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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May 13, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt provides a list of positions and salaries necessary for the function of the school. Pratt notes the changes in positions including eliminating the position of principal teacher due to his taking more direct charge of the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Proposed List of Positions and Salaries for Fiscal Year 1889-18901.75 MB
May 20, 1889
Daniel Dorchester, Superintendent of Indian Schools, reports on his surprise visit and inspection of the Carlisle Indian School. Dorchester provides an overview of his visit including his visit to all of the school rooms noting the various levels…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Inspection Reports
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: First Inspection Report of Daniel Dorchester2.19 MB
May 20, 1889
Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for June 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 June 1889507.92 KB
May 24, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt provides an update on the Apache prisoners brought from the Mount Vernon Barracks in the winter and spring of 1886-1887. Pratt notes that of the 106 students, 27 have died and two others will likely die within a few days.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Apache Prisoners to Mount Vernon Barracks1012.46 KB
May 25, 1889
Cover letter informing the Office of Indian Affairs that he has enclosed consent of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees to the extension of the lease of the Hocker farm at the reduced rent of $600 per year.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Cover Letter for Consent to Hocker Farm at Reduced Rent516.79 KB
May 25, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority if he can send Apaches to the Mount Vernon Barracks on Monday as he requested in his previous letter.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Follow Up to Request to Return of Apache Students to Mount Vernon Barracks355.92 KB
May 26, 1889 - June 5, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a copy of a letter from M. D. Baldwin, U.S. Indian Agent for the Blackfeet Agency, regarding sending 10 to 20 students to Carlisle. Pratt asks that he be given authority to arrange the transportation, or if the Office…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Obtaining Students from the Blackfeet Agency for Carlisle1.12 MB
May 27, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt follows up his request to purchase Yaggys Geographical Study. Pratt notes that he has the means to purchase the Study for $65.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Academic Supplies
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Renews Request to Purchase Yaggys Geographical Study519.59 KB
May 29, 1889
Byron M. Cutcheon, Congressman from Michigan, responds to a letter from the Office of Indian Affairs regarding 50 pupils from Michigan to be enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School. Cutcheon recommends the office communicate with a former U.S.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Recommendation on Recruiting Students in Michigan422.38 KB
May 29, 1889
R. V. Beet, Acting Commissioner of the Office of Indian Affairs, requests the return of the lease of farm in Carlisle, Pennsylvania between James A. McCauley, Robert Henderson, Richard Henry Pratt and Hiram Price for a one year continuance from…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Farms - Land Transactions
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Continuance of Lease of Farm540.02 KB
May 30, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt reports that 35 San Carlos Apache students are eligible to return to their homes due to the expiration of their terms. Six of the students have elected to remain an additional year but Pratt notes that many more should remain…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Encourage San Carlos Apache Students to Remain at Carlisle561.33 KB
June 1, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that a group of Apache students left Carlisle for the Mount Vernon on May 30, 1889. In addition, he felt it important to increase the size of the party to nine students.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Nine Apache Students Sent to Mount Vernon Barracks374.13 KB
June 1, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to use the extra $500 remaining in his appropriation for sending Alfred John Standing and a female assistant to recruit students in Michigan.
Pratt also notes that a former student who could have…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Using Extra Appropriation to Recruit Students in Michigan1 MB
June 3, 1889
Thomas Stewart Jr., school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for May 1889.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Wounded, May 18891.68 MB
June 4, 1889
Captain Richard H. Pratt forwards the monthly report of irregular employees for May 1889 to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
Note: The report itself was missing when this file was scanned at the National Archives.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Report of Irregular Employees, May 1889452.89 KB
June 10, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt provides a list of students to be returned to their homes due to various reasons along with various escorts.
Note: The student referred to here as Maurice Walker is also known as Maurice Yellow Hair.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: List of Students to be Returned to their Homes for June 18893.41 MB
June 10, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that the Presbyterian Board desires to have Miss Patterson. Pratt notes that Patterson prefers to work in the Government service but will accept the offer if not wanted by the Government.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Asks if Government Wants Patterson for Service394.4 KB
June 14, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to bring 8 boys and 8 girls from the Green Bay Agency along with Peter J. Powlas as an escort to the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Bring 16 Students from the Green Bay Agency to Carlisle673.83 KB
June 19, 1889
Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for July 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 July 1889520.87 KB
June 22, 1889
Estimate of funds for the fourth quarter of 1889 amounting to $1,161.15 for support of school.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Estimate of Funds, Fourth Quarter 1889867.79 KB
June 22, 1889
Richard H. Pratt submits an Estimate of Supplies for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 1889 amounting to $494.90 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, June 18891012.93 KB
June 22, 1889
Special estimate of funds for the first quarter of 1890 amounting to $8,000.00 for the transportation of students to and from the school.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Special Estimate of Funds, First Quarter 1890833.63 KB
June 24 - July 11, 1889
Captain Richard Henry Pratt submits a report that lists all of the employees at the school to start the 1889-1890 fiscal year (A. J. Standing, S. H. Gould, C. H. Hepburn, E. L. Fisher, Emma A. Cutter, M. E. B. Phillips, Lizzie A. Shears, Mary H.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
View Document: Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees and Applications, July 18894.08 MB
June 24, 1889
Captain Richard H. Pratt replies to a letter from the Commission of Indian Affairs questioning the report of irregular employees during May 1889. Pratt explains why the expenditure for labor was double was due to Miss Marsh (teacher)…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Return of Report of Irregular Employees with Explanation, May 18892.23 MB
June 25, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt requests that the $8,000 appropriated for the Carlisle Indian School transportation budget be made special and placed to his credit so that he may make use of it.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request Transportation Appropriation be Made Special394.79 KB