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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December 16, 1892
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, December 1892545.53 KB
December 19, 1892
Richard Henry Pratt sends a letter to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs advising him that Helen Lord, the assistant superintendent of the sewing room, can be spared the dates for which she requested a leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Helen Lord's Request for Leave of Absence (Letter)484.65 KB
December 19, 1892
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Helen Lord's request for leave of absence. Lord works as an assistant superintendent for the sewing room.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Helen Lord's Request for Leave of Absence (Telegram)355.79 KB
December 21, 1892
Morgan Toprock requests from Thomas J. Morgan permission to attend school all day. Toprock notes that his request to Richard Henry Pratt was turned down. If he cannot attend full day school then he asks to return home after Christmas.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Morgan Toprock Requests to Attend School Full Day or Return Home450.06 KB
December 21, 1892 - December 27, 1892
Paul Martin requests assistance from Thomas J. Morgan in locating his son, James Martin, who had runaway from the Carlisle Indian School. Martin encloses a letter from Richard Henry Pratt detailing the circumstances before James left Carlisle.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students Running Away
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Paul Martin Requests Assistance Locating Son953.61 KB
December 22, 1892
Richard Henry Pratt responds to Office of Indian Affairs circular advising that Carlisle had a total average of 756 students in October 1892 with 553 at Carlisle and 202 on outing. In November the numbers were 758 total with 543 at campus and 215…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Enrollment Statistics for October, November, and December 1892499.41 KB
December 23, 1892
Cornelia A. Merritt inquires from Thomas J. Morgan why teachers at the Carlisle Indian School are not permitted a holiday break from teaching.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Teachers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Inquiry into Lack of Holiday Break for Teachers945.06 KB
December 27, 1892
Request by Richard Henry Pratt to spend an additional $2000 on the transportation of students to and from the school.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Spend Additional $2,000 for Transportation of Students668.89 KB
December 28, 1892
James Williams requests the return of his daughter Julia Williams from the Carlisle Indian School and to finish her term of enrollment at the Mt. Pleasant Government school. In addition, he requests that his other daughter be allowed to enroll at…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: James Williams Requests Return of his Daughter Julia from Carlisle661.29 KB
December 29, 1892
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the request of Morgan Toprock forwarded by the Office of Indian Affairs to attend school for the entire day. Pratt notes that based on recommendations from Toprock's teachers it is not advisable to accommodate his…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Request for Morgan Toprock to Attend School All Day1.28 MB
December 31, 1892
Richard Henry Pratt forwards letter of Levi Levering in regards to the return of his relative Louis (here Lewis) Levering. Both Pratt and Levering believe that a return by Lewis to his home would be disastrous and that he should remain at…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Replies to Request for Return of Lewis Levering840.06 KB
December 31, 1892
Captain Richard H. Pratt requests a six-month supply of report of changes in employees blank 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, December 1892544.6 KB
January 1893
Estimate of funds for the third quarter of 1893 amounting to $20,834.51 for support of the school.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Estimate of Funds, Third Quarter 1893571.08 KB
January 3, 1893
Captain Richard H. Pratt requests a six-month supply of payroll of irregular employees blank 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 of Blanks and Blank Books, January 1893532.65 KB
January 4, 1893
C. R. Dixon, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for December 1892. Dixon also includes a note summarizing health conditions of 1892 in the "Remarks and Physician's Special Report" section.
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, December 18921.22 MB
January 5, 1893
Mary M. Kennedy requests the return of her granddaughter from the Carlisle Indian School. Kennedy notes that the students like the school but they do not have enough to eat and that the students are sick despite Richard Henry Pratt claiming…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Mary Kennedy Requests Return of her Granddaughter from Carlisle539.48 KB
January 6, 1893
Richard H. Pratt submits an Estimate of Supplies for the third quarter of fiscal year 1893 amounting to $455.51 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, January 1893789.51 KB
January 6, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase a No. 3 "Eclipse" Press for the printing office. Pratt notes that previously all of the equipment for the office was purchased by the charity fund of the school.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Authority to Purchase New Printing Press677.85 KB
January 6, 1893
Richard H. Pratt compiles a list of worn out, broken, or unserviceable property at the Carlisle Indian School and requests that a Board of Survey do the same.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Worn Out and Unserviceable Property Report, January 1893830.54 KB
January 7, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the request of James Williams for the transfer of his daughters, Sarah and Julia, to the Mt. Pleasant School. Pratt notes that the authorization on the part of the Office of Indian Affairs in granting this request…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Request to Return Julia Williams627.51 KB
January 9, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt replies to a letter from Thomas J. Morgan providing him answers to various questions including the enrollment figures over the school's history and presently in 1893. He then discusses the education philosophy of the school…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Provides Overview of Carlisle upon Inquiry of Commissioner1.16 MB
January 11, 1893
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 December 1892. Pratt distinguishes between the "White Labor…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students - Irregular Employees
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Report of Irregular Employees, December 18922.77 MB
January 12, 1893 - January 17, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt forwards to the Office of Indian Affairs the proceedings of the Board of Survey concerning worn out, broken, or no longer usable items at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Proceedings of a Board of Survey Convened in January 18931.49 MB
January 14, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he is not willing to acquire written resignations of employees who quit on short notice.
A note on the front indicates the original was returned to the Carlisle Indian School…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Informs Office He is Unwilling to Obtain Resignations of Disgruntled Employees520.4 KB
January 14, 1893 - January 20, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt responds to complaints of Bertha Parker regarding her brother Ely Parker and her cousin Nellie Kennedy both of whom are students at the Carlisle Indian School. Parker further claims that both have claimed that they are not…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Complaints of Bertha Parker1.48 MB