Apache Agency367.34 KB
June 27, 1899 - June 28, 1899
William M. Hugg, Superintendent of the Lincoln Institute, provides letters from four students who were to be transferred to Carlisle expressing their desire to remain at Lincoln.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Transfers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Letters from Lincoln Students Desiring to Remain at Lincoln1.43 MB
June 27, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Roma F. Ewbanks has applied to be put on the Civil Service Register a cook. Pratt requests that she be appointed to the position at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Office Informed Rosa Ewbanks Will Apply for Civil Service Register406.45 KB
June 27, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt forwards three employees' leave of absence applications: Jonathan D. Sowerby (assistant teacher), M. S. Barr (nurse), and Kate S. Bowersox (normal teacher).
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Three Applications for Leave of Absence 1.64 MB
June 28, 1899 - September 14, 1899
Correspondence regarding the decision to return Joel Bighead and John Wolfchief to their homes.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Correspondence Regarding Return of Bighead and Wolfchief2.48 MB
June 28, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Laura A. Dandridge will accept the laundress position at Keams Canyon.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Laura Dandridge Will Accept Laundress Position at Keams Canyon374.28 KB
June 28, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt forwards librarian Sara E. Smith's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Sara E. Smith's Application for Annual Leave of Absence 2.11 MB
June 29, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt follows up on his request for orders for Laura Dandridge following her appointment to Keams Canyon.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Follows Up on Request for Orders for Laura Dandridge372.54 KB
July 3, 1899
S. L. Diven, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for June 1899.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness, Student Deaths
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Monthly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, June 18991.07 MB
July 5, 1899 - August 29, 1899
Correspondence regarding a complaint by Peter St. Pierre regarding his daughter's Emma health while at the Carlisle Indian School and a request for the return of his son Henry.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Correspondence Regarding Emma and Henry St. Pierre2.24 MB