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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April 15, 1886 - April 18, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt recommends that De Bett Cheyenne Chief, who the school planned to send home due to illness, be send home sooner in response to a request from the agency. Due to Cheyenne Chief's health Pratt recommends sending Kise Williams,…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return De Bett Cheyenne Chief and Kise Williams1.09 MB
April 20, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt supplies the information requested by the Office of Indian Affairs including the fact the Carlisle Indian School can enroll 550 students for the next fiscal year including 425 students at the school and 125 on outing. Also…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Response to Request for Information by the Office of Indian Affairs674 KB
April 23, 1886
Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for May 1886. Pratt also includes details on compensation, position title, and the number of workdays required for the month.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Irregular Employees Required for May 1886295.46 KB
April 28, 1886 - January 11, 1888
T. S. Childs makes a report to the Office of Indian Affairs on Carlisle Indian School and the Indian Training School at the Hampton Institute. Childs report was prompted by complaints made against the Hampton Institute related to the health and…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Report on the Hampton Institute and the Carlisle Indian School26.16 MB
May 4, 1886
Acting Secretary of the Interior H. L. Muldrew returns a letter from Richard Henry Pratt regarding exceptions of the Second Auditor taken regarding settlement of accounts for various contractors. The contracts were modified to reflect that…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Modification of Contracts for Supplies for the Carlisle Indian School423.77 KB
May 7, 1886
Charles Potter, U.S. Indian Agent for the Omaha and Winnebago Agency, requests on behalf of Sin-de-ha-ha or William Hamilton that his son Joseph Hamilton be returned from the Carlisle Indian School. Potter cites Sin-de-ha-ha's poor health as a…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for the Return of Joseph Hamilton529.72 KB
May 8, 1886
Superintendent Richard Henry Pratt writes to Dr. Cornelius Rea Agnew suggesting that Agnew stops in Carlisle to say goodbye before traveling. Pratt also mentions discussions between teacher Mary Hyde and Charles Pratt of the Astral Oil…
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Letter from Richard H. Pratt to Cornelius R. Agnew1.35 MB
May 17, 1886
Superintendent Richard Henry Pratt writes to Dr. Cornelius Rea Agnew saying that he received Congressional funding for the purchase of a farm adjacent to the school, as well as for the construction of a chapel, stable, and two new school wings.…
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Letter from Richard H. Pratt to Cornelius R. Agnew583.18 KB
May 21, 1886
Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for June 1886. Pratt also includes details on compensation, position title, and the number of workdays required for the month.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Irregular Employees Required for June 1886274.81 KB
May 22, 1886
David Butcher requests the return of his son, William Butcher, from the Carlisle Indian School due to ill health.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return William Butcher to His Home484.81 KB
May 24, 1886
Henry Martin requests the return of his son Charles Martin from the Carlisle Indian School due to the health of other Chippewa students at Carlisle. The interpreter writing the letter, J. A. Gilfillian, adds that he believes that because half of…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Additional Request to Return Charles Martin to His Home458.54 KB
May 26, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt provides the Office of Indian Affairs with a list of students whose terms of enrollment are set to expire or for other reasons and requests authority to return them to their homes.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: List of Students to be Returned to their Homes for June 18861021.82 KB
May 29, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt reports on a proposed plan to bring the children currently being held in St. Augustine, Florida to be educated at the Carlisle Indian School. In addition, at the suggestion of Lieutenant Richards that he send Bonito, a student…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Proposal to Bring St. Augustine Children to Carlisle as Students493.82 KB
June 1, 1886
Superintendent Richard Henry Pratt writes to Doctor Cornelius Rea Agnew regarding plans for new and renovated buildings at Carlisle. Pratt states that he does not intend to take on more students, but rather to create a more individualized…
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Letter from Richard H. Pratt to Cornelius R. Agnew2.55 MB
June 2, 1886
Obadiah G. Given, the school physician of the Carlisle Indian School, reports on the health and treatment of William Butcher. Given states that Butcher has a localized scrofula infection that is best treated at the school. Richard Henry Pratt…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Physician Report and Treatment Plan for William Butcher1004.88 KB
June 3, 1886
Reply to Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the ages of outgoing pupils.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel Departing
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Age of Students Being Sent Home in June 1886946.07 KB
June 6, 1886
Stailey Norcross writes to his former outing patron William Balderston regarding his current work on the Carlisle Indian School farm.
Repository: Mercer Museum Research Library
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Stailey Norcross Letter to William Balderston933.56 KB
June 7, 1886
Se he du ba requests the return of his son Thomas Mitchell due to his age and the fact that he has been at the Carlisle Indian School for a year longer than his term of enrollment. Se he du ba also encloses a letter from Mitchell detailing his…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Se he du ba Requests Return of Son Thomas Mitchell859.76 KB
June 10, 1886
Request to return Bennie Thomas and Annie Thomas to their homes by Richard Henry Pratt. Pratt notes that the students returned after the expiration of their first term of three years with a party of students who had five year terms. However,…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Annie and Bennie Thomas to Their Homes624.71 KB
June 12, 1886 - July 12, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from D. F. Small requesting to have enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School a sister of a former Carlisle student, Rosa White Bear, from the Rosebud Agency. Small provides the history of the proposed student…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Enroll Sioux Student from Mitchell, Dakota947.37 KB
June 14, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the Office of Indian Affairs letter which enclosed a letter from Charles H. Potter requesting the return of Joseph Hamilton, the son of Sin du ha ha. Pratt answers that Hamilton is small for his age and unable to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Request for Return of Joseph Hamilton442.4 KB
June 15, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding a request by Se he du ba requesting the return of his son Thomas Mitchell from the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that Mitchell is doing well at Carlisle and that…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Request for Return of Thomas Mitchell315.58 KB
June 15, 1886
Samuel C. Armstrong, Principal of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural School, notes that with Richard Henry Pratt willing to take all of the imprisoned children at Fort Marion that the Apache students at Hampton also be transferred to Carlisle.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Proposed Transfer of Apache Students at Hampton to Carlisle283.3 KB
June 15, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt notes that he postponed the departure of students to their homes due to not having time to notify the agents to meet the students on their arrival. As a result he delayed the trip and met with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel Departing
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Reason for Postponing Trip for Returning Students to Their Homes332.38 KB
June 18, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt submits a "Special" Estimate of Funds form for $3,899.30 to purchase materials to build additional girls quarters.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Special Estimate of Funds, Second Quarter 1886438.17 KB