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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August 25, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to return Manuelito Chiquito due to his father's requests as well as another student. Pratt notes that Manuelito Chiquito desires to discuss with his father the benefits of Carlisle and then return. Pratt…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Authority to Return Manuelito Chiquito663.73 KB
August 27, 1883 - September 8, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt forwards letter from D. M. Riordan, U.S. Indian Agent for the Navajo Agency, discussing the hardships involved in overseeing the agency. Pratt also discusses various matters at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Navajo Agent Discusses Difficulties Involved in Oversight1.31 MB
August 28, 1883
H. J. Armstrong, U.S. Indian Agent for the Crow Agency, notes he wants to send twelve students to the Carlisle Indian School but has to wait until his employees return from Little Big Horn.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Armstrong Request to Send Twelve Students to Carlisle369.34 KB
September 5, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt reports on the death of Gertrude Spotted Tail while living in Andalusia, Pennsylvania with a Carlisle Indian School teacher during the summer. Pratt also notes the health and death differences between the Rosebud and Pine…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Death of Gertrude Spotted Tail947.51 KB
September 10, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt requests delaying returning four students from the Crow Nation until the other party comes to Carlisle. He further requests that the return of the students does not come from the School's appropriation.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Delay in Returning Four Crow Students to Their Homes394.58 KB
September 10, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to return a number of students to their homes due to ill health in addition to the students who are being returned due to the expiration of their terms.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Ill Students in 1883684.94 KB
September 10, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt submits a "Special" Estimate of Funds form for $3,000 to cover transportation and traveling expenses of pupils returning to their Agencies as well as students being brought to Carlisle. An explanatory cover letter is included…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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View Document: Special Estimate of Funds, Third Quarter 1883802.89 KB
September 11, 1883 - September 15, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt responds to allegations from Henry M. Beadle, the editor of The Washington Catholic, that he prevents Catholic students at the Carlisle Indian School from attending the local Catholic Church in Carlisle. Pratt…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Allegations of Preventing Catholic Students from Attending Church1.16 MB
September 15, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt seeks to clarify his earlier letter regarding enrolling additional students from the Pueblo Agency. He writes that he is satisfied with the current allotment of students from the Indian Territory and Dakota but could have…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Clarification on Enrolling Additional Students from the Pueblo Agency629.56 KB
September 21, 1883
Richard H. Pratt requests funds for regular employee pay, and he encloses an estimate of supplies amounting to $1,050. He also sends an estimate of funds for the fourth quarter of 1883 amounting to $10,295.00 for support of the school.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Estimate of Supplies, Regular Employee Pay, and Estimate of Funds, Fourth Quarter 18832.32 MB
September 24, 1883 - October 8, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from S. M. Brosius regarding enrolling four students from Nebraska in addition to Lizzie Gamble.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Enrolling Four New Children from Nebraska898.42 KB
October 6, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt provides an update to the Secretary of the Interior on his recruitment of students for the Carlisle Indian School in the fall of 1883. Pratt notes that he can acquire some students from the Ponca and Nez Perce Agency, the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Carlisle Student Recruitment in the Fall of 1883966.75 KB
October 10, 1883
Obadiah G. Given forwards the deed of trust covering the purchase of the Hocker Farm by the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Farms - Land Transactions
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Given Sends Deed of Trust Covering Purchase of Hocker Farm882.16 KB
October 13, 1883
Samuel Jeanes writes regarding an omitted circular from an enclosure which Jeanes asks to be resent from the Indian Affairs Office. In a post script Jeanes documents that he has been informed that a student from Carlisle who was being returned to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Omitted Circular and Inquiry on Assault on Returned Student365.72 KB
October 15, 1883
Alice C. Fletcher asks for permission to send Winnebago children to be educated at the Carlisle Indian School and the Hampton Institute.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Enroll Winnebago Children at Carlisle and Hampton665.92 KB
October 17, 1883
Obadiah G. Given, Carlisle Indian School Physician, acknowledges Hiram Price's letter and informs him that he has forwarded it to Richard Henry Pratt. The content of Price's letter is not mentioned.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Given Acknowledges Letter from Hiram Price420.43 KB
October 22, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an inquiry from H. J. Armstrong, U.S. Indian Agent for the Crow Agency, regarding a request to alter the composition of the delegation to be sent to Carlisle. Pratt notes that because of the greater expense of…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Enrollment Preferences
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Crow Agency Request to Alter Delegation698.45 KB
November 1, 1883 - November 16, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from Emmet Crawford, Captain 3rd Cavalry, regarding sending students to the Carlisle Indian School from the Tonto, San Carlos, Yuma, and Mojave bands of the Apache Nation. In addition to the students Crawford…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Proposal to Bring Apache Students to Carlisle1.42 MB
November 1, 1883
J. R. Buchanan, General Passenger Agent for the Missouri Valley, on a proposal by Richard Henry Pratt to move over one hundred children from the Rosebud Agency to Chamberlain. Buchanan notes that this will be hard on the passengers and instead…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Proposal to Transport Students from the Rosebud Agency385.47 KB
November 10, 1883
H. J. Armstrong, U.S. Indian Agent for the Crow Agency, requests authority for transportation for six boys, seven girls, and one escort to Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Transportation of Crow Students to Carlisle368.91 KB
November 13-23, 1883
These materials include a cover letter and a Descriptive Statement of Pupils regarding 11 children transferred to the Carlisle Indian School from the Crow Agency in Montana.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Descriptive Statement of Pupils from Crow Agency, November 18831.2 MB
November 13, 1883 - November 25, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from James G. Wright, U.S. Indian Agent for the Rosebud Agency, regarding his previous letter concerning the actions of Father M. Wright.
In addition, there is a letter from A. R. Z. Dawson, the U.S.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Follow Up on Difficulties in Recruiting Students from Rosebud Agency1.49 MB
November 13, 1883
H. J. Armstrong, U.S. Indian Agent for the Crow Agency, reports that he has sent 11 students to Carlisle due to some refusing to go at the last minute. He further notes that the Agency physician was not able to make an examination but he believes…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of 11 Crow Children Sent to Carlisle664.78 KB
November 14, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt reports on his arrival back to the Carlisle Indian School with 60 students. He notes that with the 88 students on outing the school has a total of 424 students. He requests written authority to bring additional students from…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Reports on His Arrival Back from Recruiting Students637.71 KB
November 15, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt requests the Office of Indian Affairs approve his Reports of Irregular Employees for August, September 1883 as well as his nomination of Alfred John Standing as Assistant Superintendent.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Office Approval of Irregular Employees and Standing Nomination603.83 KB