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 10, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay $400 to continue renting the Henderson Tract for the 1902 fiscal year.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Farms - Land Transactions
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Pay Henderson Tract Rent for the 1902 Fiscal Year551.32 KB
July 10, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase new band uniforms for the upcoming visit to the Buffalo Exposition. Pratt notes that the uniform bid was won from Horstmann Bros. and will include the word Carlisle embroidered on the front.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase New Band Uniforms for the Buffalo Exposition865.58 KB
July 11, 1901
Richard H. Pratt forwards applications of four employees for leave of absence: Dora M. Peters (assistant laborer), Etta S. Fortney (assistant laundress), Ella Albert (assistant laundress), and Jennie Wolf (assistant laundress).
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Four Applications for Leave of Absence1.34 MB
July 11, 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, July 1901393.53 KB
July 12 - September 21, 1901
Richard H. Pratt forwards certificates of attendance at summer school for 16 employees: Bertha Canfield (seamstress), Elizabeth E. Forster (drawing teacher), Anne H. Stewart (sloyd teacher), Annie B. Moore and Jeannette L. Senseney (music…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Sixteen Certificates of Attendance at Summer School11.53 MB
July 13, 1901
Richard H. Pratt forwards applications of four employees for leave of absence: Susan Zeamer (assistant seamstress), E. Corbett (assistant seamstress), Kate S. Bowersox (teacher), and M. I. Zeigler (harnessmaker).
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Four Applications for Leave of Absence2.2 MB
July 18, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Carrie Weekley wishes to return to the Carlisle Indian School after teaching in Puerto Rico for a year. Pratt inquires how best to accomplish this.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Teachers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Office Assistance in Returning Weekley to Carlisle560.47 KB
July 20, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Assistant Matron Pearl McArthur's certificate of attendance at summer school in Buffalo, New York.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pearl McArthur's Certificate of Attendance at Summer School in Buffalo, New York524.37 KB
July 22, 1901
Richard H. Pratt forwards applications of three employees for leave of absence: W. B. Beitzel (clerk), George E. Snyder (laborer), and W. H. Miller (treasurer of the students' fund).
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Three Applications for Leave of Absence1.67 MB
July 23- 25, 1901
Lt. Colonel Richard H. Pratt forwards two copies of a letter sent from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs approving Carlisle's irregular school employees report for June 1901.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Commissioner's Approval of Report of Irregular Employees, June 1901857.05 KB
July 23, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Clerk Nellie V. Robertson's application for a 30 day leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Nellie V. Robertson's Application for Leave of Absence522.49 KB
July 23, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay $200 for dental bills of younger students and those who have not had an opportunity to earn money.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Authority to Pay Dental Bills of Students564.74 KB
July 23, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay for the treatment of Ethel Bryant and Kolilook (also known as Annie Coodlalook) at the Medico-Chirurgical Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Authority to Pay for Treatment of Ethel Bryant and Kolilook578.14 KB
July 24, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt advises the Commissioner of Indian Affairs on leave of absences with pay for four employees: Laura Jackson (girls' manager), Mary E. Lininger (assistant seamstress), Harry F. Weber (engineer), and Pearl McArthur (assistant…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Reports Leave of Absence With Pay for Four Employees567.74 KB
July 25, 1901
Richard H. Pratt recommends that Moses Shongo, currently a soloist in Carlisle's band, be appointed as the bandmaster and disciplinarian in the Indian Service. Pratt forwards Shongo's application to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and endorses…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Application for Employment from Moses Shongo1.15 MB
July 25, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt requests that Edgar A. Allen (here Eugene Allen) be authorized to fill the Assistant Superintendent position. Pratt discusses that having Allen as an Assistant Superintendent would allow him to travel and counter the negative…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Employ E. A. Allen as Assistant Superintendent863.74 KB
July 30, 1901 - August 6, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from Margaret Shoulder (here Marguerita Scholder) requesting his help securing a position at the Oraiba School. Pratt additionally provides a recommendation.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Forwards Letter from Margaret Shoulder and Provides Recommendation1004.39 KB
July 31, 1901
Lt. Col. Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during July 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, July 19012.04 MB
August 1, 1901 - August 8, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from Sara Pierre regarding obtaining students from the Siletz Agency in Oregon. Pratt notes that students who wish to attend a non-reservation boarding school should be allowed to do so.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Difficulty in Recruiting Students at the Siletz Agency920.74 KB
August 3, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Storekeeper August Kensler's request for a 30 day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: August Kensler's Request for Annual Leave of Absence508.41 KB
August 3, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Laborer George E Hollenbaugh's request for a 15 day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: George E. Hollenbaugh's Request for Annual Leave of Absence500.73 KB
August 3, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt replies to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the return of Nora and Geneva Jamison from the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Request to Return Nora and Geneva Jamison818.46 KB
August 5, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt responds to a letter from the Office of Indian Affairs regarding the fire engine at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt details that he is not willing to depart with the school's fire engine unless it is replaced with one as…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Details Willingness to Part with School Fire Engine573.72 KB
August 5, 1901
Wallace Jemison requests the return of his niece Lucy Jamison (here Lucy Jemison) from the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Wallace Jemison Requests Return of Lucy Jamison541.89 KB
August 6, 1901
M. R. Stevenson requests an update from the Office of Indian Affairs regarding his request for the return of Nora and Geneva Jameson.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Stevenson Requests Update on Return of Nora and Geneva Jameson289.22 KB