Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs [BIA]
(Record Group 75)
1793-1989 OVERVIEW OF RECORDS LOCATIONS
Table of Contents
- 75.1 ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY
- 75.2 RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR RELATING TO INDIAN AFFAIRS 1794-1824
- 75.3 RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF INDIAN TRADE 1795-1830
- 75.4 GENERAL RECORDS OF THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 1801-1952
- 75.5 RECORDS OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS AND HIS IMMEDIATE SUBORDINATES 1871-1976
- 75.5.1 Records of the Office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs
- 75.5.2 Records of the Offices of the Chief Clerk and the Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs
- 75.5.3 Records of Assistants to the Commissioner
- 75.5.4 Records of the Finance Officer and Chief Administrative Officer
- 75.6 RECORDS RELATING TO INDIAN REMOVAL 1817-86
- 75.7 RECORDS OF THE LAND DIVISION 1797-1972
- 75.7.1 General records
- 75.7.2 Surveying and allotting records
- 75.7.3 Records relating to land sales and leases
- 75.7.4 Records relating to claims
- 75.7.5 Enrollment records
- 75.7.6 Other records
- 75.8 RECORDS OF THE IRRIGATION DIVISION 1891-1948
- 75.9 RECORDS OF THE FORESTRY DIVISION 1900-62
- 75.10 RECORDS OF THE EDUCATION DIVISION 1874-1972
- 75.10.1 General records
- 75.10.2 Records of the Industries Section
- 75.10.3 Records of the Law and Order Section
- 75.11 RECORDS OF THE ALASKA DIVISION 1877-1940
- 75.11.1 Correspondence
- 75.11.2 Budget and accounting records
- 75.11.3 Reports and statistical records
- 75.11.4 Miscellaneous records
- 75.12 RECORDS OF THE FINANCE DIVISION 1793-1949
- 75.12.1 General records
- 75.12.2 Records relating to Kansas claims of New York Indians
- 75.12.3 Records concerning tribal and individual moneys and payments to Indians
- 75.12.4 Records concerning Indian trust funds
- 75.12.5 Other records
- 75.13 RECORDS OF THE RELOCATION DIVISION 1952-79
- 75.14 RECORDS OF OTHER OFFICES, DIVISIONS, AND SECTIONS 1800-1985
- 75.14.1 Records of the Law and Probate Divisions
- 75.14.2 Records of the Civilization Division
- 75.14.3 Records of the Depredation Division
- 75.14.4 Records of the Health Division
- 75.14.5 Records of the Division of Extension and Industry
- 75.14.6 Records of the Miscellaneous Division
- 75.14.7 Records of the Inspection Division
- 75.14.8 Records of the Statistics Division
- 75.14.9 Records of the Employee Section
- 75.14.10 Records of the Library Section
- 75.14.11 Records of the Construction Division
- 75.14.12 Records of the Civilian Conservation Corps-Indian Division
- 75.14.13 Records of the Rehabilitation Division
- 75.14.14 Records of the Indian Organization Division
- 75.14.15 Records of the Office of Administration
- 75.14.16 Records of the Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs
- 75.14.17 Records of the Division of Natural Resources
- 75.14.18 Records of the Office of Indian Services
- 75.14.19 Records of the Office of Public Information
- 75.14.20 Records of the Office of Tribal Resources Development
- 75.14.21 Records of the Office of Trust Responsibilities
- 75.14.22 Records of the Roads Division
- 75.14.23 Records of the Division of Soil and Moisture Conservation Operations
- 75.14.24 Records of the Branch of Industrial Development
- 75.14.25 Records of the Branch of Plant Management
- 75.15 RECORDS OF SUPERINTENDENCIES 1813-85
- 75.15.1 Records of the Arizona Superintendency
- 75.15.2 Records of the Central Superintendency
- 75.15.3 Records of the Dakota Superintendency
- 75.15.4 Records of the Idaho Superintendency
- 75.15.5 Records of the Michigan Superintendency and Mackinac Agency
- 75.15.6 Records of the Minnesota Superintendency
- 75.15.7 Records of the Montana Superintendency
- 75.15.8 Records of the Nevada Superintendency
- 75.15.9 Records of the New Mexico Superintendency
- 75.15.10 Records of the Northern Superintendency
- 75.15.11 Records of the Oregon Superintendency
- 75.15.12 Records of the Southern Superintendency
- 75.15.13 Records of the Utah Superintendency
- 75.15.14 Records of the Washington Superintendency
- 75.15.15 Records of the Wisconsin Superintendency
- 75.15.16 Records of the Wyoming Superintendency
- 75.16 RECORDS OF AREA AND DISTRICT OFFICES 1868-1989
- 75.16.1 Records of the Aberdeen, SD, Area Office
- 75.16.2 Records of the Albuquerque, NM, Area Office
- 75.16.3 Records of the Anadarko, OK, Area Office
- 75.16.4 Records of the Billings, MT, Area Office
- 75.16.5 Records of the Gallup, NM, Area Office
- 75.16.6 Records of the Juneau, AK, Area Office
- 75.16.7 Records of the Minneapolis, MN, Area Office
- 75.16.8 Records of the Muskogee, OK, Area Office
- 75.16.9 Records of the Phoenix, AZ, Area Office
- 75.16.10 Records of the Portland, OR, Area Office
- 75.16.11 Records of the Sacramento, CA, Area Office
- 75.16.12 Records of the Window Rock, AZ, Area Office (Navajo Area Office)
- 75.17 RECORDS OF AREA FIELD OFFICES 1883-1968
- 75.17.1 Records of the Great Lakes, WI, Area Field Office
- 75.17.2 Records of the Kiowa, OK, Area Field Office
- 75.17.3 Records of the Navajo, AZ, Area Field Office
- 75.17.4 Records of the Riverside, CA, Area Field Office
- 75.18 RECORDS OF FIELD OFFICES 1957-66
- 75.18.1 Records of the Chinle, AZ, Field Office
- 75.18.2 Records of the Dallas, TX, Field Office
- 75.18.3 Records of the Gallup, NM, Field Office
- 75.19 RECORDS OF INDIAN AGENCIES 1794-1988
- 75.19.1 Records of the Anchorage Agency, AK
- 75.19.2 Records of the Bethel Agency, AK
- 75.19.3 Records of the Blackfeet Indian Agency, MT
- 75.19.4 Records of the California Indian Agency, CA
- 75.19.5 Records of the Campo Indian Agency, CA
- 75.19.6 Records of the Carson Indian Agency, NV
- 75.19.7 Records of the Cherokee Indian Agency, NC
- 75.19.8 Records of the Cherokee Indian Agency, East
- 75.19.9 Records of the Cherokee Indian Agency, West
- 75.19.10 Records of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Indian Agency, OK
- 75.19.11 Records of the Cheyenne River Indian Agency, SD
- 75.19.12 Records of the Chickasaw Indian Agency, AL-TN
- 75.19.13 Records of the Choctaw Indian Agency, East
- 75.19.14 Records of the Cimarron and Abiquiu (Jicarilla) Indian Agencies, NM
- 75.19.15 Records of the Colorado River Indian Agency, AZ
- 75.19.16 Records of the Colville Indian Agency and Spokane Subagency, WA
- 75.19.17 Records of the Consolidated Chippewa/Minnesota Indian Agency, MN
- 75.19.18 Records of the Consolidated Ute Indian Agency, CO
- 75.19.19 Records of the Creek Indian Agency, AL-GA
- 75.19.20 Records of the Crow Creek Agency, SD
- 75.19.21 Records of the Crow Indian Agency, MT
- 75.19.22 Records of the Digger Indian Agency, CA
- 75.19.23 Records of the Eastern Navajo Indian Agency, AZ-NM
- 75.19.24 Records of the Fairbanks Agency, AK
- 75.19.25 Records of the Fallon Subagency, NV
- 75.19.26 Records of the Five Civilized Tribes Indian Agency, OK
- 75.19.27 Records of the Flathead Indian Agency, MT
- 75.19.28 Records of the Fond du Lac Agency, MN
- 75.19.29 Records of the Fort Apache Indian Agency, AZ
- 75.19.30 Records of the Fort Belknap Indian Agency, MT
- 75.19.31 Records of the Fort Berthold Indian Agency, ND
- 75.19.32 Records of the Fort Bidwell School and Indian Agency, CA
- 75.19.33 Records of the Fort Hall Indian Agency, MT
- 75.19.34 Records of the Fort McDermitt Subagency, NV
- 75.19.35 Records of the Fort Peck Agency, MT
- 75.19.36 Records of the Fort Totten Indian Agency, ND
- 75.19.37 Records of the Fort Yuma Indian Agency, AZ
- 75.19.38 Records of the Grand Portage Agency, MN
- 75.19.39 Records of the Grand Ronde-Siletz Indian Agency, OR
- 75.19.40 Records of the Great Lakes Indian Agency, WI
- 75.19.41 Records of the Great Lakes Consolidated Indian Agency, WI
- 75.19.42 Records of the Green Bay Indian Agency, WI
- 75.19.43 Records of the Green Bay Subagency, WI
- 75.19.44 Records of the Greenville School and Indian Agency, CA
- 75.19.45 Records of the Hoopa Valley Indian Agency, CA
- 75.19.46 Records of the Hopi Indian Agency, AZ
- 75.19.47 Records of the Horton Indian Agency, KS
- 75.19.48 Records of the Jicarilla Indian Agency, NM
- 75.19.49 Records of the Keshena Indian Agency, WI
- 75.19.50 Records of the Kiowa Indian Agency, OK
- 75.19.51 Records of the Klamath Indian Agency, OR
- 75.19.52 Records of the La Jolla Indian Agency, CA
- 75.19.53 Records of Lac du Flambeau Indian Agency, WI
- 75.19.54 Records of the Leech Lake Indian Agency, MN
- 75.19.55 Records of the Mackinac Indian Agency, MI
- 75.19.56 Records of the Malheur Indian Agency, OR
- 75.19.57 Records of the Malki Indian Agency, CA
- 75.19.58 Records of the Menominee Indian Agency, WI
- 75.19.59 Records of the Mescalero Indian Agency, NM
- 75.19.60Records of the Michigan Indian Agency, MI
- 75.19.61 Records of the Mission Indian Agency, CA
- 75.19.62 Records of the Moqui Pueblo Indian Agency, AZ
- 75.19.63 Records of the Navajo Indian Agency (Fort Defiance), AZ- NM
- 75.19.64 Records of the Navajo Springs Indian Agency, CO
- 75.19.65 Records of the Nett Lake Indian Agency, MN
- 75.19.66 Records of the Nevada Indian Agency, NV
- 75.19.67 Records of the New York Indian Agency, NY
- 75.19.68 Records of the Nome Agency, AK
- 75.19.69 Records of the Northern Cheyenne Agency, MT
- 75.19.70Records of the Northern Idaho Indian Agency, ID
- 75.19.71 Records of the Northern Navajo Indian Agency and the Shiprock Boarding School, AZ
- 75.19.72 Records of the Northern Pueblos Indian Agency, NM
- 75.19.73 Records of the Oneida Indian Agency, WI
- 75.19.74 Records of the Osage Indian Agency, OK
- 75.19.75 Records of the Pala Indian Agency, CA
- 75.19.76 Records of the Papago Indian Agency, AZ
- 75.19.77 Records of the Pawnee Indian Agency, OK
- 75.19.78 Records of the Kaw Subagency, Pawnee Indian Agency, OK
- 75.19.79 Records of the Otoe Subagency, Pawnee Indian Agency, OK
- 75.19.80 Records of the Ponca Subagency, Pawnee Indian Agency, OK
- 75.19.81 Records of the Tonkawa Subagency, Pawnee Indian Agency, OK
- 75.19.82 Records of the Pechanga Indian Agency, CA
- 75.19.83 Records of the Pierre Indian Agency, SD
- 75.19.84 Records of the Pima Indian Agency, AZ
- 75.19.85 Records of the Pine Ridge Indian Agency, SD
- 75.19.86 Records of the Pueblo and Pueblo and Jicarilla Indian Agencies, NM
- 75.19.87 Records of the Pueblo Indian Agency and Day Schools, NM
- 75.19.88 Records of the Puget Sound District Indian Agency, WA
- 75.19.89Records of the Puget Sound Indian Agency, WA
- 75.19.90 Records of the Puyallup Indian Agency, WA
- 75.19.91 Records of the Pyramid Lake Subagency, NV
- 75.19.92 Records of the Quapaw Indian Agency, OK
- 75.19.93 Records of the Red Lake Indian Agency, MN
- 75.19.94 Records of the Reno Indian Agency, NV
- 75.19.95 Records of the Rincon Indian Agency, CA
- 75.19.96 Records of the Rosebud Agency, SD
- 75.19.97 Records of the Roseburg Indian Agency, OR
- 75.19.98 Records of the Round Valley Indian Agency, CA
- 75.19.99 Records of the Sacramento Indian Agency, CA
- 75.19.100 Records of the Salt River Indian Agency, AZ
- 75.19.101 Records of the San Carlos Apache Indian Agency, AZ
- 75.19.102 Records of the Seminole Indian Agency, FL
- 75.19.103 Records of the Shawnee (Sac and Fox) Agency, OK
- 75.19.104 Records of the Shiprock Indian Agency, NM
- 75.19.105 Records of the Sisseton Indian Agency, SD
- 75.19.106 Records of the Soboba Indian Agency, CA
- 75.19.107 Records of the Southeast Agency, AK
- 75.19.108 Records of the Southern Apache Indian Agency, NM
- 75.19.109 Records of the Southern California Indian Agency, CA
- 75.19.110 Records of the Southern Pueblos Agency, NM
- 75.19.111 Records of the Special Agency of Nevada, NV
- 75.19.112 Records of the Spokane Indian Agency, WA
- 75.19.113 Records of the Standing Rock Indian Agency, ND
- 75.19.114 Records of the Taholah Indian Agency, WA
- 75.19.115 Records of the Tama Indian Agency, IA
- 75.19.116 Records of the Tomah Indian Agency, WI
- 75.19.117 Records of Tongue River Indian Agency, MT
- 75.19.118 Records of the Truxton Cañon Indian Agency, AZ
- 75.19.119 Records of the Tulalip Indian Agency, WA
- 75.19.120 Records of the Tule River Agency, CA
- 75.19.121 Records of the Turtle Mountain Agency, ND
- 75.19.122 Records of the Uintah and Ouray Indian Agency, UT
- 75.19.123 Records of the Umatilla Indian Agency, OR
- 75.19.124 Records of the Union Indian Agency, OK
- 75.19.125 Records of the United Pueblos Indian Agency, NM
- 75.19.126 Records of Upper Lake-Ukiah Agency, CA
- 75.19.127 Records of Vermilion Lake Agency, MN
- 75.19.128 Records of the Volcan Indian Agency, CA
- 75.19.129 Records of the Walker River Indian Agency, NV
- 75.19.130 Records of the Warm Springs Indian Agency, OR
- 75.19.131 Records of the Western Navajo Indian Agency, AZ
- 75.19.132 Records of the Western Shoshone Indian Agency, NV
- 75.19.133 Records of the Western Washington Indian Agency, WA
- 75.19.134 Records of the White Earth Indian Agency, MN
- 75.19.135 Records of the Wind River Indian Agency, WY
- 75.19.136 Records of the Winnebago Indian Agency, NE
- 75.19.137 Records of the Yakima Indian Agency, WA
- 75.19.138 Records of the Yankton Agency, SD
- 75.19.139 Records of the Zuni Indian Agency, NM
- 75.20 RECORDS OF INDIAN SCHOOLS 1871-1985
- 75.20.1 Records of the Albuquerque Indian School, NM
- 75.20.2 Records of the Cantonment Agency and School, OK
- 75.20.3 Records of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, PA
- 75.20.4 Records of the Carson/Stewart Indian School, NV
- 75.20.5 Records of Carter Seminary, OK
- 75.20.6 Records of the Chamberlain Indian School, Chamberlain, SD
- 75.20.7 Records of the Chemawa Indian School, OR
- 75.20.8 Records of the Chilocco Indian School, OK
- 75.20.9 Records of the Chinle Boarding School, AZ
- 75.20.10 Records of the Concho School, OK
- 75.20.11 Records of the Cottonwood Day School, AZ
- 75.20.12 Records of the Euchee Boarding School, Sapulpa, OK
- 75.20.13 Records of the Eufaula Boarding School, OK
- 75.20.14 Records of Eufaula Dormitory, OK
- 75.20.15 Records of the Flandreau Indian School, SD
- 75.20.16 Records of the Fort Shaw Indian School, Fort Shaw, MT
- 75.20.17 Records of the Fort Sill School, OK
- 75.20.18 Records of Haskell Indian Junior College, KS
- 75.20.19 Records of the Hayward Indian School, WI
- 75.20.20 Records of the Holbrook Indian School, AZ
- 75.20.21 Records of Ignacio Boarding School, CO
- 75.20.22 Records of the Intermountain Indian School, UT
- 75.20.23 Records of the Jones Academy, OK
- 75.20.24Records of the McCarty Day School, NM
- 75.20.25 Records of the Mekosukey Academy, OK
- 75.20.26 Records of the Mesita Day School, NM
- 75.20.27 Records of the Nenannezed Boarding School, NM
- 75.20.28 Records of the Oneida Indian School, WI
- 75.20.29 Records of the Osage Boarding School, OK
- 75.20.30 Records of the Paguate Day School, 1941-58.
- 75.20.31 Records of the Pawnee Boarding School, OK
- 75.20.32 Records of the Phoenix Indian School, AZ
- 75.20.33 Records of the Pierre Indian School, SD
- 75.20.34 Records of the Pinon Boarding School, AZ
- 75.20.35 Records of the Pipestone Indian School, MN
- 75.20.36 Records of the Pueblo Day Schools, Albuquerque, NM
- 75.20.37 Records of the Pueblo Day Schools, Santa Fe, NM
- 75.20.38 Records of the Rapid City Indian School, SD
- 75.20.39 Records of the Red Moon Agency and School, OK
- 75.20.40 Records of the Riverside School, OK
- 75.20.41 Records of the San Juan Boarding School, NM
- 75.20.42 Records of the Santa Fe Indian School, NM
- 75.20.43 Records of the Seger Agency and School, OK
- 75.20.44 Records of the Seneca Indian School, OK
- 75.20.45 Records of the Sequoyah Indian High School, OK
- 75.20.46 Records of the Sherman Institute, CA
- 75.20.47 Records of Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute, Albuquerque, NM
- 75.20.48 Records of the Springfield Indian School, Springfield, SD
- 75.20.49 Records of the Tomah Indian School, WI
- 75.20.50 Records of the Wahpeton Indian School, ND
- 75.20.51 Records of Wheelock Academy, OK
- 75.20.52 Records of the Wittenberg Indian School, Wittenberg, WI
- 75.21 RECORDS OF MISCELLANEOUS FIELD ACTIVITIE 1900-74
- 75.21.1 Records of the Alaska Reindeer Service
- 75.21.2 Records of the Berkeley Outing Center, CA
- 75.21.3 Records of the Canton Asylum for Insane Indians, SD
- 75.21.4 Records of the Fairbanks Native Service, AK
- 75.21.5 Records of the Flathead Irrigation Project, MT
- 75.21.6 Records of the Fresno Indian Health Center, CA
- 75.21.7 Records of the Indian Irrigation Service District Four, AZ
- 75.21.8 Records of the Laguna Sanatorium, NM
- 75.21.9 Records of Menominee Indian Mills, WI
- 75.21.10 Records of the Pawnee-Ponca Hospital, OK
- 75.21.11 Records of the Seattle Support Center, WA
- 75.21.12 Records of the Shawnee Indian Sanatorium, OK
- 75.21.13 Records of the Sioux Sanatorium, SD
- 75.21.14 Records of the Tacoma Indian Hospital, WA
- 75.21.15 Records of the Ukiah Indian Health Center, CA
- 75.21.16 Records of the Wapato Irrigation Project, WA
- 75.22 RECORDS OF THE BOARD OF INDIAN COMMISSIONERS 1869-1933
- 75.23 RECORDS OF THE COMMISSIONER TO THE FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES 1852-1919
- 75.23.1 Records of the Dawes Commission
- 75.23.2 Records of the U.S. Indian Inspector for Indian Territory
- 75.23.3 General records of the Commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes
- 75.24 RECORDS OF MISCELLANEOUS FIELD AGENTS 1878-1932
- 75.25TEXTUAL RECORDS (GENERAL)
1900-73 - 75.26 CARTOGRAPHIC RECORDS (GENERAL) 1800-1988
- 75.27 MOTION PICTURES (GENERAL) 1908-77 14 reels
- 75.28 SOUND RECORDINGS (GENERAL)
1969-74
10 items - 75.29 STILL PICTURES (GENERAL) 1868-1979 24,008 images
75.1 ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY
Established: In the Department of the Interior, effective September 17, 1947, through an exchange of memorandums between the Chief, Budget and Operations Division, Office of Indian Affairs, and the Chief, Division of Budget and Administrative Management, Office of the Secretary of the Interior, September 10 and 17, 1947, as part of a plan to standardize departmental nomenclature.
Predecessor Agencies:
In the War Department:
Office of the Secretary of War (1789-1824, except supervision of Indian trade, 1806-22)
- Office of Indian Trade (supervision of Indian trade, 1806-22)
- Office of Indian Affairs (1824-49)
- Office of Indian Affairs (1849-1947)
Finding Aids: Edward E. Hill, comp., Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Volumes I and II, PI 163 (1965); supplement in National Archives microfiche edition of preliminary inventories.
Related Records: Record copies of publications of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in RG 287, Publications of the U.S. Government. Records of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior, RG 48.
Records of the Indian Health Service, RG 513.
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75.2 RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR RELATING TO INDIAN AFFAIRS
1794-1824
History: Responsibility for administration of federal policy toward Indians initially vested in the War Department, under the immediate Office of the Secretary of War by an act of August 20, 1789 (1 Stat. 54). Separate Office of Indian Trade, established in 1806 to administer the factory system, was abolished, 1822 (SEE 75.3). Bureau-level Office of Indian Affairs established in the War Department by order of Secretary of War John C. Calhoun, March 11, 1824, headed by the former Supervisor of Indian Trade. Position of Commissioner of Indian Affairs, to head Office of Indian Affairs, established by an act of July 9, 1832 (4 Stat. 564). Office of Indian Affairs transferred to the Department of the Interior, 1849. SEE 75.4.
Textual Records: Letters sent, 1800-24. Letters sent by the Revenue Office, Department of the Treasury, relating to the treasury business of the War Department, 1794-96. Letters received, 1800-23.
Microfilm Publications: M15, M74, M271.
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75.3 RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF INDIAN TRADE
1795-1830
History: Government-operated posts for trade with the Indians, known as factories, began operation, 1795, under the immediate supervision of the Secretary of War. Office of Indian Trade established in the War Department by an act of April 21, 1806 (2 Stat. 402), to administer the factories. Office of Indian Trade abolished and closing of factories authorized by an act of May 6, 1822 (3 Stat. 679). Last Supervisor of Indian Trade became the first head of the Office of Indian Affairs, March 11, 1824. SEE 75.2.
Textual Records: Letters sent, 1807-30, and received, 1806-24. Invoice and letter book, 1803-4, 1816-22. Daybooks, 1809-24. Journals, 1805-24. Ledgers, 1803-24. Indent books, 1804-20. Invoices inward, 1796-1822. Invoices outward, 1803-24. Miscellaneous records relating to accounts, 1796-1825. Ledgers of Edgar Patterson, a stationer in Georgetown, DC, 1807-18. Letters sent and received, daybooks, journals, ledgers, miscellaneous accounts, and other records of Arkansas Factory, 1805-10; Belle Fontaine Factory, 1805-9; Cherokee Factory (Tellico and Hiwassee), 1796-1810; Chicago Factory, 1805-22; Chickasaw Bluffs Factory, 1806-18; Choctaw Factory, 1803-25; Creek Factory, 1795- 1821; Detroit Factory, 1802-4; Fort Edwards Factory, 1818-23; Fort Madison Factory, 1808-15; Fort Wayne Factory, 1803-12; Green Bay Factory, 1815-23; Mackinac (Michilimackinac) Factory, 1808- 12; Natchitoches-Sulphur Fork Factory, 1806-23; Osage Factory, 1808-23; Prairie du Chien Factory, 1815-22; Sandusky Factory, 1806-12; and Spadre Bluffs (Illinois Bayou) Factory, 1818-24.
Microfilm Publications: M4, M16, M142, M1334, T58, T500, T1029.
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75.4 GENERAL RECORDS OF THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
1801-1952
History: Office of Indian Affairs transferred from War Department to Department of the Interior upon its establishment by an act of March 3, 1849 (9 Stat. 395). Operated at bureau level within the Department of the Interior, but not formally so denominated within the Department of the Interior until 1947. SEE 75.1.
Textual Records: Letters sent, 1824-1908, with registers ("Abstracts"), 1824-1907, and indexes, 1881-1907. Letters received, 1824-1907, with registers, 1824-1907, and indexes, 1881-1907. Report books, 1838-85. Special files, ca. 1807-1904. Special cases, 1821-1907. Treaties ratified, 1801-68, and unratified, 1821-69. Printed copies of treaties and executive agreements, 1824-89. Journals of commissions, 1824-39. Executive order file, 1850-92. Authorities, 1880-1907, with registers and indexes. Indexes to and registers of claims and contracts, 1877- 1907. Miscellaneous records, 1836-87. Copies of records, ca. 1823-60. Central subject files, 1907-69 (10,946 lin. ft.). Subject files (new file scheme), 1936. Miscellaneous subject files, 1935-52. Alphabetical indexes to the central subject files, 1957-58. Chronological file of letters sent, 1909-36. Special series A, ca. 1859-1934. Orders, 1884-1948, with replies, 1916-34; circulars, 1854-85, 1904-50, with replies, 1907-35; and circular letters, with replies, 1915-50.
Microfilm Publications: M18, M21, M234, M348, M574, M1121, T494.
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75.5 RECORDS OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS AND HIS
IMMEDIATE SUBORDINATES
1871-1976
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75.5.1 Records of the Office of the Commissioner of Indian
Affairs
Textual Records: Letters sent, 1871-1901. Testimony concerning contracts for Indian goods, 1866-67. Letters received concerning the Galpin investigation, 1866-78. Records relating to President's inquiry regarding economy and efficiency, 1910-12. Activity reports of area offices, 1965-66. Office reports, 1965-72. General correspondence and related records, 1969-72. Records relating to the Hopi-Navajo land dispute, 1969-72. Office file, 1933-45, and reference file, 1919-45, of Commissioner John Collier; tribal conference files of Commissioner Glenn L. Emmons, 1956-58; chronological file and office files of Commissioner Robert L. Bennett, 1966-69; office files, subject files and speech files of Commissioner Louis R. Bruce, 1969-72; and office file of Commissioner Morris Thompson, 1974-76.
