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 24, 1892
Edward E. Allen, Principal of the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind, requests voucher blanks for a student being transferred from the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Transfers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Proper Blanks for Student Transfer to Institution of the Blind428.82 KB
February 25, 1892
These materials include a descriptive statement of students for 10 individuals transferred to the Carlisle Indian School from the Pine Ridge Agency in South Dakota.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Reports
View Document: Descriptive Statement of Pupils from Pine Ridge Agency, February 1892848.85 KB
February 26, 1892
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employees (Anna M. True), those who have left the school (J. Brainerd Wolf), and those who have changed positions (Dennison Wheelock). These reports include personal information about those…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees, February 18921.74 MB
March 1, 1892 - March 9, 1892
Correspondence and reports related to students attending the Carlisle Indian School and Lincoln Institute from the White Earth Agency eligible to receive an annuity from the Agency.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: White Earth Agency Eligible Students for an Annuity Payment2.59 MB
March 2, 1892
Charles H. Thompson forwards an inspection report of the Carlisle Indian School on March 2, 1892. Thompson's report examines a wide range of topics related to the school including the buildings, health of students, food, student's social lives,…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Inspection Reports, Buildings and Grounds - General Descriptions, Student Nursing Training, Medical Care at School, Student Deaths, Food and Dining, Supplies – Requests and Fulfillment, School Library, Student Social Events, Printing Department, School Farms - Animals and Livestock, Industrial Training - General, Enrollment Statistics, Religious Activities at the School, Outing Program – Overview/Statistics/Success of, Fire Prevention
Format: Legal and Government Documents, Reports
View Document: Inspection Report of Charles H. Thompson14.36 MB
March 2, 1892
C. R. Dixon, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for February 1892.
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 Injured, February 18921.71 MB
March 5, 1892
Major Richard Henry Pratt submits report that lists employee who changed positions (Dennison Wheelock). The report includes position title, salary, date of departure, and reason for departure.
This is the first of two descriptive…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Reports
View Document: Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees, March 1892 (1)703.89 KB
March 9, 1892
Richard Henry Pratt proposes to the Office of Indian Affairs that teachers in the Indian Service be paid to attend a summer school in addition to their one month of paid leave.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Proposes Paying Teachers to Attend Summer School967.35 KB
March 10, 1892
William S. Hubbell writes Senator Henry L. Dawes and requests that the number of New York students at the Carlisle Indian School be increased to 50 students.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Request to Increase New York Enrollment at Carlisle1.24 MB
March 12, 1892
Major Richard Henry Pratt submits report that lists employees who have left the school (Rosa Bourassa and A. Norris). The report includes position title, salary, date of departure, and reason for departure.
This is the second of two…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Reports
View Document: Descriptive Statements of Changes in School Employees, March 1892 (2)716.55 KB
March 12, 1892
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during February 1892. 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, February 18923.07 MB
March 22, 1892
Joseph and Anna King request the return of their two sons James and Louis King from the Carlisle Indian School. The King's note that Joseph King is getting older and unable to do the work required to on their farm.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for the Return of Louis and James King634.34 KB
March 23 - April 16, 1892
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits oaths of office from sixty-nine newly appointed employees.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Oaths of Office, March-April 189222.17 MB
March 24, 1892
In a continuing discussion of having the Carlisle Indian School Band perform at the Chicago World's Fair and Columbian Exposition, Richard H. Pratt explains some of his plans and what the anticipated expenses would be. He stresses that if a…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Follow-up Letter regarding Band at World's Columbian Exposition1.2 MB
March 28, 1892
S. S. Burleson, missionary to the Oneidas, writes to Thomas J. Morgan at the request of Charles Hill for the return of his son Abram Hill. Burleson states that Charles has been getting progressively more blind and can no longer perform labor on…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for the Return of Abram Hill325.57 KB
March 30, 1892
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter and list of names from William P. Campbell regarding Cheyenne students at Carlisle who have not received their annuity payments. Pratt notes that there is no need for the students to have the money while at…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Related to Annuity Money for Cheyenne Students at Carlisle1.46 MB
March 30, 1892
Captain Richard H. Pratt requests 100 blank payroll of irregular employees 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, March 1892552.1 KB
April 4, 1892
C. R. Dixon, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for March 1892.
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 Injured, March 18922.12 MB
April 5, 1892
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the request of Joseph and Anna King for the return of James and Louis King. Pratt notes that the term of enrollment for the two students will not be up until November 2, 1893. In addition, he states that the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Request for James and Louis King510.28 KB
April 5, 1892
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during March 1892. 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, March 18922.48 MB
April 9, 1892
Helen Shelton Smith writes to the Office of Indian Affairs regarding the odds of New York Indians receiving an appropriation from the U.S. Government in order to attend the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Inquiry into Appropriation for New York State Indians to Attend Carlisle489.66 KB
April 12, 1892
Susan Thompson requests from U.S. Congressman Thomas L. Bunting the return of her daughter Linnie Thompson from the Carlisle Indian School. Thompson states that her husband is on his death bed due to consumption and has expressed a desire to see…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for the Return of Linnie Thompson956.8 KB
April 13, 1892
Richard Henry Pratt expresses his disappointment in the plan of the Office of Indian Affairs on its upcoming exhibit at the Chicago World's Fair and Columbian Exposition. Pratt notes that the proposed plan does not offer an opportunity to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Department Plan for Chicago Exhibit in 1893699.56 KB
April 16, 1892
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter by informing them that Ambrose Guruz went to the Pennsylvania Institute for the Instruction of the Blind at Philadelphia on March 4, 1892.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Transfers, Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Office Informed of Transfer of Ambrose Guruz481.65 KB
April 16, 1892
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter requiring him to cover the expense of the San Carlos Agent for the costs of transporting Justin Head and Norman Cassadore from Wilcox to San Carlos. Pratt notes that filling this…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Office Order to Cover San Carlos Transportation Costs805.16 KB