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 16, 1883 - March 23, 1883
Lizzie Spence, a teacher at the Kaw Agency Boarding School, requests the Carlisle Indian School enroll Otwin James who is a student at the school. Richard Henry Pratt endorses the recommendation to the Indian Affairs Office.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Enroll Otwin James755.39 KB
March 22, 1883
Request to return Katie La Croix to her home due to a pulmonary illness with the U.S. Indian Agent for the Sisseton Agency when he returns from Washington D.C.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Katie La Croix to Her Home624.36 KB
March 23, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt requests permission to allow Henry Roman Nose to travel to Carlisle at no expense to the government to spend six months at Carlisle learning the tinsmithing trade.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Enroll Henry Roman Nose for Six Months857.27 KB
March 26, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt writes that the father of Alfred Brown requests his son be sent home in order to see him due to his illness. Pratt also notes that Clement Black Deer is ill and will require some time to recover and may benefit from being sent…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Alfred Brown and Clement Black Deer Home655.35 KB
March 26, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt provides a list of students to be returned to their homes at the end of their enrollment terms. Pratt notes that many of these students have expressed a desire to remain and notes that agents should attempt to secure…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Students to be Returned Home in 18831.21 MB
April 2, 1883
Request to send George Walker home. Walker had remained at the Carlisle Indian School after this term of enrollment was up at the behest of the Sisseton Indian agent to further learn the harness making trade prior to taking over the agency shop.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return George Walker Home612.62 KB
April 3, 1883
Estimate of funds for the second quarter of 1883 amounting to $9,674.65 for support of the school. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds amounting to $5,166.26 for regular employee pay.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, Second Quarter 18831.33 MB
April 9, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt returns to the Indian Affairs Office a letter from U.S. Indian Agent H. J. Armstrong from the Crow Agency. Pratt recommends returning Hears Fire and Steals the Bear to their home due to illness.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Hears Fire and Steals the Bear618.21 KB
April 9, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt requests permission to return to their homes Tommie McGillycuddy and Oliver Spotted Tail due to tuberculous infections. As a result of their conditions Pratt notes that they will need an escort to accompany them on their way…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Tommie McGillycuddy and Oliver Spotted Tail656.81 KB
April 16, 1883
Lewellyn E. Woodin, U.S. Indian Agent for the Ponca, Pawnee, and Otoe Agency, notes that the mother of Harriet Mary Elder (here Harriet May) requests her daughter to be sent home from Carlisle. Woodin writes that the mother is part of a party…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Harriet Elder to Her Home373.89 KB
May 2, 1883
Lewellyn E. Woodin, U.S. Indian Agent for the Ponca, Pawnee, and Otoe Agency, provides the answers of the parents whose children's terms are set to expire regarding extending their terms at Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Response of Parents Regarding Extending Terms of Enrollment573.63 KB
May 4, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt requests to send home Fannie Merrick and Mary Tyndall. Pratt notes that Alice C. Fletcher is set to visit the Omaha reservation and can escort the two students back.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Send Home Fannie Merrick and Mary Tyndall449.7 KB
May 5, 1883
Superintendent Richard Henry Pratt writes to Doctor Cornelius Rea Agnew that he has made arrangements for several students to work aboard the American Steam Ship Line bound for Europe. Pratt also requests Agnew's attendance at the May 23rd…
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Topics: Fundraising
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Letter from Richard H. Pratt to Cornelius R. Agnew1.39 MB
May 11, 1883
Superintendent Richard Henry Pratt writes to Doctor Cornelius Rea Agnew regarding the ongoing attempts of President Chester A. Arthur to secure funding for the school from Congress. Pratt also mentions a board meeting scheduled for the 22nd and…
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Topics: Fundraising
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Letter from Richard H. Pratt to Cornelius R. Agnew2.33 MB
May 14, 1883 - May 19, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from L. D. Davis, Superintendent of the Indian Boarding School at the Pawnee Agency, regarding sending twelve Pawnee students to Carlisle. Davis notes that many of the older students desire to go to Carlisle…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Enroll 12 Pawnee Students at Carlisle1.1 MB
May 15, 1883
Superintendent Richard Henry Pratt writes to Dr. Cornelius Rea Agnew about the upcoming meeting of the Board of Trustees on the 23rd of May. Pratt’s letter is written on a copy of the “Deed of Trust” for a parcel of land in Cumberland…
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Topics: School Farms - Land Transactions
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Letter from Richard H. Pratt to Cornelius R. Agnew2.48 MB
May 18, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt requests permission to return Jane Freeman, a member of the Creek Nation, to her home due to pulmonary trouble.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Jane Freeman to Her Home642.66 KB
May 28, 1883 - June 4, 1883
L. D. Davis, the Superintendent of the Pawnee Boarding School, writes to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs regarding sending additional boys to the Carlisle Indian School. Davis includes a number of written requests from students asking to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pawnee Students Request to be Enrolled in Carlisle2.03 MB
June 1, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt requests permission to return Fanny Morning and Kaha Kuh to their homes as a precautionary measure due to their health.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Fanny Morning and Kaha Kuh Home635.88 KB
June 2, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt notes that while he does not think it in the best of interest of the students he will comply with the wishes of the parents of the Pueblo students and return them to their homes. He believes it should be done as soon as…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Return of Pueblo Children to Their Home in 1883655.9 KB
June 4, 1883
Lewellyn E. Woodin, U.S. Indian Agent for the Ponca, Pawnee, and Otoe Agency, requests that Luke Phillips a student at the Carlisle Indian be sent home immediately to serve as an interpreter for the agency.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request Return Luke Phillips to Serve as Interpreter432.2 KB
June 4, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt seeks authority to return students whose terms of enrollment have expired to their homes.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Three Students to Their Homes429.83 KB
June 5, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt notifies the Indian Affairs Office that he has received word regarding a wagon the school is selling to Big Horse. Big Horse asks if the government will pay for the transportation of the wagon which Pratt recommends. Pratt…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Carlisle Built Wagons for Big Horse and Wolf Face649.59 KB
June 6, 1883
Richard Pratt requests to omit 10 reams of notepaper and 10 reams of foolscap paper because a Massachusetts papermaker sent him 400 pounds of writing paper as a gift.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Office Supplies
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Withdrawals Request for 20 Reams of Paper432.42 KB
June 6, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt writes in regards to an inquiry from the U.S. Indian Agent of the Colorado River Agency to sending students to Carlisle. Pratt notes that Samuel C. Armstrong of the Hampton Institute is going to be visiting agencies in Arizona…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Recommends Students from Colorado River Agency Attend Hampton447.74 KB