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75.5.2 Records of the Offices of the Chief Clerk and the
Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Textual Records: Letters sent by the Chief Clerk and the Assistant Commissioner, 1871-93; and by the Chief Clerk and the Second Assistant Commissioner, 1908-12. Correspondence, 1935-48, and memorandums, 1944-50, of Assistant Commissioner William Zimmerman. Office file of Assistant Commissioner (formerly Assistant to the Commissioner) Joseph C. McCaskill, 1939-46. Office file, 1946-50, and reference file, 1932-49, of Assistant Commissioner John H. Provinse.
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75.5.3 Records of Assistants to the Commissioner
Textual Records: Office files of Assistants to the Commissioner Fred H. Daiker, 1929-43; and John Herrick, 1936-41. Lawrence Stevens' files relating to the Navajo tribe, 1945-51.
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75.5.4 Records of the Finance Officer and Chief Administrative
Officer
Textual Records: Records concerning legislation, 1933-42. Memorandums, 1937-42.
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75.6 RECORDS RELATING TO INDIAN REMOVAL
1817-86
Textual Records: Records of the Commissary General of Subsistence, 1830-37. Cherokee removal records, including Eastern Cherokee census rolls, 1835-84; emigration rolls, 1817-38; ledger recording debts of Indians, 1831-36; and a register of Cherokees who wished to remain in the East, 1817-19. Records of the First Board of Cherokee Commissioners, 1835-39; and of the Second and Third Boards, 1837-45. Records of the Fourth Board of Cherokee Commissioners, 1846-47. Chickasaw removal records, including letters sent, 1832-61; census and muster rolls, 1837-39; abstracts of locations of land, 1836-44; reports of land sales and deeds, 1836-39; journal of expenditures, 1833-36; and statements concerning proceeds of sales of land, 1849. Choctaw removal records, including census rolls, 1831, 1856; alphabetical list of Choctaw reserves, n.d.; emigration lists, 1831-57; register of claims for reservations, 1834-36; reports concerning certification of land sales, 1836-41; and statements concerning sales of Choctaw orphan lands, 1838-83. Records of the following Choctaw Commissioners: Publius R. Pray, James Murray, and Peter D. Vroom, 1837-38; and John Claiborne, Ralph Graves, William Tyler, George Gaines, and Samuel Rush, 1842-54. Records relating to land scrip, 1843-49. Creek removal records, including census roll, 1833; index to Creek reserves, n.d.; land location registers, ca. 1834-86; location registers and certifications of contracts, ca. 1834-36; abstract of Creek contracts, 1836; report concerning Creek contracts, 1836; and emigration lists, 1836-38. Records of the Creek Commissioners Thomas Hartley Crawford and Alfred Balch, 1836-39.
Microfilm Publications: T275, T496.
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75.7 RECORDS OF THE LAND DIVISION
1797-1972
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75.7.1 General records
Textual Records: Digests of letters sent, ca. 1870-86. Letters received, 1849-1907, with registers, 1855-80, and indexes, 1881- 96. Abstracts of important correspondence and other sources of information, 1870-ca. 1905. Docket books for the Five Civilized Tribes, 1897-1910. Annual reports, 1954-72.
Microfilm Publications: M1314.
Photographic Prints and Negatives (100,000 images): Water and land conservation projects, agricultural operations, forestry activities, educational programs, housing, tribal councils, fairs, recreation, tourism, and Indian arts and crafts, 1948-61 (CP). SEE ALSO 75.29.
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75.7.2 Surveying and allotting records
Textual Records: Field notes of ancient and miscellaneous surveys, 1797-1887. Bound, 1919, and unbound, 1910-40, field notes of surveys of Indian lands and reservations. Field notes of surveys and resurveys of Bad River Reservation in Wisconsin (Chippewa Indians), 1915-17. Surveys of the Navajo Reservation showing proposed irrigation work along the San Juan River with accompanying field notes, 1903. Reference book for Indian reservations in western states, n.d. Sketches of agencies, ca. 1868-70. Summary descriptions of Indian agencies and schools, 1904-6. Letters received relating to allotments and certificates, 1871-87, with index, 1907-9. Applications by Mohave Indians for allotments outside a reservation, 1908-10. Registers of correspondence concerning certain persons, 1915-22. Letters sent relating to land allotments, 1920-26. Indexes to allotments, n.d. Tract books, ca. 1857-1912. Plat books, 1858-1923. Plats of Indian territory, 1897-1900. Allotment schedules, 1856-1935. Schedule and plats of unapproved allotments for the Moqui Reservation in Arizona, 1911. Schedules of Indian homesteads on which trust period was due to expire, ca. 1915-17. Schedules concerning surveying and allotting, 1907-9. Ledger of expenditures for surveying and allotting, 1912-14. Reference book concerning allotments, n.d. Notes concerning allotments on reservations, 1921. Copies of documents relating to allotments, 1875-1927. Records relating to allotments to the Chippewa, 1868- 86. Records relating to Red Lake and Pembina Chippewa Half-Breed Scrip, 1865-83. Records relating to allotments to the Kansa(s), 1862; Omaha, 1871; Pawnee, 1882-83; Potawatomi, 1866-68; Citizen Potawatomi, 1868-71, 1877-95; Sauk and Fox of the Mississippi, 1862; Lake Pepin Half-Breed Sioux, 1856-1915; Santee Sioux, 1872, 1875, 1885; Sisseton and Wahpeton Sioux, 1876, 1884-88; Drifting Goose Band of Sioux, 1878-80; Skokomish, 1881; and Stockbridge Indians, 1876. Records relating to allotments to Ottawa and Chippewa Indians in Michigan, 1855-75. Records relating to allotments on the Nemaha Half-Breed Reserve, 1857-69. Records concerning purchases of land for Indian use, 1887, 1900, 1920-25. Soil and water conservation reports, 1936-66. Land management standards and surveys, 1940-66. Records relating to land transfers from Federal agencies, 1935-44. Records relating to land acquisition projects, 1934-46.
Maps (6,865 items): Township plats, maps, and diagrams of lands in Indian reservations and adjacent areas, 1850-1935 (6,300 items). Manuscript, annotated, and published maps, 1911-40 (565 items). SEE ALSO 75.26.
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75.7.3 Records relating to land sales and leases
Textual Records: Appraisements, 1844-1922. Yakima land appraisement and timber schedules, 1910. Registry of Delaware Indians, patent lists, appraisement, and schedule of payments, 1867-74. Schedules of appraisement and census rolls for Omaha and Umatilla Reservations, 1883-91. Reports on appraisement of improvements of Cherokee intruders, 1893-95. Rolls of Cherokee intruders, 1893. Schedules of appraisements of damages by railroads, 1899-1908. Land classification schedule for Tongue River Reservation in Montana, 1929-30. Records relating to certificates of indebtedness, 1861-85. Records relating to the disposal of the Cherokee neutral lands, 1866-72. Records relating to Chippewa and Munsee lands in Kansas, 1859-1900. Records relating to the Kansas trust lands and diminished reserve, 1862- 74. Tract books relating to Kaskaskia, Peoria, Piankeshaw, Wea, and Iowa trust lands, 1857. Records relating to Kickapoo lands, consisting of tract book, 1871-90; and stubs for land certificates issued to the Atchison and Pike's Peak Railroad Co., 1866. Tract book of Omaha lands in Nebraska, 1871-83. Schedule of names of purchasers of Osage lands in Kansas, n.d. Records relating to Ottawa trust lands in Kansas, 1864-77. Tract books to Pawnee trust lands in Nebraska, n.d. Records relating to Potawatomi lands in Kansas, including stubs for certificates issued to the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Co., 1869; and tract books, 1866-73. Records relating to Sauk and Fox of the Mississippi trust lands in Kansas, 1862, 1864-71. Records relating to Sauk and Fox of the Missouri trust lands in Kansas and Nebraska, 1864-72, 1877. Records relating to Winnebago trust lands in Minnesota, 1863-75. Miscellaneous records concerning sales of trust lands, including bids, 1866, 1873-74; and schedules, 1856-73. Records relating to sales of allotments on Puyallup Reservation in Washington, 1895-1915. Records relating to Choctaw and Chickasaw segregated coal and asphalt lands, 1904- 5, 1913-14. Records concerning removals of restrictions on land sales and certificates of competency, 1906-28. Records concerning patents and deeds, including patents, 1855-1915; receipts for patents, 1911-28; lists of Choctaw and Chickasaw homestead patents, 1906; Seminole homestead deeds, 1907, 1909; letters sent concerning deeds, 1862-67; register of deeds received for approval, 1865-70; letters sent concerning deeds to Shawnee lands, 1870-72; deed docket books, 1896-1901, 1903-7; docket book for Yankton deeds, 1904-7; and register of Indian deeds to inherited land, 1903-9, with index. Miscellaneous records concerning disposal of Indian lands, including records relating to sale and leasing of Cherokee outlet, 1889; records of the Warm Springs and Colville Commission, 1891; letters received concerning Muskogee townsite, 1900-2, 1905-7; and register of sales of Indian land, 1910. Applications for permits to prospect for oil and gas in Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah, 1921-27. Records relating to leases, including timber contracts of La Pointe Agency, 1883-89; registers of leases by Five Civilized Tribes, 1903-9, with indexes; record of Winnebago leases, 1907-8; powers of attorney for grazing leases, 1931-35; corporation reference book, 1907-12; records relating to lease agreements in the New York Agency, 1890-1950 ; and land lease and permit reports, 1959-62. Records relating to land allotments and disposition, 1854-1968. Records relating to land tenure and acquisition, 1917-47.
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75.7.4 Records relating to claims
Textual Records: Records relating to lands reserved to individual Indians under terms of treaties negotiated between 1805 and 1830 ("Reserve File A"), 1825-1907; treaties negotiated between 1831 and 1860 ("Reserve File B"), 1832-1907; article 19 of the 1830 Choctaw Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek ("Reserve File C"), 1831- 89; and treaties negotiated between 1825 and 1869 ("Reserve File D"), 1845-1907, with registers and index. Miscellaneous reserve papers, 1825-1907. Records relating to the Choctaw Net Proceeds Case, 1875-89, 1897-98. Records concerning military bounty lands, 1855-82. Records relating to claims arising from military service of Indians during the Civil War, 1866-90. Records relating to claims of white settlers evicted from the Crow Creek and Winnebago Reservations, 1890-1900. Records relating to Sioux property claims, 1891-92. Records relating to Sioux allotment and property claims, 1928-ca. 1938, with index, 1926-36. Records relating to an Indian claim to Chicago lake front, 1919. Records concerning Papago land case, 1918-20.
Subject Access Terms: Indian Home Guard; Ladiga, Sally W. (case of); Me-Shin-Go-Me-Sia Band of Miami (Indiana); Wright, John W. (case of).
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75.7.5 Enrollment records
Textual Records: Registers of Indian families, 1884-1909, with index. Enrollment schedule for Blackfeet children, 1934. Records relating to enrollment of California Indians, including applications, 1928-32; numerical list of applicants, 1928-32; and "Indexes" to rejected applications, 1928-32. Records relating to Cherokee citizenship, including letters received relating to Cherokee citizenship, 1875-89; affidavits, 1889-93; drafts of census rolls, 1889-90; Wallace rolls, 1890; revised copies of Wallace rolls, ca. 1890-96, with indexes, ca. 1890-93; rolls of Shawnee Cherokee, 1889, 1896; and roll of Cherokee freedmen, 1896-97. Records relating to enrollment of Eastern Cherokee, including Guion Miller report and exhibits, 1908-10; correspondence, reports, and related records concerning Eastern Cherokee enrollment, 1907-16; roll of Eastern Cherokee, 1909; rolls of Eastern Band of Cherokee, 1907-8, with index, 1907; and copybook of Special Agent Charles L. Davis, 1910-11. Records of and concerning the Eastern Cherokee Enrolling Committee, including applications and related records, 1925-28; numerical index to enrollment records, 1929; miscellaneous correspondence, 1925-28; transcripts of testimony, 1927-28; decisions, 1926-28; rolls of Eastern Band of Cherokee, 1928; and report of Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1930. Other records relating to enrollment of the Five Civilized Tribes, including letters received relating to Choctaw and other freedmen, 1878-84; rolls of Choctaw freedmen, 1885; records relating to applications for identification as Mississippi Choctaw, 1901-7; and records relating to applications for enrollment from the Five Civilized Tribes, 1910-15. Records relating to Flathead enrollment, 1903-8. Records relating to Osage enrollment, 1827-1910. Records relating to Ottawa enrollment, 1863-64. Census roll of Stockbridge and Munsee Indians of Wisconsin, 1894. Records relating to enrollment of Washington Indians, 1910-19, 1929. Other enrollment records, 1903-10, 1935-42.
Microfilm Publications: M685, M1186, M1301, M1343, M1344, M1350, M1650.
Subject Access Terms: Puyallup Indians; Quinaielt Indians.
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75.7.6 Other records
Textual Records: Records relating to attorneys, 1875-1907. Records concerning bonds and banks, 1907-24. Miscellaneous records and reference materials, 1871-1927.
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75.8 RECORDS OF THE IRRIGATION DIVISION
1891-1948
Textual Records: General correspondence, 1901-31. Annual reports of the Chief Engineer, 1908-24, 1932. Annual district and project reports, 1908-40. Monthly progress reports, 1907-35. Reports and related records, 1891-1946. Summary irrigation data sheets, 1910- 29. Weekly and biweekly activity reports, 1934-36. Monthly financial statements for projects of the Bureau of Reclamation, 1918-24. Index to correspondence, 1926. Miscellaneous files relating to irrigation structures and projects, 1924-45. Missouri River Basin reports and related records, 1946-52.
Maps (2,472 items): Map files of the division, consisting of maps of Indian reservations and parts of reservations, 1900-48. SEE ALSO 75.26.
Glass Negatives and Lantern Slides (66 images): Views, probably generated by the Bureau of Reclamation, showing irrigation projects, farms, houses, livestock, and mining activities on Indian lands in Montana, the Dakotas, and Arizona, ca. 1914-17 (GIR). SEE ALSO 75.29.
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75.9 RECORDS OF THE FORESTRY DIVISION
1900-62
Textual Records: Records concerning sale of Choctaw timber lands, 1910-14. Reports of inspection and appraisal of timber lands on the Flathead Reservation, 1908-9. Field notebooks relating to an examination of the Red Lake Reservation, 1909-10. Schedules of timber appraisement on the Colville Reservation, 1914. Financial statements of the Menominee Indian sawmill at Neopit, WI, 1926-61, and the Red Lake Indian sawmill at Redky, MN, 1925-39. Records of management of Indian forests, 1954-62.
Maps (1,057 items): Manuscript and annotated maps, 1908-45 (931 items). Published maps of Indian reservations, 1920-56 (126 items). SEE ALSO 75.26.
Photographic Prints and Negatives (5,000 images): Forestry staff and quarters, tree nurseries and lumber mills, erosion and fire damage, grazing and other aspects of forest land utilization on some 70 Indian reservations, 1900-44 (FA, FB, FC). SEE ALSO 75.29.
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75.10 RECORDS OF THE EDUCATION DIVISION
1874-1972
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75.10.1 General records
Textual Records: Registers of letters received by the Medical and Educational Division, 1874-81, and by the Education Division, 1906-8; with indexes, 1895-1907. Summaries of work completed and records relating to Mission schools, 1887-1901. Circulars, 1897- 1909. Office files of W. Carson Ryan, Director of Education, 1931-35; and Mary Stewart, Assistant Director of Education, 1929- 36. Reference books concerning schools, 1882-1909. Briefs of investigations, 1899-1911. Abstracts of letters relating to epidemics, 1901-8. Statistics relating to education, 1859-69; Indian schools, 1874-1909; and schools, 1890-1908. Statistics from monthly and semimonthly school reports, 1893-96, 1904-10. Attendance books for Choctaw and Chickasaw neighborhood schools in Indian Territory, 1900-1, 1906-7. Attendance statistics for Cherokee day schools in Indian Territory, 1906. Record of schools, 1895. Abstracts of official reports concerning school plants, 1898-1905. Records relating to Indian schools and adult education programs, 1889-1972 (bulk 1935-72). Record of school contracts, 1887-1911. Annual school census reports, 1912-39. Subject files, 1910-69. Annual, semiannual, quarterly, and monthly school reports, 1874-1939. Public school quarterly and monthly attendance reports, 1913-37. Reports concerning examinations and promotions, 1924-34. Samples of examination papers, 1888, 1899, 1915. School calendars, 1930-34. Educational survey forms, 1929-32. Reports of school social workers, 1932-36. Case records concerning the traveling mental health clinic, 1935. Records relating to summer education programs, 1951-69.
Maps (13 items): Unnumbered maps accumulated by the division, 1928-40. SEE ALSO 75.26.
Photographic Prints (756 images): Exhibit panels used by BIA to illustrate educational, vocational, and cultural activities at Indian schools, 1904-36 (L, EXA, EXB, EXC, EXD, EXE, EXF, EXH, EXJ, EXN, EXP, EXQ, EXS, EXT, EXU, EXPM, EX-IRR, EX-PERS; 615 images). Vocational training and educational facilities at Genoa Industrial School for Indian Youth, NE, in album, ca. 1910 (GS, 47 images). Indians suffering from various illnesses, ca. 1915 (SW, 94 images). SEE ALSO 75.29.
Lantern Slides (275 images): Preservation and treatment programs for diseases prevalent among American Indians, ca. 1915 (SD). SEE ALSO 75.29.
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75.10.2 Records of the Industries Section
Textual Records: Reports concerning graduates of Indian schools, 1914-16. Records concerning former students, 1910-25. Reports of industrial surveys, 1922-29.
Photographic Prints and Negatives (855 images): Indian irrigation works, farms, houses, schools, and churches, along with nearby army posts, in Arizona, 1922 (MN, RTB). SEE ALSO 75.29.
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75.10.3 Records of the Law and Order Section
Textual Records: Record of arrests, 1909-10. Correspondence of the Chief Special Officer relating to peyote, 1908-18. Weekly narrative reports of special officers and deputies, 1915-17. Reports of liquor seizure on reservations, 1915-17. Registers of personnel actions, 1911-15. Cashbook, 1908-14. Record of receipts and disbursements of funds, 1915-17. Records relating to law enforcement, 1916-72. Case reports, 1923-33. Records of the Chief Special Officer, consisting of general correspondence, 1933-47; and correspondence with special officers, 1933-47.
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75.11 RECORDS OF THE ALASKA DIVISION
1877-1940
History: Established in the Office of Education, Department of the Interior, pursuant to provisions of the act of May 17, 1884 (23 Stat. 24), requiring the Secretary of the Interior to provide educational services to the children of Alaska. First agent appointed April 11, 1885. Transferred to the BIA by Secretary's Order 494, March 14, 1931. Responsibilities expanded to include medical services, 1915. Reindeer Service established, 1937, to administer reindeer herds introduced beginning in 1891.
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75.11.1 Correspondence
Textual Records: Letters sent, 1877-1908, and letters and telegrams sent, 1935-37. Letters received, 1883-1907. General correspondence, 1908-35, with indexes, 1910-30. Historical file ("Alaska/Historical/Metlakahtla"), 1897-1901. Correspondence concerning the Metlakahtla controversy, 1897-1931. Correspondence and other records concerning administration and liquidation of the Alaska trust fund, 1922-32.
Microfilm Publications: M1333.
Subject Access Terms: Duncan, Rev. William.
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75.11.2 Budget and accounting records
Textual Records: Budget estimates and related working papers, 1934-36. Journal of reindeer fund receipts and expenditures, 1891-1904. Accounting ledgers showing appropriations, authorizations, and expenditures, 1907-22. Contracts for the care, herding, or use of reindeer, 1894-1905. Contracts and related records concerning construction of federal buildings in Alaska, 1930-32.
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75.11.3 Reports and statistical records
Textual Records: Annual report forms on herds, herders, apprentices, and owners of reindeer, 1912-17. Statistical charts on the operation of native schools, 1925-28. Graph and statistical tables on school and medical services of the Alaska Division, 1922-23. Annual, 1933-37, and quarterly, 1937-39, school reports. Community activity reports, 1939.
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75.11.4 Miscellaneous records
Textual Records: Reference file of William Hamilton, Assistant Chief of the Division, 1888-1926. Newspaper clippings relating to many different aspects of Alaska, especially the importation of reindeer, 1897-1908. Executive orders concerning land in Alaska, 1906-34. File of Sheldon Jackson on Alaskan school matters, 1886- 89 (in Anchorage).
Photographic Prints and Negatives (563 images): Activities of the School, Medical, and Reindeer Services; school construction, classroom teaching, health and recreational programs, and Indian and Eskimo folkways in Alaska; reindeer roundups and other aspects of native life; and Russian officials and historical monuments in Siberia, 1894-1932 (AE). SEE ALSO 75.29.
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75.12 RECORDS OF THE FINANCE DIVISION
1793-1949
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75.12.1 General records
Textual Records: Register of letters received by the Secretary of War concerning Indian finances, 1834-38. Abstracts of reports, 1870-75, 1891-99. Circulars, 1890-1918. Reference book concerning policies and procedures, 1906-8. Records concerning investigations, ca. 1857-82; and affairs of the Mexican Kickapoo, 1895-1914. Accounts of Special Assistant Agent Martin J. Bentley, 1897-1902. Journal, 1827-31. Ledgers, 1833-53. Appropriation ledgers, 1837-1921. General appropriation ledgers, 1869-94. Summary ledger for reimbursable appropriations, 1866-1930. Appropriation ledgers for expenditures for field work, 1917-24. Apportionment ledgers, 1911-18. General appropriation liability ledger, 1909-11. Liability registers, 1909-16. Expense and income ledger, 1919-22. Cost ledgers, 1921-36. Analyses of appropriations, statements of expenditures, and summaries of expenditures, 1917-21. Record of requisitions, 1817-19. Payrolls, 1834-52. Statements of funds remitted, 1837-45, 1855-56, 1858-60, 1877. Tabular statements of funds remitted to field officials, 1870-1908. Appropriation warrants, 1843-1934. Accounts of central office disbursing agents, 1847-54. Canceled checks, 1832, 1836- 42, 1850-53. Vouchers for payments for Delaware Indian land sold to the Missouri River Railroad Co., 1867-69. Estimates of funds needed, 1836-56. Register of accounts and claims received, 1838- 46. Abstracts of accounts of superintendents and agents, 1847-69. Schedules of receipts and disbursements at agencies, 1869-81. Statements of public funds, 1873-78. Registers of accounts received from disbursing officers, 1878-1902. Statements of accounts of disbursing officers, 1900-8. Superintendency and agency accounts, 1827-82. Property book, 1840-46. Letters sent from warehouses, 1879, 1881-84, 1897-99. Record of public property purchased for agencies, 1906-8. Contracts and bonds, 1836-77. Contract stub books, 1876-78. Registers of contracts, 1878-1926, with indexes, 1913-26. Contracts and bonds for goods and services, 1875-1911. Registers of open market purchases, 1891-1908. Records of special accounts, 1876-1907. Index of claims, 1912-44; records concerning claims, 1921-35; and traders' claims, ca. 1819-64. Schedules of traders' accounts, 1911. Records concerning Old Settler Cherokee claims, 1842-53; and War Department claims, 1877-83. Receipts for Sioux depredation claims payments, 1863. Photostatic copies of accounts of Mansfield, McMurray, and Cornish law firm, 1918. Credit reports and related records of the Division of Credit and Financing. Field committee regional reports and related records, 1947-52.
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75.12.2 Records relating to Kansas claims of New York Indians
Textual Records: Letters received, 1901-7. Indexes to names of claimants, n.d. Applications, 1901-4. Reports of Special Agent Guion Miller, 1903-5, including report by Special Agent Alden S. Stevens, 1859, with index to Stevens report.
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75.12.3 Records concerning tribal and individual moneys and
payments to Indians
Textual Records: Annuity payment rolls, 1841-1949. Cherokee freedmen payment roll, 1897, with indexes. Exhibits for Cherokee freedmen payment rolls, 1897. Old Settler Cherokee census roll, 1895, with index, 1896. Cherokee warrant payment rolls, 1900, 1902. Roll of Creek orphans and lists of payments to be made, 1870. Records concerning payments to Citizen Potawatomi, 1868-70. Receipts for payments to Potawatomi, 1868-69. Ledger for per capita payments to Wisconsin Band of Potawatomi, 1928. List of Sioux scouts and soldiers and heirs, 1892. Recapitulations of accounts of individual Indian money (IIM), 1930-32. Record of collections for Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1906. Ledger for tribal moneys, 1909-10. Land sale orders for Five Civilized Tribes, 1908-13. Ledgers for depositories of funds of Five Civilized Tribes, 1911-18.
Microfilm Publications: T985.
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75.12.4 Records concerning Indian trust funds
Textual Records: Letters sent concerning Indian trust funds, 1834-57, 1861-74. Journals and ledgers for Indian trust funds, 1837-65. Ledgers for trust funds of Chickasaw incompetents and minors, 1837-43. Record of stock holdings, ca. 1869-73. Statements concerning interest payments, 1869-74. Statements concerning trust funds, ca. 1867-84. "Individual Ledgers," 1903- 9. Records relating to individual securities, 1936-49. Printouts relating to trust fund accounts, 1945-48 and 1955-68.
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75.12.5 Other records
Textual Records: Ledger for Centennial Exhibition, 1875-76. Bills of lading and invoices for goods purchased by traders in Indian Territory, 1877-78. Journal of the Ute Indian Commission, 1894- 96. Records concerning fulfillment of treaties with Sioux Indians, ca. 1897-1903. Schedules, ca. 1832-77. Miscellaneous records concerning finances, ca. 1797-1881. Account book of Azel Abel, ca. 1793-1841.
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75.13 RECORDS OF THE RELOCATION DIVISION
1952-79
Textual Records: Relocatee case files , 1958-66, employment assistance case files, 1952-60 and 1967, and reports on employment assistance, 1951-58, of the Chicago, IL, Field Employment Assistance Office, (in Chicago). Records of the Cleveland, OH, Field Employment Assistance Office, consisting of relocatee case files , 1958-64, and employment assistance case files, 1965-67, for Cleveland, OH, and relocatee case files for Cincinnati, OH, 1958-59 (in Chicago). Records of the Denver, CO, Field Employment Assistance Office, consisting of employment assistance case files, 1957-79 (in Denver). Central subject files, 1951-71, employment assistance case files, 1952-72, and individual unit ledger cards, 1965-68, of the Los Angeles, CA, Field Employment Assistance Office (in Los Angeles). Relocation/trainee case files (in San Francisco) of the Oakland, CA, Field Employment Assistance Office, 1954-74; the San Francisco, CA, Field Employment Assistance Office, 1955-70; and the San Jose, CA, Field Employment Assistance Office, 1954-71.
