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, 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
July 20, 1903
Acting Superintendent Edgar A. Allen forwards Tailor William Normast'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: William Normast's Application for Annual Leave of Absence583.3 KB
July 21, 1903
Acting Superintendent Edgar A. Allen requests a six-month supply of six hundred invoices 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 1903507.63 KB
July 25, 1903
Richard H. Pratt forwards applications of two employees for leave of absence: E. H. Colegrove (teacher) and Charles W. Yeager (fireman).
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Two Applications for Leave of Absence 1.18 MB
July 28, 1903
John R. Procter, President of the Civil Service Commission, acknowledges request to open the exam for Drawing Teacher at the Carlisle Indian School to both sexes.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Teachers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Civil Service Commission Acknowledges Request to Open Exam to both Sexes402.56 KB
July 29, 1903
Richard Henry Pratt informs A. C. Towner that he will be in the Office of Indian Affairs office to discuss the eligible list for physicians.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Medical Staff
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt to be in Washington to Discuss Eligible List for Physicians357.11 KB
July 31, 1903
Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during July 1903. 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, July 19031.91 MB
July 31 - August 1, 1903
Richard H. Pratt forwards applications of three employees for leave of absence: M. Burgess (superintendent of printing), H. Gardner (carpenter), and Bertha Canfield (seamstress).
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Three Applications for Leave of Absence 1.89 MB
July 31, 1903
Richard H. Pratt forwards applications of two employees for leave of absence: Kate S. Bowersox (assistant principal and normal teacher) and W. B. Beitzel (clerk).
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Two Applications for Leave of Absence 1.33 MB
April 11 - August 1, 1903
Colonel Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists employees who have left the school (Elizabeth E. Forster, Jessie L. McIntire, Annie Belle Moore, Joseph Hummingbird, and Lila H. Connolly), those who have changed positions (William Davies,…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees, August 19031.89 MB
August 1, 1903
Eugene Talbott telegraphs his resignation as physician at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Medical Staff
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Eugene Talbott Resigns as Physician365.32 KB
August 1, 1903
Superintendent of Printing Marianna Burgess requests a leave of absence to attend the Indian Convention at Newport, Oregon and for 20 days vacation. Richard H. Pratt forwards and approves Burgess' request.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: M. Burgess' Request to Attend Indian Convention964.99 KB