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 7, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt requests that Sheldon Jackson be allowed to go to the Navajo Agency to recruit a delegation of students for the Carlisle Indian School along with an assistant.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Recruitment of Students
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Sheldon Jackson to Recruit Navajo Students568.44 KB
February 10, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt forwards certificate of receipt from the War Department of two Lipan children.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Cover Letter Concerning Receipt of Two Lipan Children375.29 KB
February 20, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt seeks authorization for his actions in allowing Lincoln to return with his father due to his health and covering the expense of the return trip.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Authority Sought in Approving Return of Lincoln615.09 KB
February 24, 1882 - March 27, 1882
Augustus Brosius, U.S. Indian Agent at the Great Nemaha Agency, informs Richard Henry Pratt that a group of Iowa Nation people led by Chief Kihega will be visiting Washington to decide whether to remain in Nebraska. Kihega wishes his son who is…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Iowa Chiefs Visit to Washington D.C.1.61 MB
March 7, 1882
Charles Hatton, U.S. Indian Agent, seeks authority to cover the additional fare incurred by the return of Lincoln from Carlisle along with the Arapaho Chiefs.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Hatton Seeks Authority to Cover Lincoln's Return Fare609.05 KB
March 16, 1882 - March 22, 1882
Blue Horse writes to Richard Henry Pratt regarding his son who is studying at the school, stating that his son can be sent home when he is skillful enough to carry out the trade he is learning. He also inquires about getting a one horse buggy.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Blue Horse Discusses His Son and One Horse Buggy620.84 KB
March 16, 1882
Estimate of funds for the second quarter of 1882 amounting to $11,445.75 for areas covering rations, the pay of employees, clothing, the farm, supplies, contingencies, and special allowance. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, Second Quarter 18821.2 MB
March 17-28, 1882
American Horse asks Richard Henry Pratt if he may come to Carlisle to visit his children attending the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt writes to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that he believes American Horse coming to Carlisle would help keep…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: American Horse Requests Permission to Visit Carlisle845.32 KB
March 18, 1882
Thomas J. Jordan, U.S. Indian Agent at the Ponca Agency inquires about enrolling James Porter at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Inquiry into Enrolling James Porter at Carlisle382 KB
March 21, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt seeks the authority to return home Horace, Rufus, Morgan, and Austin due to poor health from consumption and scrofula.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Home Four Pine Ridge Students410.28 KB
March 24, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt replies to an Department of Indian Affairs letter concerning the failure to return sick students back to their homes before their deaths. Pratt details two cases where students were too ill to be sent back to their homes. He…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Policy of Returning Sick Students559.39 KB
March 27, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt inquires about a request from Chief Kihega through U.S. Indian Agent Brosius about sending two Carlisle students, Charles Kihega and Ellwood Dorian, to Washington to serve as counsel for Chief Kihega.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to for Charles Kihega and Ellwood Dorian313.95 KB
April 5, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt requests action on an earlier letter requesting permission to return four students home to the Pine Ridge Agency due to ill health.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Permission Sought to Return Sick Students Home in April 1882369.59 KB
April 4, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt requests permission to return Mary, a member of the Sioux Nation, home to the Pine Ridge Agency due to ill health along with the party previously mentioned.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Mary Home367.08 KB
April 10, 1882
J. M. Haworth documents the visit of the Iowa Chiefs to Carlisle. He notes that he brought many of the students to Carlisle a few years earlier and comments on the many differences in the students over the course of their time at Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Haworth Documents Visit to Carlisle of Iowa Chiefs798.65 KB
April 10, 1882
Two Strike requests permission to visit his son at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Two Strike Requests Permission to Visit Carlisle358.25 KB
April 11, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt requests a reduction in various rations in order to purchase additional cows for providing a greater milk supply to students. Pratt cites a visit from Dr. Cornelius Rea Agnew and his recommendation that for a healthy student…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Increase in Cow Herd and Reduction in Rations1 MB
April 17, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt requests permission to send Irvine, a member of the Comanche Nation, home due to poor health. Pratt notes that Na as toe and Big Man are leaving for their agency soon and can accompany Irvine home.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Send Irvine Home408.53 KB
April 19, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a request from Wichita Chief Na has toe and Big Man for a set of spring wagon and harness. Pratt documents his history working with Na has toe during his Army experience and recommends fulfilling the request.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Spring Wagon and Harness573.77 KB
April 25, 1882
Special Agent E. B. Townsend recommends that Indian Agent L. J. Miles direct the group of Osage and Kaw children to be sent to Carlisle be sent to a station on the Missouri Pacific Railroad in order to allow them to leave from Muskogee rather…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Suggestion for Transportation of Osage and Kaw Children to Carlisle544.02 KB
May 9, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt recommends Indian Agent John D. Miles for the new position of Inspector of Schools in the Indian Service.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Indian School System
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Recommendation of John D. Miles for Inspector of Schools794.33 KB
May 10, 1882
The father of Moses Nonway requests that his son be returned to his home in order to help him on his farm due to his poor health. Richard Henry Pratt believes that the request should be approved and sent home along with Charles Somains with U.S.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Moses Nonway to be Sent Home856.32 KB
May 16, 1882
Chris Burns inquires about sending his three children to Carlisle to be educated. Richard Henry Pratt forwarded the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with instructions on establishing precedent in such cases. Pratt proposes that white fathers pay…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Chris Burns Seeks Information on Educating Children at Carlisle578.44 KB
May 17, 1882
Lieutenant General R. H. Sheridan writes that 21 Navajo women and children have been taken prisoner and are being held at Fort Wingate. He notes that General Pope proposes sending the children to the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Proposal to Send Navajo POW Children to Carlisle400.99 KB
May 17, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt writes that the initial delegation of students from the Pine Ridge and Rosebud Agencies terms of enrollment are set to expire and requests authorization for funds to return them. Pratt notes that many of the students wish to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Return Home of Initial Delegation of Rosebud and Pine Ridge Students581.34 KB