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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July 28, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Bureau of Indian Affairs that he is leaving for the Indian Territory and New Mexico for new pupils for the Carlisle Indian School. In his absence he leaves A. J. Standing in charge of the School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Recruitment of Students
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Leaves for the Indian Territory and New Mexico for New Students423.61 KB
July 28, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt provides his travel plans to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for his trip West to recruit students for the Carlisle Indian School. He includes stops at the Lawrence and Chilocco Indian Schools as well as the Kaw and Osage…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Provides His Travel Plans for Recruiting Students424.35 KB
July 31 - August 1, 1884
Alfred John Standing provides a copy of his letter to the Commissioner of the Patent Office Benjamin Butterworth to the Bureau of Indian Affairs regarding a potential Carlisle Indian School exhibit at the Government Exhibition in New Orleans.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Proposal for Display at the Government Exhibition in New Orleans869.72 KB
August 21, 1884
William H. H. Llewellyn, requests that Assistant Surgeon Charles B. Ewing be given permission from the War Department to accompany him to the Carlisle Indian School with a delegation of students.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Llewellyn Requests Assistant Surgeon to Accompany Him to Carlisle369.87 KB
August 25, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt reports his return to the Carlisle Indian School from his student recruiting trip out West along with 77 students. He notes that he brought back 57 students from Laguna, 14 from Acoma, four from Cochiti, and two from Jemes.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Return of Richard Henry Pratt to the Carlisle Indian School with Students592.27 KB
August 30, 1884
Roswell G. Wheeler, U.S. Indian Agent for the Pima Agency, requests a new spring wagon to replace the vehicles currently in use at the Agency. Porter in particular notes the poor quality of the spring wagon that was recently purchased from the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pima Agency Requests New Spring Wagon 948.42 KB
September 1, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt requests the Office of Indian Affairs take action on his nomination of employees for the 1885 fiscal year and his report of irregular employees for July 1884.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Office Action on Employee Reports for July 1884427.7 KB
September 4, 1884
William H. H. Llewellyn, U.S. Indian Agent for the Mescalero Agency, notes that he was unable to secure any girls from the agency to send to the Carlisle Indian School, but he has fifty boys ready to be enrolled. Inquiries whether Richard Henry…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Inquiry Regarding Enrolling 50 Boys from the Mescalero Agency378.77 KB
September 3, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt transmits to the Bureau of Indian Affairs plans for a building at the Carlisle Indian School to include a kitchen, dining room, laundry, and a sewing room along with a cellar for commissary supplies, root cellar, and coal bin…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Food and Dining, New Building Construction
View Document: Proposal for Building New Dining Room3.35 MB
September 5, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt writes that he is unwilling to only accept boys from the Mescalero Agency and believes that it is possible to obtain girls from the agency without force despite the agent's claims. As a result, Pratt requests the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Unwilling to Take All Boys from Mescalero Agency582.08 KB
September 5, 1884
Specifications for the proposed dining room.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Specifications for Proposed Dining Room to Built2.75 MB
September 8, 1884
William H. H. Llewellyn, U.S. Indian Agent for the Mescalero Agency, notes that he will use severe measures to recruit girls for the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Severe Measures to be Taken to Recruit Apache Girls for Carlisle324.23 KB
September 16, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt inquires whether it is worthwhile to wait for William H. H. Llewellyn to recruit girls from the Mescalero Agency. Notes that L. J. Miles is going to leave the Osage Agency with 40 students and he can accept 50 more from that…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Recruitment of Students
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Questions Waiting for Mescalero Agent to Recruit Girls316.35 KB
September 15, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt follows up by telegram to the Office of Indian Affairs asking if his Report of Irregular Employees for July 1884 is approved.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Follows Up on Inquiry on July 1884 Irregular Employee Report313.35 KB
September 18, 1884 - October 1, 1884
Marianna Burgess sends a report to Richard Henry Pratt regarding a recruiting trip at the Menominee Agency. Burgess details the difficulties resulting from opposition from the local Catholic Priest. Pratt notes that he has experienced similar…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Opposition of Local Priest to Government Schools Recruiting Students1.12 MB
September 19, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt references the telegrams sent by William H. H. Llewellyn, U.S. Indian Agent for the Mescalero Agency, and recommends that the agent be encouraged to make up the party of students from the agency in November. He notes that if…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Recruitment of Students
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Proposal Regarding Mescalero Agency Students298.48 KB
September 19, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt writes the Bureau of Indian Affairs regarding a proposed plan of the South Pennsylvania Railroad to use eminent domain through the state to build a railroad through the grounds of the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Grounds - Land Issues
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Proposed Eminent Domain for South Penn Railroad648.26 KB
September 22, 1884
Request from the Cheyenne Agency for 80 children as well as 10 chiefs and police to visit the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Cheyenne Agency Request to Visit the Carlisle Indian School305.98 KB
September 23, 1884
Alfred John Standing informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that he has provided a ticket for Miles, a Hampton Institute student, to visit the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Ticket for Miles to Visit the Carlisle Indian School304.23 KB
October 3, 1884
Estimate of funds for the fourth quarter of 1884 amounting to $14,921.50 for support of the school. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds amounting to $6,105.00 for regular employee pay and includes a lengthy letter asking for $6,000.00…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, Fourth Quarter 18841.4 MB
October 7, 1884 - October 10, 1884
Correspondence regarding a request of Richard Henry Pratt to have funds for building a new dining room to be sent to him.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Correspondence Regarding Funds to be Sent for Dining Room1.64 MB
October 16, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that his previous authority for purchasing lumber and other materials is nearly exhausted and he will need an additional authority soon.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Need for Additional Authority to Purchase Lumber407.13 KB
October 23, 1884
James G. Wright, U.S. Indian Agent for the Rosebud Agency, requests instructions for allowing Cook and Two Strike to visit their children at the Genoa and Carlisle Indian Schools. Both propose to pay their way and a note attached to the letter…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Two Strike and Cook to Visit Carlisle Indian School518.06 KB
October 29, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to bring in an additional 60 students from various agencies.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Bring in Additional 60 Students350.31 KB
November 4, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt requests permission to allow two Arapaho Chiefs, Powder Face and Left Hand, as well as their wives to visit the Carlisle Indian School in the hopes of making it easier to allow families to send girls to the school by having…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Proposal to Allow Four Chiefs and Their Wives to Visit Carlisle622.82 KB