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 25, 1902
Acting Superintendent Edgar A. Allen forwards Disciplinarian W. Grant Thompson's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: W. Grant Thompson's Application for Annual Leave of Absence606.39 KB
April 30, 1902
Lt. Colonel Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during April 1902. 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 1902581.16 KB
May 1, 1902
Acting Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Edgar Allen returns bills of lading for a shipment of ten buckboards to the Chicago Indian Warehouse. Allen adds the final destination and the date that the shipment was ordered and notes that all…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Change in Policy for Bills of Lading565.24 KB
May 3, 1902 - May 13, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the request of E. Fitzgerald for the return of Ida and Thomas (here Tommy) Griffin at the behest of their father R. V. Griffin.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Request to Return Ida and Thomas Griffin1.42 MB
May 3, 1902 - May 22, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt responds to request to return Ira Burd (here Bird).
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Request to Return Ira Burd2.07 MB
May 5, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt indicates that the Commissioner of Education for Puerto Rico has requested that additional students be enrolled at Carlisle from Puerto Rico. Pratt notes that he would be glad to accept more students and suggests one condition…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Forwards Request to Enroll Additional Students from Puerto Rico794.5 KB
May 7-8, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt forwards the application for reinstatement to the Indian Service of seamstress Lizzie C. Jacobs.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Application for Reinstatement for Lizzie C. Jacobs to Service549.38 KB
May 8, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs inquiry regarding the resignation of the tailor Paul Walter. Pratt details the difficulties in obtaining a tailor through the Civil Service Commission.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Details Difficulties of Securing a Tailor through the Civil Service Commission759 KB
May 8, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt provides a copy of his letter to W. G. Williams to the Office of Indian Affairs. Pratt responds to Williams request to enroll his two children at the Carlisle Indian School by citing their blood quantum.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Request to Enroll Children of W. G. Williams1.48 MB
May 9, 1902
The Civil Service Commission authorizes the Carlisle Indian School to fill the outing matron position due to no register of eligible applicants.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Civil Service Commission Authorizes Temporary Appointment of Outing Matron877.04 KB
May 9, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Teacher Jessie W. Cook's application for a 28-day leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Jessie W. Cook's Application for Annual Leave of Absence536.39 KB
May 9, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Assistant Matron Rosa B. Brown's application for a 27-day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Rosa B. Brown's Application for Annual Leave of Absence529.38 KB
May 12, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt forwards teacher Josephine R. Walter's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Josephine R. Walter's Application for Leave of Absence527.35 KB
May 16, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt follows up on an inquiry regarding a position in the Indian Service for Ida Wheelock.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Follow Up to Request for Position for Ida Wheelock546.46 KB
May 16, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Domestic Science Teacher Minnie L. Ferree's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Minnie L. Ferree's Application for Annual Leave of Absence530.47 KB
May 16, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt requests to delay implementing the order to return students with one eighth or less Indian blood until July due to limited finances and to allow three students to finish their course of enrollment.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Delay in Returning Students with One Eighth Indian Blood581.45 KB
May 16, 1902 - July 22, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the request of Mrs. Jake Reubens for the return of her daughter Alice Doctor. Reubens in particular objects to the outing program.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Request for Return of Alice Doctor1.55 MB
May 17, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs of his plan to use Howard Gansworth as his outing agent for the Carlisle Indian School in the upcoming school year.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Howard Gansworth to be Outing Agent for Upcoming School Year592.75 KB
May 19, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt notifies the Office of Indian Affairs of the resignation of Rosa Brown and Josephine Walter. In addition he informs the Office of the advancement of Flora Laird and Agnes May Robbins.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Notifies Office of Various Changes in Staff in May 1902869.69 KB
May 20, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Minnie Ferree has received blanks from the Civil Service Commission to take an examination as a matron. Pratt notes Ferree currently holds the Domestic Science Teacher position which…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Discusses Exam for Domestic Science Teacher626.74 KB
May 20, 1902 - May 23, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from Eugene Warren requesting his assistance in securing a position in the Indian Service. Pratt provides information and a recommendation for Warren to the Office.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Provides Recommendation for Eugene Warren1.17 MB
May 21, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that the only two probationary appointments currently at the Carlisle Indian School are W. S. Dysert and Charles Carns.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Informs Office of Two Individual Employees on Probation370.14 KB
May 22 - June 12, 1902
Richard H. Pratt forwards requests from 14 employees to attend summer school: Edith McHarg Steele (librarian), Jeannette L. Senseney and Annie B. Moore (music teachers), Emma A. Cutter (senior teacher), Anne H. Stewart (sloyd teacher), and Fanny…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Fourteen Requests to Attend Summer School3.14 MB
May 22 - June 12, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt forwards applications of twenty-one employees for leave of absence: Mariette Wood (teacher), M. Burgess (superintendent of printing), Clara L. Smith (teacher), Emma A. Cutter (senior teacher), Sadie E. Newcomer (teacher),…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Twenty-One Applications for Leave of Absence10.85 MB
May 23, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt requests to keep Oscar Davis through February in order to allow him to graduate despite being covered by the discharge order of the Office of Indian Affairs.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Exemption for Oscar Davis to Remain at Carlisle460.77 KB