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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May 12, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Margaret Roberts is willing to accept the $540 teaching position at Carlisle and requests her transfer be arranged.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Margaret Roberts to be Transferred to Carlisle264.7 KB
May 15, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests that the Office of Indian Affairs issue an order to the Lincoln Institute directing the transfer of all students whose terms have not expired to the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Transfers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Order to Transfer Students from Lincoln Institute517.24 KB
May 15, 1900
Alfred John Standing requests to pay Anna S. Luckenbach for services from May 1st to May 7th covering her travel from Carlisle, Pennsylvania to Phoenix, Arizona, where she is taking up a new position.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Pay A. S. Luckenbach's Salary Between Positions506.38 KB
May 15, 1900
Alfred John Standing request authorization to spend an additional $200 to visit the outing homes of students during the year as well as having sick students returned.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Spend Additional Money to Visit Outing Students480.18 KB
May 17, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt forwards teacher Carrie E. Weekley's application for a 11 day leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Carrie E. Weekley's Application for Leave of Absence485.02 KB
May 17, 1900
Alfred John Standing sends the draft language and draft copy of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Paris Exposition pamphlet printed by the Carlisle Indian Schools.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Draft of Bureau Leaflet for Paris Exposition2.77 MB
May 21 - June 27, 1900
Major Richard Henry Pratt submits report that lists employees who have left the school (Carrie E. Weekley and Ernest Robitaille). The report includes position title, salary, date of departure, and reason for departure. Attached is Weekley's…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Descriptive Statements of Changes in School Employees and Resignation, June 1900449.73 KB
May 22, 1900
Richard H. Pratt forwards M. S. Barr's request to attend summer school in Boston, Massachusetts, as well as 30 days of leave. Barr works as a nurse.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for M. S. Barr to attend Summer School in Boston and Annual Leave493.46 KB
May 23, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests Marion W. De Loss be promoted to the position of assistant matron vacated by the resignation of Miss Campbell. He further asks that the position vacated by De Loss be filled at once.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Matrons
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Promotion of Marion De Loss to Assistant Matron289.63 KB
May 24, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt advises the Office of Indian Affairs that they should not employ Frank Beale in the Indian Service.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Provides Information on Frank Beale451.81 KB
May 24, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt replies to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that former clerk, Miss Anna S. Luckenbach, took a 9 day leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Report of A. S. Luckenbach for Leave of Absence453.22 KB
May 24, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has temporarily filled the position of cook and assistant cook with Mr. and Mrs. Van der May. As they have proved satisfactory he asks to have arrangements made to make their…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Make Van der May's Appointments Permanent443.45 KB
May 25, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt forwards disciplinarian W. Grant Thompson's application for a 25 day leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: W. Grant Thompson's Application for Leave of Absence472.06 KB
May 26, 1900 - December 22, 1900
Correspondence regarding the request for the return of Agnes Sanderville by her mother and grandfather as well as counterclaims by her father.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Correspondence Regarding Request for the Return of Agnes Sanderville8.69 MB
May 28, 1900
Rev. Jesse Kirk provides information related to difficulties in sending students from the Klamath Agency to the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Jesse Kirk Provides Information on Recruitment at Klamath Agency1.36 MB
May 28, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt returns corrected copy of the Paris Exposition leaflet and requests if it satisfactory in order to begin printing.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Forwards Corrected Copy of Paris Exposition Leaflet436.03 KB
May 29-30, 1900
Richard H. Pratt forwards nineteen requests for leave of absence for several employees: Lida B. Given (matron), Sadie E. Newcomer (teacher), Jessie L. McIntire (teacher), Nellie V. Roberston (teacher), Clara L. Smith (teacher), Mariette Wood (…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Nineteen Requests for Leave of Absence9.15 MB
May 31, 1900
Cover letter forwarding cards covering the qualifications of the teachers at the Carlisle Indian School for the 1900 school year.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Teachers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Cover Letter Covering Teachers Qualifications at Carlisle for 1900477.66 KB
May 31, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt forwards teacher Ester M. Dagenett's application for a 17 day leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Esther M. Dagenett’s Application for Leave of Absence528.51 KB
May 31, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests that a Civil Service exam be arranged for E. H. Brock in order to make his temporarily appointment as Assistant Disciplinarian be made permanent.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for E. H. Brock to take Civil Service Exam443.62 KB
June 1, 1900
S. L. Diven, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for May 1900.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Monthly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, May 19001.66 MB
June 2, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests that Crawford be transferred immediately and adds that the senior matron is going to visit outing girls.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Crawford to be Transferred Immediately381.1 KB
June 4, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests the applications of various Carlisle Indian School employees in the industrial shops for temporary use.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Applications of Carlisle Employees480.38 KB
May 1900 - June 5, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a proposal of the Carlisle Gas and Water Company to supply electric light to the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Utilities
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Proposal to Supply Electric Light to Carlisle Indian School1.42 MB
June 5, 1900
Cover slip for Richard Henry Pratt's recommendation of Dr. J. J. Stevens applications for tribal rights with the Wichita and Affiliated Bands of Indians.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Agency/Reservation Business
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Slip for Pratt's Recommendation for Dr. J. J. Stevens Application119.92 KB