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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September 7, 1888
Richard Henry Pratt notifies the Office of Indian Affairs that he has received a telegram from Joshua H. Given stating that Given was waiting for transportation for himself and a party of students to be enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Transportation of Students from Purcell, IT to Carlisle762.93 KB
September 4, 1888
Robert A. Parker, Passenger Agent for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, provides a quote for a ticket for A&P Junction to Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: PRR Passenger Agent Provides Quote for Ticket435.78 KB
September 12, 1888
Richard Henry Pratt acknowledges Office of Indian Affairs authority covering him in the incidental expenses incurred in the transportation in bringing students to Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel to Enroll
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Acknowledgement of Authority to Cover Expenses in Bringing Students to Carlisle512.84 KB
September 12, 1888
Richard Henry Pratt writes that in accordance with Office of Indian Affairs authority he has sent Obadiah G. Given to Indian Territory to secure students. Pratt notes that he has instructed Given to telegraph the Office directly with the number…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Given Sent to Indian Territory to Recruit Students738.28 KB
September 14, 1888
Richard Henry Pratt requests transportation for 12 students from the Winnebago and Omaha Agency be placed at Sioux City in care of Alice C. Fletcher for travel to Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Transportation for 12 Students from the Winnebago and Omaha Agency467.79 KB
September 20, 1888
Captain Richard H. Pratt and Assistant Superintendent A. J. Standing provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for October 1888. Pratt also includes details on compensation, position title, and the number…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Irregular Employees Required for October 1888671.18 KB
September 21, 1888
Alfred John Standing follows up on a conversation he had in Washington D.C. with A. B. Upshaw, Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs, that the Carlisle Indian School has a capacity for 650 students. Its current enrollment is 538 students.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Capacity of the Carlisle Indian School in 1888463.7 KB
September 21, 1888
Joshua H. Given informs the Office of Indian Affairs that nine boys and two girls will start for Carlisle from Purcell, Indian Territory under his charge.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Joshua Given Informs Office of Transporting Students to Carlisle343.96 KB
September 24, 1888
Alfred John Standing inquires who the Carlisle to Rushville ticket ordered by Richard Henry Pratt is intended to be given.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel Departing
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Standing Inquires Who Ticket from Carlisle to Rushville is For343.85 KB
September 29, 1888
Alfred John Standing requests that his order for 12 tickets for the delegation from the Omaha and Winnebago Agency to be placed for Alice C. Fletcher at Sioux City be changed to 15 tickets at Bancroft.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Standing Requests Change in Tickets for Omaha and Winnebago Delegation747.95 KB
October 1, 1888 - October 30, 1888
Letters of introduction for Edward F. Wilson the principal of two homes for the education and industrial training of Indian children at Sault Ste. Marie in Ontario, Canada. One of the letters is from Richard Henry Pratt who notes that he has…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Letters of Introduction for Edward Wilson1.52 MB
October 3, 1888
Richard Henry Pratt requests that William Freeman Vilas, Interior Secretary, place the $8,000 balance Congress appropriated for dividing the Sioux reservation be placed to his credit in New York.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Severality Act/Dawes Act (1887)
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Funds for Dividing the Sioux Reservation be Placed to His Credit480.53 KB
October 3, 1888
Richard Henry Pratt, head of the Sioux Commission, informs the Secretary Interior that Agents should be notified they are authorized to bring themselves, interpreters, and Indians to Washington D.C. The Sioux Commission will pay for…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Sioux Commission of 1888
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Sioux Commission Authorization for Travel to Washington D.C.990.06 KB
October 8, 1888 - October 13, 1888
Obadiah G. Given requests the Office of Indian Affairs place 25 tickets for a delegation from Darlington, Indian Territory to the Carlisle Indian School.
A note indicates that 25 first class tickets were awarded to the Baltimore and Ohio…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel to Enroll
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Given Requests 25 Tickets for Delegation to Travel to Carlisle358.76 KB
October 8, 1888
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has received letters from Quapaw Agency and the Sac and Fox Agency that they would like to attend the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt asks if the Office can add these two points to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Add Sac and Fox and Quapaw Agencies to Authorization514.76 KB
October 9, 1888
Richard Henry Pratt submits a "Special" Estimate of Funds form for $17,999.50 for completion of two-story building under contract with Andrew Wetzel.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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View Document: Special Estimate of Funds, Second Quarter 1888858.87 KB
October 15, 1888
Richard Henry Pratt requests that the number of tickets for students traveling from Birch Cooley to enroll be increased from 10 to 16 and that there be one ticket for an escort.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Increase in Tickets for Students Enrolling from Birch Cooley527.29 KB
October 22, 1888
Estimate of funds for the second quarter of 1889 amounting to $11,090.35 for support of the school and stock cattle. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds amounting to $7,810.00 for regular employee pay.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, Second Quarter 18891.59 MB
October 22, 1888
Richard H. Pratt submits an Estimate of Supplies for the second quarter of fiscal year 1889 amounting to $385.35 and requests to purchase those items in the open market. The form includes the items being requested, the quantity, the estimated…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Estimate of Supplies, October 18881.37 MB
October 22, 1888
Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for November 1888. 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 1888707.94 KB
October 23, 1888
Richard Henry Pratt notes that with the completion of the new school building the Carlisle Indian School can accommodate 500 students on its campus. He further indicates that 189 students are currently on outing with only a few in any one…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Send William Campbell to Crow and Sioux Agencies1.31 MB
October 26, 1888
Obadiah G. Given, Carlisle Indian School physician, requests tickets for students to travel from Red Fork, Indian Territory and Seneca, Missouri to the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel to Enroll
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Tickets for Students to Travel to Carlisle532.16 KB
October 27, 1888
Richard Henry Pratt notes that his acting school physician has recommended sending Lucinda Hill and Rhoda Red Wolf home due to incipient consumption. Pratt notes that both students are able to travel to their homes in De Pere, Wisconsin and…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Lucinda Hill and Rhoda Red Wolf733.38 KB
October 31 - November 7, 1888
These materials include a cover letter and descriptive statement of students regarding 17 individuals sent to the Carlisle Indian School from the Quapaw Agency.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Descriptive Statement of Pupils from Quapaw Agency, 18881.29 MB
October 31, 1888 - July 22, 1889
Louis L. Robbins, Superintendent of the New York Warehouse, responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding complaints made by Richard Henry Pratt in receiving various supplies and invoices late.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: New York Warehouse Responds to Complaints from Carlisle1.88 MB