Richard Henry Pratt documents his trip to the Rosebud Agency where he attempted to secure ninety students for the school. He notes that after an initial meeting where this was received with much enthusiasm, he failed to gather the allotted students due to the work of the Catholic priest at the agency. Pratt claims that the priest may be opposed…
Opposition to Carlisle from Agency Clergy
August 11, 1883 - November 22, 1883
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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
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National Archives and Records Administration
June 6, 1890 - June 7, 1890
William P. Campbell details difficulties in recruiting students from the Fort Belknap Agency to Alfred John Standing which was then forwarded to the Office of Indian Affairs. Campbell describes the actions taken by the head of the Mission School Father F. Eberschweiler against the Carlisle Indian School making it difficult to secure students.…
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Letters/Correspondence
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February 28, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has received their telegram regarding the Senate Committee cutting annual per capita appropriation to $150. Pratt notes that this is ample and further reiterates his beliefs in opposing the establishment of a public school system on the Indian Reservations. Pratt then goes into…
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June 30, 1891 - July 3, 1891
Richard Henry Pratt writes to the Office of Indian Affairs on a number of matters including the continued employment of Alfred John Standing, revisions to the Civil Service Code, and enrolling Dennison Wheelock at Dickinson College. In addition, Pratt forwards a letter of William P. Campbell regarding a recruitment trip among the Oneidas…
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December 1891
Richard Henry Pratt provides a report responding to questions from the Office of Indian Affairs on the needs of the Carlisle Indian School. Included are discussions on the need for more land, additional educational needs, and industrial training including the limitations of the industrial instruction received at Carlisle.
Pratt also…
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Reports
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Industrial Training - General, Education, Outings, Recruitment of Students, Opposition to Carlisle from Agency Clergy, National Reputation of the Carlisle Indian School, Discipline, Printing Department, Student Living Conditions, School Library, Supplies and Materials, Chicago World's Fair and Columbian Exposition of 1893, Interactions with Local Population, Students Running Away
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February 9, 1895
J. W. Dolan calls on the Office of Indian Affairs to remove Richard Henry Pratt from his position as Superintendent of the Carlisle Indian School.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration