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, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase a fireproof safe for student funds, dried yeast for the bakery, as well as printing equipment.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Request to Purchase Safe, Yeast, and Printing Equipment778.01 KB
July 6, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to spend $1,000 in placing and visiting students on the outing program during the summer of 1900.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Outing Program Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Spend Money Placing and Visiting Students on Outing, 1900515.38 KB
July 7, 1900
Estimate of funds for the first quarter of 1901 amounting to $56,971.21 for support of the school and transportation of Indian Supplies. Richard H. Pratt also requests funds amounting to $12,970.00 for regular employee pay. He forwards an…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Estimate of Funds, Estimate of Supplies, and Regular Employee Pay, First Quarter 19012.99 MB
July 7, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase a second hand press following the failure of school's old printing press.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase Second Hand Printing Press586.14 KB
July 9, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant seamstress Beckie L. Goodyear's application for a 17 day leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Beckie L. Goodyear's Application for Leave of Absence377.42 KB
July 9, 1900
Major Richard Henry Pratt submits a report that lists all of the employees at the school to start the 1900-1901 fiscal year (A. J. Standing, O. H. Bakeless, W. B. Beitzel, W. Grant Thompson, Dennison Wheelock, M. Burgess, A. S. Ely, W. H. Miller…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Descriptive Statements of Changes in School Employees, July 19002.72 MB
July 10, 1900
S. L. Diven, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for June 1900.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Monthly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, June 19001.39 MB
July 10, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to enroll James Goings.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of James Goings386.61 KB
July 10, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to cover the amount exceeded in shipping vehicles manufactured at the Carlisle Indian School to various agencies.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Pay Freight for Shipping Vehicles553.57 KB
July 10, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests that Walter Taylor and wife be transferred from Fort Lewis to Carlisle Indian School if approved by Supervisor Dixon.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Transfer Walter Taylor and Wife to Carlisle386.35 KB
July 11, 1900
Major Richard H. Pratt and Assistant Superintendent A. J. Standing submit a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during June 1900. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Report of Irregular Employees, June 19001.68 MB
July 12-14, 1900
John T. Doyle, the Secretary of the Civil Service Commission, forwards to the Secretary of the Interior a list of three women (Catherine A. Curtin, Mary E. Jackson, Anna E. Lamb) who are eligible to fill the vacant clerk position at the Carlisle…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Eligible Candidates for Clerk Position 706.17 KB
July 13, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that music teacher Rebecca J. Sawyer requests a transfer to another school.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Rebecca J. Sawyer Requests Transfer to Another School404.27 KB
July 13, 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, July 1900763.8 KB
July 13, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt submits an abstract of bids received for 9,000 yards of prodigy check and 3,000 yards of white braid. Pratt recommends moving forward with the bid submitted by John Wanamaker.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Submission of Bids for Prodigy Check and Braid1.1 MB
July 16, 1900
Richard H. Pratt forwards applications of three employees for leave of absence: E. Corbett (assistant seamstress), Susan Zeamer (assistant seamstress), and Lizzie C. Jacobs (assistant seamstress).
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Three Applications from Assistant Seamstresses for Leave of Absence1.3 MB
July 17, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt forwards laundry manager Ella G. Hill's application for a 30 day leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Ella G. Hill's Application for Leave of Absence382.03 KB
July 17, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt writes to the Office of Indian Affairs regarding the request of Byron Wilde to attend the Hampton Institute.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request of Byron Wilde to Attend the Hampton Institute424.26 KB
July 18-21, 1900
A list of men who are eligible to fill the vacant baker position at the Carlisle Indian School. The list includes the candidates' names, addresses, and their civil service exam grades. Acting Secretary Thomas Ryan refers the list to the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Eligible Candidates for Baker Position 264.96 KB
July 18-21, 1900
John T. Doyle, the Secretary of the Civil Service Commission, forwards to the Secretary of the Interior a list of three women (Myrtle Freeland, Annie B. Moore, Eloise A. Carroll) who are eligible to fill the vacant music teacher position at the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Eligible Candidates for Music Teacher Position 703.83 KB
July 18, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt provides a recommendation for former student Julia Powlas Wheelock for her appointment as a laundress at the Shoshone Agency.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Provides Recommendation for Julia Powlas Wheelock404.62 KB
July 20, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt forwards five applications for leave of absence: clerk Fannie I. Peter, principal teacher O. H. Bakeless, seamstress Bertha Canfield, clerk W. B. Beitzel, and assistant matron Prudence Miles.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Five Applications for Leave of Absence1.92 MB
July 20, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests on the behalf of Emma H. Bellows, who has left the Indian Service, the testimonials subimitted by her with her application. Pratt will forward them to Bellows.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request by Emma Bellows for her Testimonials396.26 KB
July 23, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Charles Dagenette desires to return to his home on account of his health rather than take over the outing program from Charles Eastman.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Endorses Return Home of Charles Dagenette342.51 KB
July 25, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests to be informed of the qualities of teacher Dora S. Dutton who has requested to be transferred from Fort Totten to the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to be Informed of the Qualities of Dora S. Dutton318.89 KB