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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March 15, 1882
Samuel Chapman Armstrong writes to Richard Henry Pratt concerning an order for horseshoes from Hampton, which Armstrong notes has a very small profit margin.
Note: This is a partial letter, missing all but the first page.…
Repository: Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Armstrong Discusses Order for Horseshoes with Pratt435.71 KB
March 15, 1882
Samuel Chapman Armstrong of the Hampton Institute writes to Richard Henry Pratt again requesting him to attend a public talk in New York about the Indian schools.
Repository: Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Armstrong Requests Pratt's Attendance at Meeting821.85 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
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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 20, 1882
Samuel Chapman Armstrong of the Hampton Institute telegraphs Richard Henry Pratt pleading with him to speak at two events in New York the two following days.
Repository: Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Armstrong Hopes Pratt Will Speak in New York474.41 KB
March 21, 1882
Samuel Chapman Armstrong of the Hampton Institute telegraphs Richard Henry Pratt asking him to attend public talks in New York and Philadelphia.
Repository: Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Armstrong Asks Pratt to Attend Public Talks in New York and Philadelphia454.97 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. Although the handwritten letter indicates that the students were from Pine Ridge, they were actually from…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Home Four Rosebud 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
Samuel Chapman Armstrong of the Hampton Institute telegraphs Richard Henry Pratt asking if he can speak at a church in Boston in a few days.
Repository: Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Armstrong Asks Pratt to Speak in Boston501.49 KB
March 27, 1882
Samuel Chapman Armstrong of the Hampton Institute writes to Richard Henry Pratt encouraging him to speak at the Park Street Church in Boston, giving him information about the talk and providing tips about public engagement.
Repository: Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Armstrong Sends Pratt Information on Talk at Park Street Church in Boston867.94 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 7, 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
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 P. 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