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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June 4, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt requests instructions in the case of Benjamin M. Thomas who desires to remain at Carlisle to learn the printing trade. However, the Governor of the Pueblo village where his father is from has requested his return on his father…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Seeks Instructions in the Case of Benjamin M. Thomas447.12 KB
June 7, 1887 - June 16, 1887
Correspondence regarding the request of Rev. Colbranth B. Perry to educate students currently enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School at the Mount Calvary Clergy House in Baltimore, Maryland.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Correspondence Regarding Carlisle Students Transferring to Baltimore Clergy House1.51 MB
June 14, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs inquiry by sending a descriptive list of students returned to their homes for 1887.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Descriptive Statement of Pupil Discharged to Various Agencies3.52 MB
June 15, 1887 - August 20, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt addresses the Office of Indian Affairs regarding discussions he has had with A. Loudon Snowden, the Marshall in charge of the Centennial Celebration of the Constitution in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, regarding having students…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Proposal to Include Carlisle Students in Constitutional Centennial Parade4.89 MB
Explanation of Difference between Annual Estimate of School Supplies and Requisitions for Stationary
June 16, 1887
Captain Richard H. Pratt informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that the Annual Estimate of School Supplies covers regular school room work only, whereas the Requisition for Stationary covers stationery for office. He needs both.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Office Supplies, Academic Supplies
Format: Letters/Correspondence
June 20, 1887
J. V. Summers, U.S. Indian Agent for the Quapaw Agency, responds to the Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the guardianship of Esther Miller. Summers states that Susan Benjamin was appointed Miller's guardian by the general council of the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Agency Responds to Esther Miller Guardianship Dispute888.23 KB
June 27-28, 1887
These materials include a cover letter and a Descriptive Statement of Pupils regarding three students discharged from the Carlisle Indian School and transferred back to their homes at the Green Bay, Rosebud, and Pine Ridge Agencies.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Descriptive Statement of Pupils Discharged to Multiple Agencies, 18871.21 MB
June 29, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt proposes extending the lease the school has with the Hocker farm at $600 per annum and encloses the agreement for the indorsement of the Office of Indian Affairs while requesting it be returned.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Farms - Land Transactions
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Proposal to Extend Hocker Farm Lease607.63 KB
June 29, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt returns the letter of J. V. Summers regarding the guardianship of Esther Miller and notes that Miller has read both the Office of Indian Affairs letter and Summers letter.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Return of Agent's Letter Regarding Guardianship of Esther Miller409.54 KB
July 1, 1887
Esther E. Miller questions the need for a guardian to appointed as she will soon be 18 years old. Miller notes that if a guardian must be appointed why Mary Richardville cannot be appointed.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Esther Miller Questions Need for Guardian283.04 KB
July 1, 1887 - July 11, 1887
George W. Scott, Superintendent of the Fort Stevenson School, asks if Richard Henry Pratt will be able to send George Thomas to take over the harness shop at the school. Pratt in forwarding the letter to the Office of Indian Affairs refers to a…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Follows Up on Request to Send George Thomas to Fort Stevenson School789.17 KB
July 4, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt notes that the Carlisle Indian School can have 650 to 675 students for the upcoming fiscal year on its Congressional appropriation compared to its current enrollment of 531. As a result Pratt notes that this would require…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Recruitment of Students
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Authority to Recruit Students for 1887-1888 School Year771.4 KB
July 7, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt forwards to the Office of Indian Affairs the agreement between the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Carlisle Indian School Charity Fund to reduce the rent of the Hocker Farm from $1000 to $600. Pratt notes…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Forwards Revised Lease of the Hocker Farm for 1888 Fiscal Year411.61 KB
July 10, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt provides the irregular employee services that will be required at the Carlisle Indian School for August 1887.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Irregular Service Needed at Carlisle in August 1887413.88 KB
July 14, 1887
Sigourney Butler, Comptroller, forwards the original contract between James Andrew McCauley, Robert M. Henderson, and Richard Henry Pratt for the lease of the Hocker Farm by the Carlisle Indian School.
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 Affairs508.74 KB
July 14, 1887
Estimate of funds for the third quarter of 1887 amounting to $11,634.45 for support of the school and for the transportation of Indian supplies. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds amounting to $7,347.50 for regular employee pay.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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View Document: Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, Third Quarter 18871.27 MB
July 16, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt responds to a letter from Lucius Q. C. Lamar, Secretary of the Interior, with information about two Nez Perce students, Luke Phillips and Samuel Johns, who became ill during their second term of enrollment. Pratt notes that he…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Reports on State of Indian School Education to Interior Secretary3.39 MB
July 18, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding a request from Wounded Yellow Robe (here Garfield W. Yellowrobe) to visit his home. Pratt notes that Yellow Robe is due to return to his home in a year and therefore…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Wounded Yellow Robe's Request to Visit Home409.93 KB
July 18, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs of damage to the Carlisle Indian School caused by a cyclone with large hail. Pratt lists the damage including 300 broken windows and half of the small boys quarter's roof being torn off. He…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Storm Damage to the Carlisle Indian School and Cost of Rebuilding1.48 MB
July 18, 1887
Wounded Yellow Robe (here Garfield W. Yellowrobe) writes to President of the United States Grover Cleveland from his outing home in New Hope, PA requesting permission to visit his parents in Dakota Territory. Yellow Robe states that he would also…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Wounded Yellow Robe Requests Permission to Visit His Parents900.46 KB
July 21, 1887
Detailed report on the damage caused by a small cyclone and hail to the buildings of the Carlisle Indian School. Richard Henry Pratt notes that most of the buildings were damaged but can be repaired with labor and materials on hand. He notes that…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Detailed Report on Storm Damage at the Carlisle Indian School956.22 KB
July 22, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding bringing students from the Blackfeet, Navajo, and Ute Agencies to the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that he has instructed his staff sent to the Rosebud, Pine…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Recruitment of Students
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Proposal to Obtain Students from the Blackfeet, Navajo, and Ute Agencies649 KB
July 29, 1887
Wrap for proposal to sending a deaf student to a school for deaf students in Salem, Oregon.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Transfers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Wrap for Letter to Send Deaf Student to School in Salem, Oregon380.41 KB
August 1, 1887 - August 8, 1887
John A. Logan requests the return of his three children from the Carlisle Indian School. Richard Henry Pratt forwards the letter to the Office of Indian Affairs noting that he has a large correspondence with Logan and that all of his children are…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: John Logan Requests the Return of His Three Children1.01 MB
August 5, 1887
John R. Wilbon, Superintendent of the New York Warehouse, seeks authority to send pebble duck canvas to the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: New York Warehouse Seeks Authority to Send Duck Canvas to Carlisle422.91 KB