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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June 30, 1902
John T. Doyle, the Secretary of the Civil Service Commission, forwards to the Secretary of the Interior a list of three women (Cassandra H. Rice, Lura Kerr, Isabella M. McGonnigle) who are eligible to fill the vacant assistant matron position at…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Matrons
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Eligible Candidates for Assistant Matron Position
June 30, 1902
Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during June 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, June 1902
June 30, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Beckie Goodyear and Susan Zeamer, assistant seamstresses, have resigned. Pratt notes that both were local residents of Carlisle and that the Civil Service Commission cannot send the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
June 30, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Assistant Seamstress Susan Zeamer's application for a 29-day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Susan Zeamer's Application for Annual Leave of Absence
July 1, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Assistant Matron Prudence Miles's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Prudence Miles's Application for Annual Leave of Absence
July 1902
S. L. Diven, the school physician, compiles the sanitary report for the quarter ending on June 30, 1902.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness
Format: Reports
July 1, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay $400 to continue renting the Henderson Tract for the 1903 fiscal year.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Farms - Land Transactions
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Pay Henderson Farm Rent for the 1903 Fiscal Year
July 2, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that William Nonnast, tailor, has not reported and that he is needed badly.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Tailor
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Office Informed that William Nonnast has not Reported
July 2, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that M. E. Blanchard has declined to accept the Outing Matron position. Requests that a particular examination be made in filling the place.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Informs Office that Blanchard Declines Outing Position
July 2, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt forwards application for leaves of absences for O. T. Harris, blacksmith as well as informing the Office of Indian Affairs of his resignation due to health.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
July 4, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Seamstress Bertha Canfield's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Bertha Canfield's Application for Annual Leave of Absence
July 4, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Clerk Nellie V. Robertson's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
July 4, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt follows up his telegram providing greater detail on the damage caused by a cyclone to various school buildings.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Details Damage Caused by Cyclone to Various Buildings
July 4, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority for emergency supplies and labor to repair buildings damaged by a cyclone.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
July 4, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay for the dental bills of students who have not been able to earn money to pay their own bills.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
July 4, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the request of Louisa Longfinger to return her son Lyman Hare.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Request to Return Lyman Hare
July 5, 1902
Estimate of funds for the first quarter of 1903 amounting to $81,316.12 for support of the school and transportation of Indian supplies. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds amounting to $12,955.00 for regular employee pay.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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July 5, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt recommends Jessie W. Cook for the position of principal teacher at the Riverside School at the request of Superintendent Hall.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
July 7, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt requests to appoint Ora B. Bryant to the position of teacher at the Carlisle Indian School to replace Jessie W. Cook.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Teachers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Appoint Ora B. Bryant to Vacant Teaching Position
July 8, 1902
Wrap for report from the Civil Service Commission relative to complaint of Thomas D. Collins in connection with his appointment of tinner at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Wrap for Complaint of Thomas Collins Related to Appointment
July 10, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Laundry Manager Ella G. Hill's application for a 28-day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Ella G. Hill's Application for Annual Leave of Absence
July 10, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Clerk Fannie I. Peter's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Fannie I. Peter's Application for Annual Leave of Absence
July 10, 1902 - July 14, 1902
Jennie Brown requests a letter noting her graduation from Carlisle from Richard Henry Pratt in order to secure a position as a stenographer and clerk in the Indian Service. Pratt forwards the letter to the Office of Indian Service with a brief…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Jennie Brown Requests Letter from Pratt to Secure Position
July 11-17, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt forwards resignation of Samuel J. Brown as an assistant disciplinarian at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt requests the Civil Service Commission send the school a new assistant disciplinarian.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Samuel J. Brown Resigns as Assistant Disciplinarian
July 12, 1902
Richard H. Pratt recommends that former student Eva Rogers be appointed as the assistant matron in the Indian Service. Pratt forwards Rogers' application to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and endorses her in his cover letter. Also,…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Application for Employment from Eva Rogers