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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February 22, 1904 - February 26, 1904
W. C. Smith requests to have his two sons enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: W. C. Smith Requests to Enroll His Sons at Carlisle956.18 KB
February 23, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Ora B. Bryant's application for a 6-day leave of absence. Bryant works as a teacher but is resigning.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Ora B. Bryant's Application for Leave of Absence 385.86 KB
February 24, 1904 - February 27, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from former student Jemima Wheelock Webster requesting his assistance in selling her allotted land in order to receive some benefit from it.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Jemima Webster Requests Pratt's Assistance in Selling Allotted Land1.29 MB
February 24, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Thomas A. Taliaferro has not reported for duty as a cook at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Office Informed Taliaferro Has Not Reported for Duty294.33 KB
February 27, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt requests that Margaret O. Eckert's temporary appointment as seamstress be made permanent following her certification.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Margaret O. Eckert's Appointment to be Made Permanent433.27 KB
February 29, 1904
Acting Superintendent Edgar A. Allen submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during February 1904. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students - Irregular Employees
Format: Reports
View Document: Report of Irregular Employees, February 1904504.62 KB
March 2, 1904
Edgar A. Allen requests the Office of Indian Affairs provide the executive order or act of Congress establishing the Carlisle Indian School in order to proceed with a case against an individual for selling intoxicants to one of the students.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Documents Establishing Carlisle for Court Case305.72 KB
March 3, 1904
Acting Superintendent Edgar A. Allen forwards a report on leave of absence for Ora B. Bryant. Bryant works as a teacher.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Report on Ora B. Bryant's Leave of Absence 492.96 KB
March 5, 1904
Edgar A. Allen responds to the Office of Indian Affairs that cook Eugene Estoppey has forwarded his papers to the Civil Service Commission.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Allen Informs Office that Estoppey has Forwarded Papers to Civil Service490.11 KB
March 9, 1904
E. A. Hitchcock, Interior Secretary, disallows all expenses incurred in securing students from Alaska from 1903.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Interior Secretary Disallows Expenses in Transporting Alaskan Students923.65 KB
March 12, 1904
Henry F. Greene, Acting President of the Civil Service Commission, informs the Secretary of the Interior that as there is no eligible register for filling the cook vacancy at Carlisle they are authorized to make an emergency appointment.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Civil Service Commission Authorizes Temporary Appointment for Cook528.27 KB
March 12, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt provides a report detailing agriculture production at the Carlisle Indian School during 1903.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Farm Production for 19031.24 MB
March 13, 1904 - March 24, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt responds to Nellie Lillard's request to be released from the regulations of the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Request of Nellie Lillard1.46 MB
March 15, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt requests modification of authority providing money to pay board of students undergoing special treatment in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Pratt requests that the authority include the cost of transportation and an escort.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Medical Travel, Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Modify Authority Providing Treatment of Students in Philadelphia503.44 KB
February 23 - March 16, 1904
Colonel Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employees (Eugene Estoppey, Joanna R. Speer, Hattie M. McDowell), employees who have left the school (Ora B. Bryant, Prudence M. Crosbie, and David Crosbie), and those who have changed…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Descriptive Statements of Changes in School Employees and Resignations, March 1904878.24 KB
March 17, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt requests that the Carlisle Indian School be appointed with a vocal music teacher following the transfer of William Davies. Pratt adds that in the meantime he has employed Edith Prince to fill the position.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for New Vocal Music Teacher Following Davies Transfer460.71 KB
March 18, 1904
Edith McHarg Steele informs Richard Henry Pratt of her resignation as the librarian of the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Library
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Resignation of Edith McHarg Steele as Librarian455.81 KB
March 24, 1904
Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employees (Edith S. Prince) and those who have left the school (William Davies). The report includes position title, salary, date of departure, and reason for departure.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Reports
View Document: Descriptive Statements of Changes in School Employees, March 1904647.13 KB
March 24, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt forwards James R. Wheelock's application for a 22-day annual leave of absence. Wheelock works as a band leader.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: James R. Wheelock's Application for Annual Leave of Absence 492.2 KB
March 24, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that the Librarian salary is $600 rather than $480 since the position now falls under the Civil Service.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Library
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Corrects Salary for Librarian Position Following Resignation430.86 KB
March 25, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that assistant seamstresses Beckie L. Goodyear and E. Corbett have been absent from work. For the time being, Goodyear is being replaced by a temporary employee and Corbett's work is…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Absence of Two Assistant Seamstresses488.54 KB
March 28, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to replace the pipes which provide water to the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Pay for Replacing Water Supply Pipes764.65 KB
March 29, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt follows up on his previous letter stating an additional need for increasing the size of pipes which deliver water to the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt States Additional Need for Increasing Size of Water Pipes484.17 KB
March 31, 1904
Colonel Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during March 1904. 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, March 1904399.4 KB
March 31, 1904
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, March 1904476.84 KB