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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June 2, 1891
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during April 1891. 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, May 18911.68 MB
June 4, 1891 - June 11, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt responds to correspondence regarding complaints made by labor organizations of Genoa Indian School students being used as laborers on a beet farm. Pratt suggests that the Genoa Superintendent is right but that he should focus…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Pratt Responds to Outing Dispute About Genoa Indian School Students4.14 MB
June 5, 1891
Request by Richard Henry Pratt to increase the salary of the assistant music teacher to $540.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Increase Assistant Music Teacher Salary246.74 KB
June 6, 1891 - June 12, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter to the Office of Indian Affairs' he wrote to W. F. Canfield, Superintendent of the Fort Totten Training School, regarding his opinion on filling teaching positions with former students.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Provides Recommendations to Fort Totten School987.85 KB
June 6, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt forwards voucher covering the cost of treating Johnson Spencer while on outing from an attack of pneumonia.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Cover Expenses Incurred in Treating Johnson Spencer441.01 KB
June 8, 1891
C. R. Dixon, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for May 1891.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Wounded, May 18911.36 MB
June 11, 1891 - June 25, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs regarding a letter from Henry M. Rice who discusses placing a Mille Lac Nation member in an industrial training program. Rice indicates that Wah-go-osh is quite adept at the tin smith…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Industrial Tin Smith Training for Wah-go-osh1.27 MB
June 12-20, 1891
These materials include telegrams and a descriptive statement of students regarding 3 individuals sent to the Carlisle Indian School from the Pine Ridge Agency of South Dakota. The telegrams indicate that Carlisle's superintendent, Richard Henry…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Descriptive Statement of Pupils from Pine Ridge Agency, 18911.16 MB
June 12, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he is leaving for the Pine Ridge Agency to recruit students for the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt requests that the office inform the agent to forward students from schools and to give…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Recruitment of Students
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Informs Office of Upcoming Recruiting Trip to Pine Ridge320.59 KB
June 12, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt follows up his telegraph earlier in the day to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs regarding his recruiting trip to the Pine Ridge Agency. Pratt notes that agencies have a tendency to hold back students due to opening up of…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Assistance in Recruiting Pine Ridge Students637.92 KB
June 12, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt follows up his previous request to increase the assistant music teacher salary by also increasing the salary of the music teacher.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests to Increase Music Teacher and Assistant Music Teacher Salaries386.64 KB
June 15, 1891 - June 27, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from J. H. Mateer, Superintendent of the Sisseton Indian Industrial Boarding School regarding three girls who had requested to be enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School. Mateer claims that the students now…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Delay in Sending Sisseton Students to Carlisle1023.45 KB
June 25, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt forwards estimated cost of labor and material required to build a two story office building at the Carlisle Indian School along with the specifications.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Forwards Estimated Cost and Specifications for Office Building2.94 MB
June 25, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to build a new blacksmith and wagon shop at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt submits specifications, estimate of supplies and labor, and blueprints.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Pratt Submits Plans and Estimates for New Blacksmith and Wagon Shop2.58 MB
June 26, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt transmits freight bills for brooms received from the Genoa School and letters from L. C. Slavens relative to the brooms and asks for instructions.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Forwarding Freight Bills and Correspondence Regarding Brooms from Genoa494.4 KB
June 28, 1891
James Wolf requests assistance from Commissioner Thomas J. Morgan to be returned to his home.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: James Wolf Requests to be Returned Home350.23 KB
June 29, 1891
Superintendent McConville of the Fort Lapwai School informs the Office of Indian Affairs that five boys and three girls will see their parents on July 4, 1891. And that the children should start at once for the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel to Enroll
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Fort Lapwai Students Should Start for Carlisle at Once371 KB
June 29, 1891
Thomas J. Quinn informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he wants his nephew Henry Keoke returned home from the Carlisle Indian School. Quinn notes that Keoke has spent six years at the School while his term was only for five years and as a…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for the Return of Henry Keoke631.5 KB
June 29, 1891
The Superintendent of the Pawnee School informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that three Pawnee students desire to enroll at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Three Pawnee Students Desire to Transfer to Carlisle352.12 KB
June 30, 1891
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during June 1891. 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: Reports
View Document: Report of Irregular Employees, June 18911.62 MB
June 30, 1891 - July 3, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt writes to the Office of Indian Affairs on a number of matters including the continued employment of Alfred John Standing, revisions to the Civil Service Code, and enrolling Dennison Wheelock at Dickinson College. In addition,…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Update on Recruiting Oneida Students and Other Matters2.1 MB
July 1891
Richard H. Pratt submits an Estimate of Supplies for the first quarter of fiscal year 1892 amounting to $496.05 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, July 18911.26 MB
July 1, 1891
C. R. Dixon, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for June 1891.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness, Student Deaths
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Wounded, June 18911.05 MB
July 3, 1891
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, July 1891735.98 KB
July 6, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt cites the epidemic of measles and following pneumonia that caused the hospital to become overcrowded. Included in the correspondence is plans to add an additional wing to the present hospital for $1,000 in material and labor…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Proposal to Add Additional Wing to School Hospital1.24 MB