The first page opened with a poem by E.G. titled "After Carlisle, What?” followed by the next installment of the series titled “How An Indian Girl Might Tell Her Own Story if She Had the Chance: Founded on Actual Observations of the Man-on-the-band-stand’s Chief Clerk” (continued from the previous week). The story continued on the fourth page.…
Belt, Robert Vinton
November 22, 1889
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Newspapers
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
March 23 - May 31, 1889
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from Isaac N. Cundall and recommends him for a position in the Indian Service.
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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
May 4, 1889
Sigourney Butler, Comptroller, informs R. V. Belt that the remaining pay due to Obadiah G. Given should be delayed until a legal representative is appointed to handle the estate.
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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
May 9-15, 1889
R. V. Belt, Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs, forwards the letter of Richard Henry Pratt regarding his request to pay Obadiah G. Given's wife as there is no longer a need for letters of administration in his estate.
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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
May 20, 1889
Daniel Dorchester, Superintendent of Indian Schools, reports on his surprise visit and inspection of the Carlisle Indian School. Dorchester provides an overview of his visit including his visit to all of the school rooms noting the various levels of education in each subject evinced by the students. Dorchester provides a highly favorable report…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
May 29, 1889
Byron M. Cutcheon, Congressman from Michigan, responds to a letter from the Office of Indian Affairs regarding 50 pupils from Michigan to be enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School. Cutcheon recommends the office communicate with a former U.S. Indian Agent and Frank W. Wheeler, another Congressman from Michigan.
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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
August 10 - August 19, 1889
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employees Anna S. Luckenbach and Lydia L. Hunt. These reports include personal information about those being hired. Pratt also sends Luckenbach and Hunt's applications for positions as teachers, including references. Commissioner of Indian Affairs Thomas Jefferson Morgan approves Pratt's…
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Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
January 8, 1890
Robert V. Belt of the Department of the Interior Office of Indian Affairs writes to Richard Henry Pratt thanking him for his recent hospitality during a visit to the Carlisle Indian School, and sending sympathies for the deaths of Carlisle's clerk, Mr. Gould, and physician, Dr. Given.
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Letters/Correspondence
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Repository:
Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
April 18, 1890 - March 25, 1891
Correspondence regarding difficulties of William P. Campbell in recruiting students for the Carlisle Indian School at the Fort Belknap Agency.
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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
May 20, 1891
Robert V. Belt of the Department of the Interior Office of Indian Affairs writes to Richard Henry Pratt thanking him for sending a copy of Stiya: A Carlisle Indian Girl at Home.
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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
August 22, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt informs R. V. Belt that Miss Carter does not want to be transferred this year but will consider a transfer to a Western School at a higher salary the following year.
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
May 11, 1892
The Comptroller answers an inquiry of R. V. Belt regarding using the appropriation for the Fort Peck, Fort Belknap, and Blackfeet Agencies. Belt asks if the agency appropriation can be used for the education of agency students at Carlisle above the appropriation for the Carlisle Indian School.
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
June 29, 1892
Robert V. Belt, Assistant Commissioner of the Department of the Interior's Office of Indian Affairs, writes to Richard Henry Pratt discussing the current status of the Indian Appropriations Bill, and funds allotted to supplement Pratt's military income while serving as superintendent at Carlisle. Belt urges Pratt to reconsider his threat to…
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
February 15, 1893
Frank Pierce requests permission to enroll at the Carlisle Indian School.
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Letters/Correspondence
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Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
April 7, 1893
Robert V. Belt, Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs, informs Pratt that he has submitted Pratt's request to participate in the Columbian Exchange to the Secretary of the Interior for approval. Belt includes a copy of his letter to the Secretary of the Interior supporting Pratt's request.
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Letters/Correspondence
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Repository:
Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
April 22, 1895
Robert V. Belt writes to Richard Henry Pratt, thanking him for sending a copy of the New England Magazine featuring an article on the Carlisle Indian School titled "Indian Education at Carlisle".
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Letters/Correspondence
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Repository:
Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
July 15, 1895
Samuel Blackwell, Auditor, returns the lease of the Hocker Farm to the Office of Indian Affairs.
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Letters/Correspondence
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Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration