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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December 13-26, 1882
H. J. Armstrong, U. S. Indian Agent at the Crow Agency, that he wants to send a few students from the Crow Agency to Carlisle. Armstrong states that the students previously lived in his home and are now back at their camp. Pratt's response to the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Enroll Six Crow Students1.62 MB
December 16, 1882 - January 2, 1883
Cook writes to Richard Henry Pratt regarding Rosebud Agency and asking either for his daughter to be sent home or the funds to come visit her at Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Cook Writes About Rosebud and Visiting His Daughter652.18 KB
December 16, 1882
Copy of a letter Richard Henry Pratt sent to Congressman Frank Hiscock, Chairman Appropriations Committee in the House of Representatives regarding the Committee's hearing on the Carlisle Indian School's appropriation. Pratt disagrees with the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Objection to Appropriations Committee Statements on Extravagance at Carlisle1.45 MB
December 20, 1882
Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists employees who have left the school (T. S. Reighter and Alice M. Robertson). These reports include reasons for departure for those leaving.
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 1882 961.51 KB
December 20, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt submits an Estimate of Funds for the first quarter of 1883. Included is a note stating why the estimate was rejected.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Estimate of Funds, First Quarter 1883566.05 KB
December 28, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has notified Richard M. Parker of his intent to terminate the lease of the Carlisle Indian School for the Parker Farm.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Farms - Land Transactions
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Office Informed of Intent to Terminate Lease for the Parker Farm424.6 KB
1883 - November 2, 1893
Lessons on the Human Body, by Orestes M. Brands, 1883. Indian School textbook with paper cover stating "Title: Hygiene" and "The Property of the United States Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, PA." Signed in front by Lillie Smith and others and…
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Topics: Hygiene Instruction
Format: Books and Pamphlets
View Document: Lessons on the Human Body Textbook, 1883916.28 KB
January 8, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt returns the estimate of funds for the first quarter of 1883 to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs for further action.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Return of Estimate of Funds, First Quarter 1883322.47 KB
January 19, 1883
Notice of the death of White Shield is received by Richard Henry Pratt from U.S. Indian Agent John D. Miles. As a result Pratt requests authorization for sending home his son Harvey in order to provide help to the family. In addition, Pratt…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Harvey White Shield Home441.01 KB
January 22, 1883
Arden R. Smith, U.S. Indian Agent for the Crow Agency, writes that he has received authority to send ten boys and ten girls to the Carlisle Indian School. Smith writes that it will be quite easy to send the ten boys as he met with a local chief…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Crow Agency Response to Sending Students to Carlisle790.5 KB
January 22, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to visit Washington D.C. to discuss farming at the Carlisle Indian School.
A note from Hiram Price recommends that Pratt's request be approved by the Secretary of the Interior.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests to Visit D.C. to Discuss Farm Matters432.03 KB
January 22, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt requests permission to allow Frank Engler to return home due to his mother's illness. Pratt writes that other members of the Cheyenne Nation have pooled their money to cover Engler's transportation expense and recommends…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Allow Frank Engler to Visit His Home432.52 KB
February 8, 1883
H. J. Armstrong, U.S. Indian Agent for the Crow Agency, asks to be sent to the Carlisle Indian School as the escort for the Crow students rather than some other individual. Armstrong indicates that when recruiting for Carlisle he promised he…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: H. J. Armstrong Presents Case for Escorting Crow Students to Carlisle1.03 MB
February 9, 1883
Arden R. Smith, Special U.S. Indian Agent, writes the Commissioner of Indian Affairs seeking specific instructions for how he should escort 20 Crow students from the Crow Agency to the Carlisle Indian School. Smith provides context on previous…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Arden Smith Instructions for Escorting Crow Students1.17 MB
February 9, 1883
Arden R. Smith, U.S. Indian Agent for the Crow Agency, requests the Indian Affairs Office to send transportation for Crow students from St. Paul to Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Transportation Requested for Crow Students 355.67 KB
February 10, 1883
Carlisle School physician O. G. Given provides a report on the health of some of the remaining Northern Arapaho students at Carlisle and recommends returning four boys to their homes. Richard Henry Pratt endorses this recommendation and asks for…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Report on the Northern Arapaho Students from Wyoming1.33 MB
February 13, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt provides the Indian Affairs Office with proposed text for receiving funds for educating Osage students from the Osage trust fund. Pratt notes that if he does not receive the funds for the Osage then he can place more students…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Proposal for Increased Appropriation from Osage Fund753.17 KB
February 17, 1883 - March 2, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt forwards for approval the lease agreement between the Carlisle Indian School and Samuel K. Humrich for a 225 acre farm beginning on February 17, 1883.
Henry Morgan Teller, Secretary of the Interior, approves the lease…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Farms - Land Transactions
View Document: Pratt Forwards Lease for the Humrich Farm for the 1884 Fiscal Year2.18 MB
February 21, 1883
H. J. Armstrong, U.S. Indian Agent for the Crow Agency, sends a telegraph that he cannot send the full allotment of Crow students to Carlisle at present. Inquires if he can send twelve students now and the remainder at a later date.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Armstrong Cannot Send Full Allotment of Crow Students357.53 KB
February 22, 1883
H. J. Armstrong, U.S. Indian Agent for the Crow Agency, reports that he has sent eight Crow boys to Carlisle under escort of Special U.S. Indian Agent Arden Smith. Armstrong indicates that he was unable to secure any girls to go to Carlisle but…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Departure of Eight Crow Students for Carlisle968.94 KB
February 22-28, 1883
These materials include a cover letter and a Descriptive Statement of Pupils regarding 8 children transferred to the Carlisle Indian School from the Crow Agency in Montana. The Descriptive Statement indicates that two female children initially…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Descriptive Statement of Pupils from Crow Agency, February 18836.48 MB
February 24, 1883
Representative Henry Meyer writes to an unknown recipient, possibly Marie, about recent occurrences in Harrisburg. Included is a brief description of a visit of Carlisle Indian School students to the House of Representatives. Meyer…
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Topics: Field Trips
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Letter from Henry Meyer to Unknown Recipient926.88 KB
February 26, 1883
Itemized statement from John Robinson in assisting Marianna Burgess in escorting 68 Sioux students from the Pine Ridge and Rosebud Agencies to Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Itemized Statement of John Robinson for Escorting Students to Carlisle1.35 MB
March 12, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt submits a "Special" Estimate of Funds form for $1045 for support of Indian school to purchase 200 tons of coal.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Special Estimate of Funds, First Quarter 1883771.6 KB
March 13, 1883 - March 14, 1883
Carlisle Indian School physician O. G. Given provides a report on the recently arrived Crow students from Carlisle, several of whom should be sent back. As a result of the report Pratt recommends including additional agency health examinations.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Physician Report of Newly Arrived Crow Students in 18831.06 MB