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 22, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt proposes to two families to adopt Kisetta and Jack, members of the Apache Nation. Pratt indicates that Kisetta be adopted by Mr. Paxon a farmer who she has been living with on outing and Jack by Miss Mather, a former St.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Adoptions of Kisetta Roosevelt and Jack Mather478.91 KB
November 28, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt asks if anything has been done about his previous letter about school stationery.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Office Supplies
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Update on Stationary285.1 KB
December 1884 - February 19, 1887
Tall Chief writes to the U.S. Indian Agent James I. David of the Osage Agency requesting his assistance in returning his daughter Myrtie Tallchief from the Carlisle Indian School. David forwarded the letter to the Office of Indian Affairs seeking…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Tall Chief Requests the Return of His Daughter Myrtie Tallchief960.39 KB
December 8, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt calls to the attention of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs his previous letter proposing the adoptions of Kisetta and Jack, members of the Apache Nation, to Mr. Paxon a farmer in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania and Miss…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Calls Attention to Letter Regarding Adoptions of Jack and Kisetta267.47 KB
December 9, 1884
Estimate of funds for the first quarter of 1885 amounting to $7,872.50 for support of the school. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds amounting to $6,105.00 for regular employee pay.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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View Document: Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, First Quarter 18851.14 MB
December 11, 1884
Richard Henry Pratt inquires if an Office of Indian Affairs letter is meant to deny the Carlisle Indian School its yearly vacation during the Summer.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Inquiry into Potential Change in Yearly Vacation Policy293.26 KB
December 13, 1884
Superintendent Richard Henry Pratt writes to Doctor Cornelius Rea Agnew regarding his order of a coat and shoes from the school. Pratt also commends Agnew for taking in a blind Osage child.
Transcript included.
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Letter from Richard H. Pratt to Cornelius R. Agnew841.88 KB
December 22, 1884
Louis Bourdeaux requests that his daughters Josephine and Martha be transferred from the Carlisle Indian School to Avoca. Bourdeaux writes that due to the outing program his daughters have rarely been at Carlisle and have instead been servants in…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students on Outings, Student Transfers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Louis Bordeaux Requests Daughters be Transferred Out of Carlisle636.28 KB
1885
Map of Asia drawn by George W. Fire Thunder.
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Topics: Student Schoolwork
Format: Student Schoolwork
View Document: Drawing of a Map of Asia by George W. F. Thunder 329.24 KB
January 5, 1885
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority for funds to return to their homes an additional 20 students above the appropriation provided by the Bureau of Indian Affairs on October 1, 1884.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return an Additional 20 Students to Their Homes in 1885359.62 KB
January 17, 1885 - January 29, 1885
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a request of Long Face for a wagon to assist him in his farming.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Long Face Requests a Wagon684.9 KB
January 28, 1885
Richard Henry Pratt requests permission from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs for approval to have 200 boys and the Carlisle Indian School band to participate in the inaugural ceremonies. Pratt notes that Secretary of the Interior Henry Morgan…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Inquiry About Participating in Inaugural Ceremonies312.53 KB
January 28, 1885 - February 2, 1885
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from John D. Miles about establishing an Indian School at For Dodge, Kansas focusing on cattle raising. Pratt writes that in his opinion the idea is not a good idea due to being located near reservations as…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Proposal to Establish Indian School at Fort Dodge, Kansas1.72 MB
January 28, 1885
O. P. Goodwin requests from the Wyoming Congressional Representative Morton Everel Post for his daughters to be enrolled either at the Carlisle Indian School or the Lincoln Institute. Post forwarded the letter to the Bureau of Indian Affairs…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request from O. P. Goodwin for His Daughters to be Enrolled at Carlisle or Lincoln352.02 KB
February 5, 1885
Richard Henry Pratt submits a "Special" Estimate of Funds form for $4025 from the interest on the Osage Fund for the support of 23 Osage students. An explanatory cover letter is included.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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View Document: Special Estimate of Funds, First Quarter 18851.03 MB
February 11, 1885 - February 18, 1885
Frank Ensminger writes the Bureau of Indian Affairs regarding a civil dispute between him and Richard Henry Pratt over payment for training George Walker in harness making. Pratt claims that he was only to pay Ensminger if Walker was not a good…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Dispute Over Lack of Payment for Training a Student in Harness Making1.61 MB
February 18, 1885 - March 3, 1885
Richard Henry Pratt responds to a letter from H. J. Armstrong, U.S. Indian Agent for the Crow Agency, regarding a promise that Armstrong made that students sent to Carlisle could return after two years and not three years. Armstrong believes that…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Enrollment Policies, Students on Outings
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Potential Return of Crow Students to Their Home1.1 MB
February 19, 1885
Superintendent Richard Henry Pratt writes to Doctor Cornelius Rea Agnew regarding a possible trip to the southern United States, including a visit at the Exposition and the International Convention of Educators. Pratt also mentions his…
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Letter from Richard H. Pratt to Cornelius R. Agnew914.45 KB
February 25, 1885
Superintendent Richard Henry Pratt writes to Doctor Cornelius Rea Agnew regarding his concerns for the new head of the Interior Department. Pratt also notes that he has postponed his trip south. This letter is part of a series of…
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Letter from Richard H. Pratt to Cornelius R. Agnew1.43 MB
March 16, 1885
John H. Bowman, U.S. Indian Agent for the Navajo Agency, writes regarding obtaining students for the Carlisle Indian School. Bowman notes that because of Navajo customs he does not believe it possible for the agency to send girls but he can send…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Possibility of Sending Students from the Navajo Agency to Carlisle668.62 KB
March 21, 1885
Superintendent Richard Henry Pratt writes to Doctor Cornelius Rea Agnew over his concerns for the organization and staffing of offices within the Interior Department. This letter is part of a series of related correspondence which can be…
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Letter from Richard H. Pratt to Cornelius R. Agnew901.58 KB
March 26, 1885
Superintendent Richard Henry Pratt writes to Doctor Cornelius Rea Agnew regarding Pratt's visit with the new Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and a donation towards the farm debt. This letter is part of a series of related correspondence…
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Topics: Fundraising
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Letter from Richard H. Pratt to Cornelius R. Agnew755.96 KB
March 28, 1885
Richard Henry Pratt seeks the opinion of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in regards to returning seven Nez Perce students currently at Carlisle. Pratt writes that the Nez Perce are returning to Idaho and they want their children to return with…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Seeks Information Regarding Return of Nez Perce Students648.9 KB
March 30, 1885
Richard Henry Pratt notes that the Carlisle Indian School has 58 Osage students at the school at present including 45 boys and 13 girls. He writes that between 10 and 15 of these students should be returned due to health and other considerations…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Education and Return of Osage Students at Carlisle620.45 KB
April 2, 1885
Richard Henry Pratt seeks guidance on the case of Joshua H. Given, a member of the Kiowa Nation, who is seeking to become a United States citizen. Given had enrolled in the Lincoln University in Oxford, Pennsylvania with the help of the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Joshua Given Seeks Help Obtaining United States Citizenship427.92 KB