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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August 29, 1892
Richard Henry Pratt requests to know if his nomination of Laura A. Johnston has been approved.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests to Know if Laura Johnston's Nomination Was Approved462.25 KB
September 1, 1892
Captain Richard H. Pratt sends telegram to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs informing him that the irregular employee report for June 1892 still needs approval.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Attention Called to Report of Irregular Employees, June 1892 (Telegram)473.74 KB
September 2, 1892
Richard Henry Pratt forwards account covering medical costs for approval in the treatment of Enos Graham while on outing.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Forwards Medical Account of Enos Graham While on Outing566.13 KB
September 2, 1892
Richard Henry Pratt notifies the Office of Indian Affairs that there must no longer be a delay in appointing a teacher for the Number 11 room. Pratt notes that appointing a temporary teacher would be detrimental.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Teachers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Teacher be Appointed Soon to Avoid Temporary Replacement459.03 KB
September 2, 1892
Richard Henry Pratt responds to a telegram from Thomas J. Morgan regarding his request that Carlisle take 75 Seneca students. Pratt notes that with the present enrollment plus those he has already accepted would put his enrollment at 782 with…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Response to Office Request to Take 75 Seneca Students676.19 KB
September 3-13, 1892
Lewis A. Grant, Acting Secretary of War, responds to a letter from the Department of Interior by providing a copy of the metes and bounds of the Carlisle Barracks along with a plat and the deed by which the U.S. Government acquired the land.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Information Related to the Governments Acquisition of the Carlisle Barracks4.51 MB
September 5, 1892
C. R. Dixon, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for August 1892.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Injured, August 18921.43 MB
September 6, 1892
Richard Henry Pratt declines the appointment of two candidates for a vacant teaching position at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt further requests that the next steps in the process be taken.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Teachers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Declines Appointment of Two Teachers to Vacant Position2.02 MB
September 6, 1892 - September 15, 1892
A. W. Ferrin, U.S. Indian Agent for the New York Agency, forwards a letter from M. F. Trippe, regarding religion among the Tuscarora. Ferrin ends his note that students for Carlisle are not questioned regarding their religion but only conform to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Religion Among the Tuscarora1.58 MB
September 6, 1892
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 August 1892. 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, August 18921.61 MB
September 20, 1892
Richard Henry Pratt comments on the examination papers of Loren E. Wolfe and requests that a qualified candidate be provided.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Teachers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Comments on Teaching Examination and Requests New Candidate721.53 KB
September 21, 1892
These materials include a descriptive statement of pupils regarding one individual, John Donald McIntosh, transferred to the Carlisle Indian School from the San Carlos Agency.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Reports
View Document: Descriptive Statement of Pupils from San Carlos Agency, 1892549.09 KB
September 22, 1892
Thirteenth Annual Report of the Carlisle Indian School. Richard Henry Pratt provides information on enrollment statistics from the 1892 school year including the outing numbers and wages earned by students.
Pratt further details enrollment…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Reports
View Document: Annual Report of the Carlisle Indian School, 18922.6 MB
September 22, 1892
School Statistics accompanying the Annual Report for the 1892 Fiscal Year.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Reports
View Document: School Statistics Accompanying the Annual Report, 1892534.23 KB
September 25, 1892 - September 27, 1892
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a request from Julia Bent for her annuity payment in order to pay her tuition at the Cumberland Valley Normal School in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Julia Bent Requests Annuity Payment for College Tuition3.89 MB
September 26-28, 1892
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits oath of office from newly appointed fireman James Laley.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Oath of Office for James Laley888.69 KB
September 26, 1892
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding Mark D. Evarts request to visit his brother.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Request for Mark Evarts to Visit Brother446.71 KB
September 30, 1892
Copy of telegram from Richard Henry Pratt to the Office of Indian Affairs regarding a request by Pratt to expediate the process of filling the teaching vacancy in Room Number 11.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Teachers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Copy of Pratt's Request to Expediate Teaching Appointment425.78 KB
September 30 - November 9, 1892
John T. Doyle, the Secretary of the Civil Service Commission, forwards to the Secretary of the Interior a list of two women (Lillian M. Warner, Julia F. Fish) who are eligible to fill the vacant teacher position at the Carlisle Indian School. The…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Teachers
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Eligible Candidates for Teacher Position 783.95 KB
September 30, 1892
Richard Henry Pratt asks if the process of filling the vacant teaching position in Room Number 11 cannot be expedited.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Teachers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Asks if Filling Teaching Vacancy Can be Expedited420.54 KB
October 1892
Louisa Smith requests from Thomas J. Morgan to be allowed to return to her home in order to sell her home land. Smith notes her property is not well cared for and the sale will enable her to return in the East and earn her own living.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Louisa Smith Request to Return Home to Sell Property470.56 KB
October 8, 1892
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he would be glad to have Joseph Adams as a student at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Enrollment of Joseph Adams at Carlisle470.14 KB
October 13, 1892
Richard H. Pratt submits an Estimate of Supplies for the second quarter of fiscal year 1893 amounting to $475.28 and requests to purchase those items in the open market. The form includes the items being requested, the quantity, the estimated…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Estimate of Supplies, October 1892996.89 KB
October 14, 1892
Estimate of funds for the second quarter of fiscal year 1893 amounting to $22,829.62 for support of the school. Richard Henry Pratt also requests additional funds amounting to $10,475.00 for regular employee pay.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, Second Quarter 18931.73 MB
October 19-24, 1892
Richard H. Pratt and Acting Superintendent A. J. Standing forwards James Laley's formal application to be appointed as the fireman at the school. Laley's application is accompanied by references from E. W. Biddle and L. S. Eisenhower.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Application for Employment from James Laley2.77 MB