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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November 30, 1920
Annie Moore Allison sends Richard Henry Pratt congratulations for his 80th birthday, and provides updates on a few former Carlisle students.
Repository: Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Topics: Former Students Information
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Allison Birthday Wishes to Pratt
December 1, 1920
George E. Balenti, writing on State of Oklahoma Department of Highways letterhead, sends brithday well-wishes to Richard Henry Pratt and provides him with personal updates.
Repository: Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Topics: Former Students Information
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Balenti Sends Birthday Wishes and Personal News to Pratt
December 2, 1920
Chauncey E. Archiquette, a former Carlisle student, congratulates Richard Henry Pratt on his 80th birthday.
Repository: Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Topics: Former Students Information
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Archiquette Sends Pratt Birthday Congratulations
December 2, 1920
Mary Pradt Abeita writes to Richard Henry Pratt with birthday well-wishes, expressing her fondness for Carlisle and for Pratt as her "dear school-father."
Repository: Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Topics: Former Student Experiences
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Update Letter from Abeita to Pratt
December 3, 1920
Spyna Devereaux Buck writes to Richard Henry Pratt sending birthday greetings for his 80th birthday, and providing updates on her life and that of her husband Charles Buck and other former Carlisle students.
Repository: Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Topics: Former Student Experiences
Format: Letters/Correspondence
December 3, 1920
Anna Goyitney Canfield, a former Carlisle students, writes to Richard Henry Pratt with birthday greetings and updates on her life after leaving Carlisle.
Repository: Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Canfield Sends Pratt Birthday Greetings and a Life Update
December 4, 1920
John Allen, a member of the 1900 graduating class, sends Richard Henry Pratt congratulations for his 80th birthday.
Repository: Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Allen Sends Pratt 80th Birthday Congratulations
December 29, 1920 - January 6, 1921
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Eva Gould Metzger about whether and why the Carlisle Indian School was closed.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
February 18 - March 7, 1921
These materials include letters from the Bureau of Indian Affairs to former Carlisle Indian School employees regarding the origins of some artifacts from the school. The artifacts, including a beaded buckskin coat, an old gun, a model of a three-…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Artifacts from the Carlisle Indian School
April 13-20, 1921
This material includes correspondence between Henrietta Nelson, the secretary of Wellsburg High School's Athletic Association, and E. B. Merritt, the Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs concerning the restoration of the Carlisle Indian…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
April 27 - May 5, 1921
This material includes correspondence between Mrs. Jerry Snyder, nee Daisy Doctor, to the Assistant Commissioner Charles H. Buck regarding her relation to Laura M. Doctor.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Letter from Mrs. Jerry Snyder Concerning Laura M. Doctor
May 27, 1921
Emil Benson, President of the Sherman Institute Alumni Association, thanks Richard Henry Pratt for his address to Sherman's Class of 1921. Benson briefly paraphrases part of Pratt's speech.
Repository: Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
June 1, 1921 - April 11, 1922
These materials include correspondence and a pamphlet regarding George W. Tibbetts' eligibility for coverage under Minnesota's Soldiers' Bonus Act. Minnesota's Attorney General ruled that, because Tibbetts had initially claimed exemption from…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Former Students in Military
June 4-11, 1921
This material includes correspondence between Elias Bissell and Assistant Commissioner E. B. Merritt inquiring as to whether the Carlisle Indian School will be reopened.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Inquiry Regarding Closure of the Carlisle Indian School
September 25, 1921 - October 1, 1921
This document contains correspondence between M. W. Acheson and Assistant Commissioner E. B. Merritt. Acheson inquired as to the permanence of the closure of the Carlisle Indian School, and in response Merritt informed him of its definite closure…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Inquiry Regarding Closure of the Carlisle Indian School
June 2-3, 1922
This document contains correspondence between former Carlisle student R. J. Bonga and Assistant Commissioner E. B. Merritt concerning Bonga's desire to enroll students from his area in the closed Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
June 9-10, 1922
This document contains correspondence between Albert W. Blake, the editor of The Christian Science Monitor, and the Assistant Commissioner E. B. Merritt concerning Blake's interest in a potential continuation of industrial training…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Inquiry Regarding the Fate of the Carlisle Indian School
September 1, 1923
Correspondence and legal documents regarding ownership of the Sanno lot of roughly 4 acres of land, originally purchased for use by the Carlisle Indian School in 1883 by the trustees of the school's charitable fund, under the direction of Richard…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Conveyance of the Sanno Lot to the United States Government
December 4, 1923
Edgar A. Allen sends Richard Henry Pratt congratulations for his birthday, and invites him to visit Wisconsin, where Allen is in charge of the Menominees, Stockbridges, and Oneidas.
Repository: Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Allen Sends Pratt Birthday Celebrations
March 5-22, 1924
These materials include correspondence and a draft letter to Congress regarding an upcoming bill to transfer the additional land acquired by the Carlisle Indian School during its tenure from the Department of the Interior to the Department of War…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
July 20, 1924
Anna Laura Pratt replies to a letter of Fannie Peter thanking Peter for her letter and providing an update on her life since the death of her husband Richard Henry Pratt. Pratt notes that she plans to donate Indian Office Reports to Dickinson…
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Format: Letters/Correspondence
November 9 - December 4, 1925
These materials contain correspondence regarding Gertrude Provost's time as a student at Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Record of Gertrude Provost
December 5-24, 1925
This material includes correspondence between L. J. Williams and Assistant Commissioner E. B. Merritt. Williams had requested help in locating a former student, known only by the surname Bishop, to resolve a business dispute.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Incident Between L. J. Williams and Mr. Bishop
April 18 - May 4, 1926
This material includes correspondence between R. D. Hetrick and Assistant Commissioner E. B. Merrit. Hetrick sent a letter concerning carpets for the Carlisle Indian School, and Merritt responded that the school had closed.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Commercial Solicitation for Carpeting
April 27 - May 4, 1926
T. H. Schimfessel asks the "Athletic Coach" at the Carlisle Indian School if he knew of any good pitchers because he is organizing an all-Indian baseball team to tour the east coast. Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt informs…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Baseball, Professional Athletics
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Search for Indian Baseball Pitchers