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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August 7, 1886
Isaac H. Maynard replies to the request of John D. C. Atkins transmits a contract between James Andrew McCauley, Robert M. Henderson, and Richard Henry Pratt for the lease of the Hocker Farm.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Farms - Land Transactions
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Comptroller Transmits Contract for Hocker Farm to the Office of Indian Affairs517.37 KB
August 9, 1886
Superintendent Richard Henry Pratt writes to Doctor Cornelius Rea Agnew about the search to "find a mother for the girls." This letter is part of a series of related correspondence which can be found using the People tags. Transcript…
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Letter from Richard H. Pratt to Cornelius R. Agnew423.54 KB
August 10, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt requests permission to recruit female students, along with his oldest daughter as an assistant, from the Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency, the Kiowa and Comanche and the Quapaw Agency, the Pueblo Agency, the Navajo Agency, and the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Proposed Trip for Student Recruitment in the Summer of 18861.21 MB
August 10, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt requests that transportation from Mitchell, Dakota to Carlisle, Pennsylvania be forwarded to the Agent at Mitchell Station. Pratt further requests to be notified so that he make necessary arrangements for the girls' expenses…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel to Enroll
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Forward Transportation to Mitchell Dakota Station435.55 KB
August 10, 1886
A request from Richard Henry Pratt to send Tom Torlino to his home in order to serve as an example of the benefits of the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Tom Torlino to His Home484.6 KB
August 18, 1886
George W. Norris, the newly appointed U.S. Indian Agent for the Nez Perce Agency, replies to an Office of the Indian Affairs letter that he will travel to the Nez Perce Agency via Carlisle, Pennsylvania in order to pick up Harriet Mary to return…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel Departing
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: George W. Harris Will Pick Up Harriet Mary on Route to Nez Perce Agency695.3 KB
August 18, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt protests the appointment by Charles H. Potter, U.S. Indian Agent for the Omaha and Winnebago Agency, of Nellie Londrosh as Assistant Teacher in the Winnebago Industrial Boarding School. Pratt notes that while Londrosh is an…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Protests Appointment of Nellie Londrosh as Assistant Teacher646.58 KB
August 19, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt writes that it will be difficult to send Harriet Mary Elder (here Harriet Mary Boston) to the agency, seemingly due to expense, but he will see that she gets there.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel Departing
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Transportation of Harriet Mary Elder to Agency363.41 KB
August 20, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt requests full authority and instructions from the Office of Indian Affairs to travel West and recruit new students as soon as possible.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Authority and Instructions Sought for Pratt's Trip West in 1886373.93 KB
August 23, 1886
Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for September 1886. Pratt also includes details on compensation, position title, and the number of workdays required for the month.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Irregular Employees Required for September 1886389.83 KB
August 23, 1886 - October 11, 1886
Correspondence regarding the enrollment of Onondaga students at the Carlisle Indian School between John A. Bowman, Alfred John Standing, Bishop Huntington, and Richard Henry Pratt. Pratt concludes the correspondence by forwarding everything to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Enroll Onondaga Students at Carlisle in 18863.63 MB
August 25, 1886
The U.S. Indian Agent for the Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency asks if there are restrictions for sending students to the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Enrollment Policies
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Agent Asks About Restrictions for Sending Students to Carlisle356.63 KB
August 27, 1886
Captain Richard Henry Pratt submits a report that lists new employees (James H. Richards, Flora F. Lowe, Bessie Patterson, Mary E. Campbell), those who have left the school (Lydia E. Dittes), and those who have changed positions (Kate Irvine,…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Reports
View Document: Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees, August 18861.02 MB
August 27, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt seeks an answer to his request for transportation for Tom Torlino to travel back to his home.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel Departing
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Seeks Answer to Request for Transportation for Tom Torlino368.14 KB
September 6, 1886
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees and includes details on their compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked at the school in August 1886. Pratt distinguishes between the white…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students - Irregular Employees
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Report of Irregular Employees, August 18861.33 MB
September 6, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt submits voucher for the recovery of a run away student who was on outing in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Submission of Voucher Covering Expenses in Returning Run Away Student in September 1886403.78 KB
September 6, 1886
Wrap for a letter from Walking Noise requesting the return of his son Howard Frost from the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Wrap for Request by Walking Noise for Return of Howard Frost118.98 KB
September 9, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt requests assistance for Rev. S. S. Harry in constructing a school building for the Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency. In doing so he would have the children of the Agency in school for the winter.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Assistance in Constructing School on Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency436.55 KB
September 13, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt provides his views on having graduates from the Carlisle Indian School and other industrial training schools fill agency instructor positions. Pratt notes that he does not believe this a good system due to the lack of training…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt's Views Towards Filling Teaching Positions with Graduates1.13 MB
September 14, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt requests transportation to Carlisle, Pennsylvania for 39 to be placed at Caldwell, Kansas for September 18, 1886.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Transportation for 39 to Carlisle from Caldwell, Kansas351.18 KB
September 20, 1886
Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for October 1886. Pratt also includes details on compensation, position title, and the number of workdays required for the month.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Irregular Employees Required for October 1886410.9 KB
October 1, 1886
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees and includes details on their compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked at the school in September 1886. Pratt distinguishes between the employees,…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students - Irregular Employees
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Report of Irregular Employees, September 18861.51 MB
October 4, 1886
Follow up letter regarding request for transportation for a member of the Sioux Nation to travel to the Carlisle Indian School from Mitchell, Dakota. Richard Henry Pratt indicates that there appears to be some mix up in the transportation order…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Follow Up on Transportation for Sioux Student from Mitchell, Dakota413.31 KB
October 12, 1886
Superintendent Richard Henry Pratt writes to Doctor Cornelius Rea Agnew informing him that the school had gained new students, raising enrollment higher than it had been before. He also mentions the need for more money to improve school…
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Topics: Fundraising, Lake Mohonk Conferences
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Letter from Richard H. Pratt to Cornelius R. Agnew657.4 KB
October 14, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt responds to a letter from Secretary of the Interior Lucius Q. C. Lamar regarding sending children and young adults at Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Florida to the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt provides details on the number of…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Response to Secretary of the Interior Regarding Fort Marion Students1019.21 KB