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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March 22, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to return four students from the Pine Ridge Agency due to health and character. He notes that the school physician has diagnosed three students with scrofula and incipient consumption. Pratt asks that he be…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Four Students from Pine Ridge to Their Home in 1889771.34 KB
March 23, 1889 - May 31, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from Isaac N. Cundall and recommends him for a position in the Indian Service.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Forwards Letter and Recommends Isaac N. Cundall1.2 MB
March 27, 1889
M. D. Baldwin, U.S. Indian Agent for the Blackfeet Agency, replies in response to an Office of Indian Affairs letter that he can obtain 14 students for the Carlisle Indian School. He further requests to be able to send one of the student's…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Blackfeet Agency Response to Obtaining Students for Carlisle690.41 KB
March 27, 1889
Estimate of funds for the fourth quarter of 1889 amounting to $10,931.80 for support of the school. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds amounting to $7,795.00 for regular employee pay. There are also math equations relating to the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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View Document: Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, Fourth Quarter 18891.6 MB
March 27, 1889
Richard H. Pratt submits an Estimate of Supplies for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 1889 amounting to $189.30 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, March 18891.35 MB
March 27, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt forwards account covering the expense of returning Henry Standing Bear and requests approval.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students Running Away
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Forwards Account Covering Expense Returning Henry Standing Bear519.5 KB
April 3, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt requests permission to return Elliott, William Short Nose, and Robert Left Hand to their homes due to their ill health. Pratt further requests transportation to various locations for the three students.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Elliott, William Short Nose, and Robert Left Hand737.29 KB
April 4, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt returns a letter from Thomas A. Metoxen who had requested to be returned home. Pratt also encloses an endorsement from Marianna Burgess disputing his statement. Pratt further states that it has been the policy of Carlisle to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Response to Thomas Metoxen's Request to Return Home738.92 KB
April 8, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt requests from the Office of Indian Affairs information on what the Office desires for the 25 pupils from the Navajo Agency and the parties from the Nez Perce and Blackfeet Agencies.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Information Sought on Potential Students from Various Agencies504.62 KB
April 8, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt requests action in employing Professor Brown for 20 music lessons.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Approval for Employing Special Music Teacher770.27 KB
April 18, 1889 - July 1, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from Edwin Morrison, Principal of the Friends Pacific Academy in Newberg, Oregon, in regards to enrolling Indian students at his school.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Indian School System
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Inquiry of Friends Academy in Oregon about Enrolling Students669.54 KB
April 20, 1889
Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for May 1889. 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 May 1889474.72 KB
April 26, 1889
Notice of the death of Obadiah G. Given, School Physician. Richard Henry Pratt forwards vouchers covering the pay due him to be paid out to his estate.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of the Death of Obadiah G. Given507.95 KB
April 27, 1889 - May 4, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt forwards request of Lone Star through the Kiowa, Comanche and Wichita Agent for the enrollment of an adopted member of the Kiowa Nation. The letter states that the proposed student was captured as a child in New Mexico.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Forwards Request to Enroll Adopted Kiowa Nation Member1014.11 KB
May 1, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt forwards vouchers covering the balance of salary due Obadiah G. Given. Pratt requests authority to pay the salary to Given's wife rather than his estate.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Forwards Voucher Covering Pay of Obadiah G. Given731.97 KB
May 1, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt submits a voucher from Fisk Goodyear resulting from expenses incurred from the capture and return of two runaway students.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students Running Away
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Voucher Covering Expenses to Recover Two Runaway Students in 1889477.47 KB
May 4, 1889
Sigourney Butler, Comptroller, informs R. V. Belt that the remaining pay due to Obadiah G. Given should be delayed until a legal representative is appointed to handle the estate.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Comptroller Ruling on Pay of Obadiah G. Given504.06 KB
May 4, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt forwards the lease for the Hocker Farm and requests that the lease be renewed for one year starting April 1, 1889 for $600.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Farms - Land Transactions
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Renewal of Hocker Farm Lease Starting in April 1889474.69 KB
May 8, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt submits a report that lists a new employee (Carrie E. Morse). This report includes personal information about those being hired. In a cover letter, Pratt explains the process in which Morse was appointed as a teacher at the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees, May 18891.39 MB
May 8, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a request from Ella and Bessie Patterson to be transferred to the Albuquerque Indian School. Pratt provides the employment history of the Pattersons' at the Carlisle Indian School and recommends their request be…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request of Ella and Bessie Patterson to Transfer to Albuquerque1.17 MB
May 9, 1889 - May 15, 1889
R. V. Belt, Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs, forwards the letter of Richard Henry Pratt regarding his request to pay Obadiah G. Given's wife as there is no longer a need for letters of administration in his estate.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Belt Forwards Letter Requesting Pay for Obadiah G. Given1.1 MB
May 11, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt forwards accounts covering medical care for two students who are on outing in farms in Bucks County, Pennsylvania for approval by the Office of Indian Affairs. Pratt notes that Charles Carr was unable to be transported back to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Financial Accounts Covering Outing Medical Expenses754.13 KB
May 10, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt requests to return Louise Schanandore (here Louisa Schanandore) on the advice of the acting physician due to ill health. Pratt notes that she can be escorted by Jemima Wheelock whose term of enrollment has ended.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Louisa Schanandore and Jemima Wheelock928.93 KB
May 13, 1889
Wrap documenting Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase Yaggys Geographical Study for the Carlisle Indian School as well as his calling attention to remarks for the Assistant Secretary.
Also included is the Biennial Report of…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Books Used at School, Indian School System
Format: Reports
View Document: Pratt Requests Authority to Purchase Yaggys Geographical Study17.6 MB
May 13, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to bring in an additional 275 students from various agencies for the upcoming fiscal year. Pratt notes that the school currently has 611 students, but he expects to lose about 175 due to expiration of…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Proposal to Recruit Students for Fiscal Year 1889-18901.28 MB