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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November 8, 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 October 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, October 1893
November 13, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt advises the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that teacher H. M. Hudelson is entitled to 19 days leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
November 15, 1893
Carlos Montezuma, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for October 1893.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
November 15, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has gone ahead and installed electric lights using the Charity Fund and believing that there would be no objection if the annual cost was less than the previous system. Pratt…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Pratt Informs Office of Installation of Electric Lights
November 16, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with additional information on salary in regards to an assistant laundress mentioned in the October 1893 irregular employees report. Pratt informs the Commissioner that the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Laundry
Format: Letters/Correspondence
November 17, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that T. L. Deavor and Henry M. Hudelson are unable to continue in their present roles due to health and he forwards the name of Philip Drum to replace Hudelson.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
November 20, 1893
Mary A. Smith requests permission from the Office of Indian Affairs to have two New York students enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Mary A. Smith Requests Enrollment of Two New York Students
November 29, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt sends a letter to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs advising him that he received his letter granting teacher Henry M. Hudelson 9 days leave of absence, which Hudelson took from November 11th to November 19th.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Teachers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Report of Henry M. Hudelson's Leave of Absence
December 1, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt forwards teacher Fanny G. Paull's application for a 30-day leave of absence due to sickness. Pratt also sends school physician Carlos Montezuma's recommendation for Paull to take a leave of absence for her "incipient nervous…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Fanny G. Paull's Application for Leave of Absence
December 2, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt reports the death of Annie R. Jordan, head of the Laundry Department, to the Office of Indian Affairs.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Reports the Death of Annie R. Jordan
December 4, 1893
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Daniel M. Browning writes to Richard Henry Pratt authorizing him to inspect the Cherokee in North Carolina along with Agent Potter, and provide a verbal report to him about the possibility of enrolling Cherokee…
Repository: Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Format: Letters/Correspondence
December 4, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt requests that the position of teacher previously held by Henry M. Hudelson be abolished and an assistant teacher position which does not fall under the Civil Service Commission be created.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Teachers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
December 4, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt sends a telegram to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs requesting to have teacher Fanny G. Paull's leave of absence begin on December 15th.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Teachers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Starting Date of Fanny G. Paull's Leave of Absence
December 8, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt requests to take a party of students from Cherokee, North Carolina to the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that the local boarding school is overcrowded and there is great interest among students and parents to be educated…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
December 18, 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 November 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, November 1893
December 19, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs circular letter regarding students for a normal training school in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Pratt notes that Carlisle has had some limited success in producing students for normal schools…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Education After Carlisle
Format: Letters/Correspondence
December 20, 1893
Cover letter in which Richard Henry Pratt forwards accounts of Annie R. Jordan who is recently deceased. Pratt requests to pay the amount due Jordan directly to her husband.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Pay Estate of Annie R. Jordan Amount Owed Her
December 26, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt provides a copy of his letter sent to M. D. Shelby, Acting Superintendent of the Genoa Indian School, in which he provides justification for providing transportation to Henry Horse Looking to Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: NARA_RG75_91_b1050_47985.pdf
December 29, 1893
Captain Richard Henry Pratt sends a letter to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs requesting a supply of blank annual medical estimate forms.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Annual Medical Estimate Blank Forms
December 20, 1893
M. D. Shelby, Acting Superintendent of the Genoa School, requests an answer from Richard Henry Pratt as to why he is furnishing transportation to students of the Genoa School without communicating with the Superintendent.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Indian School System
Format: Letters/Correspondence
January 6, 1894
Clara C. McAdam requests a transfer to another Indian School as a teacher due to her health. Richard Henry Pratt forwards the request along with his request that it be looked upon favorably.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Clara McAdam Requests Transfer to Another Indian School
January 6, 1894
Della F. Botsford requests a transfer to a different Indian School as a teacher due to her health.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Della Botsford Requests Transfer to Another Indian School
January 6, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding $300 to the credit of Susie Farwell. Pratt notes that Farwell can place her money at the school and that he recommends her request be granted.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Savings Accounts
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Letter Regarding Finances of Susie Farwell
January 6, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt forwards and seconds the statement of O. H. Bakeless regarding the performance of T. Marcellus Marshall as his probationary period comes to a close.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Probationary Report on T. Marcellus Marshall as a Teacher
January 6, 1894
Richard H. Pratt submits an Estimate for Additional Medical Supplies for the current fiscal year of 1894. The form includes the items being requested, the quantity, the estimated cost. Pratt, also advises the Commissioner of Indian Affairs…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Request of Additional Medical Supplies, January 1894