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75.14 RECORDS OF OTHER OFFICES, DIVISIONS, AND SECTIONS
1800-1985
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75.14.1 Records of the Law and Probate Divisions
Textual Records: Letters sent, 1907-13. Indian wills, 1911-21. Reports of examiners of inheritance, 1919-23. Statistical tables and reference notes concerning probate work, 1920-23. Opinions of the Attorney General, 1848-66. Court decisions, 1904-12. Decisions and opinions of the Comptroller and other officials, 1911-23. Acts of Congress, 1867-1917. Reference material concerning appropriations, 1911-23. Probate books of the Five Civilized Tribes, 1936-42.
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75.14.2 Records of the Civilization Division
Textual Records: Population figures, 1800-53. Census rolls, 1835- 69. Abstracts of farming reports, 1863-65. Memorials of New Mexico legislature, 1863. Certificates for Sioux chiefs, 1872-73. Proceedings of special commission to visit Indians in the vicinity of Fort Phil Kearney, 1867. Records concerning an investigation of the Fort Phil Kearney (or Fetterman) massacre, 1867. Schedules of Indians, soldiers, and citizens killed or captured, 1873-75. Correspondence concerning the White River Agency, 1877-79. Correspondence relating to the Ute Commission, 1881-82. Records relating to Civil War claims of loyal Indians, 1866-70.
Microfilm Publications: M740.
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75.14.3 Records of the Depredation Division
Textual Records: Register of incoming correspondence, 1889-98. Index to letters sent, 1889-90. Index to reports, 1890-91. Copy of report to Secretary of the Interior, 1887. Registers of depredation claims, ca. 1835-91, with index, ca. 1862-80. Docket books, 1885-91. Evidence concerning depredation claims, ca. 1835- 96. Miscellaneous records concerning depredation claims, 1831-93. Records relating to claims for 1862 depredations by Sioux Indians in Minnesota, 1862-69. Schedules and abstracts of depredation claims, 1835-78. Schedules of depredation claims against Sioux and Chippewa of the Mississippi, 1857-62.
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75.14.4 Records of the Health Division
Textual Records: Physicians' annual and semiannual reports, 1925- 30. Hospital reports, 1923-38. Physicians' reports of domiciliary patients and out-patients, 1936-38. Trachoma reports, 1926-30. Reports of special physicians, 1925-32; field dentists, 1926-32; field nurses, 1931-43; and field matrons, 1933-38. Reports of general health survey of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina, 1933. Forms for Fort Totten sanitation survey, 1929. Forms for Potawatomi Indian health survey, ca. 1928. Forms for Zuni health survey, 1934.
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75.14.5 Records of the Division of Extension and Industry
Textual Records: Annual reports of the director, 1932-39. Reports and related correspondence, 1930-34. Annual reports and work programs, 1934-43. Weekly reports of home extension agents, 1937- 38. Monthly statistical and narrative reports, 1938. Records relating to social and economic survey, 1933-34. Records relating to land use survey, 1934-35. Records concerning noxious weed survey, 1932, 1941. Report of general survey of the Jicarilla Apache Reservation in New Mexico, 1939. Records concerning Alaska reindeer service, 1939-42, 1950-53.
Maps (7 items): Unnumbered maps accumulated by the division, 1933-40. SEE ALSO 75.26.
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75.14.6 Records of the Miscellaneous Division
Textual Records: Traders' licenses, 1865-98; and records relating to traders' licenses, including letters received, 1878-80, 1889- 1905; applications, 1892-99; a register, 1847-73, 1876-82; and rosters, 1885-1909.
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75.14.7 Records of the Inspection Division
Textual Records: Special agent files, 1907-48. Office file of Chief Supervisor Ernest P. Holcombe, 1909-10. Inspectors' reports, with abstracts, 1873-80. Letters sent by Inspector William J. McConnell, 1899. Inspection reports, 1908-40. District agent files, 1908-10. Abstracts of recommendations made in inspection reports and of actions taken, 1916. Transcripts of proceedings of supervisors' conference, 1914.
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75.14.8 Records of the Statistics Division
Textual Records: Office records of statisticians, 1938-49. Records concerning reports and statistical information, 1911-21. Correspondence concerning reports, 1930-35. Superintendents' annual narrative reports, 1910-38. Superintendents' annual statistical reports, 1920-35. Notations of errors in annual statistical reports, 1920-21. Reports and other records, 1933-48. Census rolls and supplements, 1885-1955. Tables, 1909-11. Newspaper clippings relating mainly to Indian population, 1911- 21. Miscellaneous population and education census rolls, 1955-60.
Microfilm Publications: M595, M1011.
Maps (14 items): Unnumbered maps and charts accumulated by the division, 1909-46. SEE ALSO 75.26.
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75.14.9 Records of the Employee Section
Textual Records: Registers of applications and recommendations for appointments, 1833-68. Bonds, 1867-1935. Commissions, 1866- 1909. Approvals of appointments, 1873-78. Registers of appointments, transfers, and reinstatements in the school services, 1894-1909. Rosters of field employees, 1848-50; superintendents and agents, 1853-63; field officials, 1849-1911; agency employees, 1853-1909, with indexes, 1893-96; school employees, 1884-1909; school employees in Indian Territory, 1899- 1909; Indian police, 1878-1909; employees on the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, 1899-1909; and irrigation and allotment employees, 1908-9. Lists of authorized agency employees, 1887-88, 1895-96. Personnel organization (salary) lists, 1912-40. Orders concerning changes in positions, 1925-28. Memorandums concerning allocation of positions, 1926-28. Correspondence concerning field personnel, 1930-36, 1939. School personnel rating books, 1889-95. School employee efficiency ratings, 1895-1906, with index.
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75.14.10 Records of the Library Section
Textual Records: Congressional reports and documents, 1856-1914. Correspondence and clippings concerning memorials, ca. 1912-29. Newspaper clippings, 1913-17, 1923-24, ca. 1934-47. Publications file, 1907-50.
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75.14.11 Records of the Construction Division
Textual Records: Files concerning Public Works Administration projects, 1931-43.
Architectural and Engineering Plans (500 items): Plans of Indian schools, bridges on reservations, and other structures, 1881-95. SEE ALSO 75.26.
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75.14.12 Records of the Civilian Conservation Corps-Indian
Division
Textual Records: General records, 1933-44. Records concerning enrollee program, 1937-42. Correspondence with the office of Robert Fechner, Director of Emergency Conservation Work, 1933-37. Special files, 1933-36. Narrative and pictorial reports, 1937-42. Records relating to the magazine Indians at Work, 1936-42.
Maps (23 items): Manuscript, annotated, and published maps or photoprocessed copies of maps prepared by division, 1935-41. SEE ALSO 75.26.
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75.14.13 Records of the Rehabilitation Division
Textual Records: General records, 1935-44. Project records, 1935- 44. Program proposal data, 1935. Analyses of rehabilitation program, 1935-41. Pictorial reports, 1936-42.
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75.14.14 Records of the Indian Organization Division
Textual Records: Records concerning the Wheeler-Howard Act, 1933- 37. General records concerning Indian organization, ca. 1934-56. Correspondence with officials, 1934-46. Questionnaires concerning tribal organization in Alaska, 1934-35.
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75.14.15 Records of the Office of Administration
Textual Records: Miscellaneous correspondence of the Branch of Property and Supply, 1936. Transcripts of investigative hearings held by the House Committee on Indian Affairs or its subcommittees, 1937-48. Operating statements of the Division of Financial Management, 1965-66. Division of Management Research and Evaluation administrative files, reports, and related records, 1943-79, Management Research Staff administrative subject files, 1949-66. BIA organization charts and functional statements, 1936-68, correspondence and related records, 1934-68, and records relating to the Indian Affairs administrative manual, 1956-69.
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75.14.16 Records of the Office of Congressional and Legislative
Affairs
Textual Records: Legislative case files, 93d-95th Congresses, 1974-78.
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75.14.17 Records of the Division of Natural Resources
Textual Records: Annual reports of the Branch of Land Operations, 1957-72.
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75.14.18 Records of the Office of Indian Services
Textual Records: Records of the Division of Tribal Government Services, consisting of minutes and resolutions of tribal council meetings, 1957-77; and Tribal Relations Branch records relating to the 1975 Osage poll, 1973-75. Branch of Welfare administrative office files, 1928-65, welfare and other social services reports and related records, 1931-68, miscellaneous subject files, 1929-68, central files, 1974-80, monthly statistical reports, 1941-68, and social services progress reports, 1962-74, of the Division of Social Services.
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75.14.19 Records of the Office of Public Information
Textual Records: Press releases, 1946-76.
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75.14.20 Records of the Office of Tribal Resources Development
Textual Records: Subject file, 1967-78. Reservation planning reports, 1967-72. Title X project records of the Job Opportunities Program, 1975-80. Adult vocational training and direct employment records of the Division of Job Placement and Training, 1974-79. Highway project files of the Division of Transportation, 1949-79.
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75.14.21 Records of the Office of Trust Responsibilities
Textual Records: Chronological correspondence, March-December 1983. Annual reports of the Forestry Branch, 1974-75, 1978-81. Appraisal reports of the Real Estate Services Branch, 1960-74. Records of the Rights Protection Staff relating to fishing rights, 1972-85.
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75.14.22 Records of the Roads Division
Textual Records: Subject files, 1946-69.
Maps (670 items): Published, annotated, photoprocessed, and manuscript maps of Indian lands and reservations, showing different types of roads and proposed road construction, 1911-47. SEE ALSO 75.26.
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75.14.23 Records of the Division of Soil and Moisture
Conservation Operations
Maps (19 items): Photoprocessed copies of maps, 1934-46. SEE ALSO 75.26.
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75.14.24 Records of the Tribal Operations Division
Textual Records: Records of Klamath tribal operations, 1920-61. Monthly tribal operations reports, 1962-70. Correspondence, 1966-7.
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75.14.25 Records of the Branch of Industrial Development
Maps (17 items): Published maps accumulated by the branch, 1960- 65. SEE ALSO 75.26.
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75.14.26 Records of the Branch of Plant Management
Maps (37 items): Photoprocessed maps and plans, 1963-66. SEE ALSO 75.26.
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75.15 RECORDS OF SUPERINTENDENCIES
1813-85
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75.15.1 Records of the Arizona Superintendency
Textual Records: Correspondence, accounts, and other records, 1863-73. Registers of letters received, 1868-72. Letter book of Charles D. Poston, 1863-64. Letters sent, 1865-73, with index, 1872-73.
Microfilm Publications: M734.
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75.15.2 Records of the Central Superintendency
Textual Records: Correspondence, accounts, reports, and other records, 1813-78. Registers of correspondence with the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1847-66; letters received from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1866-78; and letters and endorsements sent to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1866-78. Letters sent to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1855-78; agents, 1858-71, 1873, 1875-78; and various persons, 1853-71, 1876-78. Statements of funds received and other statements, 1868- 77. "Tabular Statements of Funds Remitted," 1876-77. Statements and ledger of receipts and disbursements, 1872-78. Abstracts of disbursements, 1849-76. Statements of account current, 1849-67; and account current and property returns, 1853-65. Property returns, 1865-76. Letters sent by the Disbursing Agent at St. Louis, 1834-40.
Microfilm Publications: M856.
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75.15.3 Records of the Dakota Superintendency
Textual Records: Correspondence, accounts, reports, and other records, 1860-78. Letters sent, 1865-70, 1877-78.
Microfilm Publications: M1016.
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75.15.4 Records of the Idaho Superintendency
Textual Records: Correspondence, accounts, reports, and other records, 1863-70. Letters sent, 1867-70. Register of letters received, 1867-70.
Microfilm Publications: M832.
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75.15.5 Records of the Michigan Superintendency and Mackinac
Agency
Textual Records: Correspondence of the Michigan Superintendency, consisting of letters sent and received, 1814-18; letters sent, 1818-23; and letters received, 1819-35. Correspondence and accounts, 1815-24. Letters sent, 1823, 1826, 1831-33. Letters sent and received by the Sault Ste. Marie Agency, 1822-33; and letters sent and received, accounts, and other records of the Sault Ste. Marie Subagency, 1837-52. Ledger of Mrs. Susan Johnston, Indian trader, 1818-28. Letters sent, 1833-36, 1865-68, 1877-85, and received, 1816-31, 1833-36, by the Mackinac Agency. Letters sent, 1836-59, and received, 1836-82, by the Michigan Superintendency and Mackinac Agency. Financial, statistical, and other records, 1845-82. School reports, 1855-61, 1864, 1871-82. Ledgers, 1841-45, 1849-51. Letters sent by the Principal Disbursing Agent at Detroit, 1838-39.
Microfilm Publications: M1.
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75.15.6 Records of the Minnesota Superintendency
Textual Records: Letters sent and received, 1849-56. Accounts and other records, 1849-56.
Microfilm Publications: M842.
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75.15.7 Records of the Montana Superintendency
Textual Records: Letters sent, 1869-79, and received, 1867-73. Other records, 1867-73.
Microfilm Publications: M833.
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75.15.8 Records of the Nevada Superintendency
Textual Records: Letters sent and received, 1869-70. Statistical and financial records, 1869-70. Ledger of receipts and disbursements, 1869-70.
Microfilm Publications: M837.
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75.15.9 Records of the New Mexico Superintendency
Textual Records: Journal, 1852-53, 1863. Letters sent, 1851-73, and received, 1850-74. Financial and other records, 1850-74. Documents in Spanish, 1852-59. Letters received from Christopher (Kit) Carson, 1854-60. Data book, 1859-69. Ledger, 1853-57, 1871. Cashbook and endorsements, 1861-65, 1869-72. Journal for cash paid to agents, 1861-66. Ledger for cash paid to agents, 1861-69. Ledger of superintendency and Southern Apache Agency, 1863-64, 1870-74. Letters sent by the Cimarron Agency, 1870. Records of Army Subsistence Agent at Cibolletta, 1849-50.
Microfilm Publications: T21.
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75.15.10 Records of the Northern Superintendency
Textual Records: Letters sent, 1857-61, 1865-66, with registers, 1869-75. Letters sent to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1865-76; and to agents and other persons, 1865-76. Statements of letters sent to and received from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1865-66. Letters received from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1868-69; and from agents and other persons, 1866-76. Correspondence, accounts, and other records, 1851-76. Miscellaneous accounting records, 1851-55. Statements of receipts and disbursements and abstracts of disbursements, 1866-68. Letters sent by the Winnebago Agency, 1846, 1848, 1851-52, 1856- 62, 1865-66, 1873.
Microfilm Publications: M1166.
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75.15.11 Records of the Oregon Superintendency
Textual Records: Letters sent, 1848-72, and received, 1848-73, with registers and indexes, 1848-72. Reports and instructions, 1850-55. Records concerning negotiation of treaties, 1851-55. Record book concerning the Rogue River Commission, 1854-55. Accounts, 1849-73. Daybook, 1850-55. Journal, 1850-54. Ledger, 1850-54, 1861-72. Ledger of agents' accounts, 1850-55. Record of vouchers, 1853-55. Contracts, 1850-67. Bonds of agents, 1856-62. Letters received by persons other than the superintendent, 1850- 73; James B. Condon, Agent at Grand Ronde, 1861-64; and the editors of the Oregon Statesman, 1860-64. Ledger from the Warm Springs Reservation, 1861-63. Miscellaneous records, ca. 1858-78.
Microfilm Publications: M2.
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75.15.12 Records of the Southern Superintendency
Textual Records: Letters sent, 1853-61, and received, 1832-61. Correspondence, 1869-70. Correspondence with the Wichita Agency, 1860-61. Correspondence and other records of the Cherokee Agency, 1866-67. Correspondence of Richard Fields, Special Agent for the Cherokee Nation, 1868-70. Confederate records, including correspondence of the Arkansas Superintendency and the Wichita Agency, 1861-62; and accounts and other records, 1861-62.
Texual Records (in Fort Worth): Miscellaneous records, including records of the Common School Commissioner of Sebastian County, AR, 1853-55; records of the Fort Smith, AR, post office, 1858-62; records of the Sheriff of Sebastian County, AR, 1857-62; and personal and military records of the Quartermaster of the Arkansas Militia, 1857-63.
Microfilm Publications: M640.
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75.15.13 Records of the Utah Superintendency
Textual Records: Correspondence, accounts, and other records, 1855-70.
Microfilm Publications: M834.
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75.15.14 Records of the Washington Superintendency
Textual Records: Letters sent, 1853-74, with index, 1869-70. Letters received from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1853- 62, 1869-71; local jurisdictions, 1853-74; and various persons, 1853-74. Letters received, reports, accounts, and other records, 1864-73. Proceedings of Treaty Commission, 1854-55. Records concerning negotiation of treaties, 1854-73. Accounts, 1854-66, 1870-74. "Day Book," 1856. Statements of funds remitted, 1864-74.
Microfilm Publications: M5.
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75.15.15 Records of the Wisconsin Superintendency
Textual Records: Letters sent to Washington officials, 1836-48; and agents and others, 1836-48. Letters received, 1836-48. Reports of agents, 1836-46. Indian talks and communications, 1836-45. Estimates, 1836-46. Contracts, 1838-41.
Microfilm Publications: M951.
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75.15.16 Records of the Wyoming Superintendency
Textual Records: Letters sent, 1870. Endorsements, 1870.
Microfilm Publications: M1016.
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75.16 RECORDS OF AREA AND DISTRICT OFFICES
1868-1989
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75.16.1 Records of the Aberdeen, SD, Area Office
Textual Records (in Kansas City, except as noted): Indian Office circulars, ca. 1910-25. Forest and fire reports and correspondence, 1931-53. Agency correspondence and report files, 1932-55. Grazing irrigation, soil conservation, and gardening records, 1935-57. Building and utility surveys, 1942-43. Range and wildlife annual reports, 1948-55. Public Health Service contract correspondence, 1955. Tribal budget records, 1959-62. Memorandums master files, 1963-66. Industrial development records, 1965-67. Decimal correspondence, ca. 1948-71. Program mission correspondence, 1944-68. Individual Indian money (IIM) ledger sheets, 1919-65 (in Denver), 1962-63; case files, ca. 1962-65; journal vouchers, 1959-62; and check copies, 1956-65. Individual Indian money and tribal posting records, 1965-68 (in Denver). Land transaction case files, 1951-70. Land lease case files, 1929-65. Cheyenne River Sioux benefits vouchers, 1959-65 (in Denver).
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75.16.2 Records of the Albuquerque, NM, Area Office
Textual Records (in Denver): Check registers, 1917-36.Individual Indian money (IIM) posting records, 1887-1947. IIM ledgers, 1952-54. Records of births, deaths, and marriages, 1911-59. Allotment records with plats, 1912. Per capita payment records, 1939-68. Records relating to tribal matters, including health, education, and natural resources, 1948-69. Irrigation reports, 1936-45. Tribal membership rolls submitted to the Gallup Area Office and United Pueblos Agency, 1910-60. Law and order reports submitted by tribal police departments, 1987-88. Law enforcement reports, 1958-65, 1984-89. Tribal attorney contracts, 1981-89. Tribal resolutions maintained by the Gallup Area Office, United Pueblos Agency, and Albuquerque Area Office, 1946-89. Indian probate files maintained by the title plant, 1977-84. Land leases, 1935-64. Indian rights-of-way records maintained by the title plant, with accompanying maps, 1965-84. Range survey sheets and timber scale books, 1935-50. Financial assistance grant records, 1957-80. Soil and range inventories, with accompanying maps, 1959-66. Soil and range inventory maps of the Zuni Indian Reservation, 1970. Tribal leases, 1939-66. Land lease case files, 1939-68. Canceled oil and gas lease files, 1956-62. Records relating to tribal affairs, 1935-68. Tribal budgets, 1970-89. Tribal budget files maintained for tribes under jurisdiction of the United Pueblos Agency, 1967-70. Credit operation report files relating to tribal businesses and land improvement programs, 1913-69. Indian business development case files, 1962-67. Indian self- determination contract and grant files, 1976-88. Publications master file of the development plan "Toward Zuni," with interfiled photographs, 1976. Annual school census and attendance summary reports, 1917-32. Record of returned students, 1914-15. School scrapbooks, 1937-44. School census cards for Paguate Day School, 1944-64. Student applications and case files, 1950-58. Miscellaneous correspondence and reports relating to the Pueblos and Jicarilla, Northern, Southern, United Pueblos, and Zuni Agencies; and Fifth Irrigation District, 1868-1934. Survey of social conditions on the Tesuque Pueblo, 1927. Branch of Welfare statistical and narrative reports, 1954-65. Records relating to tribal health and welfare programs, 1955-66. Credit operations reports, 1938-60. Program mission files, 1958- 67. Road construction project files, 1937-64. Employment assistance case files, 1958-63.
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75.16.3 Records of the Anadarko, OK, Area Office
Textual Records (in Fort Worth): Records of the District 5 Office, and its successor, the Region 5 Office, including central files, 1944-48; office files of District Director Dover Kent, 1946-47; records relating to budgets and organization structure, 1947-48; and annual statistical and narrative report of extension work, 1948. Annual and monthly statistical and narrative irrigation project reports, 1936-42; and irrigation project files, 1936-39. Central files, 1940-64. Memorandums issued by area offices, 1957-67. Records relating to personnel, 1913-63. Records relating to investigations, 1955-64. Records of the Branch of Real Property, consisting of central files, 1955-60; statistical reports, 1956-64; records relating to condemnation suits on Indian lands, 1953-62; farming and grazing lease files, 1949-66; and oil and gas lease files, 1957-65. Records of the Branch of Land Operations, consisting of central files, 1955-60; annual narrative reports from other area offices, 1959-61; records relating to soil and moisture conservation, including narrative reports, 1951-59, and project files, 1947-50; and records relating to irrigation, including evaluation reports on lands acceptable or unacceptable for irrigation projects, 1964. Trust fund records, including correspondence, 1935-57; records relating to expenditures, 1948-58, and per capita payments, 1968- 69; applications for tribal employment, 1959; applications for per capita payments, 1968; records relating to rejected applicants, 1969; forms for guardianship of minor Indians ("custody sheets"), 1968; index to Indians who were paid in 1969, ca. 1969; individual Indian money (IIM) account files, 1947-64; IIM ledger cards, 1947-63; and receipts for moneys received ("official receipts"), 1950-65. Records relating to credit, including central files, 1948-62; statistical reports, 1938-56; and records relating to Indian credit associations and tribal committees, 1939-51. Records of the Relocation Specialist, including correspondence, 1952-63; statistical reports relating to returned Indians and relocatees, 1953-63; lists of relocated Indians, 1952-61; reports on individual relocated Indians and Indians who returned to Oklahoma, 1952-62; relocation ("employment assistance") case files, 1952-65; and adult vocational training (AVT0) case files, 1958-65. Records of the Industrial Development Specialist, consisting of central files, 1958-63. Indian services records, consisting of tribal attorney contract files, 1959-79. Welfare records, including letters sent, 1958-63; records of the area social worker, 1961-62; narrative reports, 1954-61; statistical reports, 1952-65; and records relating to the welfare budget, 1953-61. Education records, including central files, 1953-60; statistical and narrative reports relating to Indian education in public schools, 1947-57; records relating to adult education, 1957-60; student application cards, 1960-66; roster of students, 1959-61; index to students, 1955-60; and Indian school newspapers, 1963-67. Records relating to the Alabama-Coushatta Reservation, 1928-56.
Maps (13 items, in Fort Worth): Classification of lands in the Washita River Basin, OK, 1960 (9 items). Portions of the Alabama- Coushatta reservation located in Polk County, TX, 1926-42 (4 items). SEE ALSO 75.26.
Aerial Photographs (131 items, in Fort Worth): Indian lands in Oklahoma identified in evaluation reports as acceptable for irrigation, ca. 1964. SEE ALSO 75.26.
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75.16.4 Records of the Billings, MT, Area Office
Textual Records (in Denver): Program management files, 1949-66. Allotment appraisals relating to irrigation projects on tribal lands, 1956-69.Land lease and permit case files, 1947-69. Miscellaneous studies and surveys for the Crow Creek, Cheyenne River, Fort Totten, Lower Brule, Pierre, and Pine Ridge agencies, 1947-70. Correspondence relating to land operations, 1965-70. Records relating to tribal lands, 1940-71. Oil and gas leases for Blackfeet, Ft. Belknap, Crow, and Ft. Peck reservations, 1963-72. Land survey files, 1961-69. Records relating to irrigation and reclamation projects on Indian lands, 1907-69. Records relating to irrigation and forestry programs, 1946-70. Drawings and technical data relating to the Wind River Irrigation Project, 1961-63. Oil, gas, and coal leases, 1957-69. Oil and gas leases on the Wind River and Blackfeet reservations, 1951-64. Records relating to timber sales, 1944-60. Timber management plans, 1945-70. Records relating to timber cutting and forestry programs, 1958-69. Federal grant student folders, 1958-71. Records relating to accounting and administration, 1913-80. Program subject files, 1931-64. Allotment ledgers and files, 1916-62. Annual narrative reports, 1959-61. Subject files of the solicitor, 1913-54. Attorney and expert witness contracts, 1942-62. Records relating to collection and disbursement schedules, 1950-65. Central decimal files, 1936- 57. Records concerning construction projects, 1912-65. Buildings and utilities survey files, 1968. Contract files, 1958. Employment assistance case files, reports, and accounting records, 1955-71. Land acquisition and disposal records, including records relating to fee patents and sales, 1962. Finance subject files, 1925-64. Records relating to the Flathead Agency, 1906-66, including the Flathead Irrigation Project. Records relating to forestry and range management, 1931- 60, including forestry and range management subject files, grazing subject files, and grazing permits. Individual Indian money (IIM) account ledgers, 1961-68. IIM posting and control records, 1971. Inherited interest card files, 1959-61. Records relating to irrigation, 1885-1961, including decimal files, reports, and project histories. Records of the Land Operations Branch, 1919-70. Journal voucher files, 1917-52. Missouri River Basin Investigation (MRBI) records, 1946- 66. Oil and gas lease files, 1946-67. Per capita records, 1957- 67. Records relating to road construction, 1932-68. Soil conservation subject files, 1934-68. Tribal operations subject files, 1941-59. Tribal attorney contracts, 1955-74. Welfare subject files, 1939-62.Student federal grant case files, 1957-71. School census reports and records relating to tribal youth educational and recreational programs, 1965-69.
Aerial Photographs (76 images, in Seattle): Missouri River near Yankton, SD, n.d. SEE ALSO 75.26.
