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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January 1-3, 1889
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employees (John E. Pollinger and Anna C. Pollinger) and those who have left the school (B. F. Comman and Mary E. Comman). These reports include personal information about those being hired…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
View Document: Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees and Application, January 18891.71 MB
circa 1889
Series of drawings by Charles Dagenett presented to Susan Longstreth. The drawings include maps of Revolutionary War battles as well as a drawing of George Washington.
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Topics: Student Artwork
Format: Student Artwork
View Document: Drawings by Charles Dagenett Presented to Susan Longstreth1.71 MB
January 1, 1889
Estimate of funds for the third quarter of 1889 amounting to $8,676.85 for support of the school, $7,705.00 of which is for regular employee pay.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, Third Quarter 18891.92 MB
January 1, 1889
Richard H. Pratt submits an Estimate of Supplies for the third quarter of fiscal year 1889 amounting to $491.85 and requests to purchase those items in the open market. The form includes the items being requested, the quantity, the estimated cost…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Estimate of Supplies, January 18891.07 MB
January 7, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the responsibilities of Anne S. Ely, Agent for Outing Pupils at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt indicates that Ely oversees all aspects of the Outing program including…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Outing Program Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Report on the Work of Anne S. Ely, Outing Agent2.35 MB
January 8, 1889
A. G. Miller requests the Office of Indian Affairs provide an order to Richard Henry Pratt to enroll Little Bear at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt had informed him that he could only enroll Little Bear with an order from the Office.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Enroll Little Bear655.77 KB
January 21, 1889
Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for February 1889. 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 February 1889470.84 KB
January 25, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt provides his recommendations on securing a party of Navajo students for the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt indicates that the agent should attempt to gather 50 students with a minimum of one-third of the party being girls and…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Proposal to Have a Group of Navajo Students Enroll at Carlisle766.46 KB
January 25, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding a request by A. G. Miller to enroll Little Bear. Pratt notes that his school physician examined Little Bear when he visited the school with his parents. Pratt ends by…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Response to Request to Enroll Little Bear500.24 KB
January 25, 1889
C. E. Vandever, U.S. Indian Agent for the Navajo Agency, responds to an Office of Indian Affairs telegram to have him secure 50 Navajo students for the Carlisle Indian School. Vandever notes that it is difficult to secure Navajo students in…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Student Recruitment in the Navajo Agency and Request to Visit the East1.65 MB
January 28 - February 28, 1889
Richard H. Pratt recommends that Carrie E. Morse be appointed to replace Mabel Crane as a teacher at the school. Pratt forwards Crane's resignation, Morse's application, and four references.
Crane cites her "approaching marriage" as the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Changes of Employment of Carrie E. Morse and Mabel Crane3.19 MB
January 28, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt requests to return Mark Penoi to his home in Laguna, New Mexico due to the death of his parents. Pratt states that officials from Laguna have requested his return in order to look over his family's property and the children…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Mark Penoi Home550.73 KB
February 4, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt requests to return Zippa Metoxen to her home due to the health of her parents and be provided with transportation for her to De Pere, Wisconsin.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Zippa Metoxen Home689.31 KB
February 6, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt inquires when he will be informed of action on his application to appoint Mr. and Mrs. Pollinger to the positions at the school farm of the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - School Farms
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Information on Appointment of Mr. and Mrs. Pollinger527.41 KB
February 6, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to employ a singing teacher as well as purchasing 400 song books.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Employ Special Singing Teacher and Purchase Song Books464.84 KB
February 9, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt as the head of the Sioux Commission provides the Treasury Department with the unexpended balance due to negotiations with the Sioux.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Sioux Commission of 1888
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Sioux Commission Unexpended Balance228.17 KB
February 16, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has received word from Fletcher J. Cowart that Cowart has 15 students he would like to enroll at Carlisle. Pratt notes that he has written to Cowart that he wants to maintain the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Informs Office of Proposed Group of Students from Mescalero Agency504.83 KB
February 20, 1889
Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for March 1889. 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 March 1889443.94 KB
February 25, 1889 - March 8, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a request from Almon B. Coe, Superintendent of the Blackfeet Schools, to have a party of students from his school enroll at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt in his note to the Office of Indian Affairs states that he…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Enroll Party of Piegan Students at Carlisle945.13 KB
February 27, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt follows up on his request to employ Professor Brown of Pittsburg as a music teacher and purchase song books.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Follows Up on Request to Employ Music Teacher532.31 KB
March 7, 1889 - March 22, 1889
Charles D. Wheelock informs Richard Henry Pratt that his father is retiring as a farmer and has offered him the option to take over his farm. Wheelock notes that to accept would require him to leave Carlisle early. Pratt in forwarding the letter…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Charles Wheelock Requests to be Returned Home1.36 MB
March 7, 1889
H. L. Muldrew, 1st Assistant Secretary of the Department of the Interior, grants two weeks leave of absence to Richard Henry Pratt.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Leave of Absence Granted to Richard Henry Pratt in 1889349.04 KB
March 15, 1889
Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for April 1889. 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 April 1889466.33 KB
March 18, 1889 - March 26, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a request from H. Heth, Special Agent in Charge of the Nez Perce Agency, to enroll 6 boys from that agency in the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that in his letter to the Office of Indian Affairs that he would be…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Enroll Six Nez Perce Students at Carlisle1.15 MB
March 22, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from M. D. Baldwin, U.S. Indian Agent for the Blackfeet Agency, regarding a request from Baldwin for students from the Blackfeet Agency to enroll at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Blackfeet Students to Enroll at Carlisle915.78 KB