You thought this was never going to happen, didn’t you? You thought we were gone forever, but not so! Welcome to what I’m calling Season Two, since we’ve had such a long hiatus.

Here’s a discussion of our first trip to the Beinecke Library Yale to start digging into the Richard Henry Pratt Papers. Listen here:

Episode 23: Our Exploration of the Richard Henry Pratt Papers | Carlisle Indian School Research Podcast (zencast.website)

Notes for this episode:

So, here’s what I refer to as“the site”—the Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center.

Here’s the Pratt papers finding aid.

Here’s an example of two pages from one of the letterpress books, a letter from Pratt.

Correction—Noticed that at one point when I’m talking about the Native Americans held at Fort Marion, I said they were former prisoners of war. My misspeaking—they were prisoners of war while they were being held there.

Photo of a polished sea bean from the collection:

Sample of letter with info crossed out, as we talked about: