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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January 5, 1901
John W. Griggs, Attorney General, responds to the Secretary of the Interior inquiry regarding the title to the Kutz Farm. Griggs states that the papers have been referred to the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Farms - Land Transactions
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Attorney General Refers to Kutz Farm Sought by Carlisle Indian School529.89 KB
January 5, 1901
Estimate of funds for the third quarter of 1901 amounting to $22,538.49 for support of the school, fulfilling treaties with the Seneca, interest on Seneca funding, and Indian money, proceeds of labor. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, Third Quarter 19011.1 MB
January 5, 1901
S. L. Diven, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for December 1900.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness, Student Deaths
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Monthly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, December 19001.25 MB
January 5, 1901
Major Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during December 1900. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month. In an…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students - Irregular Employees
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Report of Irregular Employees, December 19001.15 MB
January 8, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that the Pan-American Exposition desires to have the Carlisle Indian School Band for four weeks in July and August and are willing to pay expenses. In addition the band and a corps of…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Band Invited to Participate in Pan-American Exposition and Inaugural Parade622.99 KB
January 15, 1901 - January 18, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt forwards the proposed act ceding jurisdiction of the Kutz Farm to the United States. Pratt notes that it is similar to the act for the Parker Farm and says there is nothing to object to that he can see.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Farms - Land Transactions
View Document: Pratt Forwards Proposed Act Ceding Control of Kutz Farm to Government2.62 MB
January 22, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay the voucher for the treatment of Sherman Seneca at the Methodist Episcopal Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Pay Voucher Covering Treatment of Sherman Seneca563.98 KB
January 22, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt replies to an Office of Indian Affairs letter by requesting that Milton I. Zeigler be permanently appointed to the position of harnessmaker at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Permanently Appoint Milton Zeigler as Harnessmaker498.77 KB
January 25, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has received the circular ordering the vaccination of all students and staff. He further notes that he is in the process of carrying the orders out.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Medical Care at School
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Acknowledges Vaccination Orders from Office522.94 KB
January 28, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt forwards clerk W. B. Beitzel's application for a 10 day leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: W. B. Beitzel's Application for Leave of Absence527.36 KB
January 29, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that former student Mary Barada is an efficient seamstress and recommends her for a position at the Lemhi Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Recommends Mary Barada for Position at Lemhi507.27 KB
January 29, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay dental bills of students who do not have the money to cover the expense.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Pay Dental Bills of Students601.36 KB
January 30, 1901
Richard H. Pratt forwards "Annual" Estimate of Supplies for fiscal year 1902. The form includes the items that can be purchased at the school or on the open market, the quantity, the estimated cost, and how the item will be used at the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Annual Estimate of Supplies, Fiscal Year 1901-19021.36 MB
January 30, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a list of materials from the annual estimate for 1902 which he believes should be purchased through the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: List of Materials Requested to be Purchased through Carlisle2.01 MB
January 30, 1901
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 1901492.04 KB
January 31, 1901
Major Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during January 1901. 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, January 1901456.97 KB
February 1 - June 6, 1901
William Youngblood, Auditor for the Interior Department, returns to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs various documents related to the purchase of the Kutz Farm by the United States Government. Included is the brief of title held by Christopher…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Farms - Land Transactions
View Document: William Youngblood Returns Documents to Office Related to Kutz Farm Purchase8.9 MB
February 4, 1901
Jessie W. Cook requests from Estelle Reel a promotion to principal teacher at Chemawa or another Western School. Cook writes that she wants to introduce the outing system at the Riverside School if that position becomes available.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Jessie Cook Requests Transfer to Principal Teacher at Chemawa800.51 KB
February 4, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt returns application of Edith Bartlett certifying that Edith and Edythe are one and the same person.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Return of Application of Edith Bartlett516.09 KB
February 6, 1901
S. L. Diven, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for January 1901.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Monthly Sanitary Report of Disease and Injuries, January 19011.48 MB
February 6, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase 100 telescope valises for the use of new students to travel with to their outing homes.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase Telescope Valises for Students566.53 KB
February 11, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt requests that Effie G. Moul's appointment as an assistant matron be made permanent.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Matrons
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Make Effie G. Moul's Appointment Permanent378.69 KB
February 13, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to adopt a card system of keeping a record of students since the beginning of the school, and to purchase cards and a card cabinet to store them in.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Adopt Card System for Tracking Students602.79 KB
February 13, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt requests to make the appointment of Kittie Odell permanent.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Teachers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Make Kittie Odell's Appointment Permanent386.39 KB
February 13, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that coal previously purchased is inadequate and requests authority to purchase an additional 375 tons of coal.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Heating Supplies
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase Additional 375 Tons of Coal in 1901777.04 KB