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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February 25, 1890
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs plan to secure $100,000 for the Carlisle Indian School to have 1000 students during the upcoming school year and asks for an additional $10,000 to build a small girls dormitory. In…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Increase in Appropriation to Cover Various Buildings947.65 KB
February 25, 1890
Richard Henry Pratt notes that due to an increase in the total number of students authorized for enrollment at Carlisle, he requests the Office of Indian Affairs revise its request to the agents in Montana. Agents should be requested to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Recruitment of Students
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Office to Recruit Additional Students from Montana Agencies508.5 KB
February 25, 1890
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase various furniture to replace old furniture in the teachers' quarters as well as hospital furniture and a new feed mill for the school farm.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase New Furniture for Quarters, Hospital, and Farm716.19 KB
February 25, 1890
Richard Henry Pratt requests to have two of the students from the Fort Stevenson School by George E. Gerowe returned. Pratt notes that the Carlisle Indian School school physician found the two students should not have been approved by the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness, Student Transfers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Two Recently Arrived Students from the Fort Stevenson School682.12 KB
February 25, 1890
Captain Richard H. Pratt requests a six-month supply of two dozen different blank administrative forms used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, February 1890 684.94 KB
February 26, 1890
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that arrangements for his absence are made and requests action on his leave be known.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Action on His Leave for 1890 be Known414.91 KB
February 27, 1890 - August 25, 1890
Richard Henry Pratt provides his proposed list of staff and their salaries for the ensuing school year in 1890-1891.
In addition, there is a letter from T. W. Blackburn who indicates various errors in Pratt's notations regarding new…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: List of Positions and Salaries for Fiscal Year 1890-18911.78 MB
February 27, 1890
Richard Henry Pratt responds to a prior conversation with the Commissioner of Indian Affairs regarding the number of students for the upcoming 1890-1891 school year. Pratt notes that it would likely be less than 75 students who will be returned…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Possible Total Enrollment for the 1890-1891 School Year877.2 KB
February 27, 1890
Richard Henry Pratt proposes sending William P. Campbell to Montana in order to represent the interest of the Carlisle Indian School in selecting students. Pratt states that Campbell will be able to tell the facts about Carlisle better than…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Recruitment of Students
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Proposal to Send Campbell to Montana for Recruiting Students747.36 KB
February 27, 1890
Richard Henry Pratt requests to employ Miss L. A. Bender as an additional clerk on the irregular rolls in order to assist with outing students.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Employ L. A. Bender as Additional Clerk511.09 KB
February 28, 1890
Richard Henry Pratt writes to the Office of Indian Affairs that when the Carlisle Indian School built the large and small boys quarters in 1887 they did not white coat the sides of the building to save money. Over time, Pratt notes, the buildings…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Building Repairs and Expansions
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Give White Coating to Large and Small Boys Quarters759.23 KB
March 3, 1890
Fordyce Grinnell, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for February 1890. Grinnell also includes a short note about the cases in the "Remarks and Physician's Special Report" section.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Wounded, February 18901.5 MB
March 3, 1890 - April 4, 1890
Alfred John Standing forwards the lease of the Hocker Farm and requests it be renewed for one year beginning April 1, 1890 at the rent of $600. A copy of the lease is included.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Standing Requests Authority to Continue Paying Lease of Hocker Farm in 18901011.35 KB
March 5, 1890
M. P. Wyman, U.S. Indian Agent for the Crow Agency, notes that the Office of Indian Affairs instruction to send 40 students to Carlisle is received. However, he notes that the chiefs are protesting and only a few are willing to go. Asks if he…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Crow Agency Inquiry Into How to Obtain Students409.97 KB
March 5, 1890
James A. Cooper provides his report to the Office of Indian Affairs regarding his inspection of the Carlisle Indian School. Cooper covers the buildings, the number of pupils, the staff, clothing and diet of students, and discipline. Cooper also…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Reports
View Document: Inspection Report of James A. Cooper of the Carlisle Indian School1.51 MB
March 5, 1890
Captain Richard H. Pratt and Assistant Superintendent A. J. Standing 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 February 1890.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students - Irregular Employees
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Report of Irregular Employees, February 18902.72 MB
March 7, 1890
James A. Cooper, Special Agent, reports to the Office of Indian Affairs that he has completed his investigation of the Carlisle Indian School. As a result he will now proceed west to the St. Joseph's Indian Normal School in Rensselaer, Indiana.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Inspection of the School
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Cooper Reports Completion of Investigation of Carlisle495.38 KB
March 7, 1890
Richard Henry Pratt forwards the report of the school physician regarding one of the recently arrived students from the Fort Stevenson School. The report indicates the student was in an anemic condition due to tuberculosis in his left lung.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness, Student Transfers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Physician Report of a Newly Arrived Student from the Fort Stevenson School914.99 KB
March 10, 1890
M. P. Wyman, U.S. Indian Agent for the Crow Agency, asks if he is authorized to provide students to William P. Campbell for the Carlisle Indian School from two contract and one agency school in ratio to attendance.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Crow Agency Inquiry into Sending Students to Carlisle557.44 KB
March 13, 1890
Archer O. Simons, U.S. Indian Agent for the Fort Belknap Agency, responds to the Office of Indian Service regarding sending students from the agency to the Carlisle Indian School. Simons notes that he never received the first letter asking him to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Fort Belknap Agency Agent Responds to Request to Send Students to Carlisle628.11 KB
March 13, 1890
Justin Shedee requests from the Office of Indian Affairs to return to his home since he has been at Carlisle for six years.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Justin Shedee Requests to Return Home557.75 KB
March 19, 1890
Alfred John Standing responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the request of Justin Shedee to be returned home. Standing states that Shedee had previously indicated a desire to stay at the Carlisle Indian School. As his period of…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Standing Responds to Shedee Request to Return Home834.53 KB
March 21, 1890
Edward Snake requests to be returned to his home this summer in order to work on his own land. Snake states that he can not learn anything if he keeps on his current path and that he has been working all day for nothing.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Edward Snake Requests to Return Home394.88 KB
March 22, 1890 - March 24, 1890
Alfred John Standing forwards a letter from E. A. Wheeler requesting Lizzie Griffiths be enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School. Standing notes that Griffths is likely too old to be enrolled at Carlisle but might find a position as an employee in…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Enroll Lizzie Griffiths at Carlisle1.11 MB
March 22, 1890
Alfred John Standing responds to the Office of Indian School regarding a letter from Cornelius Hill. Standing indicates the three students mentioned were transferred from the Martinsburg Indian School. Two of the students are on the outing…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Standing Responds Hill Children Should Remain at School608.77 KB