This material is a collection of correspondence received by the Office of Indian Affairs between 1918 and 1966, all related to the Carlisle Indian School. As the Carlisle Indian School closed in 1918, the majority of these letters are either requesting information about the school and its graduates, or inquiring to see if the school is still…
Pratt, Richard Henry
November 29, 1918 - April 19, 1966
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Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Newspapers and Magazines
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National Archives and Records Administration
May 16, 1920
Edward W. Biddle writes to Richard Henry Pratt forwarding an article from the Carlisle Herald discussing the fate of the U.S. Army hospital operating on the grounds of Carlisle Barracks, indicating that the Carlisle Indian School will not be reopened. The article is not included.
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Letters/Correspondence
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Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
November 29, 1920
Samuel W. Brushel writes to Richard Henry Pratt congratulating him on his 80th birthday, and sending personal updates about his family and life.
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Letters/Correspondence
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Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
November 30, 1920
Annie Moore Allison sends Richard Henry Pratt congratulations for his 80th birthday, and provides updates on a few former Carlisle students.
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Letters/Correspondence
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Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
December 1, 1920
George E. Balenti, writing on State of Oklahoma Department of Highways letterhead, sends brithday well-wishes to Richard Henry Pratt and provides him with personal updates.
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Letters/Correspondence
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Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
December 2, 1920
Chauncey E. Archiquette, a former Carlisle student, congratulates Richard Henry Pratt on his 80th birthday.
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Letters/Correspondence
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Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
December 2, 1920
Mary Pradt Abeita writes to Richard Henry Pratt with birthday well-wishes, expressing her fondness for Carlisle and for Pratt as her "dear school-father."
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Letters/Correspondence
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Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
December 3, 1920
Spyna Devereaux Buck writes to Richard Henry Pratt sending birthday greetings for his 80th birthday, and providing updates on her life and that of her husband Charles Buck and other former Carlisle students.
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Letters/Correspondence
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Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
December 3, 1920
Anna Goyitney Canfield, a former Carlisle students, writes to Richard Henry Pratt with birthday greetings and updates on her life after leaving Carlisle.
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Letters/Correspondence
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Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
December 4, 1920
John Allen, a member of the 1900 graduating class, sends Richard Henry Pratt congratulations for his 80th birthday.
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Letters/Correspondence
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Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
April 27 - May 5, 1921
This material includes correspondence between Mrs. Jerry Snyder, nee Daisy Doctor, to the Assistant Commissioner Charles H. Buck regarding her relation to Laura M. Doctor.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
May 27, 1921
Emil Benson, President of the Sherman Institute Alumni Association, thanks Richard Henry Pratt for his address to Sherman's Class of 1921. Benson briefly paraphrases part of Pratt's speech.
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Letters/Correspondence
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Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
September 1, 1923
Correspondence and legal documents regarding ownership of the Sanno lot of roughly 4 acres of land, originally purchased for use by the Carlisle Indian School in 1883 by the trustees of the school's charitable fund, under the direction of Richard Henry Pratt, and later conveyed to the government in 1914.
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Financial Documents, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Maps, Memorabilia and Ephemera
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National Archives and Records Administration
December 4, 1923
Edgar A. Allen sends Richard Henry Pratt congratulations for his birthday, and invites him to visit Wisconsin, where Allen is in charge of the Menominees, Stockbridges, and Oneidas.
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Letters/Correspondence
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Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
July 20, 1924
Anna Laura Pratt replies to a letter of Fannie Peter thanking Peter for her letter and providing an update on her life since the death of her husband Richard Henry Pratt. Pratt notes that she plans to donate Indian Office Reports to Dickinson College as well as complete the book Richard Henry Pratt had nearly finished writing. Additionally, she…
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Letters/Correspondence
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Cumberland County Historical Society