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.
Search Documents
Please Note: The Search box above only searches Documents. To search the entire site, use the search box on the top left.
You are searching the title, description, and location fields. File attachments are not searched.
Browse Documents
January 26, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority from the Office of Indian Affairs to exchange a broken Remington typewriter for a new Smith Premier. Pratt notes that the Smith Premier is now preferred by his staff and is cheaper than a new Remington.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Office Supplies
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Exchange Old Remington Typewriter for Smith Premier526.34 KB
January 27, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt provides a correction to the list of members of the Sioux Nation at Carlisle by noting that Hannah Hopkins is a member of the Sisseton Sioux Nation and should not have appeared in the previous list.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Enrollment Lists
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Correction to List of Sioux Nation Students at Carlisle453.18 KB
January 27, 1900
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, January 1900500.43 KB
January 29-31, 1900
R. H. Pratt requests approval for Outing Agent Dr. Charles A. Eastman's 30 day sick leave of absence and for two additional weeks of paid sick leave. Additionally, Pratt forwards School Physician S. L. Diven's certificate swearing that Eastman…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Charles A. Eastman's Application for Six Weeks of Sick Leave1.33 MB
January 30, 1900
Request by Richard Henry Pratt to advertise locally for the purchase of various supplies.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase Various Supplies Locally1.35 MB
February 1900
S. L. Diven, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for January 1900.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness
Format: Reports
View Document: Monthly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, January 1900709.73 KB
February 7, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt submits a request for a new Morning Report Book with 500 leave of absence forms.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for New Leave of Absence Morning Report Book451.06 KB
February 7, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests that the authority for purchasing be increased for shingling hatchets and coach maker's vises due to the increase in iron and steel costs since the estimate was made a year prior.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Industrial Training Supplies
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Increase Purchase Authority for Iron and Steel Items503.64 KB
February 9, 1900
The Postal Telegraph-Cable Company informs W. A. Jones that William A. Mercer cannot be located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and requests a better address.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Message for Mercer Unable to be Delivered378.86 KB
February 12, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt forwards girls' manager Ellen R. Dorsett's application for a 10 day leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Ellen R. Dorsett's Application for Leave of Absence 532.33 KB
February 12, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that various supplies were ordered from the New York Warehouse for the Carlisle Indian School did not include his full order. Pratt notes that he only received 40 yards of the 400 yards of…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Uniforms and Clothing
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Balance of Hats and Fabric Ordered459.83 KB
February 13, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt notes that with new students soon to arrive there is a need to purchase 50 more woven wire beds. Pratt requests authority to purchase the beds due to their superior characterizes over what the Office of Indian Affairs supplies…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Furniture
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase Wire Beds to Accommodate New Students492.96 KB
February 14-21, 1900
Four Carlisle students who will graduate this year and one student who graduated last year apply for positions in the Indian Service. Mamie Annie Ryan applies to be an assistant matron, assistant teacher, or assistant matron; Frances A. Harris…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Five Indian Service Applications from Female Students3.32 MB
February 14, 1900 - August 8, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt requests the Office of Indian Affairs order the Siletz U. S. Indian Agent to have money paid to Robert Depoe paid to him in order to cover a loan Pratt provided to fund Depoe's return. Pratt encloses correspondence in order to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Robert Depoe's Salary be used to Repay Loan4.79 MB
February 15, 1900 - February 20, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests to employ former student James Flannery as an Assistant Tailor and encloses correspondence to provide context.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Transfer of James Flannery to Fill Tailor Position1.38 MB
February 15, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase various supplies to build new employee quarters along with hiring skilled laborers. Pratt includes plans for the first floor of the building.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Proposal to Build Additional Employee Quarters1.22 MB
February 15, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests the authority to purchase 1500 pounds of oak tanned leather on the open market due to replace the exhausted supply at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that the supply is gone due to the increase in pupils.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Industrial Training Supplies
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase Harness Leather on Open Market475.02 KB
February 17, 1900
Alfred John Standing provides information on Antonio Apache to the Office of Indian Affairs.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Graduation
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Standing Provides Information on Antonio Apache509.01 KB
February 17, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt notifies the Office of Indian Affairs that he has sent a ticket for a student from the Chippewa Nation to use to travel to Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel to Enroll
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Ticket for Chippewa Student to Travel to Carlisle441.37 KB
February 19, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests that a former student be appointed to the position of assistant tailor to aid with the manufacture of uniforms and clothing for 600 boys.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Former Student to be Appointed to Assistant Tailor Position464.56 KB
February 19, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to transfer Miguel Maxcy to a hospital in Dakota.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness, Student Transfers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Transfer Miguel Maxcy to Hospital in Dakota475.31 KB
February 20, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay student Fred Hare for caring for three smallpox patients at the school farm house.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Pay Fred Hare for Care of Smallpox Patients476.11 KB
February 23, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt replies to Office of Indian Affairs Circular No. 36 that the cost of board at the mess of the Carlisle Indian School is $2.50 per week.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Food and Dining
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Cost of Board at Mess at the Carlisle Indian School448.6 KB
February 24, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs of the death of Bessie Barclay a teacher at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Death of Bessie Barclay456.93 KB
Feburary 26, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase postage stamps for students to correspond with their parents and friends.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students Writing Home
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase Stamps for Student Correspondence460.9 KB