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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July 26, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt replies to a letter from the Office of Indian Affairs concerning a delegation of Omaha students being brought east by Alice C. Fletcher.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Recruitment of Students
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Reply to Office Letter Concerning Omaha Delegation in 1882343.59 KB
July 28, 1882 - August 11, 1882
Ralph Iron Eagle Feather writes to Richard Henry Pratt discussing how there is now work for returned students at the Rosebud Agency. In Pratt's comments to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs he notes that the Agent at Pine Ridge has but all of…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Ralph Iron Eagle Feather Discusses Lack of Work at Rosebud1.05 MB
July 28, 1882
U.S. Indian Agent for the Kiowa Agency, P. B. Hunt, provides the circumstances of Juana, a member of the Navajo Nation, who was brought to the Kiowa Agency a year prior. Hunt recommends sending to her to Carlisle and then possibly placing her in…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Recommendation to Enroll Juana at Carlisle794.68 KB
July 28, 1882
Robert Todd Lincoln, Secretary of War, acknowledges the letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that A. C. Fletcher will select ten students from the Sitting Bull being held at Fort Randall with assistance from the Fort's Commanding…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Selection of Children from the Sitting Bull Band for Carlisle663.8 KB
August 1, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt recommends accepting a proposal of U.S. Indian Agent Hunt for enrolling a Navajo girl now at the Kiowa Agency separate from the agency's allotment of students.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Accepts Recommendation to Enroll Navajo Girl527.14 KB
August 2, 1882
Complying with Indian Office orders, Richard Henry Pratt provides a list of students brought to the Carlisle Indian School by Special Agent E. B. Townsend for the fall of 1882. Students were from the Osage, Kaw, and Nez Perce Nations.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Names of Students Brought to Carlisle by Townsend474.87 KB
August 3, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that he has received a letter from Alice C. Fletcher that the military officer in charge of the Sitting Bull prisoners at Fort Randell does not have permission to turn children over…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request from Alice C. Fletcher on Recruiting Sitting Bull Children322.54 KB
August 4, 1882
U.S. Indian Agent for the Navajo Indian Agency, Galen Eastman, reports that there are five students from the Agency who wish to attend the Carlisle Indian School due to recruiting from a Carlisle student. As a result Eastman requests authority to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Expenses for Sending Five Navajo Students to Carlisle589.32 KB
August 14, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt provides a report on the outing system for the Summer of 1882. Pratt notes that he placed 85 students in homes for the Summer and that he was able to secure transportation costs from patrons as well as a salary for the student…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Update on Outing System for Summer of 1882640.19 KB
August 16, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt claims he has the authority to accept and return students from the Secretary of the Interior.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Claims Rights to Returning and Accepting Students795.63 KB
August 18, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a request from Anna Ely to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to instruct the Pawnee Agency to send Pawnee children to Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Anna Ely Request Help for Recruiting Pawnee Children329.57 KB
August 18, 1882
Benjamin M. Thomas, U.S. Indian Agent for the Pueblo Indian Agency, requests information on sending a student from Cochiti to Carlisle in addition to sending more Pueblo students to Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pueblo Agency Requests Authority to Send More Students to Carlisle407.2 KB
August 18, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt notes that the school will have additional children than in previous years necessitating additional beds and pillows. In addition the previous bed stands are not as durable as hoped.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase Beds and Pillows486.87 KB
August 21, 1882
Inspector J. M. Haworth recommends that the Pawnee Agency send ten Pawnee students to Carlisle five of whom were to be girls.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Haworth Recommends Ten Pawnee Children Sent to Carlisle408.52 KB
August 23, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt provides an estimate for the cost of running the Carlisle Indian School including $225 per student per year in additional to $30,000 for various improvements to the School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Funds Needed for Operation of the Carlisle Indian School634.02 KB
August 24, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt notifies the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that the delegation brought back by Anna Ely is different then what was approved. Pratt notes that he has sent certain students to the Hampton Institute as previously approved and…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Additional Students Brought by Ely693.91 KB
August 26, 1882 - September 1, 1882
Acting Secretary of the Interior, M. L. Joslyn, instructs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to stop Richard Henry Pratt from traveling West as had written previously. Pratt had desired to go West in order to bring back Sioux students from…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Employee Travel - Recruitment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Interior Department Instructs Pratt to Not Travel West1.4 MB
August 27, 1882 - September 23, 1882
Correspondence regarding the enrollment of children from the Sitting Bull band of Sioux being held as prisoners at Fort Randall. The officer in charge of Fort Randall indicates that the parents of the eligible children do not wish to see their…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Parents from Sitting Bull Band at Fort Randall Unwilling to Send Children to Carlisle2.86 MB
September 2, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt requests to return Albert Barnett and Henry Eagle Chief to their homes due to their ill health. Pratt notes that he can escort the students back to their homes if he is given permission to visit the Navajo Agency.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Albert Barnett and Henry Eagle Chief1.36 MB
September 11, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt requests the Commissioner of Indian Affairs reconsider its decision to not allow him personally to go select students at the Navajo and Sioux Agencies. Pratt believes that none of his employees have the requisite knowledge to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Employee Travel - Recruitment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Asks for Reconsideration of His Trip to Recruit Students665.95 KB
September 14, 1882
Benjamin M. Thomas, U.S. Indian Agent for the Pueblo Agency, refers the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to a prior letter to which he asks to send more students to the Carlisle Indian School especially a Cochiti student.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Reference to Sending More Pueblo Students to Carlisle371.77 KB
September 18, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that the he and the Carlisle Indian School have been invited to attend and participate at the Bi-Centennial celebration in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on October 24, 1882. Pratt…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Invitation to Pennsylvania Bi-Centennial Committee422 KB
September 19, 1882
Alice C. Fletcher indicates that she has five Omaha pupils in her charge and desires that they be given permission to attend the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Alice Fletcher Requests Enrollment of Omaha Students424.81 KB
September 20, 1882
Estimate of funds for the fourth quarter of 1882 amounting to $8,682.25 for support of the school, and an additional $4,976.25 for employee wages.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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View Document: Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, Fourth Quarter 18821.2 MB
September 21, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs the total and per capita expenses for educating Pine Ridge and Rosebud students as well as Sisseton Agency students.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Per Capita Expenses for Educating Sioux Students389.73 KB