Student Behavior

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Request to Send Home Fannie Merrick and Mary Tyndall
May 4, 1883

Richard Henry Pratt requests to send home Fannie Merrick and Mary Tyndall. Pratt notes that Alice C. Fletcher is set to visit the Omaha reservation and can escort the two students back.

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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Requests by Eli Sheridan and Theodore McCauley to Return Home
April 6-20, 1886

Requests by Eli Sheridan and Theodore McCauley to go home in order to aid their fathers. Richard Henry Pratt in returning the requests to the Bureau of Indian Affairs recommends denying the requests on grounds that he had recently lectured both students and believed the requests to have resulted from these lectures.

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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Pratt Responds to Request to Transfer Lettie Connolly
September 13, 1894

Richard Henry Pratt responds to the request to transfer Lettie Connolly to the Lincoln Institute.

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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Pratt Informs Office Regarding Return of Lewis Williams
March 27, 1895

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Lewis Williams (also known as Lewis Daniel Wiliams) has a ticket to his home in Idaho.

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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Pratt Responds to Request for William Archiquette's Money
December 20, 1895 - January 20, 1896

Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding a request by William Archiquette to receive the money he had on deposit at the Carlisle Indian School.

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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Flannery Requests Assistance from Browning
September 16, 1896

Former student James D. Flannery requests the assistance of Commissioner of Indian Affairs Daniel M. Browning due to his health and lack of finances in dealing with Richard Henry Pratt.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Pratt Responds to Request to Return Amos Long Wolf
August 25, 1898

Richard Henry Pratt responds to a request from Amos Long Wolf to return home.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Standing Provides Information Regarding Glennie Pierce
February 1, 1899

Alfred John Standing provides the information the Carlisle Indian School has on Glennie Pierce at the urging of Elmer Huff.

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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Pratt Responds to Request to Return Lily Felix
February 6, 1899

Richard Henry Pratt responds to the request from her father to return Lily Felix.

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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Pratt Suggests Change to Law Prohibiting Sale of Alcohol to Indians
May 25, 1899

Richard Henry Pratt requests the Office of Indian Affairs request Congress amend the law prohibiting the sale of alcohol to Indians to fix a loophole.

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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Pratt Responds to Proposal to Transfer Four Students to Carlisle
September 25, 1899

Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs regarding a proposal of Superintendent of the Lincoln Institute to transfer four students to Carlisle.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Pratt Responds to Request to Return Sarah and Tonkin Davis
February 6, 1902

Richard Henry Pratt replies to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding a request from Eliza Davis for the return of her two children, Sarah and Tonkin, from the Carlisle Indian School.

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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Pratt Responds to Request to Enroll Runaway Student
December 23, 1902 - December 27, 1902

Richard Henry Pratt forwards his reply to G. L. Scott, Acting Indian Agent at the Leech Lake Agency, regarding Scott's request that he enroll a student who has previously runaway from two prior schools.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Denial of Claims in Article Regarding Former Carlisle Students
February 21, 1905 - February 22, 1905

William A. Mercer forwards a New York Times article covering the arrest for desertion from the U.S. Army of four members of the Seneca Nation. Mercer comments the article is full of falsehoods and that only two of the men were former Carlisle students and did not have good records as students.

In a separate note Francis E. Leupp asks…

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Letters/Correspondence, Newspapers and Magazines
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request to Have Various Articles be Dropped Rather than Condemned
August 4, 1906

August Kensler requests certain items be excluded from the list of articles to be condemned and rather be dropped. William A. Mercer forwards the request to the Office of Indian Affairs with the recommendation that it be given favorable consideration.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Mercer Requests Approval of Action to Dismiss Wallace Tyndall
January 14, 1907

William A. Mercer reports the dismissal of Wallace Tyndall and requests approval of his action.

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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Mercer Responds to Inquiry Regarding Enrollment of Wallace Tyndall in Chamberlain
March 12, 1907 - March 21, 1907

William A. Mercer responds to an inquiry from the Office of Indian Affairs regarding the request of Charles H. Dickson, Supervisor in Charge of the Chamberlain Indian School, to enroll Wallace Tyndall as a student. Tyndall had been dismissed from Carlisle for bad behavior.

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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Mercer Provides Explanation for Voucher of Returning Two Students
June 24, 1907

William A. Mercer provides an explanation for the voucher submitted for expenses of Fred W. Canfield related to the return of two runaway students.

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Letters/Correspondence
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Correspondence Regarding Susan M. Lelless
August 13-21, 1907

Correspondence regarding the teaching ability of Susan Lelless and her transfer from the Haskell Institute. John Whitewell, current Principal Teacher at the Carlisle Indian School, details his oversight of Lelless including her inability to administer corporal punishment.

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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Fees Paid to Carlisle Police
April 6 - 16, 1914

These materials contain correspondence regarding fees owed to the Carlisle Police Department for the return of Carlisle students found in town without permission. The policy of paying these fees for student returns was to end after this payment.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration