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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April 7, 1894
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, 1895.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Requisition for Stationery, April 1894457.65 KB
April 16, 1894 - May 19, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt replies to the request of the Office of Indian Affairs regarding the request of L. W. Cooke for the return of James Grant.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for the Return of James Grant673.77 KB
April 19, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt provides a list of students who would be capable of filling various positions at the Fort Peck or Crow Agencies. Pratt further states that taking pupils from Carlisle to fill positions limits the ability of the school to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Filling Positions at the Fort Peck and Crow Agencies482.84 KB
April 19, 1894
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 1894. 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 18942.16 MB
April 28, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt further expounds on his belief that filling Indian Service positions with students in the midst of their education is harmful in regard to the position at the Lemhi District. Pratt discusses various students at the Carlisle…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt's Views Towards Filling Indian Service Positions468.08 KB
April 30, 1894 - June 18, 1894
Henry W. Sprole at the Fort Peck Agency requests the return of student Martha Washington from the Carlisle Indian School in order to employ her at the Poplar Creek School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for the Return of Martha Washington703.31 KB
May 5, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt requests from Daniel M. Browning the authority to spend additional money in returning students and special authority in recruiting students. He includes a suggested document to meet his requirements.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Direct Request for Additional Transportation Funds in Fiscal Year 1894729.95 KB
May 5, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Miss Metoxen will shortly leave for Lemhi.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel Departing
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Metoxen Leaving for Lemhi277.88 KB
May 5, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter concerning Fannie Bird. Pratt states that Bird requested to go to the country over the summer and remain at Carlisle rather than return home.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Request to Return Fannie Bird448.14 KB
May 5, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt requests $2,000 additional funding to return students to their homes as well as bringing students to Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Additional Transportation Funds in Fiscal Year 1894321.73 KB
May 7, 1894
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 April 1894. 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, April 18942.74 MB
May 10, 1894
John W. Rubb, Acting U.S. Indian Agent for the Colville Agency, requests permission to enroll students at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Enroll Students from the Colville Agency273.57 KB
May 13, 1894
James Mooney forwards a letter of Mary E. Smith requesting his assistance in returning her son Sibbald Smith from the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Mary E. Smith Requests Return of Sibbald Smith569.42 KB
May 15, 1894 - June 13, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt responds to requests to return Helen Patterson and Ophelia King to their homes. Pratt includes comments from King's sister Louisa as well as the Patterson's mother in arguing for keeping the students at Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Requests to Return Helen Patterson and Ophelia King972.31 KB
May 22, 1894
Sibbald Smith requests to be sent home from the Carlisle Indian School in order to help his mother.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Sibbald Smith Requests to be Sent Home208.55 KB
May 23, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt forwards senior teacher Emma A. Cutter's application for a 15-day leave of absence. She needs rest after "unusually heavy work."
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Emma A. Cutter's Application for Leave of Absence 319.7 KB
June 1, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt forwards E. Corbett's request for 30 days leave of absence. Corbett is a seamstress.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: E. Corbett's Request for Annual Leave of Absence495.92 KB
June 1, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Laura A. Dandridge's request for 30 days leave of absence. Dandridge is a seamstress.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Laura A. Dandridge's Request for Annual Leave of Absence472.6 KB
June 1, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Lizzie C. Jacobs's request for 30 days leave of absence. Jacobs is a seamstress.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Lizzie Jacobs's Request for Annual Leave of Absence 487.69 KB
June 1, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Mary E. Lininger's request for 30 days leave of absence. Lininger is a seamstress.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Mary Lininger's Request for Annual Leave of Absence487.42 KB
June 1, 1894
George King requests the return of his daughter Ophelia King from the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for the Return of Ophelia King529.9 KB
June 1, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Susan Zeamer's request for 30 days leave of absence. Zeamer is a seamstress.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Susan Zeamer's Request for Annual Leave of Absence493.94 KB
June 2, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt forwards teacher Katherine Jane Wiest's application for a 30-day leave of absence due to illness. She will be going to the Woman's Hospital in Philadelphia.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Teachers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Katherine Jane Wiest's Request for Leave of Absence 320.33 KB
June 4, 1894
John Brown personally requests from Frank C. Armstrong, the Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs, the return of his son James Brown from the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: John Brown Requests Return of His Son James269.17 KB
June 6, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt sends a telegram to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs requesting an answer to Miss Woester's application for leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Miss Woesters' Application for Leave of Absence 312.49 KB