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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May 17, 1882 - June 8, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt refers to his previous letter informing the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that only 25 students will stay on at Carlisle. As a result Pratt seeks approval for the expense of returning the remaining students to their homes in…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel Departing
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Return Home of Students from Various Agencies in 1882815.32 KB
May 17, 1882 - May 19, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from Standing Bear after his arrival at the Carlisle Indian School. In the letter Pratt notes that Standing Bear believes that the school should return the children for the summer but that many of the younger…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Standing Bear Visit to Carlisle and Remarks on Returning Children944.37 KB
May 17, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt writes that the terms of enrollment are up for students from the Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency, the Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita Agency, the Sisseton Agency, the Pawnee Agency, the Ponca Agency, and the Green Bay Agency.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Terms of Enrollment Set to Expire for Initial Delegations486.37 KB
May 19, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt notes that with the upcoming return of 86 students to their homes the school will be able to accommodate 175 new students in the fall. Pratt notes that there are already 20 students from the Osage Nation and 25 from the Omaha…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Enrollment Policies, Enrollment Policies
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Carlisle Able to Receive 175 New Students in Fall of 1882717.19 KB
May 22, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt seeks authority for his actions in returning Mary, a member of the Sioux Nation, to her home in Rosebud due to her ill health.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Approval Sought for Return of Mary to Her Home285.07 KB
June 5, 1882 - June 9, 1882
Julia E. Remington inquires if the Carlisle Indian School has room for a member of the Onondaga Nation. Pratt notes when forwarding the letter to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that due to limited appropriations the father of the prospective…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Inquiry into Enrolling Onondaga Student576.52 KB
June 8, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt notes that his office has no record of receiving a telegram authorizing the return of Mary to her home.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: No Record of Telegram Authorizing Sending Mary Home285.15 KB
June 8, 1882 - June 9, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a copy of a telegram that Osage children were going to arrive at Martinsburg on June 8, 1882. Pratt writes that he met the children at Martinsburg and due to the lack of a train back to Carlisle they were forced to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Osage Children Met at Martinsburg608.03 KB
June 9, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt provides notification that he has arranged a special car to bring around 35 students from the Pine Ridge and Rosebud Agencies to their homes. He notes that his arrangements bring the students to Chamberlain where he hopes the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Arrangements Made for Transporting Rosebud and Pine Ridge Students538.56 KB
June 9, 1882
Due to the composition of the returning delegation of Pine Ridge and Rosebud Sioux students, Richard Henry Pratt, requests that Alice C. Fletcher accompany the delegation back to their homes. Fletcher would then be able to bring back the Omaha…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Have Escort for Sioux Children Returning Home564.21 KB
June 20-28, 1882
Long Face requests the money that was appropriated to educate his two daughters Rose and Mary who were unable to fulfill their three year terms due to ill health and subsequently death.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Deaths, Former Student Death
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Long Face Requests Money Appropriated for Educating Two Deceased Daughters669.54 KB
June 20, 1882
U.S. Indian Agent for the Rosebud Agency, John Cook, notifies the Indian Affairs Office that he has received the telegram informing him to send the parents of the returned students from Carlisle to Chamberlain, South Dakota to pick up their…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Rosebud Agency Prepared to Receive Returned Carlisle Students340.71 KB
June 21, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt submits a "Special" Estimate of Funds form for $524.90 for areas covering the farm and traveling expenses.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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View Document: Special Estimate of Funds, Second Quarter 1882702.02 KB
June 22, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt notes that Two Crows and La Flesche have requested to visit the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt writes that any time is satisfactory for Carlisle that suits Two Crows, La Flesche, and the Office of Indian Affairs.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Two Crows and La Flesche Request to Visit Carlisle303.19 KB
June 24, 1882 - July 26, 1882
U.S. Indian Agent, Benjamin M. Thomas inquires of the Indian Affairs Office when a Juan de Jesus Paucha can be sent to Carlisle as his enrollment was promised during a visit of Pueblo to Washington D.C. Richard Henry Pratt notes that it is…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Juan de Jesus Paucha to be Sent to Carlisle726.88 KB
June 26, 1882 - July 10, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from a John M. Watson, a missionary in the Bluejacket Indian Territory asking how to enroll a number of students from that area. Pratt forwarded the letter along with additional information on inquires he has…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment from the Bluejacket Indian Territory889.08 KB
June 26, 1882
A request is made by Richard Henry Pratt to secure traveling expenses for a Navajo Nation Carlisle student to travel back to the Navajo Nation to bring back twenty students for the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Send Navajo Student to Bring Back Additional Students292.79 KB
June 29, 1882
Percy Smith of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad provides rates of tickets from Carlisle, Pennsylvania to Wichita, Kansas.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Baltimore and Ohio RR Rates for Transporting Children302.85 KB
June 30, 1882
Estimate of Funds for the third quarter of 1882 amounting to $15,450.00 for the support of the school and transportation of Indian supplies.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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View Document: Estimate of Funds, Third Quarter 1882668.67 KB
July 4, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt writes a letter to inform the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that he underestimated the cost of clothing on the previous Estimate of Funds. He will need to spend $35 to $40 per pupil instead of $17.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Correcting Error in Estimate of Funds, Annual 1882521.72 KB
July 12, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt details the number of students he is able to accept from various Indian Agencies including the Rosebud, Pine Ridge, Kiowa and Comanche, Pawnee and Ponca, and the Cheyenne and Arapaho. Pratt provides instructions as to the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Enrollment Targets from Various Indian Agencies for Fall 18821.01 MB
July 13, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt requests to replace the gutters on older buildings to prevent further damage to the structures. Pratt outlines the cost of the tin to update the gutters as well as hiring an additional mechanic on the irregular rolls.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Replace Gutters on Buildings674.25 KB
July 19, 1882 - July 22, 1882
Samuel C. Armstrong writes that the Hampton Normal Institute is willing to educate three married Omaha couples along with three girls and one boy as government students if Alice C. Fletcher is able to bring them with the Sioux delegation going to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Hampton Normal School Recruiting Married Omaha Couples820.2 KB
July 19, 1882
Man on the Cloud writes to Richard Henry Pratt regarding a promise that was made to the Cheyenne delegation about providing a spring wagon to each member. Man on the Cloud also makes reference to the returned Cheyenne students from Carlisle and…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Man on the Cloud Requests Spring Wagon Promised to Him644.61 KB
July 20, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt comments on a letter he has received from Alice C. Fletcher regarding student recruitment in the Rosebud and Pine Ridge Agencies. Fletcher recommends taking more students from Pine Ridge due to the actions of Agent V. T.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Potential Student Recruitment at Rosebud and Pine Ridge in 1882518.36 KB