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 6, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant seamstress E. Corbett's application for a 28-day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: E. Corbett's Application for Annual Leave of Absence 495.91 KB
July 6, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant teacher J. D. Sowerby's adjusted application for a 21-day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: J. D. Sowerby's Application for Annual Leave of Absence 507.68 KB
July 6, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant seamstress Lizzie C. Jacobs' application for a 27-day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Lizzie C. Jacobs' Application for Annual Leave of Absence 504.33 KB
July 7, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt forwards seamstress Carrie E. Hulme's application for a 27-day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Carrie E. Hulme's Application for Annual Leave of Absence 513.2 KB
July 7, 1899
Major Richard H. Pratt and Assistant Superintendent A. J. Standing submit a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during June 1899. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students - Irregular Employees
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Report of Irregular Employees, June 18992.9 MB
July 10-11, 1899
William R. Bushby, the Chief of the Education Division of the Civil Service Commission, forwards to the Secretary of the Interior a list of three women (Esther Ropenstein, Inga Erickson, Marion Gibbes) who are eligible to fill the vacant clerk…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Eligible Candidates for Clerk Position 772.18 KB
July 11, 1899
Major Richard H. Pratt requests a six-month supply of two dozen different 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: Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, July 1899424.45 KB
July 12, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt requests that Clara L. Smith be transferred from her position as a teacher at Fort Shaw to Carlisle at $540 per year.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Transfer of Clara L. Smith as Teacher to Carlisle320.54 KB
July 13, 1899
Alfred John Standing forwards contracts for building materials for enlarging a school building at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Contracts Being Forwarded for Building Materials429.48 KB
July 14, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Anna S. Luckenbach's application for a 15 day leave of absence. Luckenbach works as a clerk.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Anna S. Luckenbach's Application for Leave of Absence497.41 KB
July 14, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt forwards laundry manager Ella G. Hill's application for a 27 day leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Ella G. Hill's Application for Leave of Absence496.11 KB
July 17, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant clerk Annie M. Morton'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: Annie M. Morton's Application for Annual Leave of Absence 529.21 KB
July 24 - August 8, 1899
J. D. Sowerby (teacher) sends a letter to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs requesting he direct A. J. Standing (acting superintendent) to pay him for the remaining 5-days leave of absence for making the trip to Round Valley, California.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: J. D. Sowerby's Reply to Refusal of Pay for Five Days in July1.12 MB
July 25, 1899
John T. Doyle, the Secretary of the Civil Service Commission, forwards to the Secretary of the Interior a list of four women (Etta S. Fortney, Ella Albert, Jennie Wolf, and Lizzie James) who are eligible to fill the vacant assistant laundress…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Laundry
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Eligible Candidate for Assistant Laundress Position 1.1 MB
July 25, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt forwards band manager James R. Wheelock's application for a 25-day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: James R. Wheelock's Application Annual Leave of Absence 559.22 KB
July 25- September 25, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt forwards ten employees' certificates of attendance at various summer schools: Emma A. Cutter (senior teacher), Mariette Wood (teacher), Florence M. Carter (teacher), Jennie P. Cochran (teacher), Fanny G. Paull (teacher),…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Ten Certificates of Attendance at Summer Schools4.24 MB
July 29, 1899
Charles Butler requests to be given permission to be returned home from the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Charles Butler Requests to be Returned Home492.31 KB
July 29-August 5, 1899
Major Richard H. Pratt and Assistant Superintendent A. J. Standing submits oaths of office from two newly appointed employees: Ella Albert (assistant laundress) and Etta S. Fortney (assistant laundress).
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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View Document: Oaths of Office, July-August 18991.28 MB
August 1, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant clerk Annie Kowuni's application for a 26-day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Annie Kowuni's Application for Annual Leave of Absence522.78 KB
August 1, 1899
These materials include a descriptive statement of pupils regarding 8 individuals sent to the Carlisle Indian School from the Pima Agency in Arizona.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Reports
View Document: Descriptive Statement of Pupils from Pima Agency, 18991.54 MB
August 1899
S. L. Diven, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for July 1899.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness, Student Deaths
Format: Reports
View Document: Monthly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, July 1899709.87 KB
August 2, 1899
Walter P. Brownlow requests to have some children from Rogersville, Tennessee enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: W. P. Brownlow Requests to Have Children Enrolled at Carlisle432.14 KB
August 5, 1899
Alfred John Standing corrects the spelling of Ellen R. Dorsett and Roma F. Ewbank to the Office of Indian Affairs.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Matrons
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Correction Made to Names of Ellen Dorsett and Roma Ewbank417.48 KB
August 10, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant matron Prudence Miles' application for a 28-day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Prudence Miles' Application for Annual Leave of Absence 522.09 KB
August 11, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt forwards teacher Fannie I. Peter's application for a 28-day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Fannie I. Peter's Application for Annual Leave of Absence 515.33 KB