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 17, 1903
Estimate of funds for the fourth quarter of 1903 for transportation of students and Indian proceeds of labor. The total amount of estimate appears to be missing from the financial report, but the total is at least $3,614.64.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Estimate of Funds, Fourth Quarter 1903450.58 KB
June 20, 1903
Richard H. Pratt forwards applications of two employees for leave of absence: Beckie L. Goodyear (assistant seamstress) and Margaret O. Eckert (laborer).
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Two Applications for Leave of Absence1.28 MB
June 23, 1903
Richard Henry Pratt requests an increase in salary for matron Carrie E. Weekley in order to retain her at the Carlisle Indian School and prevent her transfer to Puerto Rico.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Salary Increase for Carrie E. Weekley353.89 KB
June 24, 1903
Acting Superintendent Edgar A. Allen submits a report that lists employees who have left the school (Alice G. Turner) and those who have changed positions (Lila W. Connolly). These reports include personal information about those being hired as…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Reports
View Document: Descriptive Statements of Changes in School Employees, June 1903337.25 KB
June 24, 1903
Richard H. Pratt and Edgar A. Allen (acting superintendent) forward applications of three employees for leave of absence: Ida Swallow (assistant clerk), Agnes May Robbins (teacher), and Frances R. Scales (teacher).
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Three Applications for Leave of Absence1.75 MB
June 26, 1903
Acting Superintendent Edgar A. Allen forwards Genus E. Baird's application for a 25-day annual leave of absence. Baird works as an assistant printer.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Genus E. Baird's Application for Annual Leave of Absence 568.56 KB
June 27, 1903
Edgar A. Allen (acting superintendent) forwards an application for leave of absence for one employee, M. I. Zeigler (harnessmaker), and reports on leave of absence for four employees: W. B. Beitzel (clerk), Oella C. Munch (assistant matron), W.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: One Application for Leave of Absence and Four Reports on Leave of Absence 2.73 MB
June 29, 1903
Acting Superintendent Edgar A. Allen forwards W. H. Miller's application for a 28-day annual leave of absence. Miller works as a financial clerk.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: W. H. Miller's Application for Annual Leave of Absence 576.04 KB
June 30, 1903
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Harry F. Weber's application for a 15-day annual leave of absence. Weber works as an engineer.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Harry F. Weber's Application for Annual Leave of Absence587.71 KB
June 30, 1903
Richard Henry Pratt forwards his approval for M. S. Barr (nurse) to attend the Department of Indian Education meeting in Boston, Massachusetts. An explanatory cover letter is included.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: M. S. Barr's Request for Leave of Absence869.44 KB
June 30, 1903
Major Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees and includes details on their compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked at the school in June 1903. Pratt distinguishes between the employees, whose…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students - Irregular Employees
Format: Reports
View Document: Report of Irregular Employees, June 19032.35 MB
June 30, 1903
Richard H. Pratt submits a statement of cost form that lists the total amounts for subsistence, clothing, school materials and furnishings, light and fuel, miscellaneous expenses, new buildings and repairs, the value of subsistence raised by…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Statement of Cost of Employees and Issues and Expenditures, June 1903532.36 KB
July 1 - September 15, 1903
Acting Superintendent Edgar A. Allen forwards certificates of attendance at summer school for 23 employees: M. S. Barr (nurse), Bertha Canfield (seamstress), Kate S. Bowersox (assistant principal & normal teacher), Florence M. Carter (small…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: 23 Certificates of Attendance at Summer School8.68 MB
July 1903
S. L. Diven, the school physician, compiles the sanitary report for the quarter ending on June 30, 1903.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness
Format: Reports
View Document: Quarterly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, June 19031002.73 KB
July 1903 - August 3, 1903
S. L. Diven provides a report in compliance with Office of Indian Affairs circular #99. Diven details his connection with the Carlisle Indian School and the most common ailments he has had to treat including consumption and other respiratory…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Report on Health at the Carlisle Indian School2.35 MB
July 1, 1903
Richard H. Pratt forwards applications of three employees for leave of absence: Lizzie James (assistant laundress), Ella Albert (assistant laundress), and Ella G. Hill (laundry manager).
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Three Applications for Leave of Absence1.9 MB
July 2, 1903
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay for the board of students being treated for eye ailments in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Pay for Board of Students Receiving Eye Treatment511.3 KB
July 2, 1903
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay $400 to continue renting the Henderson Tract for the 1904 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 1904 Fiscal Year472.96 KB
July 2, 1903
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay students for their work at the Carlisle Indian School over the summer vacation period rather than have them go on outing.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Pay Students Labor Over Summer of 1903452.12 KB
July 5, 1903
Estimate of funds for the first quarter of 1904 amounting to $67,887.75 for support of the school, $13,012.50 of which is for regular employee pay. An explanatory cover letter is attached.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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View Document: Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, First Quarter 19041.47 MB
July 6, 1903
Richard Henry Pratt requests the selection of John A. Herr from the Civil Service list to fill the carpenter position at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for John A. Herr to be Appointed as Carpenter446.82 KB
July 13, 1903
Acting Superintendent Edgar A. Allen requests a six-month supply of six sub voucher books 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 1903999.7 KB
July 15, 1903
Edgar A. Allen (acting superintendent) forwards applications of three employees for leave of absence: E. Corbett (assistant seamstress), Susan Zeamer (assistant seamstress), and Elizabeth Searight (assistant seamstress).
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Three Applications for Leave of Absence1.74 MB
July 18, 1903
Edgar A. Allen, acting superintendent, forwards Nellie V. Roberston's application for a 28-day annual leave of absence. Robertson works as a clerk.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Nellie V. Robertson's Application for Annual Leave of Absence571.44 KB
July 20, 1903
Edgar A. Allen requests that the examination for position of Drawing Teacher at Carlisle be opened to both sexes.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Teachers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Open Drawing Teacher Exam to both Sexes492.63 KB