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 17, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt requests permission to send students with impaired vision to the Wills' Eye Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for treatment.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness, Student Medical Travel
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Send Students to Wills Eye Hospital429.1 KB
March 18, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt seeks clarification on how to use the Osage Fund in such a way to avoid complications on the Carlisle Indian School's accounts. Pratt indicates its similarity to other funds as well as the Comptrollers instructions provides…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Clarification Sought on the Use of the Osage Fund686.87 KB
April 18, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt notifies the Indian Affairs Office that he has arrived back at the Carlisle Indian School from his trip out West. Pratt also notes that he was not able to bring back a party of students from the Mescalero and Jicarilla Agency…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
April 28, 1884
Estimate of funds for the second quarter of 1884 amounting to $9,820.00 for support of the school. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds amounting to $5,435.00 for regular employee pay.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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View Document: Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, Second Quarter 18841.62 MB
May 2, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs regarding a large sum of funds on hand related. Pratt indicates that the sum is for the transportation of 50 Apache students from the Mescalero and Jicarilla…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Funds in Statement Needed for Transportation of Apache Students585.29 KB
May 21, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt queries the Commissioner of Indian Affairs regarding the sum he sent William H. H. Llewellyn, U.S. Indian Agent for the Mescalero and Jicarilla Agency, for the transportation of 50 Apache students to Carlisle. Pratt requests…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Funds Related to Transportation of Apache Students385.5 KB
June 2, 1884
Superintendent Richard Henry Pratt writes to Doctor Cornelius Rea Agnew discussing the Board of Trustees and the auditing of Pratt's account. Pratt also mentions the potential visit of General George Crook. This letter is part of a…
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Topics: Fundraising
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Letter from Richard H. Pratt to Cornelius R. Agnew2.4 MB
June 5, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to return 25 more students than he has already been given permission for by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Pratt indicates that this is a result of returning students who will come back in the Fall.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Authority to Return 25 Students in 1884464.89 KB
June 4, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt writes regarding a promise made by Laban J. Miles, U.S. Indian Agent, that three students would be returned with the party of the Osage students being sent home. Pratt writes that this promise should be fulfilled and asks that…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Three Students with Home Bound Party660.27 KB
June 5, 1884
Superintendent Richard Henry Pratt writes to Doctor Cornelius Rea Agnew regarding the raising of funds for the school. Pratt also discusses the sending home of about 75 pupils, and invites Agnew to join him on his trip to New Mexico. …
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Topics: Fundraising
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Letter from Richard H. Pratt to Cornelius R. Agnew1.56 MB
June 9, 1884
Superintendent Richard Henry Pratt writes to Doctor Cornelius Rea Agnew regarding their upcoming trip to the west and the visit of Mr. Blaine to Carlisle to lay the cornerstone for Bosler Hall.
Transcript included.
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Topics: Recruitment of Students
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Letter from Richard H. Pratt to Cornelius R. Agnew1.97 MB
June 9, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to increase the number of pupils at the Carlisle Indian School for the upcoming school year. Pratt notes that he has corresponded with individuals from the Osage, Pueblo, and White Earth Agencies and they…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Proposal to Increase Number of Students at Carlisle771.79 KB
June 14, 1884
William H. H. Llewellyn, U.S. Indian Agent for the Mescalero and Jicarilla Agency, informs the Office of Indian Affairs of a delay in sending students to Carlisle due to the Texas and Pacific Railway being washed out in places.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Delay in Sending Apache Students to Carlisle597.92 KB
July 2, 1884
Superintendent Richard Henry Pratt writes to Doctor Cornelius Rea Agnew regarding Agnew's nomination to an unnamed committee. Pratt also discusses his ability to recruit more students thanks to the passing of the Indian Appropriations Bill…
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Letter from Richard H. Pratt to Cornelius R. Agnew2.89 MB
July 5, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt requests that $7000 be placed to his credit in order to gather the 150 students authorized by the Indian Affairs Office.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Funds to Gather Students for the Carlisle Indian School454.11 KB
July 5, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to return three students whose terms have expired. Two of the students, Lena Carr and Harry Marmon, stayed behind because of instructions from Dr. Sheldon Jackson but whose parents have since been requested…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Three Students455.87 KB
July 7, 1884
S. R. Martin refers bill of A. Shetter for board of returned Carlisle students for $20. The original was forwarded to Richard Henry Pratt.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Envelope for Bill for Board of Carlisle Students217.83 KB
July 9, 1884
Estimate of funds for the third quarter of 1884 amounting to $21,108.00 for support of the school. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds amounting to $6,105.00 for regular employee pay.
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View Document: Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, Third Quarter 18841.22 MB
July 9 - August 28, 1884
Mary E. Whitcomb inquires of Richard Henry Pratt if there are any vacancies at the Carlisle Indian School for a teacher due to an increase in the number of students. Pratt forwards the letter to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs noting that the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to be Employed as a Teacher at the Carlisle Indian School1013.02 KB
July 10, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt requests the approval for his request for $7000 in order to transport pupils to Carlisle. In particular, Pratt notes that one of the Carlisle Indian School teachers who returned with Pueblo students has seen 40 students from…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Approval Sought for Transportation Appropriation for 1884439.33 KB
July 15, 1884
Superintendent Richard Henry Pratt writes to Doctor Cornelius Rea Agnew attempting to arrange a visit, as well as a trip to the west to recruit students. Pratt asks Agnew to come along to help select healthy children, and suggests that they…
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Topics: Fundraising, Recruitment of Students
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Letter from Richard H. Pratt to Cornelius R. Agnew2.6 MB
July 16, 1884 - July 21, 1884
Luke Phillips, a member of the Nez Perce Nation, requests to be sent home along with the Nez Perce students. Richard Henry Pratt forwards the request and notes that he has argued with Phillips to stay but believes it might be best to return him…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Luke Phillips Home937.37 KB
July 23, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt requests information from the Indian Affairs Office regarding an exhibit for New Orleans. Pratt mentions that Spencer Fullerton Baird of the Smithsonian Institute has mentioned building a display in conjunction with the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Information on a Display for New Orleans435.92 KB
July 26, 1884
Acting Secretary in the Department of the Interior M. S. Juslyn writes to Doctor Cornelius Rea Agnew enclosing an order securing Agency and Indian Service assistance for Agnew while he is in the West.
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Topics: Recruitment of Students
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Letter from M. S. Juslyn to Cornelius R. Agnew1.18 MB
July 26, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that the El Paso Station is accessible from the Mescalero Agency if a party of students is being sent to the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt ends by stating that he is heading West on Monday…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel to Enroll
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Informs Office on Transporting Students from the Mescalero Agency384.13 KB