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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April 27, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt provides statistics related to the industrial departments including the sewing room, tailor shop, shoe shop, tin shop, harness shop, blacksmith and carriage shop, printing office, and the laundry over the previous twelve…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Industrial Department Output for 1900-1901844.07 KB
April 30, 1901 - May 6, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from James I. Cochrane, Principal of the Mekusukey Academy, requesting Carlisle enroll a member of the Seminole Nation.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: James Cochrane Requests Carlisle Enroll Seminole Student2.08 MB
April 30, 1901
Lt. Colonel Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during April 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, April 1901562.34 KB
April 30, 1901 - August 14, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt requests the Commissioner of Indian Affairs write to the Governor of Montana to have Little Whirlwind transferred to the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt encloses documents from the Indian Rights Association claiming Little…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to have Little Whirlwind Transferred to Carlisle1.83 MB
May 1, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that due to an error in copying over a list of positions that one of the clerk positions should be continued as Treasurer Students' Funds.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Clerk Position Should be Treasurer Students' Funds566.27 KB
May 6, 1901
Johann Bjornsson writes to Richard Henry Pratt forwarding along a translated article from the Icelandic Patriotic Society's 1900 almanac, written by Olafia Johannsdottir about Pratt. The translated article is no longer included with this letter…
Repository: Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Bjornsson Sends Pratt Biography by Johannsdottir426.07 KB
May 7, 1901
C. F. Zinn of Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania writes the Office of Indian Affairs regarding his application as an instructor in the tinning department of the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: C. F. Zinn Writes Regarding Application for Tinsmith Position394.16 KB
May 8, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt requests supplies to repair fences on the Carlisle Indian School grounds and at the Parker Farm.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to for Supplies to Repair Fences on Grounds and Farm598.41 KB
May 14, 1901 - July 17, 1901
Correspondence regarding the return of Nora and Geneva Jameson from the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Correspondence Regarding Return of Nora and Geneva Jameson3.88 MB
May 15, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt forwards laundry manager Ella G. Hill's application for a 28 day leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Ella G. Hill's Application for Leave of Absence531.87 KB
May 15, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay the expense of $26.50 incurred in examination of various documents related to the sale of the Kutz Farm to the United States Government.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Farms - Land Transactions
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Pay Expenses Connected to Purchase of Kutz Farm585.93 KB
May 16, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding cutting down one of the large exposition cases. Pratt includes a diagram of the case with suggestions from the carpenter on how to reduce its size.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Exhibits of Student Work
Format: Diagrams, Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Provides Information on Reducing Size of Exposition Cases916.35 KB
May 17, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase additional uniforms for male students.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Uniforms and Clothing
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase Additional Uniforms for Boys603.44 KB
May 18, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt advises the commissioner about two days of leave already taken by laundry manager Ella G. Hill.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Laundry
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Report of Ella G. Hill's Leave of Absence 568.82 KB
May 18, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase a new threshing machine to replace the worn-out machine currently used by the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase New Threshing Machine595.78 KB
May 20, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Teacher Kittie Odell's application for a 15 day leave of absence. Odell will be on duty at the small boys' quarters starting July 1, 1901.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Kittie Odell's Application for Leave of Absence514.71 KB
May 20, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt forwards teacher Malcolm W. Odell's application for a 15 day leave of absence. Odell expects to take charge of small boys' quarters July 1, 1901.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Malcolm W. Odell's Application for Leave of Absence554.69 KB
May 21, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to add 112,000 shingles to the Carlisle Indian School lumber supplies for both the Kutz Farm buildings as well as the dining room roof.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Authority to Purchase Shingles for Kutz Farm and Dining Room2.78 MB
May 28, 1901
William Youngblood, Auditor for the Interior Department, informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that his examinations of the accounts of Richard Henry Pratt that the voucher for the payment of $20,000 for the purchase of the Kutz Farm needs…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Farms - Land Transactions
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Auditor Request for Additional Paperwork to Process Kutz Farm Purchase839.67 KB
May 28, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay the voucher for the treatment of Harrison Waterman at the Medico-Chirurgical Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Pay Voucher Covering Treatment of Harrison Waterman604.51 KB
May 31, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the Office of Indian Affairs regarding his suggestion to have Sophia American Horse oversee the exhibit in Buffalo.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Office Letter Regarding Sophia American Horse595.28 KB
May 31, 1901
Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during May 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, May 1901409.53 KB
May 31, 1901
Superintendent Richard H. Pratt requests more proposal blank forms because he only received 70 out of the 200 that he ordered in January.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Office Supplies
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Requisition for Proposal Blanks, May 1901388.9 KB
June 2, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt forwards the request of Daisy C. Laird for a position as a grade school teacher at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt recommends her transfer from Fort Lewis due to other staff transfers.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Daisy Laird Requests Transfer to Carlisle560.65 KB
June 3, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt sends Commissioner of Indian Affairs W. A. Jones a sample of blank form 5-202 per Jones' request. Form 5-202 is a proposal for Indian supplies.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Blank Proposal for Indian Supplies Form629.75 KB