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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September 25, 1882 - September 27, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt notes that the school is already ten percent over its appropriation in terms of students but he would be willing to accept three Ottawa Nation girls if the J. M. Haworth recommends they be brought to Carlisle. Pratt writes…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Enrollment of Three Ottawa Girls674.81 KB
September 30, 1882
Third annual report of the Carlisle Indian School providing statistics of the number of students from various nations during the school year. Pratt notes that the outing system has been highly successful and comments on the progress of the first…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Third Annual Report of the Carlisle Indian School6.27 MB
October 1882
Thomas Stewart Jr., school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for September 1882.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Reports
View Document: Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Wounded, September 18821.29 MB
October 2, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt submits this Monthly School Report for September 1882.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Reports
View Document: Monthly School Report for September 18821.18 MB
October 5, 1882
Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during September 1882. 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: School Employees - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Report of Irregular Employees, September 18821.47 MB
October 23, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt reports that he returned from his trip to recruit Navajo students. He notes that he only brought back 12 Navajo students rather than the allotted 20.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Reports on Return From Recruiting Trip834.8 KB
October 25, 1882 - October 26, 1882
Alice C. Fletcher requests permission to enroll six Omaha students at the Carlisle Indian School. Fletcher recounts she had been fundraising to secure funds for their education and had nearly succeeded.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Alice Fletcher Indicates She Has Raised Funds for Education of Omaha Students846.17 KB
October 31, 1882
Richard H. Pratt submits this Monthly School Report for October 1882.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Reports
View Document: Monthly School Report for October 18821.22 MB
November 1882
Thomas Stewarts Jr, school physician compiles the monthly sanitary report for October 1882.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness
Format: Reports
View Document: Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Wounded, October 18821.25 MB
November 3, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt recommends being allowed to send eight small girls to be educated by Emily J. Bowen of Woodstock, Connecticut.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Proposal to Send Students to Connecticut to be Educated642.87 KB
November 8, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that he has received word that Sitting Bull refuses to send any children to Carlisle. As a result he has directed his representative to go directly to Rosebud or Pine Ridge to bring…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Recruiting Students from Various Sioux Agencies631.31 KB
November 14, 1882
Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during October 1882. 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: School Employees - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Report of Irregular Employees, October 18821.55 MB
November 15, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt requests $50 worth of 3 cent stamps in order for the Carlisle Indian School to correspond with outing patrons, returned students, parents, and official inquiries.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Office Supplies, Outing Patrons
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Postage Stamps for School Correspondence432.23 KB
November 17, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt replies to an inquiry that the cost of recruiting Osage students for the third quarter of 1882 was $2143.96.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Cost of Recruiting Osage Students429.32 KB
November 17, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has hired Obadiah G. Given as the Carlisle Indian School physician. Pratt details how he came to the decision as well as Given's salary.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Medical Staff
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Informs Office of the Hire of Obadiah G. Given as Physician682.03 KB
November 18, 1882
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employees (Florence M. Carter, M. E. Snyder), those who have left the school (Mary Pain, Emma C. Sickels, Thomas Stewart Jr., Margaret Wilson, H. H. Shiverick), and those who have changed…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
View Document: Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees, November 18821.35 MB
November 18, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt notifies the Department of the Interior of changes made by the Indian Department regarding changes in transportation. Pratt indicates that the Department has arranged the delegation to travel by the B&O Railroad rather…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Transportation of Sioux Students to Carlisle1.02 MB
November 25, 1882
J. R. Buchannan, the passenger agent for the Sioux City and Pacific Railroad, writes regarding transportation ordered for 70 students from the Rosebud Agency to the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Transportation of Sioux Students through the Sioux City and Pacific Railroad1.27 MB
November 30, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt submits this Monthly School Report for November 1882, which includes a list of text books used for the academic education, industrial trades taught, information on the arrival of students from Pine Ridge and Rosebud Agencies,…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Reports
View Document: Monthly School Report for November 18821.28 MB
November 30, 1882
Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during November 1882. 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: School Employees - General
Format: Reports
View Document: Report of Irregular Employees, November 18821.25 MB
December 1, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt provides the account of Samuel Bausley, a member of the Pottawatomi Nation, who came to Carlisle on his own accord in order to enroll at the school. Pratt recommends retaining Bausley at Carlisle if his story is truthful.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Account of Samuel Bausley Arrival at Carlisle616.6 KB
December 1, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt reports the arrival of 68 students at the Carlisle Indian School from the Rosebud and Pine Ridge Agencies.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel to Enroll
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Arrival of 68 Students from Rosebud and Pine Ridge Agencies441.71 KB
December 1882
O. G. Given, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for November 1882.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness
Format: Reports
View Document: Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Wounded, November 1882575.81 KB
December 9, 1882
Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employees (A. J. Wetzel and Lavinia Bender) as well as one who had left the school (Thomas Baird). These reports include personal information about those being hired as well as reasons for…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees, December 1882981.35 KB
December 11, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt forwards special estimate for medical supplies in addition to a letter from the physician of the Carlisle Indian School, Obadiah Given, describing the necessity of the supplies.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Special Estimate for Medical Supplies, December 18822.97 MB