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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December 1900
Major Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during November 1900. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students - Irregular Employees
Format: Reports
View Document: Report of Irregular Employees, November 1900412.32 KB
December 1-10, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from Richard Sanderville requesting a position at the Piegan Agency.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Richard Sanderville Requests Position at the Piegan Agency486.94 KB
December 1, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt compiles a report with remarks regarding employees' efficiency, conduct, behavior, dress, health, attitude towards children, and notes on any special skills. The report also lists employees' position titles.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Reports
View Document: Semi-Annual Efficiency Report of Employees, December 19001.04 MB
December 3-19, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that the current system of student recruitment for non-reservation boarding schools is not working. Pratt forwards two letters detailing the difficulties of his employees in gathering…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Student Recruitment Not Working for Non-Reservation Boarding Schools2.88 MB
December 4-12, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a from Ralph Taylor requesting his assistance in securing a position in the Indian Service. Pratt provides information related to Taylor to the Office.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Ralph Taylor Requests Pratt's Assistance in Securing Position732.42 KB
December 4, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to cover the additional coal delivered due to fully loading train cars.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Heating Supplies
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Authority to Pay for Excess Coal Delivered544.31 KB
December 4, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that since receiving a group of students from Puerto Rico he has been requested to receive more students from Puerto Rico. Pratt asks that if the Commissioner approves of increasing the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Increase in Size of Puerto Rico Party649.95 KB
December 7, 1900 - December 12, 1900
Charles E. Dagenett inquires of Richard Henry Pratt about his appointment as a clerk at the Quapaw Agency. Pratt forwards the letter to the Office of Indian Affairs and that he responded to Dagenett that the matter is in the hands of the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Charles Dagenett Inquires About Quapaw Agency Appointment1.49 MB
December 8, 1900
S. L. Diven, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for November 1900.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Monthly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, November 19001.11 MB
December 11, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that due to the poor harvest of forage supplies including hay, corn, oats, and wheat that the supplies at the Carlisle Indian School are extremely low. As a result, he requests emergency…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Emergency Authorization to Purchase Forage Supplies580.98 KB
December 12, 1900
Major Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employees (Effie Moul and Rosa B. Brown), those who have left the school (Marion W. De Loss), and those who have changed positions (William B. Gray). The reports include position title,…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Reports
View Document: Descriptive Statements of Changes in School Employees, December 1900 (1)292.97 KB
December 15, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt follows up his request for emergency authorization to purchase forage supplies on the open market including timothy hay, straw, shelled corn, and oats.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Follow Up Request for Emergency Authorization for Forage Supplies405.17 KB
December 17, 1900 - January 21, 1901
Major Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employees (S. W. Thompson and Edith McHarg Steele and those who have left the school (Sara E. Smith). These reports include personal information about those being hired as well as reasons for…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
December 18, 1900
Major Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists an employee who has changed positions (Ed. A. Lau). The reports include position title, salary, and date.
This is the second of two descriptive statements from December 1900.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Reports
View Document: Descriptive Statements of Changes in School Employees, December 1900 (2)286.91 KB
December 20, 1900 - January 1, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt forwards letter of Martin Grove Brumbaugh in regard to enrolling students from across Puerto Rico at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that no special act of Congress due to the fact that Carlisle generally carries more…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Enrolling Additional Students from Puerto Rico1.24 MB
December 21, 1900
Frances B. Johnston informs A. C. Towner that she has received his letter regarding photographing the Carlisle Indian School. Johnston provides further details regarding the contract.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Frances B. Johnston Provides Contract Details Related to Photographing Carlisle625.16 KB
December 28, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay the expenses associated with the treatment of Mary Tallchief's eyes at the Medico-Chirurgical Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Pay for Treatment of Mary Tallchief597.68 KB
1901
A form that was filled out for Hastings Marshall Robertson's application to Dickinson College. It lists basic demographic information and information about Robertson's previous schooling.
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Topics: Education After Carlisle
Format: Miscellaneous
View Document: Application for Admission to Dickinson College--Hastings Marshall Robertson 707.3 KB
January 2, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that the deed for the Kutz Farm was sent to the Office on November 1, 1900 but has received no response nor has the deed been returned. Pratt also notes that the Pennsylvania legislature…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Farms - Land Transactions
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Office Action on Kutz Farm Deed400.32 KB
January 3, 1901
Richard H. Pratt submits an Estimate of Supplies for the third quarter of fiscal year 1901 amounting to $462.09 and requests to purchase those items in the open market. The form includes the items being requested, the quantity, the estimated cost…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Estimate of Supplies, January 1901544.22 KB
January 4-5, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from James B. Holland, United States Attorney, regarding the transfer of the Kutz Farm deed to the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Farms - Land Transactions
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Forwards Letter Regarding Transfer of Kutz Farm Deed1.1 MB
January 4, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to expend $200 in outside labor in making uniform coats and pants as well as purchasing farm and garden seeds and postage for student correspondence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Uniform and Other Supplies in 1901585.22 KB
January 4, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase an additional 500 yards of Canton flannel.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase Additional 500 Yards of Canton Flannel566.24 KB
January 4, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that the number of spring wagons, carriages, and harnesses for Indian Agencies has exceeded estimates and therefore there is a need to replenish supplies to produce these items.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase Additional Materials for Industrial Orders582.42 KB
January 4, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase various electric lights for recently constructed buildings as well as asbestos cement for pipes and incidental repairs to buildings.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase Electric Lights for Recent Construction601 KB