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 22-23, 1900
John B. Harlow, the Commissioner of the Civil Service Commission, forwards to the Secretary of the Interior a list of three women (Lida C. Sabin, Elvira S. Lemmon, Florence E. Hunnewell) who are eligible to fill the vacant assistant matron…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Matrons
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Eligible Candidates for Assistant Matron Position 718.53 KB
June 22, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to sell the boilers that are being replaced with the new steam plant.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Sell Old Boilers473.04 KB
June 22, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to send Annie Kowuni to New Mexico to recruit students for the Carlisle Indian School. In addition, he asks to hire a replacement for her in the office over the summer.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Send Annie Kowuni to New Mexico to Recruit Students471.02 KB
June 23, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt forwards two applications for leave of absence: Carrie L. Miller (clerk) and Mattie A. Harn (laborer).
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Two Applications for Leave of Absence1.2 MB
June 25, 1900
Richard H. Pratt provides a list of seventeen employees that would like to attend summer school. Pratt lists the school that they would like to attend as well as the dates.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: List of Employees who Desire to Attend Summer School474.83 KB
June 25, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests that the selection of an assistant matron be made as quickly as possible.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Matrons
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Selection of Assistant Matron be Hastened361.72 KB
June 25, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt discusses a request from Richard Davis to establish a system of permanent records of marriages, births, and deaths of Native Americans who hold allotted lands as well as the adoption of non-Native surnames for them in order to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Proposal for Record Keeping System and Non-Native Surnames474.24 KB
June 26, 1900 - July 2, 1900
Former student Charles D. Wheelock requests the assistance of Richard Henry Pratt in helping him secure a new position in the Indian Service as well as a position for his wife Julia Powlas Wheelock.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Charles Wheelock Requests New Indian Service Appointment1.88 MB
June 28, 1900
Descriptive statement of students regarding Joseph Miguel's transfer to the Carlisle Indian School from the Fort Yuma Training School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Reports
View Document: Descriptive Statement of Students from Fort Yuma Training School, 1900625.37 KB
July 2, 1900
Lida C. Sabin submits an oath of office for her new position of assistant matron at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Oath of Office for Lida C. Sabin460.96 KB
July 5, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to spend $14,000 for the transportation of students to and from their homes and the Carlisle Indian School for fiscal year 1901.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Authorization to Spend Transportation Funds for Fiscal Year 1901519.54 KB
July 5, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests to add a Domestic Science Department at the Carlisle Indian School and requests authority to employ Harriet Eck as an extra teacher.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Employ Extra Teacher in Creation of Domestic Science Department583.99 KB
July 5, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to have uniform coats and pants made outside the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Uniforms and Clothing
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to have Uniform Coats and Pants Made Outside Carlisle535.42 KB
July 5, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase $500 in supplies and materials listed on the annual estimate for immediate use pending delivery under contract.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Immediately Purchase Supplies Before Delivery of Contract534.84 KB
July 5, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase electric lamps, turpentine, putty, floor oil, labor of a painter, and material and labor for general repairs in July 1900.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Pay for Various Supplies and General Labor in July 1900570.26 KB
July 5, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that there is a large amount of work to be done on the campus and requests authority to pay $2,000 to student workers.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Pay Students Labor Over Summer of 1900559.64 KB
July 5, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase smoke connections for boilers which were omitted from the boiler contract as well as a steam drum.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase Additional Boiler Equipment568.72 KB
July 5, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase supplies including gravel to continue the work of improving the roads and walks of the Carlisle Indian School as well as the pay of a mason and plasterer.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase Gravel for Improving Walks and Roads545.82 KB
July 5, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase 250 pillows and to purchase special material for making wagons and harness as well as pay of a trimmer.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase Pillows and Materials for Wagons and Harness543.51 KB
July 5, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase various supplies and materials connected to the new heating plant including iron pipes and fittings.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase Supplies Connected to Heating Plant537.79 KB
July 5, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase wood covering for steam pipes to connect new buildings and to make repairs as well as asbestos or magnesia covering for a steam drum and an exposed surface of steam pipes.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase Wood Covering for Steam Pipes537.41 KB
July 5, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests renewal of the authority for building the brick stack to enlarge the boiler house.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Building Repairs and Expansions
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Renew Authority to Build Brick Stack for Boiler House567.2 KB
July 5, 1900
Richard H. Pratt forwards applications of three employees for leave of absence: W. H. Monett (shoemaker), George E. Snyder (fireman), and Ed. W. Harkness (tinner).
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Three Applications for Leave of Absence1.69 MB
July 6, 1900
Richard H. Pratt forwards Margaret Roberts's request to attend summer school as well as 21 days of leave. Roberts works as a teacher.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to attend Summer School and Annual Leave504.16 KB
July 6, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests that Dr. S. L. Diven be continued for the 1901 fiscal year at $800.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Continue Current Arrangement with S. L. Diven in 1901 Fiscal Year512.2 KB