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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July 7, 1891
C. R. Dixon, Carlisle Indian School Physician, requests additional information from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs on a request he made for Dixon and Alice Seabrook to write up a report on the care of the sick. Dixon inquires about the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Medical Care at School
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: C. R. Dixon Inquires About Parameters of Report on Care of Sick692.09 KB
July 9, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt acknowledges receipt of an Office of Indian Affairs letter inclosing contracts between various individuals.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Acknowledgement of Receipt of Various Contracts467.46 KB
July 10, 1891
Major Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists all employees (A. J. Standing, C. R. Dixon, C. H. Hepburn, W. G. McConkey, L. A. Bendes, A. S. Luckenbach, E. L. Fisher, Emma A. Cutter, Anna C. Hamilton, Mary H. Cooke, M. C. B. Phillips,…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Reports
View Document: Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees, July 18912.9 MB
July 11, 1891
Estimate of funds for the first quarter of 1892 amounting to $54,367.65 for support of the school, transportation of Indian supplies, and stock cattle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Estimate of Funds, First Quarter 18921.27 MB
July 11, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt provides reasons for not reappointing employees from the previous year.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Justifications for Not Reappointing Employees in 1892 Fiscal Year739.96 KB
July 11, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt forwards articles of agreement covering the lease of the Hocker Farm and requests that it is renewed for one year beginning on July 1, 1891.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Farms - Land Transactions
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Forwards Lease of the Hocker Farm for the 1892 Fiscal Year503.6 KB
July 11, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay for freight shipment of articles manufactured at the Carlisle Indian School and shipped to various Indian Agencies. In addition, Pratt requests authority to pay for freight shipment on articles…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Authority to Pay for Freight Shipping522.34 KB
July 11, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt requests $3000 for the fiscal year in order to pay for travel and incidental expenses in the transportation of students from Carlisle to their homes and brining students to the school.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Expenses for Transportation of Students510.15 KB
July 11, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt requests $400 for expenses incurred during the current fiscal year in traveling to visit pupils on the outing program.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Outing Program Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Funding to Visit Pupils on the Outing Program501.71 KB
July 11, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt requests to employ a Carlisle Indian School graduate from 1889, Joe Harris, as an Assistant Printer at $240 a year.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Employ Joe Harris as Assistant Printer543.51 KB
July 11, 1891
Josiah Baird requests the return of his wife Lily Huff from the Carlisle Indian School. Baird claims that Lily was sent to the school by her father and that she has been influenced to make false claims to Richard Henry Pratt to keep her at the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Lily Huff711.57 KB
July 12, 1891 - July 25, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter by Nicholas Huff regarding his daughter Lily Huff being enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt writes that he would not stand in the way of Lily being returned to her husband, Josiah Baird, but that…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Response to Return Lily Huff to her Husband1.24 MB
July 14, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt forwards account of J. R. Wood, general passenger agent for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, for tickets furnished to escorts and pupils during the previous fiscal year.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Forwards Account for Tickets Furnished for Transportation of Students498.76 KB
July 15, 1891 - July 23, 1891
Thomas J. Morgan requests the Second Comptroller of the Treasury return to the Office of Indian Affairs the lease entered into between the Executive Committee of the Hocker Farm and the Office. Morgan notes that the lease will be returned after…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Morgan Requests Return of Lease of Hocker Farm to Renew3.65 MB
July 16, 1891
Cover letter of Richard Henry Pratt detailing his transmission of plans and specifications for an addition to the girls buildings under contract with Andrew J. Wetzel.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Building Repairs and Expansions
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Forwards Plans for Addition to Girls Building485.04 KB
July 16, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt requests that as the name of the Carlisle Indian School did not change that he no longer be referred to with the title of Superintendent Pratt Institute.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Office No Longer Use Pratt Institute Title506.37 KB
July 20, 1891
Elmore Chase recommends transferring two Apache students at his school to the Carlisle Indian School due to the fact that the Santa Fe School is going to draw entirely from female students from local Pueblo villages.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Transfers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Transfer Two Apache Students from Santa Fe to Carlisle549.96 KB
July 28, 1891
Information cards of Emmeline Garlow, a member of the Tuscarora Nation, who visited the school on July 28, 1891 and departed on July 29, 1891.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Emmeline Garlow Information Cards (Visitor Only)567.1 KB
August 1 - October 5, 1891
These materials include descriptive statements of students for individuals transferred from the Omaha and Winnebago Agency to the Grant Institute in Genoa, Nebraska; the Lincoln Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and the Carlisle Indian…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Reports
August 4, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt corrects the names of Jane R. Dawson and Annie Souder on the Office of Indian Affairs list approving nominations of employees at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Correction of Two Names on List of Approved Employees502.4 KB
August 4, 1891
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during July 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, July 18912.12 MB
August 4, 1891
Helen R. Duncan inquires from the Carlisle Indian School if a number of Cherokee students under her care can enroll at the Carlisle Indian School. Duncan cites the desire of the students to enroll at an Industrial Training School in order to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Enroll Cherokee Students at the Carlisle Indian School510.45 KB
August 5, 1891
George King writes to the Office of Indian Affairs to request the return of his oldest daughter Louise King from the Carlisle Indian School. King states that his wife is very sick and he needs his daughter to help care for her.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for the Return of Louise King690.83 KB
August 6, 1891
C. R. Dixon, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report of July 1891.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Wounded, July 18911.45 MB
August 7, 1891
Benjamin F. Bennett requests a meeting with Thomas J. Morgan to discuss another position following his being replaced on the school farm at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - School Farms
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: B. F. Bennett Requests Meeting with Morgan to Discuss New Position310.84 KB