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75.16.5 Records of the Gallup, NM, Area Office
Textual Records (in Los Angeles): Oil and gas leases, 1951-76. Land lease case files, 1953-87. Window Rock law enforcement cases, 1967 and 1969. Tuba range surveys, 1934-67. Tuba committee meetings, 1965-79. Textual Records (in Denver): Tribal and individual Indian money ledgers, 1918-62. Correspondence relating to irrigation projects and other agency matters, 1932-60. Individual Indian money, Irrigation Division, and general tribal accounting records, 1956-63. Copies of checks, balance and audit files and inactive individual accounts, 1946-68. Individual powers of attorney, 1949-65. Closed estate account case files, 1965-67. Records relating to range and livestock, 1949-61. Applications and other records related to land assignments, 1948-55. Soil and moisture control reports, 1952-63. Records relating to road construction contracts, 1959-64. Employment assistance reports, 1952-63. Vocational training and relocation records, 1958-64. Educational assistance files, 1956-69. Publications of the Branch of Education, 1959-64.
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75.16.6 Records of the Juneau, AK, Area Office
Textual Records (in Anchorage): General subject correspondence, 1933-63. Mission correspondence, ca. 1935-47, 1956-68. Employment assistance program administrative records, 1957-71, and case files, 1957-69. Public works files, 1952-63. Education correspondence, 1912-77, and program decimal files, 1936-68. Adult education files, 1956-60. BIA school newspapers, 1958-70. Individual student educational grant, loan, and scholarship case files, ca. 1951-61. Estate heirship case files, 1948-64. Individual Indian money (IIM) case files, 1946-76. Social studies administrative decimal files, 1935-68, and mission correspondence, 1964-69. Welfare case files, ca. 1931-63. Microfilm copy of records of the Br sted project relating to political development of Native communities in the Arctic slope region of Alaska, 1933-71 (5 rolls). Budget and accounting records, 1916-74, including IIM ledger sheets, 1942-74, and collection vouchers, 1961-74. Native store records, 1939-64, including individual Indian account (IIA) general ledger control, 1949-51; IIA paid invoices, 1941-49; and Native store reports, 1962-64. Real property reports, 1955-68. Tlingit-Haida tribal enrollments, including birth, marriage, and death records, 1890's-1976 (bulk 1890's-1972). Village census rolls, 1913, 1934- 66. Goodnews Bay Day School student folders, 1951-62, and school registers, 1958-70, 1973-77. Records of Mount Edgecumbe Boarding School, 1941-83, including yearbooks, school census index cards, individual student case files, directives, correspondence, and reports. Records of Wrangell Institute, consisting of student folders, ca. 1932-75. General and allotment ledgers of the Alaska Division of the Juneau, AK, office of the Bureau of Education, 1928-29. Records of the Seattle, WA, office of the Bureau of Education, Alaska Division, including an appropriation ledger, 1917-24, and cashbook and ledgers of the Hydaburg, AK, Trading Co., 1915-25. Employment assistance case files of the Ketchikan office, 1959-70, and the Kotzebue office, 1968-73.
Photographs (6,000 images, in Anchorage): Aerial oblique, panoramic land, and building views of BIA clinics, hospitals, and schools in Alaska, 1938-71, and historical album of Bureau of Education and BIA school in Alaska, 1924-31. SEE ALSO 75.28.
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75.16.7 Records of the Minneapolis, MN, Area Office
Textual Records (in Kansas City): Decimal correspondence, 1926- 70. Monthly narrative reports, 1950-56. Correspondence with agencies and schools, 1935-56. Report on Great Lakes Chippewa, 1936. Inspection and investigative reports, 1950-55. Forestry, sawmill, and grazing reports; correspondence; and contracts, 1931-61. Red Lake fisheries annual reports, 1937-54. Red Lake sawmill correspondence, 1935-48. Blister rust reports, 1933-60. Paper company contracts, 1928-42. Menominee Indian Mills transfer documents, 1961. Menominee Garment Factory records, 1949-56. Grand Portage Enterprises correspondence, 1950-58. Individual Indian money (IIM) ledger sheets, 1954. Guardianship certificates, n.d. Scholarship student case files, 1960-71. Court of Claims case 44304 (Menominee) records, 1887-1961. Building and utilities survey files, n.d. Social services decimal files, n.d. Employment assistance case files, 1958-64. Adult education program files, 1947-67. Tribal council minutes, 1946-54.
Textual Records (in Chicago): Road construction project files, 1956-67.
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75.16.8 Records of the Muskogee, OK, Area Office
Textual Records (in Fort Worth): Oil and gas lease files, 1910- 57. Subject file of the Welfare Branch, 1949-58. Subject files of the Employment Assistance Branch, 1958-66. Employment assistance case files, 1958-66. Credit operations report files, 1916-54. Credit loan history case files, 1945-65.
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75.16.9 Records of the Phoenix, AZ, Area Office
Textual Records (in Denver): Records of the Branch of Law and Order, 1949-64. Program mission files, 1956-63. Correspondence and reports relating to the Land Operations Division, 1929-57. Grazing permits and range reports, 1953-58. Natural resource management plans, 1930-56. Tribal agreement, correspondence, and subject files, 1942-66. Southern Paiute tribal enrollment case files, 1969-71. Contracts, policies, and plans of operations for the Colorado River, Hopi, Nevada, Papago, Pima, San Carlos, and other agencies, 1941-63. Annual forestry and grazing reports, with interfiled maps, 1942-56. Program mission files relating to tribal development, 1936-65. Forestry Division correspondence, 1929-57. Control registers and unit ledger records, 1962-65.Long range development plans and program records, 1954-69. Road construction projects, 1957-67. Credit operations reports, 1936-69. Credit report correspondence, 1943-63. Timber sale contracts and related records, 1946-67. Credit financial assistance files, 1941-65. Individual Indian money ledgers, 1930-58, 1965-66. Program mission correspondence, 1947-77. Annual extension reports and agreements, 1950-67. Program management files, 1957-65. Law and order records, 1945-64. Employment assistance case files, 1964-69. Job Corps project files, 1963-68.
Textual Records (in Los Angeles): District Director's subject files, 1947-49. Correspondence, 1896-1977. Central subject files, 1937-74. Additional subject files, 1916-42. Correspondence of the Superintendent of Construction, 1933-40. Subject files relating to construction, 1933-37. Construction personnel files, 1934-39. Annual retirement fund reports of construction personnel, 1947-50. Annual budget estimates for Pima Indian School and Agency, 1915-17. Case files of the Division of Investigation, 1933-36. Correspondence, reports, ledgers, budget estimates, and other records of the Division of Irrigation, 1907-57. Irrigation water rights, 1850-1986. Water rights studies, 1926-85. Irrigation reports, 1909-85. Central subject files, property and land acquisition project files, and other records of the Branch of Land Operations, 1935-60. Land transaction files, 1937-92;land reports, 1952-72; and land use and development plans, 1960-86. Lease files, 1945-72. Appraisal reports and property data sheets of the Branch of Real Estate, 1959-72.Program correspondence of the Housing Branch, 1970-72. Correspondence, reports, and other records of the Branch of Soil Conservation, 1936-54. Correspondence, central subject files, reports, and other records of the Forestry and Grazing Division, 1927-52. Fort Apache timber management, 1931-71. Timber sale contracts, 1994. Business development files, 1973. Apprenticeship program application files, ca. 1969-72. Individual pay cards, ca. 1930-32. Employer cards, ca. 1933-41. Employment applications cards, ca. 1931-42, with indexes. Annual industry report files, 1968. Credit Operations reports, 1969. Employment assistance grant ledgers, 1966-75; and case files, 1963-75. Correspondence, subject files, and other records of the Indian Emergency Conservation Works and the Civilian Conservation Corps- Indian Division, 1933-42. Records of the Road Branch, consisting of road construction files, 1939-69. Special investigation officers' chronological files, 1932-49. Welfare Branch subject files, 1934-67. Welfare worker case files, 1957-72. Special welfare reports, 1969-79. Social welfare files relating to nursing home patients, 1969-72. Census reports and supplements, 1933-37. Individual Indian account ledgers, 1951-55. Correspondence, subject files, reports, loan agreements, and other records of the Division of Extension and Industry, 1932-59. Correspondence, reports, personnel records, trachoma records, and other records of the Health Division, 1912-52. Employment assistance case files, 1964-72. Tribal resolutions, minutes, and ordanances, 1947-90. Student case files, 1952-77.
Photographs (934 images, in Los Angeles): Aerial and ground views of Mission Indian reservations, 1942 (669 images). Class enrollees, camp housing, various work projects, terrain, and BIA officers and Indians, taken at Fort Hall, Hoopa, Sacramento, Uintah and Ouray, and Western Shoshone agencies, in albums, 1937- 40 (265 images). SEE ALSO 75.29.
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75.16.10 Records of the Portland, OR, Area Office
Textual Records (in Seattle): Subject files of the Area Director, 1946-57. Files of the Assistant Area Director for Administration, 1946-52. Records of the regional construction engineers, 1935-44; and administrative correspondence of the Construction Branch, 1946-61. Celilo, OR, relocation records, 1940-64. Records relating to Western Oregon Indians, including records of the Assistant Area Director concerning the termination of Western Oregon tribes, 1954-60; individual case files on unallotted Western Oregon Indians, 1915-56; and records relating to the Western Oregon judgment fund award, 1955-59, including applications for shares, ancestor folders and appeals, and rejected applications. Records relating to the Tillamook-Nehalem judgment fund, 1964-68, including applications for shares and rejected applications and appeals. Applications to share in the Paiute (Malheur) judgment fund, 1964-70. Records relating to the Klamath Tribe, including files relating to the termination of the tribe accumulated by the Assistant Area Director for Resources, 1951-61, and the Assistant Area Director for Community Services, 1953-59; individual Indian case files, 1957-65; and records relating to the 1965 socioeconomic status of the tribe, 1960-65. Records relating to property, including files of the Realty Division, 1947-65; jurisdiction files of the Realty Branch and predecessors, 1935-61; real property appraisals, 1956-57, of the Klamath Tribe, individually owned Klamath real property, and Western Oregon real property; and sale records of Klamath real property, 1955-60. Industrial development correspondence, 1958-72. Case files on Grand Ronde, Siletz, and Roseburg allottees, 1894-1956. Land transaction case files, 1946- 65. Microfilm copy of individual Indian probate case files, ca. 1914 (462 rolls). Records relating to irrigation, including files of the Area Irrigation Engineer, 1946-59; project case files, 1911-60; reports, 1904-44; administrative and project case files for Irrigation District 2, 1911-35; project case files for Irrigation District 4; records of the District 4 Agricultural Economics Unit, 1916-46; project case files for Irrigation Districts 5, 6, and 7, 1907-46; accounting records from discontinued offices, 1915-46; and records relating to court cases on irrigation matters, 1908-65. Records relating to forests, including files of the Regional Forester, 1915-64, and the Area Forester, 1947-66; records relating to the appeal by Aloha Lumber Co. of timber sale contract, 1964-67; and newspaper clippings relating to lumber prices, 1946-51. Files of the Branch of Land Operations, 1946-64; the Extension and Credit Branch, 1930-55; and the Branch of Credit, 1936-56. Loan case files for individual Indians, ca. 1941-57. Files of the Extension and Credit Office at Salt Lake City, UT, 1931-46; and Spokane, WA, 1935-46. Jurisdiction files of the Area Road Engineer, 1952-61; road construction contract case files, 1952-65; and records of the Road Engineer for District 5, 1937-52. Records relating to road projects, 1950-73. Files of the Tribal Operations Branch, 1934-67. Tribal operation service files, 1972. Tribal council minutes, 1944-65. Closed case files on Tribal Attorney contracts, 1950-58. Tribal attorney contracts, 1977-82. Records relating to Indian Claims Commission claims and awards, 1951-76. Case files on traders licenses, 1949-59. Administrative files of the Employment Assistance Branch, 1958-66. Individual case files on relocation,1955-68, and employment assistance, 1955-73. Records of the Branch of Law Enforcement, 1965-70. Files of the Area Education Officer, 1934-64. Student case files, 1960-72. Records of medical directors of District 2, 1931-42, and District 3, 1938-42. Files of the Area Social Worker, 1938-58. Records of per capita payments, 1961-72.
Aerial Photographs (1,096 images, in Seattle): Klamath Indian Reservation, 1952-59. SEE ALSO 75.26.
Photographs (350 images, in Seattle): Indian reservations in the Pacific Northwest; Northwest and California forests; and effects of controlled burning, 1938-66. SEE ALSO 75.29.
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75.16.11 Records of the Sacramento, CA, Area Office
Textual Records (in San Francisco): Coded subject records, 1900- 56. Range management reports, 1953-66. Area mission correspondence, 1950-70. Coded program records of the Land Operations Office, 1933-57, and the Area Forester, 1932-52. Area Forester's grazing leasing records, 1943-61. Case files on land transactions, 1909-56. Land allotment records, 1949-65. Records relating to Agua Caliente Band allotments, 1948-51. Irrigation project case files, 1909-58. Irrigation and water rights files, 1968-69. Irrigation engineering data files, 1942-66. Records of road projects, 1933-59, and irrigation projects, 1955-67. Project workbooks of the Roads Office, 1936-42. Per capita income records, 1950-53. Annual reports of credit activities, 1947-56. Reimbursable transactions reports, 1950-56. Case files on relocation, training, and employment assistance, 1936-72. Tribal roll cards, 1933, 1955. Health and welfare records, 1943-52. Records relating to enrollment in Indian boarding schools, 1951- 53. Individual Indian money (IIM) account ledgers, 1946-71. IIM accounts special deposit control sheets, 1946-62. Sherman Institute student IIM accounts, 1951-52. Miscellaneous financial records, 1953-68. California judgment roll, 1928. California judgment enrollment application case files, 1937-72. Tribal budget records, 1950-68. Tribal group files, 1909-72. Special deposit ledgers, 1946-70. Records of relations with organizations interested in Indians, 1940-64. Records of the Realty Office, including coded program records, 1933-57; leasing and business contracts, 1948-60; and farming and grazing lease records, 1945- 61.
Maps (561 items, in San Francisco): Reservations and rancherias, 1954 (1 item). Irrigation projects, 1908-61 (176 items). Road projects, 1936-65 (384 items). SEE ALSO 75.25.
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75.16.12 Records of the Window Rock, AZ, Area Office (Navajo Area Office)
Textual Records (in Denver): Annual extension reports, with interfiled photographs, 1938-62. Correspondence relating to Indian allotment applications, 1913-18. Individual Indian money (IIM) ledgers, 1952-66. Hopi irrigation and water supply cost ledger, 1939-51. Range utilization reports, 1941-60. Jobs Corps and Civilian Conservation Corps project files, 1965-69. Records relating to tribal contracts, 1957-65. Employment assistance case files, 1961-64. Consolidated correspondence and other records of miscellaneous Navajo agencies, 1911-34.
Textual Records (in Los Angeles): Correspondence, 1920-52. Subject files, 1915-53. Central subject files, 1924-54. General Superintendent's subject files, 1953-70. Subject files of the Assistant to the General Superintendent, 1954-61. Monthly progress reports of area office branches, 1949-51. Records relating to employment, 1918-43. Correspondence concerning land matters, 1920-34. Sheep dipping reports, 1942. Annual forestry reports, 1936-38. Probate ledger sheets of deceased Indians, 1925-26. Correspondence concerning public works programs, 1933- 35. Lists of Indians working on Civilian Conservation Corps- Indian Division projects, 1938-39. Division of Engineering program files, 1948-56. Lists of payroll checks for Indians with reimbursable accounts, 1939-42. Lists of Indians indebted to the government under reimbursable contracts, 1939-42. Records relating to reimbursable transactions and agreements, 1926-35. Law enforcement case files, 1957-69. Division of Information and Statistics program files, 1960-78. Annual Indian population reports, 1932-43. Survey sheets of Forest Service permittees, 1936-41. Birth and death certificates, 1936-45. Identification cards and metal tags of Indians, 1928-40. Indian service census record cards and supplemental rolls, 1928-43. Health and welfare records, 1946-48. Records relating to education, 1925-54. Division of Education subject files, 1955-73. Program files of Education Specialist E. Mays, 1961-68. School reports, 1967-87. Annual financial statements, 1971. Timber management records, 1971.
Subject Access Terms: Duclos, August F.; Olson, Walter O.; Stacher, Samuel F.
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75.17 RECORDS OF AREA FIELD OFFICES
1883-1968
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75.17.1 Records of the Great Lakes, WI, Area Field Office
Textual Records (in Chicago): Individual Indian money (IIM) account ledgers, 1952-55.
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75.17.2 Records of the Kiowa, OK, Area Field Office
Textual Records (in Fort Worth): Letters sent by minerals officer, 1958-59. Records relating to leases, 1957-62. Records relating to oil and gas lease sales, 1958-65. Records relating to leases on agency and school reserves and townsites, 1960-67. Timber-cutting permits, 1962-66. Records relating to business leases, 1963-66.
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75.17.3 Records of the Navajo, AZ, Area Field Office
Textual Records (in Denver): Letters received, 1890-1911. Records of employees at Fort Defiance, 1883-94. Letters sent by the Navajo Extension Agency at Canon Diablo and Tolchaco, 1903-6. Education records, including record of employees at various Navajo Agency schools, 1894-1910, and at San Juan School and agency, 1904-23; letters sent from Leupp Training School, 1909; and Charles H. Burke School decimal file, 1926-49.
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75.17.4 Records of the Riverside, CA, Area Field Office
Textual Records (in Los Angeles): Program correspondence, 1959-72. Subject Files, 1958-69. Tribal census rolls, 1897-1952. Indian land allotments, 1928-78. Road construction project files, 1954-66. Land right-of-way case files, 1969 and 1972. Records pertaining to surplus demountable housing program, 1954-59. Individual housing contract files, 1970-81. Employment assistance case files, 1973-75.
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75.18 RECORDS OF FIELD OFFICES
1957-66
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75.18.1 Records of the Chinle, AZ, Field Office
Textual Records (in Denver): Employment assistance case files, 1961-64.
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75.18.2 Records of the Dallas, TX, Field Office
Textual Records (in Fort Worth): Employment assistance case files, 1958-66.
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75.18.3 Records of the Gallup, NM, Field Office
Textual Records (in Denver): Records relating to tribal contracts, 1957-65.
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75.19 RECORDS OF INDIAN AGENCIES
1794-1988
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75.19.1 Records of the Anchorage Agency, AK
Textual Records (in Anchorage): Employment assistance case files, 1958-73.
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75.19.2 Records of the Bethel Agency, AK
Textual Records (in Anchorage): Administrative files, 1947-61. Education program decimal files, 1946-60.
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75.19.3 Records of the Blackfeet Indian Agency, MT
Textual Records (in Denver): Letters sent, 1875-1915. Letters received, 1873-1909, with registers, 1893-95. Index of official letters, n.d. Superintendent's subject files, 1908-29. Records relating to agency finances, consisting of account books, 1874- 86; record book, 1874-80; quarterly cash accounts, 1875-1905; "Statements of Public Funds," 1875-1905; record of receipts and disbursements ("Cash Book"), 1875-1909; statements of disbursing accounts, 1876-1905; abstracts and vouchers of disbursements, 1876-1905; estimates of funds needed, 1876-1901; and miscellaneous financial records, 1876-1898. Individual Indian money (IIM) ledgers, 1947-63; IIM posting records, 1954-66; IIM ledger sheets, 1947-63; and IIM case files, 1954-66. Records relating to medical services, including monthly medical reports ("Sanitary Reports"), 1875-1902; invoices and receipts for medical supplies, 1875-91; reports of medical supplies, 1876- 1909; and estimates of medical supplies needed, 1877-99. Records relating to schools, 1876-1914. Records relating to land and agriculture, including reports of the agency farmer, 1878-1900; "Cattle Claims," 1896-1907; notices of land and water claims, 1897-1912; grazing permits, 1904-5; record of Indian cattle sold, ca. 1906-14; brand books, ca. 1916; land allotment lists, n.d.; appraisal reports for land allotments, 1955-85; and "Blackfeet Industrial Survey," 1921. Records relating to employees, 1875-1910. Records relating to issues to Indians, including accounts of goods received and issued, 1874-76; "Property Returns" abstracts and vouchers, 1875-1901; annuity estimates, 1877-99; weekly supply reports, 1877-95; record of issues of supplies, ca. 1882-87; ration rolls, 1902-14; and record of issues of farm equipment and livestock, n.d. Miscellaneous records, including journal of Indian police, 1890- 95; "Liquor Cases," 1910-12; and diary of Superintendent C.L. Ellis, 1915-17. Records relating to supplies, 1873-1904. Vital records, including list of Indian lodges, ca. 1877-78; census records, 1895-1908; marriage records, 1894-1915; "Registers of Indians by Families," 1901-4; records of births and deaths, 1902- 17; and family histories, 1908. Numerical correspondence, 1909-23. Decimal correspondence, 1913-57. General subject files, 1915-55. Orders, circulars, and other issuances, 1924-33. Records relating to employment, 1875-1927. Employment assistance case files, 1966-76. Financial records, consisting of individual Indian money (IIM) and individual Indian account (IIA) official receipts, 1917-52; IIM and IIA journal vouchers, 1920- 47; IIM and IIA check copies, 1934-53; financial correspondence and related records, 1944-53; IIA ledger sheets, 1954; IIM ledgers and cards, 1913-59; IIM posting and control records, 1937-60; records relating to trust responsibilities, including IIM ledger cards, 1930-57; index to IIM ledger, 1930; allotting agents' correspondence, 1906-14; allotted land sales petitions, 1920-21; land sale and lease cards, 1927-36; tribal range, land, and oil committee minutes, 1950-55; Reclamation Service circular letters and general orders, 1914-31; IIM case files, 1943-51; monthly irrigation reports, 1923-50; crop reports, 1920-59; miscellaneous irrigation project records, 1913-53; and forestry and grazing correspondence, 1932-55. Records of the Blackfeet Tribal Fund land acquisition project, 1939. Annual credit reports, 1948-49. Minutes of Credit Committee meetings, 1940-55. Minutes of Cattle Board meetings, 1938-53. Cattle program repayment records, 1936-56. Records of livestock associations, 1941-47. Individual cattle repayment records, 1934-41. Easements and rights of way, 1933-55. Emergency Conservation Work payrolls, 1935-37. Census rolls and related records, 1891-1947. Supplementary census rolls, 1923-42. Census record cards, 1925- 51. Records relating to extension program activities, 1931-55. Records of Indian relief and rehabilitation program, 1936-46. Drought relief cattle program records, 1934-36. Annual farm survey sheets, 1946-53. Tribal election records, 1958. Health and welfare records, including health program subject files, 1932-47; health program cards, 1933-46; welfare program decimal correspondence, 1935-49; social service alphabetical subject files, 1941-46; welfare applications, 1947-49; household composition cards, 1948; and welfare case files, 1919-52. Education program correspondence, 1940-48.
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75.19.4 Records of the California Indian Agency, CA
Textual Records (in San Francisco): Records of road projects, 1936-49. Reports on land tenure and land use, 1940-45. Records of credit activities, 1945-48. Records concerning the Indian relief program, 1936-49. Indian family assistance case records, 1924-48.
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75.19.5 Records of the Campo Indian Agency, CA
Textual Records (in Los Angeles): Quarterly and monthly day school reports, 1919-20.
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75.19.6 Records of the Carson Indian Agency, NV
Textual Records (in San Francisco): General files, 1935-43. Coded files and administrative records, 1930-52. Correspondence, 1916- 41. General agency accounting, financial, and supply records, 1912-35. Individual Indian money (IIM) records, 1919-52. Appropriation ledgers, 1920-41. General ledgers, 1941-47. Trust fund financial records, 1937-45. Annual credit reports, 1939-49. Pyramid Lake Subagency appropriation ledgers, 1932-36. Bishop Subagency IIM account ledger, 1936-48. Records relating to Yomba Indians, 1941-50. Land records, 1938-50. Health records and reports, 1939-51. Indian relief and rehabilitation records, 1941- 50. Welfare files, monthly assistance reports, and letters sent, 1939-51. Welfare subject files, 1934-50, and case files, 1935-45. Records of the Agricultural Extension program, including narrative and statistical reports, 1936-50; extension agent's files, 1941-51; and records of extension activities, 1935-42. Regional Forester's records, 1934-52. Annual forestry and grazing reports, 1937-49. Soil and moisture conservation records, 1938- 50. Records relating to road maintenance and irrigation, 1935-51. Records of the Civilian Conservation Corps-Indian Division, 1934- 42, including weekly progress reports, 1935-42, and enrollment files, 1938-42.
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75.19.7 Records of the Cherokee Indian Agency, NC
Textual Records (in Atlanta): General records, including superintendent's letterbooks, 1892-1914; and correspondence, 1890-1952. Administrative records, including Indian office orders, 1916-46; Indian office circular letters, 1926-52; and Cherokee agency circulars, 1931-37. Censuses, 1894-1905. Allotment ledger sheets, 1940-51. Records relating to activities of the Civilian Conservation Corps-Indian Division, 1936-43. Records relating to payment of annuities to individual Indians, 1905-52. Obligation and disbursement records, 1946-52. Orders for health services for the Catawba Indians, 1951-52. Trial balances, 1950-51. Receipt records, 1941-52. Miscellaneous fiscal records, 1886-1951. Records relating to "Boundary Tree" tribal enterprises, 1947-52. Correspondence of the Forestry Division, 1927-52. Timber cutting permits, 1944-52. Timber scale books, 1939-45. Records of the Law and Order Branch, 1934-51. Correspondence and reports of the Education Branch, 1902-52. Individual student folders, 1920-52. Records relating to veterans training, 1944-52, including individual and on-farm training folders.
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75.19.8 Records of the Cherokee Indian Agency, East
Textual Records: Correspondence and other records, 1798-1838. Letter books, 1822-27, 1832-35. Letter books of Superintendency of Emigration and Cherokee Agency, 1831-39. Daybooks, 1801-4, 1807-21, 1823-34. Receipt books, journals, and ledgers, 1801-11. Accounts, 1801-20. Ledgers, 1823-24. Contract ledger and record of issues, 1825-28. Journal of disbursements to help Indians, 1825-28. Correspondence of the agent of the War Department in Tennessee, 1800-15; and of Governor Joseph McMinn relating to the Cherokee, 1817-21.
Microfilm Publications: M208.
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75.19.9 Records of the Cherokee Indian Agency, West
Textual Records: Correspondence and other records, 1816-19.
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75.19.10 Records of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Indian Agency, OK
Textual Records (in Fort Worth): Central files, 1926-47. Correspondence, 1927-38. Administrative records, 1903-42. Land transaction files, 1904-59. Records relating to allotment, 1893, 1908-11. Records relating to oil and gas leases, 1901-18, 1922- 45. Records relating to soil conservation, 1943-46. Indian Trust Fund records, 1892-1947, including individual Indian money (IIM) account files, 1902-47. Records relating to roads, 1933-46. Records of the Civilian Conservation Corps-Indian Division, 1933- 42. Records relating to Works Progress Administration and Work Projects Administration programs, 1935-41. Tribal censuses, 1897- 1943. Copies of marriage licenses, 1902-13. Register of births, 1901-2. Records relating to extension services, 1927-44.
Textual Records (in Oklahoma City): Subject file, 1869-1935. Letters sent, 1881-1914. Records relating to leases, 1881-1933. Fiscal and accounting records, 1870-1917. Individual Indian money (IIM) files, 1870-1917. Census rolls, 1869-1927. Records relating to schools, 1871-1937. Miscellaneous records, 1869-1933.
Maps (136 items, in Fort Worth): Survey of land north of the Canadian River, 1873-75 (61 items). Plats showing individual allotments and various reserved lands, ca. 1911 (75 items). SEE ALSO 75.26.
Photographic Prints (15 images, in Fort Worth): Miscellaneous scenes, including Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians and agency activities, maintained by Superintendent L.S. Bonnin, n.d. SEE ALSO 75.29.
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75.19.11 Records of the Cheyenne River Indian Agency, SD
Textual Records (in Kansas City): Letters sent and received, 1869-1921. General, chronological, and subject correspondence, 1870-1956. Decimal files, 1958-61. Telegrams, 1909-53. Annual reports, 1884-1948. Daily journal, 1882-91. Report of grievances, 1877. Agency farmers' reports, 1910-11. Employee records, 1869- 74. Agency financial records, 1869-1927. Records of buildings, 1915-34. Railroad and highway land agreements and files, 1891, 1941. Land lease files, 1914-53. Records of land relinquishment, 1895-1909; land sales, 1910-13; and land allotment, 1907, 1912- 19, 1948. Reimbursable real property records, 1913-42. Soil and moisture conservation records, 1940-57. River basin studies and irrigation project plans, 1939-56. Extension service reports, 1935-37. Surveys of agriculture and livestock, 1915, and timber, 1948-52. Records of fire control, 1937-52, and fish and wildlife, 1948-52. Range and forestry reports, 1935-53. Grazing permit case files, 1936-78. Heirship records, 1906-42. Censuses and family registers, 1879-1937. Vital statistics, 1886-1944. Family surveys, 1921-22. Meteorological data, 1950-55. Hospital reports, 1925-33; patient records, 1949-50; and record of vaccinations, 1918-48. Register of Indians treated, 1878. Sanitation, disease and injury reports, 1900-19. Health survey, 1923-25. Physician's correspondence, 1938-41. Scout discharges, 1886. School records, including correspondence, 1917-26; reports and censuses, 1878- 1922; publications, 1936-37; and issues to schools, 1884, 1889, 1892. Records of rations distribution, 1877-78, 1886. Records of Sioux benefits, 1906-17; annuities, 1881-1935; tribal trust funds, 1905-19; and per capita payments, 1905, 1908, 1932. Individual Indian folders, 1913-15. Individual Indian money (IIM) ledger sheets, 1913-55. WPA correspondence, 1937. Civilian Conservation Corps correspondence, reports, and personnel examination records, 1933-40. Visitors register, 1898. Tribal court records, 1914-15, 1935-36. Records of Indian policemen, 1878-93. Register of "passes," 1884-85. Records of pony claims, 1890. Proceedings of a council of the Two Kettle Band, 1890. Tribal constitutions, 1935. Tribal council records, including election records and minutes, 1934-52; correspondence, 1940-41; and treasurer's reports, 1936.
Photographs (685 items, in Kansas City): Agency activities, 1920- 55. SEE ALSO 75.29.
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75.19.12 Records of the Chickasaw Indian Agency, AL-TN
Textual Records: Correspondence, 1812-16.
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75.19.13 Records of the Choctaw Indian Agency, East
Textual Records: Correspondence and other records, 1817-21.
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75.19.14 Records of the Cimarron and Abiquiu (Jicarilla) Indian
Agencies, NM
Textual Records (in Denver): Letters sent, 1876-77, and received, 1869-83. Other records, 1869-83. Enumeration of Apache and Ute Indians, 1876. Statements of receipts and disbursements, 1875-83.
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75.19.15 Records of the Colorado River Indian Agency, AZ
Textual Records (in Los Angeles): Letters sent, 1879-1914. Letters received from the Office of Indian Affairs, 1908-13. General correspondence, 1916-20. Subject files, 1904-22. Central subject files, 1918-51. Applications for land allotments for nonreservation Indians, 1909-10. Land allotment construction and water charge records, 1917-31. Land transaction files, 1965-73, 1976-84. Individual Indian money (IIM) ledgers, 1918-43. Records of the Civilian Conservation Corps- Indian Division, 1934-42. Employment assistance case files, 1952-69. Indian rehabilitation program records, 1936-38. Individual Indian probate case files, 1916-72. Welfare subject files, 1967. Indian census rolls and related records, 1902-41. Attorney claim contract files, 1938-68. Chemehuevi tribal membership applications, 1970-71. Cocopah tribal membership applications, 1971-72. Colorado River Indian School, Poston II School, and Valley School student case files, 1942-60. Applications for enrollment at non-reservation Indian schools, 1965-67. Student case files, 1972. Records of the Fort Mojave Subagency and School, including alphabetical and chronological correspondence of Superintendent August F. Duclos, 1911-16; central subject files, 1906-31; descriptions of reservation buildings, 1915-27; and student case files, 1924-30.
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75.19.16 Records of the Colville Indian Agency and Spokane
Subagency, WA
Textual Records (in Seattle): Letters sent, 1874-1925, and received, 1865-1909. Subject correspondence, 1900-25, 1950-64. Cash book and accounting records, 1875-1917. Commodity issue books, 1903-7. Records of timber and range management, 1917-55, for both Colville and Spokane forests and grazing land. Records of timber sales, 1912-71. Forestry records, 1955-73. Farming and grazing leases and permits, 1900-73. Records concerning irrigation projects, 1915-59. Records of land and mineral surveys and land allotments, 1887-1925. Records of land sales and probates, 1902-7. Irrigation water users' ledger, 1936-39. Records of Individual Indian money (IIM) and annuity payrolls, 1891-1967. Road construction project files, 1958-64. Extension reports, 1932-50. Records of Indian Relief and Rehabilitation Project, 1932-37. Records of the Indian court, 1904-49. Indian census, birth, and death records, 1914-44. Census rolls, 1894-1970. Minutes of the Colville Tribal councils, 1943-69. Hospital reports, 1935-44. School correspondence, reports, and censuses, 1897-1945. Student case files, 1971. Records of the Spokane Subagency, including letters sent, 1911-12; subject correspondence, 1887-1925; annual reports, 1914-25; land and mineral lease register, 1914-26; records of land sales, 1921-23; and Individual Indian money (IIM) records, 1911-35.
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75.19.17 Records of the Consolidated Chippewa/Minnesota Indian
Agency, MN
Textual Records (in Chicago): Records of the Grand Portage Day School, 1913-21. Correspondence of Charles D. Wilinson, Forest Guard at Beaulieu and White Earth, 1919-29; John G. Morrison, Field Clerk at White Earth, 1930-35; and Clyde W. Flinn, Field Clerk at Mahnomen on the White Earth Reservation, 1933-34. Letters received by Frank Fisher, Farmer in Charge at Leech Lake, 1922-30.
Textual Records (in Kansas City): Correspondence, including an alphabetical file, 1922-36; a central subject file, 1920-53; a decimal file, 1926-69; and a chronological file, 1937-50. Telegrams sent, 1932-37, and received, 1922-37. Annual reports, 1922-46. Monthly narrative reports, 1954-60. Agency publications, 1938-42. Correspondence relating to specific reservations, including Fond du Lac, 1922-36; Leech Lake, 1922-30; Grand Portage, 1935-48; Nett Lake, 1922-51; and White Earth, 1933-43. Personnel records, 1931-55. Records of supplies and property, 1930-64. Records relating to general councils of the Chippewa Indians of Minnesota, 1918-23. Minutes of general council and related records, 1922. Testimony taken at a conference on the Wheeler-Howard Act, 1934, along with records of the referendum on the act. Correspondence concerning law and order, 1942-54. Correspondence of the Examiner of Inheritance, 1923-35. Heirship fee reports, 1922-42. Certificates of custodianship, 1935-36. Voter rolls, 1926-36. Records of the tribal constitution referendum, 1936. Ballots of the constitution and charter referendums and related lists, 1937. Welfare policy correspondence and related records, 1935-41. Records relating to the 1918 fire, including claims correspondence, 1918-50; indexes to and schedules of claims, 1937-39; and claims case files, 1923- 50. Financial records, 1917-63, including loan and credit case files, 1938-63. Correspondence with the General Land Office, 1903-26. Correspondence relating to land sales, use, and ownership, 1922-44. Land use records, 1918-54, including records of timber contracts, 1903-54, and bids, 1922-28; and annual forestry and grazing reports, 1936-52. Records of the Superintendent of Logging, including general correspondence, 1904-28; statements of public funds, 1903-17; and records of disbursements, 1903-29. Records of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) land allotment and heirship records project, 1939-41. WPA transmittal and progress sheets of land allotment and estate records, 1939-40. Leech Lake allotment folders, 1897-1937. Lists of White Earth allottees and related correspondence, 1907-25. Transaction records, including lease record cards, 1923-51. Records relating to individual Indian money (IIM), 1914-66, including general correspondence, 1914-31; annuity correspondence, 1922-41; and employment assistance case files, 1951-67. Records concerning tribal resources, 1918-60 (bulk 1934-60), including records of the Grand Portage Trading Post, 1939-60, and of the Grand Portage Forest Products Enterprise, 1951-55; records of the Tribal Rehabilitation Fund, 1941-54; reservation council and enterprise financial records, 1945-53; records of the Wild Rice Arts and Crafts Corporation Enterprise, 1939-46; and the tribal manager's subject file, 1918- 53. Indian Service records, including general reservation censuses, 1889-1940; supplemental censuses, 1936-42; and a reservation census, 1961. Records concerning health and welfare, 1909-53, including social service case files, 1927-43; and birth and death correspondence, 1922-53. Records concerning education, 1923-61, including correspondence, student loan and scholarship case files, census cards, and school enrollment records. Records of the Minnesota Ranch Job Corps Conservation Center, 1945-69. Correspondence of the National Youth Administration Assistant District Superintendent, 1937-38.
Maps (56 items, in Kansas City): White Earth Reservation townships, 1938-48 (31 items). Submarginal land program plats for White Earth Reservation, 1937 (25 items). SEE ALSO 75.26.
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75.19.18 Records of the Consolidated Ute Indian Agency, CO
Textual Records (in Denver): General correspondence, 1936-70. Civilian Conservation Corps-Indian Division payroll ledgers, 1933-42.
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75.19.19 Records of the Creek Indian Agency, AL-GA
Textual Records: Correspondence and other records, 1794-1818.
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75.19.20 Records of the Crow Creek Agency, SD
Textual Records (in Kansas City): Letters sent, 1869-1914. Miscellaneous letters received, 1864-1902. General correspondence, 1903-25. Telegrams, 1874-1926. Superintendent's correspondence, 1917-45. Decimal, 1922-56, and chronological, 1935-45, correspondence. Lower Brule correspondence, 1915-23. Agency diaries, 1870-82, 1913-15. Correspondence of agency traders, 1864-77. Matrons, farmers, and stockman reports, 1910- 15. Steamboat and ferry records, 1869-72. Personnel records, 1870-1907, 1913-15. Agency financial records, 1874-1946. Land records, including survey field notes, 1875; allotment and heirship records, 1886-96, 1906-22; transaction files (Lower Brule), 1936-40; lease records, 1906-45; certificate stubs, 1875; records of land and timber sales, 1904-18; rehabilitation loan land deeds, 1940; and miscellaneous reports, 1934-40. Timber cutting permits, 1931-32; records of houses and farms and of agricultural goods issued, 1893-98, 1913-15; and records of the Five Year Agricultural Program, 1925-30. Census rolls and related records, 1881-1937; family statistical reports, 1945-48; and vital statistics, 1881-1921. Records of physical examinations of children, 1900-1. Annuity payrolls, 1894-1911. Sioux benefits file, 1908-20. Buildings survey, 1924. Proceedings of the Sioux Commission, 1888. Economic and social surveys (Lower Brule), 1914-38. Civilian Conservation Corps correspondence, 1933-42. Individual Indian money (IIM) case files, ledgers, and related records, 1909-54. Visitors register, 1901-6. Tribal records, including council proceedings regarding the Black Hills issue, 1918; correspondence, resolutions, and election files, 1939-55; council minutes, 1917-26, 1939-54; court records, 1889-1911; and Lower Brule tribal correspondence, 1939-55.
Photographs (558 items, in Kansas City): Miscellaneous agency views, 1914-ca. 1942. SEE ALSO 75.29.
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75.19.21 Records of the Crow Indian Agency, MT
Textual Records (in Denver): Correspondence, 1893-1903, 1910-58. Letters and directives sent, 1879-1910. Letters and telegrams received, 1898-1910. Superintendent's diaries and employee record books, 1870-1917. Letters sent regarding property and supplies, 1891-1908. Correspondence of the agency property clerk, 1876- 1927. Monthly status reports of real property land sales. Records of issues to Indians, ca. 1884-1900. Milling records, 1896-1913. Records of the Indian court, 1919-31. General accounting ledgers, 1941-49. Registers of receipts and disbursements, 1907-24. Individual Indian money (IIM) ledgers, ledger cards, and posting and control records, 1892-1963; accounts, 1942-54; and case files, 1955-61. Financial correspondence and related records, 1946-54. Payrolls of Indian service employees, 1924-29. Annuity payrolls, 1892-1915. Vouchers and schedules documenting payments to individual Indians, 1916- 60. Livestock program records, 1887-1917. Allotment registers, 1907-22. Heirship project worksheets, 1940-41. Copies of Indian wills, 1911-39. Records pertaining to heirship cases, 1900-41.Closed estate case files, 1958-89. Tract books, 1884-1907, with index, ca. 1907. Fee patent correspondence, 1918-34. Records relating to land sales, 1915-35. Crow land sales advertisements, 1919-25. Canceled land sale applications, 1964-70. Land lease case files, 1948-59. Competent Indian land leases, 1965-92. Oil lease case files, ca. 1919-23. Canceled oil and gas leases, 1971. Annual forestry and grazing reports, 1931-47. Correspondence and other records regarding farming and grazing leases, 1923-51. Timber cutting permit files, 1944-53. Records pertaining to irrigation projects and cost, 1897-1948. Irrigation engineering data files, 1900-4. Correspondence regarding water storage reservoirs, 1933-43. Ditchriders' monthly reports, 1920-40. Records relating to Willow Creek Dam and other irrigation projects, 1938-42. Records relating to water rights, 1907-40. Irrigable land report sheets, 1919-55. Irrigation project engineering level and transit books, ca. 1916-55. Crop reports, 1925-38. Land transaction files, 1895- 1955. Range unit case files, 1950-55. Tribal council records, 1931-39. Individual road case files, 1920-35. Road engineering level and transit books, ca. 1930-40. Records of reimbursable accounts, 1916-52. Emergency Conservation Work project case files, 1933-42. Census rolls and enumerations, 1886-1953. Family registers, 1902-17. Registers of births and deaths, 1890-1921. School censuses, 1906-43. Monthly school attendance reports, 1929-32. Student case files, 1929-48. Employment assistance case files, 1954-72.
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75.19.22 Records of the Digger Indian Agency, CA
Textual Records (in San Francisco): Tribal census, 1911-20. Notices of freight and transportation paid, 1917-21. School census of children on Digger and Tuolumne reservation, 1915-17. Correspondence of the Farmer-In-Charge, 1915-20.
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75.19.23 Records of the Eastern Navajo Indian Agency, AZ-NM
Textual Records (in Los Angeles, except as noted): Letters sent, 1909-12. General correspondence, 1910-16, 1921-39. Central subject files, 1926-39. Subject files, 1909-35. Crownpoint Oil copartnership files, 1918-21. Financial records, 1909-23. War ration book applications, 1943-44. Correspondence concerning individual Indian money (IIM) accounts, 1934-35. Abstracts of articles issued to Indians, 1909-18. Annual extension reports, 1933-36. Selective service files, 1940-44. School files, 1912-16. School ledger, 1910-27. Employment assistance case files of the Branch of Field Employment Assistance, 1952-61 (in Denver).
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75.19.24 Records of the Fairbanks Agency, AK
Textual Records (in Anchorage): Employment assistance case files, 1957-72. Credit operations files, 1971-72.
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75.19.25 Records of the Fallon Subagency, NV
Textual Records (in San Francisco): Administrative files and correspondence, 1911-27. Fallon Day School administrative files, 1913-20; circulars, 1920-25; and financial records, 1923-37.
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75.19.26 Records of the Five Civilized Tribes Indian Agency, OK
Textual Records (in Fort Worth): Letters sent, 1899-1946, with index, 1907-8. Letters received, 1909-25. Circular letters, 1935- 52. Records of the Office of the Superintendent, including correspondence of Superintendent Dana Kelsey, 1905-14; general correspondence, 1921-35; annual narrative reports, 1921-47; Superintendent's office files, 1920-39; and case files relating to individuals, 1916-29. Central files and other records of the Office of the Area Director, 1946-62. Records of the Office of Tribal Operations, including central files, 1943-62; and office files of the Tribal Affairs Officer, 1947-65. Records of Tribal Attorneys, including records relating to Creek town lots, 1908- 10; case files of the Creek National Attorneys, 1911-20; and case files of attorneys for the Seminole tribe, 1910-17. Records of Probate Attorneys, including office files of the probate attorneys at Ardmore, 1914-35, Durant, 1914-40, Muskogee, 1916- 27, Vinita, 1922-40, and Wewoka, 1920-43; and probate attorneys case files on individual Indians, 1910-52. Records of the Field Solicitor, including case files on allottees, 1908-17, and dependents, 1909-12; and petitions and orders in land condemnation suits, 1940-66. General records relating to land, 1906-63. Records relating to intruders, 1895-1909. Records relating to the sale of unallotted land, 1902-47. Records relating to Choctaw and Chickasaw segregated coal and asphalt land, 1904-46. Records relating to the sale of allotted land under the acts of April 21, 1904 (33 Stat. 189), 1904-11; and May 27, 1908 (35 Stat. 312), 1908-42. General records relating to leases, 1909-47. Records relating to rights of ways, 1904-51. Records relating to agricultural leases, 1905-51; to leases on segregated coal and asphalt land, 1898-1938; and to oil and gas leases, 1902-57. Records relating to financial management, 1898- 1950. Records relating to tribal revenues and warrants, 1891- 1920. Records relating to individual Indian finances, 1900-62. Records of the district medical director, 1927-49. Records of the Field Health Division, 1938-49. Family health survey forms, 1938- 51. Records relating to Indian credit associations, 1938-59. Records relating to Emergency Conservation Work, 1933-39. Records relating to relief and rehabilitation, 1935-40. Records of the Welfare Branch, 1937-51. Records of the Supervisor of Indian Schools, 1881-82, 1898-1914. Records of the supervisor of education, 1910-61. Records relating to the management of the lands and funds of restricted Indians, 1904-42. Office files of the field clerks, farm extension agents, school social workers, and education field agents of the field offices at Ardmore, 1908- 47; Durant, 1908-48; Holdenville, 1934-46; Okmulgee, 1925-52; Stilwell, 1936-47; Vinita, 1927-51; and Wewoka, 1916-51.
Textual Records (in Oklahoma City): Records concerning more than one tribe, 1830-1926, including tribal census rolls, 1883-90; index to leases, 1911-17; and lease reports, 1907-23. Records relating to the Cherokees, 1841-1914, including subject file, 1866-1914; subject file (Tahlequah), 1841-1907; records of district courts, 1847-98, the Cherokee National Council, 1863- 1905, the National Treasurer, 1863-1912, the Cherokee Auditor, 1869-1900, and the Executive Department, 1869-1900; records relating to schools, 1867-1912; and records relating to citizenship, 1870-1906. Subject file relating to the Chickasaws, 1857-1909. Records relating to the Choctaws, including subject file, 1831-1909; and records of the Choctaw Supreme Court, 1859- 1907, district courts, 1848-1906, the National Council, 1845- 1905, and the National Treasurer, 1857-1908. Subject file relating to the Creeks, 1852-1910. Subject file relating to Seminoles, 1897-1907.
Microfilm Publications: M1059, M1473.
Maps (950 items, in Fort Worth): Segregated coal and asphalt land, n.d. (91 items). Segregated land and townsite additions, including rivers, railroads, and tract boundaries, 1914-18 (79 items). Railroad rights-of-way, 1902-30 (200 items). Plats of Chickasaw and Creek grazing pastures, 1904-7 (80 items). Plats of tracts leased or sold for agricultural and grazing purposes, 1903 (100 items). Lease maps of segregated coal and asphalt land, 1910-20 (400 items). SEE ALSO 75.26.
Subject Access Terms: Albuquerque Indian School; Bacone College; Bloomfield Seminary; Carter Seminary; Chemawa Indian School; Cheyenne and Arapaho School; Chilocco Boarding School; Dwight Mission; El Meta Bond College; Euchee Boarding School; Eufaula Indian School; Haskell Institute; Jones Male Academy; Murray State School of Agriculture; Nuyaka School and Orphanage; Oklahoma Presbyterian College for Girls; Oklahoma School for the Blind; Oklahoma School for the Deaf; Old Goodland Indian Orphanage; Phoenix Indian School; Riverside Indian School; St. Agnes Academy; St. Agnes Mission; St. Elizabeths Boarding School; St. Josephs Boarding School; Santa Fe Indian School; Seneca Indian School; Sequoyah High School; Sherman Institute; Tuskahoma Female Academy; Wheelock Academy.
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75.19.27 Records of the Flathead Indian Agency, MT
Textual Records (in Denver): Records relating to timber sale contracts, 1958-64. Scale sheets and reports of timber cut, 1960-80. Individual Indian money (IIM) ledgers, 1945-64. IIM posting and control records, 1958-69. Law and order reports, 1960-67. Annuity payrolls and related correspondence, 1953-57. Records relating to timber sale contracts, 1958-64. Local copy books, 1898-1910. Correspondence with Indian agency superintendents, 1909-41. Desk files of Superintendents Charles E. Coe, 1910-25, and Colson C. Wright, 1917-51. Chronological files, 1935-48. Letters sent to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1898-1914. Miscellaneous correspondence with the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1900-36. Miscellaneous letters received, 1898-1910. Miscellaneous administrative correspondence, memorandums, and circular letters, 1891-1953. Subject files, 1907-45. Decimal files, 1908-59. Telegrams sent and received, 1910-43. Agency internal correspondence, 1933-43. Miscellaneous reports, 1904-38. Annual statistical reports, 1926-36. Administrative records, 1909-52. Individual Indian accounting records, 1933-51. Appropriation ledgers, 1917-41. Record of receipts and disbursements, 1875- 1918. Agency accounting records, 1908-48. Records of heirship hearings, 1907-15. Allotment correspondence, 1908-34. Individual allottee records, 1910-20. Annuity payrolls and related records, 1903-44. Land patent records, 1908-21. Individual Indian money (IIM) ledger sheets, 1918-45; ledgers, 1945-54; posting and control records, 1925-57; schedules of collections and transfers of IIM, 1945-52; and schedules of disbursements of IIM, 1950-52. Land appraisal records, 1912-18. Correspondence and other records regarding the submarginal land purchase project, 1934-37. Land classification case files, 1910-20. Flathead Reservation townsite permits and related correspondence, 1910-11. Records relating to forest management, 1910-52. Land lease agreements and related records, 1909-58. Records relating to the grazing program, 1910- 57; and grazing permit case files, 1953-60. Records relating to water use, 1911-33. Road maintenance and construction correspondence, 1916-49. Road reports, 1933-48. Road project case files, 1929-50. Revolving credit loan case files, 1934-54. Records relating to reimbursable transactions, 1912-60. Wildlife management correspondence, 1927-42. Indian Emergency Conservation Work correspondence, 1930-42. Correspondence of the Civilian Conservation Corps-Indian Division, 1933-42. Flathead Agency enrollment correspondence, 1908-39. Census correspondence, 1930- 45. Census rolls, 1913-40. Tribal council correspondence, 1941-5. Minutes of tribal council meetings, 1935-41. Tribal election voter registration lists and procedural memorandums, 1935-36. Emergency relief correspondence and reports, 1926-49. Rehabilitation correspondence and reports, 1933-42. Correspondence and reports relating to American Red Cross relief activities, 1926-32. Correspondence of the Civil Works Administration, 1933-35; Works Progress Administration, 1935-39; Work Projects Administration, 1939-42; and National Youth Administration, 1936-42. Contracts for care of dependent Indians, 1909-51. Records concerning pensions, social security, and welfare, 1936-54. Welfare case files, 1937. Education program correspondence, 1923-53. Public school correspondence and attendance reports, 1918-52. School censuses of Indian children, 1912-43. Indian boarding schools correspondence, 1905-45. Day and boarding schools attendance reports, 1899-1917. Correspondence, reports, censuses, and other records pertaining to Rocky Mountain School District, 1898-1952.
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75.19.28 Records of the Fond du Lac Agency, MN
Textual Records (in Kansas City): Central subject file, 1907-22. Annual statistical reports, 1919-20. Land patents and heirship files, 1918-20. Correspondence of the Examiner of Inheritance, 1915-17. Records of Liberty Bond purchases, 1918-20. Schedules of sales of land and timber, 1913.
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75.19.29 Records of the Fort Apache Indian Agency, AZ
Textual Records (in Los Angeles, except as noted): Correspondence of the acting commissary of subsistence, 1875-77. Letters received by the post surgeon, 1877-91. Letters sent, 1901-14. Letters and telegrams received, 1891-1910. Chronological correspondence, 1911-19. Alphabetical correspondence, 1914-27. Central subject files, 1911-51. Quarterly reports of the Field Matron, 1903-6. Financial records, 1898-1917. Rationing records, 1943-45. Farm statistical reports, 1903-10. Forestry and logging records, 1923-32. Grazing permits, 1903-17. Range unit case files, 1911-30. Individual Indian money (IIM) ledgers, 1918-55. IIM ledgers, 1946-64 (in Denver).Semiannual abstracts, 1928-44, transaction register, 1928-33, and vouchers and related records, 1944-49. Abstracts of annuity supplies issued to Indians, 1898-1917. Copies of checks issued, 1958-61 (in Denver). Records relating to reimbursable transactions, 1916-41. Records of the Civilian Conservation Corps-Indian Division, 1933-43. Traders licenses, 1897-1908. Records of Indian court cases, 1903-12. Extension service records, 1930-35. Indian rehabilitation program records, 1936-40. Indian census rolls and related records, 1890-1943. Records relating to education, 1898-1910, 1934-48. Logging unit contract files, 1946-57 (in Denver).
Architectural and Engineering Plans (140 items, in Los Angeles): Drawings relating to construction of the Theodore Roosevelt School, office buildings, dormitories, and hospital, 1920-52. SEE ALSO 75.26.
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75.19.30 Records of the Fort Belknap Indian Agency, MT
Textual Records (in Denver): Correspondence with the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, consisting of letters sent, 1880- 1927, and received, 1878-1927. Miscellaneous letters sent, 1880- 1927, and received, 1877-1915. Local letters sent, 1910-27, and received, 1908-20. General correspondence, 1878-1919. Central decimal files, 1917-58. Annual reports, 1879-1925. Circular letters, 1877-1907. Personnel records, including a register of employees, 1878-1925; administration records, 1910-49; and reports, 1892-1934. War bond campaign records, 1943-45. Agency building plans, 1881-1916. Cash accounts, 1878-80. Records of receipts and disbursements, 1878-1933. Recapitulation of registers, 1919-34. Appropriation ledgers, 1907-41. Allotment ledgers, 1941-47. Cost ledgers, 1920-51. General ledger, 1941-48. Grazing permits and lease administration records, 1901-65. Land acquisition project files, 1933-47. Records pertaining to the implementation of forestry program activities, 1911-48, including timber permit receipts and log scale books. Traders licenses, 1878-1915. Records relating to Indian laborers, including payroll of Indian freighters, 1892-1926, and receipts and registers, 1892-1941. Individual Indian money (IIM) vouchers, 1909-40; ledgers, 1925-61; and check registers, 1928-34. Property valuations, 1910. Land records, including allotment and heirship project file, 1941; title case files, 1955-56; and lease case files, 1953-69. Records relating to the sugar beet program, 1906- 9. Farming and stock raising records, 1887-1940. Records relating to the Road Division, 1938-49. Emergency Conservation Work and Civilian Conservation Corps records, including administrative files, 1933-43; project files, 1933-42; enrollee records, 1938- 42; progress reports, 1933-41; and accounting ledgers, 1933-43. Records of the Fort Belknap Indian Credit Committee, 1938-43. Reimbursable agreements for education and subsistence loans, 1921-45. Loan assistance ledger, 1930. Industrial survey, 1925. Records relating to irrigation, including program records, 1898- 1944. Farming reports, 1898-1917. Family history cards, 1909. Birth and death certificates and reports, 1915-19. Lodge Pole Census, 1900. List of Indians at Fort Belknap Agency, 1878. Tribal council minutes, 1904. U.S. Army discharges of Indian scouts, 1883-94. Draft registration cards, 1917-18. Recreation activities ledger, 1929-34. Law and order program correspondence, 1886-1945. Court dockets, 1900-45. Records of legal actions, 1908-43. Records relating to health and welfare, including physicians' reports, 1878-1930; welfare subject files, 1932-50; relief program files, 1935-45; ration records, 1904-46; and special welfare reports, 1878-1964. Records relating to education, including letters sent to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1907; program correspondence, 1928-46; attendance reports, 1879-1933; student case files, 1917-51; public school contracts, 1916-23; and articles received from Fort Belknap School, 1880-1918. Rocky Boy Agency records, including a decimal file, 1928-49; allotment ledgers, 1941-47; rehabilitation administrative files, 1937-45; and student case files, 1935-50.
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75.19.31 Records of the Fort Berthold Indian Agency, ND
Textual Records (in Kansas City): Letters sent and received, 1884-1912; general and subject correspondence, 1891-1940, 1949- 50; and decimal correspondence, 1926-68. Daily journal, 1891, 1913-14. Annual reports, 1912-19; and reports of superintendent's conferences, 1940-41. Record of employees, 1864-1910. Agency financial records, 1893-1908. Purchase and bid correspondence, 1912-23. Records of land allotments, 1893, 1909-10, 1944-49; land sales, 1916, 1921-22, 1926-28; and land appraisals, 1915, 1948. Contract receipts and weighers returns, 1892-1907, 1914. Farm reports and records 1928, 1934-50. Forestry diary and reports, 1932-33, 1938. Extension service reports, 1939-54. Heirship records, 1916-21, 1946. Census records, 1877-1940. Vital statistics, 1888-90, 1901-10, 1926-50. Agency physician's correspondence, 1940-45. War Food Administration records, 1942- 45. Education correspondence, 1928-33; agency school file, 1937- 51; Browning Boarding School pupils' records, 1895; and records of school employees, 1891-1907. Annuity payrolls and ledgers, 1911-12, 1917-18. Individual Indian money (IIM) ledgers, ledger cards, and ledger sheets, 1909-58; posting and control records, 1951-65; and accounts 1915-17, 1934-37. Garrison Dam project files, 1946-52. Civilian Conservation Corps records, including decimal correspondence, 1933-41, and reports, 1933-34, 1940. Tribal council and business committee minutes, 1902, 1917-23, 1934-36, 1950.
Photographs (200 items, in Kansas City): Agency activities, 1920- 55. SEE ALSO 75.29.
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75.19.32 Records of the Fort Bidwell School and Indian Agency, CA
Textual Records (in San Francisco): Administrative files, 1898- 1937. Annual narrative and statistical reports to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1911-25. Circulars and related correspondence, 1915-26. Annual statements of conditions and costs of government buildings, 1910-15. Annual tribal census, 1910-29. Record of receipts and disbursements, 1909-17. Appropriation ledger, 1928-31. Land allotment appraisal schedule, 1927. Individual Indian account ledger, 1915-18. Individual Indian money (IIM) ledgers, 1919-31. Correspondence of the physician-in-charge, 1929-39. Physician's periodic reports to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1909-35. Records of the Fort Bidwell Hospital, 1906-40. Field matron's reports to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1907-24. Field matron's annual records of Indian families, 1922-25. School census, 1913-30. Records of Fort Bidwell School, 1898-1931. Day school reports, 1909-18. Public schools enrollment and attendance reports, 1908- 30.
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75.19.33 Records of the Fort Hall Indian Agency, MT
Textual Records (in Seattle): Grazing leases and permits, 1954- 66, 1971. Individual Indian money (IIM) and agency accounting records, 1921-69. Irrigation cost reports and operation and maintenance records, 1909-41. Records relating to grazing and range management, 1963-71. Land lease reports, 1928-62. Education correspondence, 1942-55, and student case files, 1952-70. Records of soil moisture conservation project, 1950-55. Law and order case files and reports, 1955-67.
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75.19.34 Records of the Fort McDermitt Subagency, NV
Textual Records (in San Francisco): Administrative files and letters received, 1924-48. School reports and financial records, 1906-21.
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75.19.35 Records of the Fort Peck Agency, MT
Textual Records (in Denver): General records, 1872-1942. Letters received from Wolf Point Subagency, 1879-1921, other Indian agencies, 1878-1930, and agency employees, 1906-18; with registers, 1910-16. Subject correspondence, 1917-25; and decimal file, 1928-42. Mission correspondence, 1965-68. Letters in Indian language, 1910. School correspondence, 1917-27. Calendar by Good Hawk, 1822-1912. Property goods and services files, 1879-1930; program correspondence, 1918-50; and personnel subject file, 1877-1923. Records concerning financial matters, including accounting subject files, 1878-1925; land lease case files, 1969, periodic statement of agency accounts, 1910-21; supporting papers for agency accounts, 1879-1923; records of changes in employees, 1877-1921; and efficiency reports, 1905-13. Records relating to trust responsibilities, including records of licenses granted to traders and others, 1895-1914; land lease permits and subject file, 1879-1921; land subject file, 1899-1925; land lease case files, 1969, and irrigation project correspondence and other records, 1910-65. Per capita payment records, 1877-1918. Tribal Executive Board minutes, 1953-63, and tribal resolutions, 1953-63. Records relating to tribal resources, including farmer's statistical reports, 1921; livestock program records, 1893-1925; proceedings of Fort Peck Farming Association, 1925; and abstracts of proposals for coal and asbestos cement, 1917-25. Grazing lease permit case files, 1968. Records relating to bush fires, 1916; mission lands, 1914; and land patents, 1914-18. Records of birth, death, marriage, adoption, and divorce, 1882-1920. Various lists, including names of Turtle Mountain halfbreeds, 1881; allottees, n.d.; Indians desiring to transfer to another agency, 1879; and squaw men, 1903. Education records, including education program correspondence, 1900-4; periodic education reports, 1881- 1916; list of Assiniboine school children, 1910; and Fort Peck Reservation school census of Indian children, 1916.
Maps (320 items, in Denver): Quarters and buildings, Crow Indian Agency, ca. 1912-37 (143 items). Topographical features of the Crow Reservation, 1894-ca. 1927 (177 items). SEE ALSO 75.25.
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75.19.36 Records of the Fort Totten Indian Agency, ND
Textual Records (in Kansas City): Letters sent, 1890-1939, and received, 1887-1929. Alphabetical correspondence, 1912-23. Subject correspondence, ca. 1903-23. Decimal correspondence, 1922-47. Letters sent regarding Sioux lands, 1908-11. Lists of recommended positions, 1897-1911. Record of employees, 1883-1913, and report of irregular employees, 1881-1907. Oaths of office, 1892-1903. Reports of changes in agency and school employees, 1880-1908. Reports of change in Indian police service, 1879-1908. Employee efficiency reports, 1897-1903. Quarterly abstracts and returns, 1884-1910. Descriptions of agency buildings, 1878-1910. Traders licenses, 1880-1908. Agency financial records, 1906-23. Register of houses and farms, ca. 1898. Estimates of goods and supplies, 1890-1916. Letters of permission to sell hay, 1900-3. Annuity payroll, 1894. Report of homes visited, 1905. Court journals, 1881-1919. Receipt and disbursement record books, 1884- 1909. Receipt and disbursement ledgers, 1907-18. Appropriations ledger, 1921-34. Individual Indian account (IIA) receipt and disbursement record, 1905-7, and posting and control sheets, 1910-46. Individual Indian money (IIM) posting and control sheets (special deposits), 1910-45. Abstracts of IIM and special deposits bank accounts, 1928-45. IIM check registers, 1907-29. Lessor's index, 1942-48. Grazing leases, 1901-3. Lease cards, 1919-41. Field notes of boundary surveys, 1875-88. Land patent receipts, 1892-1905. Records relating to land allotments, 1890- 1906. Land sale cards, 1913-25. Allotted estates disposition record, 1904-22. Registers of unpaid annuities, 1905-15. Rations journals, 1934-39. Reservation censuses, 1895-1932. Birth and death certificates, 1919-45. Birth and death registers, 1924-33. Vital statistics register, 1927-30. Record of patients, 1944-49. Burial and removal permits, 1934-40. Sanitary reports, 1876-1905. Indian relief and rehabilitation consultation and identification cards, ca. 1937-39. Education records, including copies of letters sent, 1890-1913; lists of students arriving and departing, 1897-1910; descriptive statements of students, 1901-5; subject correspondence file, ca. 1931-45; monthly and quarterly school reports, 1878-1909; and student record folders, ca. 1910- 35. Records of the Civilian Conservation Corps-Indian Division relating to activities on the Devil's Lake Reservation, 1933-43.
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75.19.37 Records of the Fort Yuma Indian Agency, AZ
Textual Records (in Los Angeles): Correspondence, 1907-26. Subject files, 1912-26. Central subject files, 1926-51. Superintendents' annual reports, 1911-24. Hospital construction files, 1935-36. Property abstracts, 1909-15. Statements of receipts and disbursements, 1910-18. Land allotment files, 1923- 35. Farming and grazing leases, 1936-43. Abstracts of individual Indian money (IIM) and deposits, 1921-25. Court docket of Indian offenses, 1911-14. Indian census and property inventory, n.d. Register of births and deaths, 1915-25. Records of tribal elections, 1934-36. Education records, 1913-28.
Maps (22 items, in Los Angeles): Existing and proposed canal system on the reservation, 1913; the building of electrical transmission lines across the reservation, 1926; and the construction of a flood protection system for the Pichace Wash area of the reservation, n.d. SEE ALSO 75.26.
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75.19.38 Records of the Grand Portage Agency, MN
Textual Records (in Kansas City): Correspondence with the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1914-19. Agency alphabetical correspondence, 1915-18. Personnel records, 1915-18. Records of supplies and property, 1915-18. Heirship case files, 1914-15. Agency financial records, 1911-18. Correspondence and reports relating to logging, 1911-12. Township survey field notes, 1893. Land transaction records, 1913-15. Individual Indian money (IIM) abstracts, schedules, and vouchers, 1915-18. Censuses, 1893-1911. Records of tribal benefits, 1922.
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75.19.39 Records of the Grand Ronde-Siletz Indian Agency, OR
Textual Records (in Seattle): Records of the Siletz Agency, including letters sent, 1871-1914; letters received, 1863-1912; law enforcement records, 1886-1902; cashbooks, 1875-1911; cash ledgers, 1890-1914; issues account journals, 1873-80; bank account and heads of appropriation ledger, 1879-83; correspondence of the Siletz Indian School, 1908-30; daily attendance records, Siletz Indian School, 1892-1915, and Siletz Upper Farm Day School, 1912-16; timber scale ledgers, 1918-37; land allotment schedules, 1887-94; land transfer bid book, 1902- 14; land allotment heirship cards, 1891-94, 1921; allotment or estate record sheets, 1887-94, with record cards, 1894; and sanitary record ledgers, 1889-1910. Records of the Grand Ronde Agency, including letters sent, 1893-1909; letters received, 1863-1907; cashbooks, 1875-1907; cash ledgers, 1890-1914; Grand Ronde Indian School daily attendance ledgers, 1892-1901; land allotment schedules, 1888-91; land transfer bid book, 1902-14; allotment or estate record sheets, 1887-94, with record cards, 1894; and sanitary record ledgers, 1886-95. Records of the Grand Ronde-Siletz Agency, including decimal file, 1926-50; appropriation ledgers, 1939-42; cost ledger, 1940-41; statistical reports, 1938-47; monthly cash reports, 1939-40; official receipts, 1938-40; individual Indian money (IIM) ledgers, ledger sheets, and related records, 1918-36; agency and tribal council records, 1876-1951; tribal election ballots, 1935-39; census records, 1925-50; welfare program records, 1932-47; Indian Relief and Rehabilitation Project records, 1935-37; school record census cards, 1932-45; records of Civilian Conservation Corps programs, 1935-43; records of extension and credit programs, 1929-45; tribal land enrollment rolls and schedule of trust allotments, 1942-54; and hospital and medical authorizations, 1943-47.
Maps (17 items, in Seattle): Copies of township map sheets, 1893- 1939. SEE ALSO 75.26.
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75.19.40 Records of the Great Lakes Indian Agency, WI
Textual Records (in Chicago): Individual Indian money (IIM) appropriation ledgers, 1924-41. Appropriation ledgers, 1939-41. Individual Indian check registers, 1934-38. Individual Indian account ledgers, 1927-48. Special deposits ledger, 1924-49. General account, cash account, and loan repayment ledgers, 1938- 49. Disbursing fund journals, 1941-50.
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75.19.41 Records of the Great Lakes Consolidated Indian Agency,
WI
Textual Records (in Chicago): General correspondence, 1889-1963. Rehabilitation loan repayment ledgers, 1917-56. Summaries of allotment ledgers, 1947-51. Cash receipts journals, 1941-52.
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75.19.42 Records of the Green Bay Indian Agency, WI
Textual Records (in Chicago): Records of Agent E. Stephens, 1879- 85. Letters received by the superintendent, 1903-6. Records of issues to annuity roll Indians, 1879. Records of logs sold, 1888- 90.
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75.19.43 Records of the Green Bay Subagency, WI
Textual Records: Correspondence, 1850.
Microfilm Publications: M951.
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75.19.44 Records of the Greenville School and Indian Agency, CA
Textual Records (in San Francisco): General correspondence, 1894- 1921. Administrative files, 1895-1923. Annual narrative and statistical reports, 1912-19. Tribal census, 1903-23. Abstract of individual Indian money (IIM) and special deposits, 1918-23. Ledger of invoices, 1896-98. Record of receipts and disbursements, 1907-17. Appropriation ledger, 1917-21. Land management correspondence, 1920-23. Allotment application register, ca. 1910. Land allotment appraisal schedule, ca. 1920. Thumb mark signature cards, 1920-25. Student registers, 1897- 1906. Quarterly boarding school attendance reports, 1896-1919. Individual student records, 1909-19. Public school records, 1920- 23. Farming and grazing leases, 1912-23.
Maps (7 items, in San Francisco): Township survey plats depicting land belonging to the Greenville School and Indian Agency, 1867- 85. SEE ALSO 75.26.
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75.19.45 Records of the Hoopa Valley Indian Agency, CA
Textual Records (in San Francisco): Letters sent, 1900-46. Correspondence, 1911-26. Administrative files, 1896-1947. Annual narrative and statistical reports, 1907-40. Inspection and investigation reports, 1910-26. Construction files, 1911-26. Tribal census rolls, 1902-41. "Record of Employees," 1880-1910. Indian court records and related correspondence, 1895-1935. Wills and related records, 1891-1908. Financial and accounting records, 1909-26. Registers of receipts and disbursements, 1875-1919. Appropriation ledgers, 1918-41. Individual Indian money (IIM) ledgers, 1915-46. IIM accounts, 1941-47. Land correspondence, 1894-1926. Records relating to land allotments, 1899-1926. Right of way easement files, 1954-62. Reservation area survey field notes, 1882-92. Klamath River reservation tract book, 1894-1909. Records of the Hoopa Irrigation Project, 1924-28. Records of the district farmer, 1910-48. Forestry field books, 1917-29. Records of the District Forestry Agent, 1950-54. Health and sanitary registers, 1886-1954. Records of births and deaths, 1902-46. Records relating to schools, 1907-43. Subject files of the education field agent, 1920-46. School census rolls, 1911-42. Hoopa Boarding School registers, 1896-1916. Public school register, 1926-29. Records of the Civilian Conservation Corps- Indian Division, including administrative files of the Production Coordinating Officer, 1933-43; Hoopa Valley Agency administrative files relating to Civilian Conservation Corps-Indian Division activities, 1933-43; correspondence relating to such projects as water development, horse and truck trails, and construction of roads, bridges, and towers, 1933-41, with related maps and blueprints; forest supervisor's administrative files, 1931-33; financial records, 1933-37; time reports, 1934-42; Indian Emergency Conservation Work enrollment application cards, 1933- 35; Civilian Conservation Corps-Indian Division enrollee record cards, 1938-39; and FBI civil fingerprint cards, 1938-39.
Maps (95 items, in San Francisco): Compiled by the agency, ca. 1912-41, including topographic maps of the Hoopa Valley Reservation and of the non-reservation locations in Humboldt, Del Norte, and Siskiyou Counties within the agency's jurisdiction; survey plat for a portion of the reservation; Civilian Conservation Corps-Indian Division maps and blueprints, 1933-41; and a rough map of the reservation. SEE ALSO 75.26.
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75.19.46 Records of the Hopi Indian Agency, AZ
Textual Records (in Los Angeles): Letters sent, 1910-12. Journal of agency activities ("Office Diaries"), 1911-16. Central subject files, 1926-56. Letters sent regarding supplies and property, 1911-14. Employee appraisal reports, 1911-13. Individual Indian money (IIM) ledgers, 1936-51. Census schedule of the Hopi Indians of Western Navajo Agency and related records, 1922-24. Register of pupils, 1907-11.
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75.19.47 Records of the Horton Indian Agency, KS
Textual Records (in Kansas City): Decimal correspondence, 1926- 70. Check register, 1907-13. Schedules of land selections and allotments, 1860, and schedule of land sale bids, 1864. List of patents issued, 1861-68. Tract book, 1892-1930. Allotment and census rolls, 1863-69. Register of allotments to minors, n.d. Potawatomi Indian Training School attendance register, 1903-4. Reimbursable loan files, 1937-57. Tribal credit reports, 1939-56. Individual Indian money (IIM) ledgers and cards, 1929-55, and posting and control records, 1886-1933. Civilian Conservation Corps project files, 1938-41. Annual reports of the Division of Extension and Industry, 1933-49.
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75.19.48 Records of the Jicarilla Indian Agency, NM
Textual Records (in Denver): General correspondence, 1925-56.Correspondence relating to tribal funds, grazing and livestock, and other agency matters, 1925-46. Tribal and per capita payroll ledgers, 1949-60. Individual Indian money (IIM) posting records, 1949-58, and case files, 1937-45. Miscellaneous correspondence relating to grazing permits and maintenance of agency buildings, 1913-56. Construction reports, 1940-52. Records relating to tribal operations, 1928-56.
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75.19.49 Records of the Keshena Indian Agency, WI
Textual Records (in Chicago): Correspondence of the agent, 1920- 23. Correspondence with the Office of Indian Affairs, 1910-29. Circulars, 1923-31. Oneida census rolls, 1892-1934. Registers of Oneida births, deaths, and families, 1902-18. Records relating to the Menominee "determination of blood" project and compilation of Menominee tribal roll, 1939-41. Registers of financial transactions, 1926-33. Appropriations ledgers, 1919-41. Allotment and expenditure reports, 1930-35. Cash book, 1938-41. Miscellaneous fiscal records, 1935-37. Annuity pay rolls, 1909- 39. Registers and other records relating to individual Indian money (IIM) accounts, 1913-37. Reimbursable loan ledgers, 1929- 43. Project reports, personnel actions, and financial records of the Keshena Civilian Conservation Corps-Indian Division unit, 1933-43.
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75.19.50 Records of the Kiowa Indian Agency, OK
Textual Records (in Fort Worth): Census cards, n.d. Central files, 1904-50. Land transaction files, 1912-49. Records relating to allotment, 1908-29. Records relating to leases, 1913-49. Estate and probate records, 1915-48. Individual Indian money (IIM) records, 1918-50. Tribal censuses, 1930-34. Reports of births and deaths, 1917-42.
Textual Records (in Oklahoma City): General records, including letters sent, 1871-1914; letters received, 1899-1909; subject file, 1854-1929; and census rolls, 1879-1922. Records relating to agricultural leases, 1870-1928. Fiscal and accounting records, including records relating to issue of goods, 1864-1923; records of purchases by Indians, 1865-1926; and records relating to per capita payments, 1898-1912. Individual Indian money (IIM) files, 1871-1930. Records relating to schools, 1870-1929.
Subject Access Terms: Anadarko Boarding School; Apache School; Bacone College; Cache Creek Mission; Carlisle Indian School; Fort Sill Indian School; Hampton Institute; Haskell Institute; Kiowa Day School; Lone Wolf Mission; Mary Gregory Memorial School; Methodist Mission; Phoenix Indian School; Rainy Mountain School; Red Rock or Red Stone Mission; St. Patrick's Mission; Washita School or Kiowa and Commanche Boarding School; Whites' Institute; Wichita Baptist School; Wichita Industrial School (later Riverside School).
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75.19.51 Records of the Klamath Indian Agency, OR
Textual Records (in Seattle): Letters sent, 1866-1914, and received, 1862-1925. General correspondence, 1912-18. Subject- numeric correspondence, 1908-25. Decimal correspondence, 1926-60. Records relating to supplies received, issued, and on hand, 1870- 1917. Subject files relating to buildings and construction, 1909- 44. Employee personnel records, 1869-1952. Account books, 1869- 75. Statements of receipts and disbursements, 1875-1917. Appropriation ledgers, 1918-42. Allotment ledgers, 1943-53. Family history cards, 1902-9. Records relating to land allotments, 1898-1927. Allotment case files, 1908-58. Records relating to sale and inheritance of land, 1902-58. Records relating to leases on land, 1906-58. Grazing lease case files, 1882-1960. Records relating to grazing permits, 1916-60. Records of trust allotment appraisals under provisions of the Klamath Termination Act, 1953-58. Forestry subject files, 1910-31. Forestry and grazing decimal files, 1930-59. Records relating to timber sales, 1911-57. Timber resources ledger, 1910-57. Forestry accounting ledgers, 1918-41. Timber permit record books and permit ledger, 1921-27. Irrigation records, 1901-60. Soil and moisture conservation program subject files, 1952-56. Records relating to the process of termination of federal responsibilities toward the Klamath Indians and Reservation, 1947-59. Individual Indian money (IIM) ledgers and ledger sheets, 1910-61. Unallotted individual Indian case files, 1931-59. Cattle program records, 1934-59. Records relating to reimbursable transactions, 1913-40. Records of the Klamath Tribal Loan Board, 1938-59. Road programs project files, 1899-1960. Tribal census rolls, 1915-57. Vital statistics, 1894-1959. Records of tribal councils and committees, 1895-1960. Records relating to agricultural and livestock extension programs, 1931-59. Records relating to law enforcement, 1879-1954. Records relating to health and welfare, 1876-1958. Education records, 1870-1950.
Maps (732 items, in Seattle): Township plats, 1866-1958. SEE ALSO 75.26.
Photographs (398 images, in Seattle): Klamath Agency staff, tribal council members, and war veterans; agency buildings, roads, and airfields; economic activities; homes; terrain; and road and weather conditions, 1928-45. SEE ALSO 75.29.
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75.19.52 Records of the La Jolla Indian Agency, CA
Textual Records (in Los Angeles): Letters sent and received, 1909-11. Reports, 1909-11. Ledger of receipts and disbursements, 1909-11.
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75.19.53 Records of Lac du Flambeau Indian Agency, WI
Textual Records (in Chicago): Letters sent, 1897-1914, and received, 1896-1911. Decimal correspondence, 1917-35. General correspondence, 1911-27. Administrative correspondence, 1906-27. Chippewa census rolls, 1878-1931. Annual reports, 1909-16. Family medical histories, 1930. Education correspondence, 1913-22. Student case files, 1910-17. Heirship case files, 1920-32. Ledger books, registers, cash accounts, and other records relating to agency finances, 1908-35. Ledgers, registers, and other records relating to individual Indian money (IIM) accounts, 1893-1932. Records relating to timber sales, 1882-1949. Records relating to Emergency Conservation Work and Civilian Conservation Corps activities, 1933-42.
