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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March 21, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt seeks authority to send home Millie Yellow Bear to accompany Lena Black Bear, who is ill. In addition he notes that he has delayed sending Thomas Kester home due to his coming down with a case of the mumps.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Authority Sought in Return of Lena Black Bear and Minnie Yellow Bear636.04 KB
March 21, 1887 - November 27, 1923
Documents pertaining to the United States Government's purchase of the Parker Farm. Included are a copy of the deed transferring title to the Government, other prior deeds, abstract of the title, map outlining the tract of land, copy of an act of…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Farms - Land Transactions
View Document: Documents Related to Purchase of the Parker Farm by the Government14.49 MB
March 21, 1887
Estimate of funds for the second quarter of 1887 amounting to $10,539.30 for support of the school.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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View Document: Estimate of Funds, Second Quarter 1887795.32 KB
March 21, 1887
Cover letter for papers related to the Parker farm and the purchase of mulch.
Note: A document in this file indicates the papers are filed with RG 75, Entry 91, box 393, 1887-#12555.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Files Related to the Parker Farm524.69 KB
March 21, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs of the irregular service needed at the Carlisle Indian School during the month of April 1887.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Irregular Service Needed at Carlisle in April 1887402.63 KB
March 22, 1887
"The Indian Helper," probably a pseudonym for a student editor of The Indian Helper newspaper, writes to Robert Kegerreis regarding a missing issue of the magazine. The letter also includes two small doodles. Transcript…
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Letter from "The Indian Helper" to Robert Kegerreis381.54 KB
March 22, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt requests to add one assistant in the Printing Office in his estimate for Irregular Service for April 1887.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Add Printing Assistant to Estimate of Irregular Service for April 1887371.24 KB
March 24, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt informs of the Office of Indian Affairs that after testing the fire prevention hand grenades that they are ineffective.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Test of Fire Prevention Hand Grenades400.84 KB
March 28, 1887
Information regarding the funds due to the heirs of Joseph Vetter. T. F. Bayard informs the Secretary of Interior that the German Consulate does not have the funds and suggests that the name of the person who paid out the funds in 1886 be located…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Funds for the Heirs of Joseph Vetter766.46 KB
1887
Placeholder indicating the papers are filed with RG 75, Entry 91, box 393, 1887-#12555.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Miscellaneous
View Document: Placeholder Indicating Files are Located Elsewhere132.01 KB
April 5, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the Office of Indian Affairs regarding the return of Louis Bayhylle and his transfer to the Haskell Institute. Pratt notes that Bayhylle may return to his Agency at the end of the year but should likely remain at…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Transfers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Response to the Inquiry Regarding Return of Louis Bayhylle2.82 MB
April 7, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt requests the $18,000 appropriated to purchase the Parker Farm be made available to him in order to pay the current owners.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Farms - Land Transactions
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Appropriated Funds for Purchase of Parker Farm be Made Available537.05 KB
April 9, 1887
Raymond B. Stewart requests to be returned to his home from the Carlisle Indian School. Stewart states that he has not had much opportunity at Carlisle and has been at Carlisle long enough that he would like to return home.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Raymond B. Stewart Requests to be Returned Home789.92 KB
April 11, 1887
F. Marcellus Marshall writes to the Office of Indian Affairs seeking to see if Cyrus and John Dickson can return to the Carlisle Indian School. Marshall notes that the Dickson brothers have been working the railroad and on the Albuquerque school…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Reenrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Marshall Seeks to Have Cyrus and John Dickson Returned to Carlisle604.37 KB
April 12, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the Office of Indian Affairs inquiry regarding Raymond Stewart's request to return home. Pratt notes that Stewart did not want to go home in January and so was placed in the outing program, which he was eventually…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Request for Return of Raymond Stewart605.68 KB
April 13, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the inheritance of Joseph and Josie Vetter. Pratt claims that he forwarded the money due Joseph in February and has receipt from Joseph that he has received the payment…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Finances and Monies
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Documents History of the Vetter Inheritance873 KB
April 15, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that the telegraph and post office address is Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Pratt also notes that the most direct railroad routes are the Pennsylvania and Reading line to Harrisburg and then the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Information on Railroad Lines and the Telegraph and Postal Address633.21 KB
April 16, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt provides an explanatory letter for the descriptive list of pupils forwarded to Caldwell, Kansas in March 1887 in addition to one pupil sent to Dakota City, Nebraska and one sent to Arkansas City.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel Departing
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Explanatory Letter for Descriptive Statement of Students for March 1887414.68 KB
April 16, 1887
Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for May 1887. 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 1887417.75 KB
April 17, 1887 - April 18, 1887
On the advice of school physician, Obadiah G. Given, Richard Henry Pratt recommends the immediate return to their homes of Esther and Louisa Metoxen.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Esther and Louisa Metoxen863.43 KB
April 18, 1887
Secretary of the Interior Lucius Q. C. Lamar orders the Assistant Secretary of the Interior H. L. Muldrew to provide Richard Henry Pratt with orders authorizing him to transfer members of the Apache Nation being held prisoner at Fort Marion in St…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Interior Department Memo for Authorization of Recruiting Students at Fort Marion481.52 KB
April 18, 1887
Secretary of War, William Crowninshield Endicott, informs the Secretary of Interior Lucius Q. C. Lamar that he believes that many of those at Fort Marion can be sent to Carlisle. Endicott ends by noting that he will leave it up to Richard Henry…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: War Department Memo Regarding Transfer of Apaches from Fort Marion to Carlisle708.27 KB
April 20, 1887
Alfred John Standing responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter providing information on former students Cyrus Dickson and John Dickson (also known at the school as John Dixon). He indicates that Cyrus spent one year in the harness shop and…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: School Response to Inquiry on Cyrus Dickson and John Dickson399.05 KB
April 20, 1887
A group of members from the St. Regis band request from President Grover Cleveland to allow their children to be enrolled at the Lincoln Institute and the Carlisle Indian School. They cite that those schools will allow their children to better…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: St. Regis Band Requests to Allow Children to Enroll at Lincoln and Carlisle1.21 MB
April 23, 1887 - May 2, 1887
Secretary of War, William Crowninshield Endicott, responds to a letter from the Secretary of the Interior regarding a protest lodged by the Arizona Governor about returning the prisoners of war held at Fort Marion. Endicott notes that those not…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Secretary of War Memo Regarding Moving Chiricahua POWs1.58 MB