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 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
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
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
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 Agency
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
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
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Irregular Employees Required for September 1886
August 23 - 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 1886
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
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
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
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 1886
September 6, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt submits voucher for the recovery of Percy Zadoka, who had been on outing in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
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 Frost
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
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
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
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
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
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 1886
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 1886
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
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
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. Agnew
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
October 15, 1886
Request by Richard Henry Pratt for permission to send Noah Little Eagle (here Noel Little Eagle), Laura Good Nation, and Wamy Oso to their homes due to consumption.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Return of Three Students due to Poor Health
October 15, 1886
Robert Muggins requests the return of his sister, Laura Good Nation, from the Carlisle Indian School due to her poor health resulting from consumption. Muggins states that his people often die from consumption while remaining relatively well…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for the Return of Laura Good Nation
October 16, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt refers to earlier letter and asks if he can send a favorable reply to Bishop Huntington's agent for enrolling Onondaga children at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Follow Up to Request for Enrolling Onondaga Students
October 20, 1886
Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for November 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 November 1886
October 21, 1886
Superintendent Richard Henry Pratt writes to Doctor Cornelius Rea Agnew regarding attempts to get a Mr. Moody to visit Carlisle. Pratt also mentions that 75 or more Florida Apache prisoner children are expected to arrive at the school soon…
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Letter from Richard H. Pratt to Cornelius R. Agnew