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75.19.54 Records of the Leech Lake Indian Agency, MN
Textual Records (in Chicago): Correspondence, 1899-1921. Letters sent to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1899-1914. Letters sent concerning logging, 1900-1. Letters sent to Washington, DC, officials concerning timber and allotments, 1904-14. Letters sent concerning timber and allotments, 1904-14. Miscellaneous letters sent, 1899-1914. Applications for annuities, 1903-13. Annuity payment certificates, 1902-22. Annuity payment rolls, 1899-1905, 1912. Applications for land allotments, 1902. Allotment schedules, 1902-13. Applications for sale of inherited land, 1903-10. Timber contracts, 1900-17. Industrial survey reports, ca. 1915. Census, 1899. Draft registration cards, 1918. Quarterly reports of field matrons, 1911-15. Sanitary reports, 1898-1918. Marriage licenses and certificates, 1901-16. Birth certificates, 1917. Death certificates, 1919. Records concerning licenses to trade, 1899-1909. Rosters of employees, 1899-1922. Cashbooks, 1899-1908. Record of receipts and disbursements, 1907-17. School reports, 1899-1916. Applications for enrollment in nonreservation schools, 1908-14. "Descriptive statements of children," 1899- 1907. School census reports, ca. 1915-21. Reports of attendance of Indian pupils in public schools, 1909-21. Farm statistics reports, 1904-7. Miscellaneous school records, 1899-1920. Records of the Leech Lake Boarding School, including letters sent, 1910- 13; attendance books, ca. 1902-14; enrollment book, 1916-19; program and other records, 1902-20; and examination papers, 1917- 20. Attendance book of Squaw Point Day School, 1909-12.
Textual Records (in Kansas City): Correspondence with the Office of Indian Affairs, 1910-22, and with agency employees, 1914-22. Central subject file, 1904-22. Building descriptions, 1913-18. Agency financial records, 1901-21. Records of estates and heirships, 1921. Correspondence regarding Leech Lake land allotments, 1909, 1915-22. Register of petitions for sales of inherited land, 1903-20; and list of Indians of more than half white blood holding trust land, ca. 1917. Fees and trust patents, 1917-21. Allotment schedules, 1903-15, and schedules of changes in allotments under the act of 1908, n.d. Field notes of boundary surveys, 1873-76. Land survey schedules, 1908-9, and schedules of land selected for Minnesota National Forest, ca. 1910. Letters to scalers sent by the logging superintendent, 1910-26. Logging bills, 1913-16. Records of timber contracts, 1913-23. Individual Indian money (IIM) registers, 1908-18. Census of Leech Lake allottees, 1912. Leech Lake Pillager family roll, 1916.
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75.19.55 Records of the Mackinac Indian Agency, MI
Textual Records (in Chicago): General correspondence, 1906-27. Annual reports, 1916-25. Circulars, 1908-27. Letters sent, 1904- 14, and received, 1902-9, by the Special Disbursing Agent. Individual Indian money (IIM) account records, 1909-27. Records relating to agency finances, 1907-27. Forestry records, 1909-24. Timber contracts, timber journals, and other records relating to timber sales, 1911-38.
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75.19.56 Records of the Malheur Indian Agency, OR
Textual Records (in Seattle): Letters sent, 1876-78, 1880-82. Letters received and reports, 1876-82. Time book for Indian labor, 1876-78. Record of work performed and of goods paid to Indians for labor, 1876. Journal for issues to Indians, 1876-78. Ledger for Indian labor, 1876-78. Cashbook, 1875-82.
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75.19.57 Records of the Malki Indian Agency, CA
Textual Records (in Los Angeles): Records of court proceedings, 1912-13. Miscellaneous records, 1908-20. Records relating to Malki Day School, 1910-13.
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75.19.58 Records of the Menominee Indian Agency, WI
Textual Records (in Chicago): Decimal correspondence, 1934-61. Correspondence relating to account settlements, 1927-47. Miscellaneous correspondence of the superintendent, 1908-56. Disapproved applications for tribal enrollment, 1954-56. Records of current accounts, 1924-52. Allotment ledgers, 1940-52. Cash journals, 1941-52. Copies of checks issued, 1936-52. Individual Indian money (IIM) account ledgers, 1918-55; abstracts, 1940-44; and disbursement orders, 1952-54. Reimbursable fund case files, 1942-47. Records of the Neopit Day School, 1927-55. Tribal group meeting files, 1946-61.
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75.19.59 Records of the Mescalero Indian Agency, NM
Textual Records (in Denver): Records relating to tribal resources and development, 1953-68.
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75.19.60 Records of the Michigan Indian Agency, MI
Textual Records (in Chicago): Records of the Mount Pleasant Indian School, 1892-1934. Tribal council and community meeting files of the Bay Mills, Hannahville, Keweenaw Bay, and Saginaw Chippewa tribes, 1934-70.
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75.19.61 Records of the Mission Indian Agency, CA
Textual Records (in Los Angeles): Central subject files, 1920-53. Letters sent, 1922-44. General subject file, 1939-47. Correspondence and other records relating to the Mission Indian Federation, 1919. Letters sent to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1925-44. Correspondence and newspaper clippings relating to the Sycuan Reservation scandal, 1929-31. Annual reports, 1921- 42. Overall work program (postwar program) records, 1942-46. Issues of The Mission Indian, 1932-41. Circulars, 1922-42. Financial records, 1918-46. Field notes concerning the Laguna and Agua Caliente Reservations, 1880-1926. Correspondence and records relating to irrigation, 1919-31. Irrigation project reports, 1934-41. Records relating to the Jackson Barnett estate, 1934-47. Individual Indian money (IIM) and special deposits ledgers, 1922- 46. Individual Indian ledgers concerning the sale of Capitan Grande Reservation, 1932-38. Records concerning road construction under public works projects, 1933-40. Correspondence, plans, and related records concerning the San Jacinto River Bridge, 1927-31. Records of arrests, 1936-41. Correspondence relating to the enrollment of California Indians, 1928-32. Censuses, 1922-40. Register of vital statistics, 1922-47. Individual property records, 1922-39. Pala family history narratives, 1931. Individual Indian files, 1933-47. Degree of Indian blood cards, 1936. Index and heirship cards, 1940. Individual history cards, 1924-41. Tribal organization survey, 1934. Annual extension and industry reports, 1932-45. Reports of extension workers and farm agents, 1922-40. Records relating to Barona and Baron Long, 1935- 42. Records of the removal of the El Capitan and Los Conejos enrollees to the Viejas Ranch, 1929-34. Records of the field representative relating to the Capitan Grande removal, 1931-35. Baron Long project case file, 1934-37. Health reports, 1923-32. Physician's monthly reports, 1939-45. Non-reservation medical ledgers, 1930-41. Records of Soboba Indian Hospital, 1940-47. Soboba Indian Hospital birth and death certificates, 1927-47. Relief expenditure records, 1931-34. Records pertaining to the distribution of surplus commodities, 1932-41. Records relating to New Deal programs, 1933-37, and the Work Projects Administration program, 1939-40. Records relating to the Indian Emergency Conservation Work program, 1933-37. Weekly group progress reports, 1933-42. Records relating to Indian relief and rehabilitation programs, 1935-46. Reports relating to the Civilian Conservation Corps-Indian Division, 1939-41. Civilian Conservation Corps handbooks, 1937-41. Records relating to World War II, 1941-45. Correspondence pertaining to education, 1922-29. School reports, 1928-32. Annual education census, 1922-30. Records of the Morongo Subagency, including general correspondence, 1922-47; individual Indian correspondence, 1933- 47; correspondence pertaining to tribal relations, agriculture, and irrigation, 1922-47; reports on extension work, 1922-47; inheritance file ("Dead File"), 1920-43; records pertaining to livestock, 1933-47; and records relating to use of reservation land, 1918-45. Records of Special Allotting Agent Harry E. Wadsworth, 1916-29. Records of the special officer responsible for investigating federal crimes on Indian reservations in southern California, 1933-40. Records of the Education Field Agent, consisting of general correspondence, 1932-46; social service family history files, 1930-50; program eligibility files, 1927-50; education program files, 1934-50; and public school enrollment survey, 1947-48. Records of the School Social Worker, 1933-42. Records of the Torres-Martinez Subagency, 1920-46; the San Diego County Field Aid, 1933-45; the Pala Subagency, 1922-51; and the Palm Springs Subagency, 1936-64.
Maps (97 items, in Los Angeles): Reservations in San Diego, Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties, 1909-50. SEE ALSO 75.25.
Photographs (960 images, in Los Angeles): Individual Indians; and documenting progress under various New Deal programs, including housing, relief, Emergency Conservation Work, agricultural extension, and health matters, ca. 1936-42. SEE ALSO 75.28.
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75.19.62 Records of the Moqui Pueblo Indian Agency, AZ
Textual Records (in Los Angeles): Correspondence, accounts, and other records, 1875-83. Letters sent, 1882-83. Diary, 1880-82. "Cashbook," 1878-83.
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75.19.63 Records of the Navajo Indian Agency (Fort Defiance), AZ-NM
Textual Records (in Los Angeles, except as noted): Subject files, 1888-1930. Letters sent to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1884-1927, and other letters sent, 1881-1927. Letters received, 1888-1935. Journal of agency activities ("Office Diaries"), 1892- 1925. Records of supply, purchasing, and transportation accounts, 1892-1925. Proceedings of the Court of Indian offenses, 1909-13. Court of Indian offenses docket book, 1910-25. Letters sent relating to education, 1905-8. Registers of Fort Defiance Navajo training school students, 1907-22. Records of students transferred to off-reservation schools, ca. 1885-1912. Student case files, 1940-72. Employment assistance case files, 1952-74. Housing improvement program case files, 1970. Records of the Chinle Subagency, including subject files of the Assistant Placement Officer, 1948-54; records of Land Management District 10, 1938-55; employment assistance case files, 1958-75; records relating to education, 1950-56; and school census cards, 1953-79. Records (in Denver), consisting of Navajo service decimal files, 1936-42; Northern Navajo agency decimal file, 1936-42; and Toadlena Day School student folders, 1941-52.
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75.19.64 Records of the Navajo Springs Indian Agency, CO
Textual Records (in Denver): Census records of the Southern Ute tribe, 1900. Press copies of outgoing letters, 1908-14.
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75.19.65 Records of the Nett Lake Indian Agency, MN
Textual Records (in Kansas City, except as noted): Register of letters received from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1915- 17. Chronological, 1908-17, and alphabetical, 1912-17, correspondence with the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Alphabetical, 1906-17, and numerical, 1914-18, correspondence. Annual reports, 1910-18. Personnel records, 1909-18. Records of supplies and property, 1908-17, including records documenting acquisitions and receipts, returns and inventories, expenditures and transfers, and buildings. Agency financial records, 1910-13. Allotment heirship schedules and related lists, 1894-1913. Schedule and vouchers for land and timber sales, 1912-13. Individual Indian money (IIM) records, including quarterly statements, 1917; abstracts of accounts, 1915-17; schedules and vouchers, 1909-13; and ledger, 1913-18. Records of tribal benefits, 1909-22. Reports to physicians, 1910-11. Monthly day school reports, 1911-16; quarterly school reports, 1908-16; and reports on supervision of individual instructors, 1914-16. Records (in Chicago), consisting of data books, 1908-14; and a record of receipts and disbursements, 1914-17.
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75.19.66 Records of the Nevada Indian Agency, NV
Textual Records (in San Francisco): Administrative correspondence, 1928-57. Financial records and travel authorizations, 1958-62. Individual Indian money (IIM) ledgers, 1951-53. Tribal council election records, 1934-54. Washoe Land Service Enterprise records, 1948-62. Land and irrigation correspondence, 1939-57. Survey and soil records, 1949-55. Lease files, 1932-56.
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75.19.67 Records of the New York Indian Agency, NY
Textual Records (in New York): General records, 1938-49.
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75.19.68 Records of the Nome Agency, AK
Textual Records (in Anchorage): Employment assistance case files, 1964-66.
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75.19.69 Records of the Northern Cheyenne Agency, MT
Textual Records (in Denver): General records, including letters received, 1890-1924; intra-agency correspondence, 1909-10; subject files, 1900-25; circular letters, 1884-1924; decimal file, 1926-52; and superintendent's diaries, 1908-11. Program mission correspondence files, 1939-85. Records relating to administration, including flour mill and threshing records, 1915-22; weigher's returns, 1916-43; register of changes in agency employees, 1918; invoices of agency property, 1906-7; and housekeeping records, 1884-1920. Agency financial records, including vouchers, 1943-57; general ledger, 1941-50; appropriation ledgers, 1933-42; and allotment ledger, 1949. Records relating to trust responsibilities, including realty correspondence, 1947-57; individual Indian money (IIM) ledger sheets, 1929-58 and related records, 1939-60; land classifier's field notes, 1928; forestry and grazing administrative files, 1930-46; Northern Pacific controversy land adjustment records, 1937-38; correspondence regarding maps, plats, and tract books, 1926-41; allotment rolls, 1926-32; irrigation records, 1940-46; Northern Cheyenne tribal funds files, 1947-55; and annuity payrolls, 1892-1905. Employment assistance case files, 1962-69. Records relating to tribal resources, including Northern Cheyenne Stock Association general files, 1927-56; canceled checks and registered mail receipts for the Northern Cheyenne Steer Enterprise, 1964-65; miscellaneous correspondence for Emergency Conservation Work and Civilian Conservation Corps, 1937-42; Civilian Conservation Corps-Indian Division subject files, 1933-42; monthly camp and personnel reports, 1941-42; and extension and credit correspondence, 1951-58. Birth and death certificates, 1926-37. Tribal census rolls, 1909-29. Home industrial surveys, 1924. Law and order subject files, 1937-46.Criminal investigation case files, 1960-69. Health, education, and welfare reports, 1929-58. School census cards, 1966-75.
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75.19.70 Records of the Northern Idaho Indian Agency, ID
Annual credit reports, 1958-69. Timber sale contract files, 1972. Land lease case files, 1970.
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75.19.71 Records of the Northern Navajo Indian Agency and the Shiprock Boarding School, AZ
Textual Records (in Los Angeles): Superintendent's letters sent, 1903-12. Letters sent to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1906-9. Records of Land Management, Districts 9, 12, and 13, consisting of subject files of District Supervisor and Field Representative Elvin G. Jonas, 1949-55.
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75.19.72 Records of the Northern Pueblos Indian Agency, NM
Textual Records (in Denver): General correspondence, 1911-35. Correspondence, reports, and other records relating to the Pueblo Lands Board, 1918-32. Individual Indian money (IIM) ledgers,vouchers, and receipts, 1912-36. Census reports, 1912-22. Descriptions of school buildings, 1915-18.
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75.19.73 Records of the Oneida Indian Agency, WI
Textual Records (in Chicago): Weekly statement of public funds, 1903-7. Correspondence regarding agents' accounts, 1901-10. Marriage certificates, 1907-8.
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75.19.74 Records of the Osage Indian Agency, OK
Textual Records (in Fort Worth): Letters sent, 1883-1963. Letters received, 1860-1923, with registers, 1880-1957. Orders, circulars, and circular letters, 1907-52. Oil leases, 1952-64. Employment assistance reports, 1959-67. Land transaction files, 1912-67. Individual Indian money (IIM) accounts, 1912-67. IIM ledgers, 1919-66. Family register, 1907-10. Marriage licenses, 1932-39. Press copies of letters sent, 1901-3. Records of the Office of the Superintendent, including miscellaneous correspondence, 1912-16; correspondence, 1940-59; miscellaneous reports, 1867-68; annual reports, 1909-53; and annual statistical reports, 1894-1905. Records relating to the Osage Tribal Council, 1906-50. Records of the Field Solicitor, 1908-58, including subject files, 1924-58; individual Indian guardianship files, 1919-58; and records of J.D. Wooten, Special Agent of the Division of Investigations, 1935-40. Records of the Indian Trade Supervisor, 1898-1910. Records of the Administrative Division, including records relating to personnel, 1866-1932; fiscal management, 1876-1945; facilities and property, 1876-1926; and payments and trust fund management, 1878-1966. Records of the Osage Allotting Commission, including letters received, 1906-8; miscellaneous letters sent, 1906-9; tract ledgers, 1907; allotment schedules, 1906-9; case files, 1906-7; and miscellaneous records, 1906-10. Records of the Osage Townsite Commission, 1905-7. Records of the Land and Realty Division, including records relating to permits and leases, 1882-1951, and sales, 1909-65; and miscellaneous records pertaining to tax allotments and income taxes, 1910-20. Records of the Oil and Gas Division, including correspondence, 1922-45; subject files, 1920- 60; records relating to leasing, 1903-47; and production and payment records, 1905-50. Records of the Welfare Division, 1924- 54. Records relating to the Extension Service, 1915-55. Records relating to education, 1886-1954. Records relating to health, 1883-1940. Records relating to social work, 1908-47. Records relating to law enforcement, 1887-1950. Records of the Osage Tribal Museum, 1868-70, 1937-42. Records of the Civilian Conservation Corps-Indian Division, 1934-42. Records of the Construction Division, 1912-35.
Maps (2,992 items, in Fort Worth): Allotment selections, n.d. (68 items); and annotated allotments, n.d. (85 items). Annotated tracts of land mortgages, 1928 (83 items). Sales of land or title changes, n.d. (84 items). Leases, 1910-29 (1,900 items). Townships and railroad locations, n.d. (84 items). Photostatic copies of rights-of-way, stations, and facilities of Midland Valley Railroad, 1905 (28 items). Miscellaneous maps of Oklahoma counties, 1905-20 (178 items). Osage County oil fields, wells, pipelines, and lease locations, 1920-40 (35 items). Production facilities submitted by companies engaged in oil and gas production, 1920-40 (147 items). Producing and nonproducing oil well locations, 1920-30 (100 items). Lease sales for drilling operations, 1921-44 (50 items). Oil leases, n.d. (50 items). Casinghead gas plant, pipeline, and meter locations, 1923 (50 items). Photostatic copies of water flooding projects, 1935-42 (50 items). SEE ALSO 75.26.
Photographic Prints (600 images, in Fort Worth): Surveys of Osage County taken for the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, 1937-45 (200 images). Surveys of Verdigris River in Osage County for the Soil Conservation Service, 1936 (400 images). SEE ALSO 75.29.
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75.19.75 Records of the Pala Indian Agency, CA
Textual Records (in Los Angeles): Employee payrolls, ca. 1904-ca. 1921. Financial records, 1904-21. Abstracts of issues to Indians for subsistence supplies, 1904-1918. Records relating to reimbursable transactions, ca. 1911-ca. 1920. Receipt ledger and other records of La Jolla Indian School, Valley Center, 1909-21.
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75.19.76 Records of the Papago Indian Agency, AZ
Textual Records (in Los Angeles): Subject files, 1871-79, 1898- 1926. Central subject files, 1925-51. Subject files of Special Allocating Agent Ralph Aspaas, 1907-14. Reports of field matrons, 1910-32, and of the agency farmers and stockmen, 1910-34. Subject files of the museum curator, 1939-44. Livestock Sanitary Board correspondence, 1897-1923. Cattle brand card index, 1945. Records of the New Mexico rehabilitation (grade cattle) and drought relief (purebreed cattle) program, 1934-38. Livestock sales registers and related records, 1930-38. Individual Indian money (IIM) ledger sheets, 1922-26. Individual Indian account ledger sheets, 1953-55. IIM and trust account files, 1930-49. Abstracts of articles issued to Indians, 1898-1918. Patents of trust, 1891; certificates of selection and allotment for minor children, 1890, 1912; and notices of allotment applications held for rejection, 1918-25. Correspondence relating to the State Civil Works Administration of Arizona, 1933-34. Files of the Community Worker, including Indian employment files, 1935-47; files relating to Selective Service, 1940-45; and health and welfare correspondence, 1933-48. Correspondence of the Senior Placement Matron, 1929-34. Records of the Technical Cooperation-Bureau of Indian Affairs Agronomic Survey Supervisor, 1937-39. Indian Emergency Conservation Work enrollment applications, 1933-37. Records relating to the Civilian Conservation Corps-Indian Division, including the division's work project files, 1935-43. Tribal census rolls, 1912-40. Administrative files of district supervisor of the census Alden W. Jones, 1940-45. Individual and family census cards, 1940. Individual Indian history cards, ca. 1908-15. Individual Indian identification cards and tags, 1929. Birth and death registers, 1913-36. Birth certificates, 1919-48. Death certificates, 1916-47. Statistical files relating to births and deaths, 1930-48. Records relating to marriages, 1902-48. Tribal constitution and other records relating to the Indian Reorganization Act (Wheeler-Howard Act) of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984), 1934-37. Individual Indian draft registration cards, 1940-45. Hospital admission register, 1944-47. Welfare assistance case files, 1938-49. Relief case files, 1938-43. Correspondence relating to the distribution of surplus commodities, 1938-43. Monthly relief assistance reports, 1938-48. Records relating to education, including applications for enrollment at nonreservation Indian schools, 1906-24; statistical school reports, 1905-24; Sells Indian Agency school census cards, 1937; annual school census reports, 1908-45; and third grade examinations for San Xavier Day School, 1918-19.
Subject Access Terms: Berger, John M.; Martin, Jewell D.; McChesney, Charles E.; McCormick, Thomas F.; McQuigg, Henry J.; Taylor, Grace S.; Weston, Doris L.; Wilbur, Reubin A.
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75.19.77 Records of the Pawnee Indian Agency, OK
Textual Records (in Fort Worth): General records, including correspondence, 1901-19, and files, reports, and circulars, 1918- 43. Records of the Administrative Division, including records relating to personnel, 1904-32; financial management, 1906-46; and payments and trust fund management, 1878-1959. Records of the Land Division, including general records, 1871-72, 1911-36; records relating to agricultural leases, 1897-1945; and records relating to oil and gas leases, 1915-44. Records of the Probate Division, including letters sent, 1923-28; letters received, 1924-25; index to heirship decisions, 1915-40; and probate case files, 1955-56. Records of the Education Division, including subject files, 1916-24; index to school-age children, ca. 1930; and annual school census reports, 1916-45. Records of the Health Division, 1931-42. Records of the Agricultural Extension and Industry Division, including annual reports, 1936-48; and records of the Extension Agent, 1934-47, and Ponca Farm Agent, 1939-40. Records of the Civilian Conservation Corps-Indian Division, including subject files, 1933-42; decimal files, 1935-43; weekly reports relating to enrollees, 1933-41; daily project reports, 1936-41; records relating to projects, 1933-42; and records relating to the enrollee program, 1935-43. Records of the Rehabilitation Division, including project records, 1936-49; and case files of applicants, 1940-49. Records of tribal business councils, including minutes of Pawnee Business Council, 1923-26; tribal budgets, 1955-59; and election ballots for council members, 1935. Records of the Area Field Representative, Pawnee Agency, including miscellaneous correspondence, 1947-63; letters sent, 1962-64; records of the Special Disbursing Officer, 1938- 64; records of the Employment Assistance Officer, 1955-64; records of the Social Services Worker, 1957-70; records of the Oil and Gas Section, Real Property Management Branch, 1919-66; records of the Branch of Credit, 1947-62; and records relating to extension work, 1956-61. Real Estate Service Interior Board of Land Appeals litigation files 86-98 and 86-99, 1986-88.
Textual Records (in Oklahoma City): General records, including letters sent and received, 1872-1904; letters sent, 1903-21; and subject file, 1880-1933. Records relating to schools, 1880-1929. Miscellaneous records, 1860-1927.
Architectural and Engineering Plans (282 items, in Fort Worth): Emergency Conservation Work and Civilian Conservation Corps- Indian Division projects, 1935-42. SEE ALSO 75.25.
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75.19.78 Records of the Kaw Subagency, Pawnee Indian Agency, OK
Textual Records (in Fort Worth, except as noted): Correspondence, 1918-26. Annual reports, 1911-19. Subject files, 1913-28. Records of the Administrative Division, 1897-1916. Records of the Land Division, including records relating to restricted lands, 1915- 27, and heirship proceedings and removal of restrictions, 1910- 23; agricultural lease cards, 1914-37; and oil and gas lease cards, 1918-35. Records (in Oklahoma City), consisting of letters sent, 1894-1915; and individual Indian files, 1908-16.
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75.19.79 Records of the Otoe Subagency, Pawnee Indian Agency, OK
Textual Records (in Fort Worth, except as noted): Correspondence, 1914-17. Letters received from the Office of Indian Affairs, 1908-14. Annual reports, 1911-19. Records of the Administrative Division, including property returns, 1904-16; census rolls, 1904-18; register of births and deaths, 1895-1910; and quarterly abstracts of individual Indian money (IIM) accounts, 1908-19. Records of the Land Division, including records relating to allotted Otoes, 1919-27; agricultural lease cards, 1922-39; and oil and gas lease cards, 1917-43. Records (in Oklahoma City), consisting of letters sent, 1880-1925; and miscellaneous records, 1897-1921.
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75.19.80 Records of the Ponca Subagency, Pawnee Indian Agency, OK
Textual Records (in Fort Worth, except as noted): Letters sent, 1892-1927. Correspondence, 1923-27. Annual reports, 1910-32. Records of the Administrative Division, including records relating to personnel, 1915-19; facilities and property, 1913-18; financial management, 1899-1926; and payments and trust fund management, 1888-1932. Records of the Land Division, including miscellaneous correspondence, 1912-33; records relating to restricted lands and trust funds, 1927-33; agricultural lease cards, 1909-29; and oil and gas lease cards, 1914-38. Records (in Oklahoma City), consisting of letters sent and received, 1879- 1927; miscellaneous records relating to purchases and vital statistics, 1897-1921; and individual Indian files, 1904-28.
Maps (6 items, in Fort Worth): Pollution of Ponca lands by oil and gas wells, 1930-34. SEE ALSO 75.26.
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75.19.81 Records of the Tonkawa Subagency, Pawnee Indian Agency,
OK
Textual Records: Records of the Agency Farmer, 1913-19 (in Fort Worth). Letters sent, 1911-17 (in Oklahoma City).
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75.19.82 Records of the Pechanga Indian Agency, CA
Textual Records (in Los Angeles): Letters sent, 1909-14. Miscellaneous correspondence, 1910-13. Annual narrative and statistical reports, 1910-13. Miscellaneous records relating to education, 1905-19.
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75.19.83 Records of the Pierre Indian Agency, SD
Textual Records (in Kansas City): Decimal correspondence, 1941- 71. Program decimal correspondence, 1949-66, and cattle and agricultural program reports, 1940-55. Annual reports for Crow Creek and Lower Brule, 1935-48. Forestry and grazing reports, surveys, permits, and schedules, 1941-56. Fire reports, 1948-54. Traders licenses, 1948-60. Individual Indian money (IIM) ledgers and posting and control records, 1918-65; and case files, 1955- 61. Welfare reports, 1950-59, and individual welfare files, 1949- 63. Permanent school record cards for reservation schools at Fort Thompson and Lower Brule, 1954. School census cards, 1928-60, and student case files, 1944-64. Day school records, 1927-57. Law enforcement case files, 1950-66. Police officers weekly activity reports, 1960-66. Daily jail and case records, 1962-65. Law and Order Program survey report, 1963. Criminal case files, 1944-65. Law and Order Branch statistical reports, 1957-64. Crow Creek civil case files, 1952-60. Social workers' day sheets, 1960-65. Construction project files, 1959-61. Tribal council audits, Lower Brule, 1948-54.
