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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November 1, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt notifies the Office of Indian Affairs that Alfred John Standing is declining the position at Grand Junction.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Standing Declines Position at Grand Junction370.8 KB
November 7, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he is bringing a party of ten girls from the Cheyenne Agency and a small party from Michigan. He further states that he has not heard from U.S. Indian Agent Charles Hill about a party…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel to Enroll
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Update on Students Being Brought to Carlisle for 1889-1890 School Year558.11 KB
November 13, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter noting that has received no communication from U.S. Indian Agent Charles Hill regarding students from the Flandreau Agency.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Recruitment of Students
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: No Response from Agent Hill Regarding Flandreau Party539.16 KB
November 14, 1889
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 October 1889. 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, October 18894.26 MB
November 22, 1889 - December 4, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a Board of Survey to the Office of Indian Affairs convened on December 3, 1889 to dispose of broken or otherwise unserviceable property at the Carlisle Indian School.
Also included is T. J. Morgan's…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Forwards Board of Survey Proceedings Convened in December 18893.68 MB
November 23, 1889 - December 6, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding statements made by a public official on returned students from the Carlisle Indian School and others. Pratt also includes a letter from T. W. Potter, former Issue Clerk…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Reports on Returned Students3.32 MB
December 3, 1889
Fordyce Grinnell, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for November 1889.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness, Student Deaths, Student Injuries
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Wounded, November 18891.45 MB
December 6, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt follows up his request from November 16, 1889 asking for authority to cover transportation as he needs it.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Follows Up on Request for Transportation Authority388.25 KB
December 9, 1889
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during November 1889. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students - Irregular Employees
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Report of Irregular Employees, November 18893.22 MB
December 11, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from Louise M. Beveridge requesting Pratt to have the Office of Indian Affairs board the Sioux Delegation with her.
Pratt in forwarding the letter notes that he quartered a part of the Sioux Delegation…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Sioux Commission of 1888
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Board Sioux Delegation During Visit to Washington D.C.590.68 KB
December 16, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter which enclosed a letter from W. B. Backus, Superintendent of the Genoa School, in reference to a system of savings for students. Pratt notes that he believes he fills the place of…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: System of Savings for Carlisle Indian School Students4.32 MB
December 18, 1889
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employees (Jennie Dubray, Rosa Bourassa, Nellie Robertson, Lydia Flint) as well as those who have left the school (Laura Lutkins). These reports include personal information about those…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Reports
View Document: Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees, December 1889712.15 KB
December 18, 1889
Richard H. Pratt submits an Estimate of Supplies for the third quarter of fiscal year 1890 amounting to $495.65 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
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Estimate of Supplies, December 18891.18 MB
December 21, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt returns to the Office of Indian Affairs a letter from Henry Kendall requesting to have his nephew transferred from the Albuquerque Indian School to the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that after talking further with…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Returns Letter from Henry Kendall Requesting Transfer of Nephew497.61 KB
December 27, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Samuel H. Gould, Principal Clerk of the Carlisle Indian School for the last ten years, died suddenly earlier in the day.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Informs Office of the Death of Principal Clerk459.31 KB
December 27, 1889 - January 4, 1890
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding a request from George E. Gerowe, Superintendent of the Fort Stevenson Indian School, to enroll six students at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that he has little…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Enroll Students from the Fort Stevenson School1.78 MB
December 30, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt details how various incoming student parties have diminished and he is therefore able to receive additional students from the Crow Agency in Montana as well as the Piegan Agency. Pratt notes that if the Crow and Piegan funds…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Recruiting Students from the Crow and Piegan Agencies and Outing Pupils1.24 MB
December 30, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter noting Office approval of Jennie Dubray, Rosa Bourassa, Nellie Robertson, and Lydia Flint as cadet sergeants. Pratt writes that he requested to have the students listed be…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Teachers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Response to Office Letter Regarding Appointment of Cadet Sergeants518.55 KB
1890
A list of students compiled by Reverend George Diffenderfer while out west recruiting new students. Includes names, sex, supposed dates attended school, and occasionally comments regarding the student. The notebook also names and ages of…
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Topics: Recruitment of Students
Format: Notebooks
View Document: Notebook of Reverend George Diffenderfer3.51 MB
January 2, 1890
Richard Henry Pratt provides the Office of Indian Affairs with the attendance figures for the Carlisle Indian School in January 1890 and for the last quarter.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Enrollment Figures for January 1890 and Previous Quarter321.24 KB
January 2, 1890
Fordyce Grinnell, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for December 1889.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness, Student Injuries
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Wounded, December 18891.61 MB
January 2, 1890
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the visiting Sioux delegation claims of thirty to seventy per cent death rate of returned students dying within four years. Pratt writes that Carlisle has returned 101 students to the Pine Ridge and Rosebud…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Former Student Death
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Sioux Delegation Returned Student Death Rate Claim619.62 KB
January 2, 1890
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he understands the opposition of the visiting Sioux delegation to Eastern Schools. Pratt notes that when they come to the East they could see that assertions are incorrect.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Visiting Sioux Delegation's Opposition to Eastern Schools365.8 KB
January 4, 1890
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that it would be best to allow the Sioux Delegation to visit the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Asks for Sioux Delegation to Visit the Carlisle Indian School291.33 KB
January 4, 1890
Richard Henry Pratt replies to the Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding a request by Dr. A. B. McCandless to enter the Indian Service.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Reply to Request of Dr. A. B. McCandless to Enter Indian Service692.61 KB