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 25, 1887
Monthly report of Lieutenant Loomis L. Langdon on the prisoners under his charge at Fort Pickens and Fort Barrancas. Langdon writes that the health of the prisoners is good and they are involved in various work projects including digging wells as…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Monthly Report of Commanding Office in Charge of Fort Pickens and Barrancas1.39 MB
April 25, 1887
Loomis L. Langdon, Commander of the Fort Pickens and Fort Barrancas, provides his monthly report of the Indian prisoners he is in charge of at the Fort. In his report he includes a request to have Jose or Go-so be enrolled at Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Enroll Jose or Go-so at Carlisle941.59 KB
April 27-30, 1887
These materials include a cover letter and Descriptive Statement of Pupils regarding the discharge of sisters Esther and Louisa Metoxen from the Carlisle Indian School and their transfer to their home in the Green Bay Agency of Wisconsin.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Descriptive Statement of Pupils Discharged to Green Bay Agency, 18871.13 MB
April 27, 1887
Final report of the prisoners held at Fort Marion including an account of births, deaths, and transfers to the Carlisle Indian School, Fort Pickens, and Mount Vernon Barracks.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Final Report of Prisoners Held at Fort Marion1.21 MB
April 27, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from George W. Scott, the Superintendent of the Fort Stevenson School, regarding sending Carlisle student George Thomas to take over their harness shop. Pratt notes that he has had no reply from the Office of…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Seeking Update to Transportation for George Thomas to Fort Stevenson School498.22 KB
April 30, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt informs the John D. C. Atkins, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, that he has arrived back at Carlisle with 62 members of the Chiricahua band from Fort Marion. He ends by noting that he hopes the Atkins will now visit the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Arrives Back at Carlisle with 62 Students from Fort Marion370.69 KB
May 4, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to produce and sell fifty uniforms for students at the school run by the Presbyterian Board of Home Missions in Sitka, Alaska.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Authority to Sell 50 Uniforms to Sitka Mission School645.79 KB
May 4, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that M. B. Cochran has requested Maggie Worrington be enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt requests that transportation for Worrington be placed with Cochran to allow…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Enroll Maggie Worrington451.71 KB
May 5, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt responds to a statement from the Second Auditor of the Treasury in settlement of his accounts from the fourth quarter of 1884 to and including the fourth quarter of 1885. Pratt goes through a list of transportation costs that…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Explanation of Disallowances Made By Treasury Department in Account Settlements1.53 MB
May 5, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Secretary of the Interior that Samuel C. Armstrong, Superintendent of the Hampton Institute, has declined to enroll four married Chiricahua students from Fort Marion. Pratt writes that the students will be taken…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Hampton Will Not Enroll Eight Married Chiricahua Students581.75 KB
May 9, 1887
Request from Richard Henry Pratt to permit Louis Bayhylle to return home with his father, Baptiste Bayhylle, with travel provided to Arkansas City via the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Louis Bayhylle3.03 MB
May 9, 1887
Request from Richard Henry Pratt to return Frank Yates to Arkansas City with Chief Bayhylle due to Yates' poor health.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Send Home Frank Yates1.9 MB
May 10-11, 1887
These materials include a cover letter and a Descriptive Statement of Pupils regarding two individuals discharged from the Carlisle Indian School and transferred back to the Pawnee Agency.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Descriptive Statement of Pupils Discharged to Pawnee Agency, 18875.71 MB
May 14, 1887
Request for transportation to placed with the Officer in Charge of Fort Barrancas for Go-So or Jose from Pensacola, Florida to Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel to Enroll
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Transportation for Go-So to Carlisle651.12 KB
May 17, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt requests that transportation be arranged for Maggie Worrington to enroll at Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Transportation be Provided for Maggie Worrington443.77 KB
May 18, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt provides an explanatory letter for the descriptive list of pupils forwarded to sent to Arkansas City in March 1887.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel Departing
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Additional Explanatory Letter for Descriptive Statement of Students for March 1887437.09 KB
May 20, 1887
Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for June 1887. 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 June 1887436.37 KB
May 26, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt provides the Office of Indian Affairs with a list of 80 students to return to their homes due to expiration of their terms and sickness. Pratt also details the travel arrangements for travel to the various agencies and…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: List of Students to be Returned to their Homes for May 18872.03 MB
May 26, 1887
Grey Eagle Tail writes to the Office of Indian Affairs requesting the return of his brother Raymond B. Stewart from the Carlisle Indian School. Grey Eagle Tail informs the Office Stewart wants to come home and Grey Eagle Tail wants him home as…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for the Return of Raymond B. Stewart550.65 KB
May 27, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt requests that when transportation is furnished for students returning home the Gettysburg Junction station should be made the starting point rather than the Carlisle station.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel Departing
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Gettysburg Junction be Starting Point461.7 KB
May 30, 1887
Thomas Jennings, U.S. Indian Agent for the Green Bay Agency, responds on a proposal for sending Maggie Worrington to the Carlisle Indian School. Jennings indicates that Worrington is quite advanced in her trade of general work and seamstress and…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Agent Response to Sending Maggie Worrington at Carlisle693.27 KB
May 31, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt endorses and forwards a letter from Esther S. Miller regarding the appointment of Miller's half-aunt as her guardian. Miller objects to the appointment and wishes her cousin to be chosen instead.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Esther Miller Objects to Half-Aunt's Appointment as Guardian943.84 KB
June 1, 1887
Peter J. Powlas requests from the Office of Indian Affairs for transportation to his home near Green Bay City, Wisconsin. Powlas writes that his father's age makes him unable to properly maintain the farm.
In forwarding the letter, Richard…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Peter J. Powlas Requests Return Home1.16 MB
June 4, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt details finances to the Office of Indian Affairs regarding returning students to their homes.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Details Finances for Returning Students to Their Homes797.01 KB
June 4, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter providing information on the enrollment status of Raymond B. Stewart and his current education level and refers the office to a letter he had previously written to them regarding…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Raymond B. Stewart Request to Return Home623.07 KB