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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March 29, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt notifies the Office of Indian Affairs that the Carlisle Indian School will forward to Chicago the articles named in a letter from the Office.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Forwarding Articles to Chicago Per Office Instructions348.37 KB
March 31, 1893
Mary M. Kennedy writes to Thomas J. Morgan asking him to help her granddaughter at the Carlisle Indian School. Kennedy claims that her granddaughter is in danger and that all of the students are afraid of Richard Henry Pratt. Kennedy ends her…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Mary M. Kennedy Requests Return of Her Granddaughter509.72 KB
April 1, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt advises the Commissioner of Indian Affairs of the dates teacher Effie (Elspeth) Miss Fisher was paid for her leave of absence. Pratt also tells the Commissioner that Fisher understood that she would not be paid a full month's…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Teachers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Information on Miss Fisher's Leave of Absence507.9 KB
April 1, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant dressmaker Lizzie C. Jacobs' application for a 12-day leave of absence due to illness. Pratt also forwards a physician's certificate from Thomas Stewart verifying Jacobs has acute bronchitis.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Lizzie C. Jacobs' Request for Leave of Absence 787.74 KB
April 1, 1893
Captain Richard Henry Pratt requests a supply of two dozen different articles of stationery used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1894.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Requisition for Stationery, April 1893544.21 KB
April 3, 1893
John T. Doyle, the Secretary of the Civil Service Commission, forwards to the Secretary of the Interior a list of three women (Mittie Henry, Mary F. Stewart, Mary C. Devore) who are eligible to fill the vacant teacher position at the Carlisle…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Teachers
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Eligible Female Candidates for Teacher Position509.12 KB
April 3, 1893
Richard H. Pratt forwards the monthly sanitary report for March 1893 to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
Note: The report itself was missing when this file was scanned at the National Archives.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Monthly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, March 1893446.94 KB
April 3, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the request by Jerry R. Fisher for the return of his son Belknap Fox from the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that Fox is one of the most promising students at the school but that the school physician has long…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Request to Return Belknap Fox550.62 KB
April 5, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt forwards school physician Cyrus R. Dixon's application for a 45-day leave of absence to attend a six-week course at post-graduate medical school in New York. In an explantory cover letter, Dixon explains that he can still…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Cyrus R. Dixon's Request for Leave of Absence to Attend Medical School 1.19 MB
April 5, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he is short in his authority covering expenses of visiting students on farms. As a result he requests authority to spend an additional $50.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Outing Program Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Additional Funds to Visit Outing Students511.34 KB
April 6, 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 March 1893. 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, March 18933.52 MB
April 8, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt replies to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding a Descriptive Statement of Proposed Changes in Employees forwarded to the Office on March 17, 1893. Pratt requests the Office confirm the Statement as there are no…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Statement be Accepted by Office518.63 KB
April 10, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt requests O. H. Bakeless and others be allowed to take the Civil Service Examination in order to take positions as teachers at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that he would like more male teachers to make the gender…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Various Individuals Take Civil Service Exam1012.27 KB
April 13, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt returns various papers associated with the application of Wilson H. Cox.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Returns Papers Associated with Application of Wilson H. Cox451.35 KB
April 18, 1893 - April 21, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt provides an endorsement of former student Jesse Bent to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs at Bent's request.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Provides Endorsement of Jesse Bent701.36 KB
April 19 - March 5, 1894
Henry F. Hoyt responds to Richard Henry Pratt's criticisms regarding the medical bill in treating Seth Clear Eyes.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Henry F. Hoyt Responds to Pratt's Criticisms Regarding Bill775.19 KB
April 20, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that O. H. Bakeless and his wife have determined they do not want to enter the Indian Service. Pratt requests that he have a personal conference with the Commissioner before a principal…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Informs Office Bakeless Not Entering Indian Service457.47 KB
April 21, 1893 - May 1, 1893
A. W. Ferrin forwards petition of the Cattaraugus Reservation requesting the return of certain pupils from the Carlisle Indian School. The petition claims that parents were misinformed and that some students were taken without consent, parents…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Petition of Cattaraugus Reservation Requesting Return of Children2.9 MB
April 28, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt follows up on his letter of March 15th regarding allowance for special exhibit at Chicago.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Follows Up on Letter Regarding Allowance for Chicago Exhibit373.98 KB
April 25, 1893
Carrie V. Birch requests a transfer from her current position as a teacher in Cherokee, North Carolina to the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Carrie Marr Requests Transfer to the Carlisle Indian School577.87 KB
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April 28, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt follows up on his letter of March 15th regarding allowance for special exhibit at Chicago.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Follows Up on Letter Regarding Allowance for Chicago Exhibit [version 2]377.47 KB
April 28, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt requests that his nominations of employees be acted upon soon to avoid entanglements on pay rolls.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Nominations be Acted Upon Soon368.44 KB
April 29, 1893
D. U. Betts requests that his appointment as a teacher in the Indian Service be changed from Pyramid Lake to Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: David Betts Requests Appointment as Teacher be Changed to Carlisle404.65 KB
April 29, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt replies to an Office of Indian Affairs letter accepting release for students and teachers from exhibit in Indian School at Chicago and also accepts allowance.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Accepts Release of Students for Chicago Students408.71 KB
April 30, 1893 - June 6, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the request of Charles Red Hawk Smith to be returned home. Pratt provides reports from the school's physician and disciplinarian as well as two outing reports from Smith's patron. As a result Pratt recommends that…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Pratt Responds to Request to Return Charles Smith1.43 MB