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75.19.84 Records of the Pima Indian Agency, AZ
Textual Records (in Los Angeles): Letters sent, 1896-1910, 1917- 18, 1921-24; and received, 1898-1902, 1906-7. Subject files, 1908-27. Subject files of the Salt River Reservation, ca. 1915- 27. Central subject files, ca. 1926-46. Administrative records, consisting of employee efficiency reports, 1909-17; receipt rolls of irregular laborers, 1901-3; and payroll of employees, 1911-15. Financial records, 1889-1951. Indian land allotment work sheets, 1924; surveys, 1923-24; and allotment location sheets, ca. 1934. Records of irrigation projects, 1935-48. Ledger of miscellaneous and individual Indian money (IIM) deposits, 1915-17. IIM ledger sheets, 1922-27. Individual Indian account ledger sheets, 1954. Ledger of Pima Indian fair awards, 1916. Records of articles issued to Indians, 1911-18, and of open market purchases from Indians, 1910-26. Indian emergency conservation work enrollment applications, 1934-36. Records relating to Civilian Conservation Corps-Indian Division, 1933-40. Road project files and other records relating to road projects, 1937-41. Records relating to reimbursable property, including reimbursable sales ledger sheets, 1914-39; reports of reimbursable transactions, 1914-37; and reimbursable agreements, 1920-29. Individual Indian history files, ca. 1911-18. Marriage cards, 1911-12. Individual Indian identification and census cards, 1929-33. Enrollment cards and tags, 1929. Tribal census rolls, 1911-46. General farm census schedules, 1930. Records of the Court of Indian Offenses, 1913- 22. Health and welfare records, 1911-51, including records of the Pima Indian Hospital, 1935-50; patient charts, 1922-29; hospital clinical record folders, 1930-33; and school clinic daily log, 1911-16. Field nurse daily log, 1933-34, and records of field dentists, 1942-45. Records relating to Indian relief, 1934-42, and to welfare, 1941-51. Letters sent by the superintendents of the Pima Boarding School, 1898-1901. Daily school attendance registers, 1901-16. Statistical school reports, 1911-26. Applications for enrollment at nonreservation Indian schools, 1903-26. Annual school census reports, 1915-38.
Subject Access Terms: Alexander, James B.; Hadley, Elwood; Thackery, Frank; Ward, Ralph A.
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75.19.85 Records of the Pine Ridge Indian Agency, SD
Textual Records (in Kansas City): General records, including letters sent, 1875-1914; letters received, 1871-1907; general correspondence, 1903-26; and central decimal correspondence, 1900-65 (244 ft.). Records of district farmers and field agents, 1896-1934. Records relating to employees, 1877-1926. Records relating to supplies, purchases, and property, 1876-1916. Legal records, including law enforcement correspondence, 1905-26; criminal case files, 1927-60; and detectives' notebooks, 1911-26. Receipt, appropriation, and cost ledgers, 1875-1936. Records relating to individual Indian money (IIM) and special accounts, 1908-54. Records relating to land use, ownership, and allotment, 1875-1967. Records of annuity and allotment benefits, 1877-1941. Records of livestock, 1893-1922. Records relating to general and special reservation censuses, 1874-1948. Economic, social, and medical surveys of the reservation, 1915-41. Correspondence and other records relating to health and medical services, 1934-50. Social service case files, 1934-65, and administrative records, 1958-66. Records relating to education, including correspondence, 1894-1949; decimal files, 1937-59; personnel files, 1942-53; school reports, 1882-1936; student record folders, 1921-55; attendance and enrollment records, 1930-43; and school censuses, 1895-1953. Records of the Aerial Gunnery Range, 1942-44. Records of Civilian Conservation Corps-Indian Division activities and operations on Pine Ridge Reservation, 1932-42, including subject file, 1934-42; field engineers' project notes, 1933-42; and project folders, 1934-42. Records of the Oglala Sioux Tribal Council, 1936-67, including minutes of council meetings, 1946-65; records of the executive committee, 1948-62; IIM ledger cards and sheets, 1954-66; and Pine Ridge Village land and property leases, 1963-67.
Microfilm Publications: M1229, M1282.
Maps (197 items, in Kansas City): Pine Ridge reservation, 1914-40 (26 items). Township plats and blueprints of aerial photographs, illustrating ownership and leaseholding patterns, 1944 (150 items). Road projects, 1926-34 (21 items). SEE ALSO 75.26.
Photographs (2,775 images, in Kansas City): Civilian Conservation Corps-Indian Division project work on Pine Ridge Reservation, 1923-49. SEE ALSO 75.29.
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75.19.86 Records of the Pueblo and Pueblo and Jicarilla Indian
Agencies, NM
Textual Records (in Denver): Letters sent, 1874-1900. Letters received and other records, 1876-1900, with registers, 1874-91. Fiscal and supply records, including reports, vouchers, and other records, 1874-1900; abstracts, vouchers, and other records concerning the Cimarron and Abiquiu (Jicarilla) Agency, 1871-83; statements of receipts and disbursements, 1875-1900; and monthly and annual narrative reports, 1875-83.
Microfilm Publications: M941, M1304.
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75.19.87 Records of the Pueblo Indian Agency and Day Schools, NM
Textual Records (in Denver): Letters sent, 1918-19. Field notes and small holding proofs, Taos and Picuris Pueblos. Annual school census reports, 1912-22. Descriptions of school buildings, 1915- 18.
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75.19.88 Records of the Puget Sound District Indian Agency, WA
Textual Records (in Seattle): Correspondence, 1854-61. Accounting records, 1854-60.
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75.19.89 Records of the Puget Sound Indian Agency, WA
Textual Records (in Seattle): Land allotment records, 1913-74. Law enforcement records, 1966-74. Probate case files, 1933-68. Employment assistance case files, 1973. Field education reports, 1964-72. Higher education grant and scholarship case files, 1967-83.
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75.19.90 Records of the Puyallup Indian Agency, WA
Textual Records (in Seattle): Letters sent, 1908-19; letters received, 1882-94, 1909-13; and correspondence with the Agency Farmer, Muckleshoot Reservation, 1912-20. Accounting records, 1903-18. School correspondence, 1894-1920; and individual student case files for Cushman School, 1917-20. Records of forestry and land use, 1919-23. Special census schedules, 1880. Indian census, 1905-21. Individual Indian money (IIM) ledger sheets, 1915-20. Records of the Puyallup Land Commission, 1893-1909, including records of land allotment and sales, 1894-1903.
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75.19.91 Records of the Pyramid Lake Subagency, NV
Textual Records (in San Francisco): Correspondence of the Farmer- in-Charge, 1922-24.
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75.19.92 Records of the Quapaw Indian Agency, OK
Textual Records (in Fort Worth, except as noted): Correspondence, 1872-1947. Letters sent, 1924-48, and received, 1874-1900. Records of the Administrative Division, including reports of employees in service, 1875-85; records of employees, 1884-1945; and employee case files, 1923-47. Records relating to financial management, including correspondence, 1928-47; accounts, 1871- 1947; and official receipts, 1918-55. Records relating to property, 1873-97, 1937-44. Eastern Shawnee census rolls, 1882- 1940. Miami census rolls, 1888-1940. Modoc census rolls, 1885-90. Nez Perce census, n.d. Ottawa census rolls, 1883-88. Peoria census rolls, 1883-1959. Quapaw census rolls, 1885-1933; and roll update files, 1937-55. Correspondence and other records relating to the Quapaw Judgment Fund, 1959-61. Seneca census rolls, 1877- 1940. Wyandot census rolls, 1871-1956. Supplemental census rolls, 1931-34. Death rolls, 1931-35. Birth rolls, 1931-35. Miami applications and rejected applications, 1972-73. Individual Indian money (IIM) records, 1917-56. Records relating to land, including correspondence and other records, 1918-59; records relating to leasing and production, 1880-1960; and appraisal records, 1927-56. Records of the social worker, 1934-65. Records relating to agriculture, 1878-1927. Records relating to welfare, 1877-1947. Records of blacksmiths, 1875-77. Records relating to schools, 1882-1940. Records of the Civilian Conservation Corps- Indian Division, 1938-42. Tribal election minute book, 1890-93. Quapaw annual tribal meeting files, 1956-60. Constitution of the Peoria tribe, 1939. Foundational documents of the Eastern Shawnee tribe, consisting of the constitution, 1939, and the corporate charter, 1940. Subject file, 1867-1936 (in Oklahoma City).
Maps (140 items, in Fort Worth): Townsites, ca. 1907-27 (50 items). Miscellaneous, ca. 1907-ca. 1940 (80 items). Grand River Dam Authority contour maps, 1943 (10 items). SEE ALSO 75.26.
Photographic Prints (23 images, in Fort Worth): Seneca Training School employees, school activities, school grounds, and family and home of Peter Clabberl, principal chief of the Quapaws, 1905- 7. SEE ALSO 75.29.
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75.19.93 Records of the Red Lake Indian Agency, MN
Textual Records (in Kansas City): Decimal, 1908-46, and chronological, 1944-52, correspondence. Agency financial records, 1894-1922, 1926-27. Certificates of lumber purchase and delivery, 1910-11. Land allotment ledgers, 1941-52. Individual Indian money (IIM) ledgers and posting and control records, 1912, 1917-56. Certificates of heirship, 1929. Census records, 1935-37. Register of deaths, 1919-32. Letters sent by Cross Lake School District, 1916-21. Annuity payrolls, 1907-30. Records of per capita payments, 1928-33. Release of title and interest in Chippewa Indian claims, 1921-33. Relief and rehabilitation program files, 1935-50. Employee assistance case files, 1955-67. Civilian Conservation Corps operations correspondence, 1937. Report of health conditions of Minnesota Indians, 1929-31. Law and order reports, 1928-64. Indian court records, 1933, and federal court dockets, 1948-65. Record of tribal customs, 1916-17.
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75.19.94 Records of the Reno Indian Agency, NV
Textual Records (in San Francisco): General correspondence, 1908- 23. Program and administrative records, 1909-25. Correspondence, 1922-24. Annual reports, 1912-24. Records of agency and nonagency Indian groups, 1908-26. Special agency administrative correspondence, 1911-23. Individual Indian money (IIM) account correspondence, 1913-25. Special agent land correspondence, 1908- 24. Land allotment and heirship case files, 1905-25. Law enforcement records, 1912-25. Health and social services records, 1910-23. Public school records, 1908-33.
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75.19.95 Records of the Rincon Indian Agency, CA
Textual Records (in Los Angeles): Miscellaneous records and correspondence, 1901-11. Statement of receipts and disbursements, 1909-11.
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75.19.96 Records of the Rosebud Agency, SD
Textual Records (in Kansas City): Chronological, 1860-72, 1878- 1933, and decimal, 1910-17, 1930-50, correspondence. Correspondence with agency farmers, 1899-1931; other agencies, 1915-28; and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1928-45. Subject and chronological correspondence, 1910-29. Correspondence of the Whetstone Agency, 1869-74. Rosebud and Whetstone issuance files, 1872-75, 1909-24. Agency financial records, 1895-1960. Forestry, grazing, and miscellaneous land records, 1935-58. Applications for Sioux benefits, 1913-14. Records of pro rata share payments, 1926-39. Individual Indian money (IIM) case files and related records, 1908-44. Irrigation project files, 1938-46. Land records, including transaction papers, 1904-59; survey field notes, 1899-1900, 1936-42; and records of land and mineral leases, 1908-60. Grazing permit case files, 1933-63. Heirship records, 1914-20. Records of delegations to Washington, 1939, 1953, 1965. Vital statistics, 1900-46; and census rolls, 1877- 1942. Records of student nurse training, 1944-48. Records of the reimbursable program, 1915-38; employment assistance case files, 1952-62; and records of credit extension, 1915-54. Household survey report, 1904-8. Welfare and social service records, 1929- 41. Law enforcement case files, 1913-25; records of Indian police, 1882-1904; and records of the murder of Spotted Tail, 1914-20. Records of the tribal court, 1937-45; records of tribal elections, and of tribal council and group meetings, 1934-66; and tribal ordinances and resolutions, 1934-65.
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75.19.97 Records of the Roseburg Indian Agency, OR
Textual Records (in San Francisco): General correspondence, 1896- 1924. Letters sent, 1909-14. Register of letters received, 1915- 16. Administrative subject files, 1900-23. Cash accounts, 1910- 18. Record of receipts and disbursements, 1910-17. Individual Indian money (IIM) account ledger, 1911-18.
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75.19.98 Records of the Round Valley Indian Agency, CA
Textual Records (in San Francisco): Letters sent, 1863-1914, and received, 1866-1914. Circulars and instructions, 1862-1908. Agency reports, 1872-1913. Administrative records, 1908-24. Record of employees, 1883-1920. Records of receipts and disbursements, 1875-1919. Reimbursable funds ledger, 1914-17. Appropriation ledgers, 1917-24. Cash accounts and related records, 1872-1920. Individual Indian money (IIM) ledger, 1918- 24. Register of liberty bond purchases, 1918-19. Records of budget authorities, 1907-17. Register of supplies received, 1881- 1910. Indian issues books, 1876-97. Records of cattle issued and sold, 1903-21. Property accounts records, 1871-1930. Records relating to land allotments, patents, claims, heirship, sales, and leases, 1859-1922. Records of heirship cases for Round Valley Reservation, 1920-21. Allottee land patent receipts, 1899-1920. Letters sent by the Special Allotting Agent, 1909-10. Farming and grazing leases and lease cards, 1899-1923; receipt stubs, 1909- 16; lessee cards, 1916-24; and lease books, 1918-23. Lease register, 1905-9. Thumb mark signature cards, 1913-16. Tribal census records, 1896-1923. Sanitary records, 1890-1910. Birth and death registers and certificates, 1901-24. Register of Indian families, 1901-8. Education records, 1899-1923. Court records, 1874-86.
Maps (7 items, in San Francisco): Survey plats and a sketch of Round Valley Reservation land, Round Valley Agency, CA, ca. 1877- 1913. SEE ALSO 75.26.
Architectural and Engineering Plans (83 items, in San Francisco): Agency buildings, 1895-1923. SEE ALSO 75.26.
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75.19.99 Records of the Sacramento Indian Agency, CA
Textual Records (in San Francisco): Correspondence of Superintendents LaFayette Dorrington, 1911-26, and Roy Nash, 1925-42. Letters sent by the superintendent, 1924-45. Appropriation ledgers, 1922-42. Disbursements and receipts ledger, 1931-34. Register of land allotments, 1906-28. Central Valley project records, ca. 1930-34. Individual Indian check register, 1918-28. Individual Indian money (IIM) ledgers, 1918- 45. Special deposits ledger, 1923-47. Rancheria rehabilitation project plans, 1939-42. Case records of relocation, education, and employment assistance, 1926-46. Roads project case records, 1936-45. Records of the Associate Road Engineer, 1937-45. Records of the Indian Emergency Conservation Work program and the Civilian Conservation Corps-Indian Division, 1933-43. Records of Indian organizations, 1936-46. Special Officer's law enforcement subject records, 1940-44, and case and final disposition reports, 1935-42. Correspondence of the Agricultural Extension Agent, 1936-42. Indian relief and rehabilitation program records, 1936- 42. Economic and social survey cards, 1933-34. Records relating to Indian income reports, 1940-41. Welfare financial assistance cards, ca. 1930-38. Reports and letters sent by the Alturas Clinic, 1935-37. Record of patients, 1933-37. Superintendent's education correspondence, 1923-30. Correspondence of the Educational Field Agent, 1930-38. Records of the Supervisor of Indian Education, including correspondence, 1928-30; administrative subject records, ca. 1929-32; school inspection records, 1929-34; inspection background data and correspondence, 1928-34; and Indian student drawings and designs, 1929-31. Indian day school records, 1923-32. Student case records, ca. 1933-45. School census cards, 1920-40. Public school records, 1923-37; public school inspection and attendance reports, 1928-38; and public school attendance records, 1918-34, including attendance cards, ca. 1931. Records, 1935, relating to Indian Reorganization Act of 1934. Supplement to census roll of California Indians, 1928.
Architectural and Engineering Plans (55 items, in San Francisco): Buildings within agency jurisdiction, ca. 1928-42. SEE ALSO 75.26.
Photographs (15 images, in San Francisco): Portions of the Weimar and Wish-I-ah Tuberculosis Hospitals, CA, ca. 1937. SEE ALSO 75.29.
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75.19.100 Records of the Salt River Indian Agency, AZ
Textual Records (in Los Angeles): Program correspondence, 1930-90. Land right-of-way files, 1990. Tribal resolutions and minutes, 1941-72, 1976-89.
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75.19.101 Records of the San Carlos Apache Indian Agency, AZ
Textual Records: (in Denver) Individual Indian money (IIM) posting records, 1942-58.
Textual Records (in Los Angeles): Program Correspondence, 1900-69. Central subject files, 1913-52. Census rolls, 1898, 1914-19, 1923-52. Muster rolls, 1877-1927. Records of Agricultural Extension Agent L. B. Miller, 1929-33. Individual Indian money (IIM) ledgers, 1941-46. Letters sent by the superintendent of the Rice Station Boarding School, 1900-4. Tribal corporate chapters, 1932-89. Tribal council meetings, 1939-90. Tribal resolutions, 1939-91. Tribal budgets and allotments, 1952-78. Tribal membership rolls and death records prior to May 1995.
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75.19.102 Records of the Seminole Indian Agency, FL
Textual Records (in Atlanta): General correspondence, 1934-52.
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75.19.103 Records of the Shawnee (Sac and Fox) Agency, OK
Textual Records (in Fort Worth): Records of predecessor agencies, including records of the Osage River Agency, 1850; and correspondence and reports of the Sac and Fox Agency in Kansas and Indian Territory, 1855-82. Decimal files, 1900-60. Probate case files, 1900-84. Appropriation ledgers, 1926-43. Allotment ledgers, 1941-46. General ledgers, 1937-43. Absentee Shawnee census rolls, 1915-38. Citizen Potawatomi census rolls, 1929-57. Iowa census rolls, 1922-38. Mexican Kickapoo census rolls, 1931-37. Sac and Fox census rolls, 1928-39. Tribal census rolls, 1915-39. Annuity payrolls and per capita payments, 1888-91, 1960, 1967. Tribal census rolls, 1920-37. Appeals for tribal membership, 1964-88. Potawatomi allotment list, 1891. Birth, death, and enrollment records, 1922-38. Family history sheets for Citizen Band Potawatomi, 1916-29. Civil War claims case files, 1926-31. Sac and Fox and Shawnee marriage cards, 1929. Records relating to individual Indian money (IIM), including IIM files, 1900-40; ledger sheets, 1917-46; and record of loan payments, 1938-47. School census records, 1923-41. Records relating to extension and relief, including annual reports, 1932-41; correspondence and reports, 1926-37; Indian credit association records, 1937-53; and family surveys, 1922. Case files of the social worker, 1934-45. Records of the road foreman, 1936-40. Operations files and other records of the Civilian Conservation Corps-Indian Division, 1939- 42. Records of the Tribal Operations Office, including office files of the Director, 1920-50; Citizen Potawatomi tribal records, 1915-63; Sac and Fox tribal records, 1914-40; and absentee Shawnee tribal records, 1910-58. Land alloment files, 1890-1986. Land allotment worksheets, 1929-32. Records relating to recovery of Kickapoo allotments, 1911-22. Land case files, 1955-63. Realty Branch budget files, 1961-65. Farming and grazing lease files, 1913-65. Oil and gas lease sale correspondence, 1926-65; and lease case files, 1913-62.
Textual Records (in Oklahoma City): General records, including letters sent, 1874-1919; subject file, 1838-1939; and census rolls, 1874-1924. Records relating to agency funds, 1853-1929. Individual Indian money (IIM) files, 1874-1923. Records relating to schools, 1860-1932. Records relating to agricultural and grazing leases, 1855-1919. Miscellaneous records, 1851-1932.
Maps (20 items, in Fort Worth): Road and bridge projects, 1939- 40. SEE ALSO 75.26.
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75.19.104 Records of the Shiprock Indian Agency, NM
Textual Records (in Denver): Canceled grazing permits, 1940-80. Employment assistance case files, 1957-63, 1965.
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75.19.105 Records of the Sisseton Indian Agency, SD
Textual Records (in Kansas City): General correspondence, 1891- 1955. Annual reports, 1920-31. Agency financial records, 1908-20, 1937-41, 1952-59. Probate correspondence and heirship records, 1914. Census rolls, 1906-43. Scout and soldier payrolls, 1893. Indian language newspapers, 1897-1900. Plat book, 1923. Records of farm leases, 1920-40. Realty contract ledgers, 1927-54, and lease files, 1952-56. Land description ledgers, 1888-1918. Extension planning and repayment files, 1935-36. School censuses, general records, and correspondence, 1915-52. Student records, 1930-31. Annuity payrolls, 1893-1934. Land allotment records, 1875, 1888. Reimbursable sales ledgers, 1930-41. Individual Indian money (IIM) ledgers and check copies, 1915-62. Claims correspondence, 1910-37. Rehabilitation files, 1939. Industrial survey, 1922. Welfare case files, 1937-65. Law and order files, 1942-58. Works Progress Administration and Work Projects Administration correspondence and progress reports, 1934-42. Tribal council financial records, 1954-57.
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75.19.106 Records of the Soboba Indian Agency, CA
Textual Records (in Los Angeles): General correspondence, 1910- 20. Numbered correspondence, 1919-20. Statistical reports, 1913- 20.
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75.19.107 Records of the Southeast Agency, AK
Textual Records (in Anchorage): Employment assistance case files, 1960-68.
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75.19.108 Records of the Southern Apache Indian Agency, NM
Textual Records: Letters sent and received, 1873-78. Cashbook, 1875-77. Ledger, 1871-74. Statements of accounts current and abstracts of disbursements, 1874-75. Record of certified vouchers issued, 1871-78.
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75.19.109 Records of the Southern California Indian Agency, CA
Textual Records (in Los Angeles): Land plat books, 1906-54. Employment assistance subject files, 1965-72. Census of Mission Indians, 1890. Tribal relations, 1893-1972. Tribal elections, 1947-72.
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75.19.110 Records of the Southern Pueblos Agency, NM
Textual Records (in Denver): General correspondence, 1911-35. Agency farmer's reports and records relating to supplies and maintenance, 1914-24. Card index to Indian students, 1924. Monthly record of patients received, 1914-34. Admission book of reservation and school patients, 1940-45. Birth and death certificates, 1918-20. Records relating to allotments, schools, issuances, and purchases, 1909-28. Appropriation ledgers, 1917-33. Law enforcement case files, 1956-84.
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75.19.111 Records of the Special Agency of Nevada, NV
Textual Records (in San Francisco): Letters sent, 1869-71.
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75.19.112 Records of the Spokane Indian Agency, WA
Textual Records (in Seattle): Timber cutting permits, 1959-67. Student case files, 1973. Tribal council minutes, 1939-69.
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75.19.113 Records of the Standing Rock Indian Agency, ND
Textual Records (in Kansas City): Correspondence, 1883-1966. Agency farmers records, 1898-1903. Telephone and telegraph records, 1915-18. Personnel records, 1877-1905, and correspondence regarding employment, 1913. Payrolls of Indian freighters, 1894-98. Financial records, 1882-1961. Property returns and reports, 1884-1915. Tract books and township plats, 1908. Land sales ledger, 1912-48, and land sale and lease records, 1908-13. Permittee cards, 1941-46. Pony payment roll, 1893. Project survey books, 1934-37. Cattle contracts and related records, 1915-16. Cattle enterprises agreements and reports, 1939-54. Cattle sales program subject file, 1947-55. Grazing permits, 1914-42, and lease case files, 1939-46. Probate and heirship records, 1908-15. Range unit case files, 1962-66. Records relating to censuses, 1884-1939. Vital statistics records, 1916-39. Clinical records from Standing Rock Hospital, ca. 1949-52. Records relating to education and schools, 1884- 1928. Ration issue records, 1879-1907. Annuity payrolls, 1904-22, and annuity payroll withdrawal notes, 1898-1910. Trust fund applications and related records, 1920-38. Certifications of those receiving Sioux Fund interest, 1894, and Sioux benefits records, 1901-19. Per capita payment records, 1908, 1918-22, 1936-62. Records relating to industrial and social surveys, 1922- 33. Individual Indian money (IIM) ledgers, 1925-63, and posting and control files, 1950-63. IIM accounts and case files, 1911-57. Indian police force records, 1881-1901. Court of Indian Offenses case files, 1915-26. Indian fair records, 1915-31. Tribal council minutes, n.d., and results of tribal elections, 1934-35.
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75.19.114 Records of the Taholah Indian Agency, WA
Textual Records (in Seattle): Letters sent, 1908-26. Superintendent's correspondence, 1926-50. Accounting records, 1917-54, including individual Indian money (IIM) files. Probate records, 1914-18, 1941-50. Records of land and timber allotment, 1925-33. Forestry records, 1910-52, including records of timber sales, 1915-47. Records of Civilian Conservation Corps-Indian Division projects, 1935-48. Road construction records, 1915-50. Fishing industry correspondence, 1908-45. Records of the tribal council, 1936-50. Birth and death records, ca, 1915-46. Law and order correspondence and reports, 1908-52. Records of the field nurse, 1930-50. Records of the Indian Relief and Rehabilitation program, 1936-41. School attendance reports, 1923-27. Records of the Neah Bay Subagency, including forestry correspondence, 1922- 33; accounting records, 1918-38; fragmentary minutes of village and tribal councils for Makah, Neah Bay, and Quinault, 1903-32; birth and death records, 1901-33; and records of the Court of Indian Offenses, 1921-36.
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75.19.115 Records of the Tama Indian Agency, IA
Textual Records (in Chicago): Letters sent, 1899-1926. Correspondence with Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1899-1926; and with other Indian agencies, 1916-42. Miscellaneous correspondence, 1907-30. Decimal correspondence, 1913-47. Annual narrative and statistical reports and related records, 1910-25. Record of employees, 1895-1923. Draft registration cards, 1917- 18. Appropriations ledger, 1918-39. Registers of vouchers, 1919- 34; individual Indian checks, 1918-34; and checks issued, 1917- 39. Financial records of the Indian Relief and Rehabilitation program, 1935-46. Estate files, 1912-40. Individual Indian files, 1917-47. Claims against Indians, 1911-13. Records of the Fox Cooperative Tractor Co., 1937-47. Herd records, 1915-27. Records relating to patients, 1914-42. General records of the Indian Relief and Rehabilitation program, 1935-41. Index to tribal school children, 1932-35. Records relating to the Sac and Fox Schools, 1915-27. General, administrative, and fiscal records of the Civilian Conservation Corps-Indian Division, Tama Unit, 1933- 42.
Maps (52 items, in Chicago): Buildings on the Tama Reservation, 1896-1939. SEE ALSO 75.26.
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75.19.116 Records of the Tomah Indian Agency, WI
Textual Records (in Chicago): Death certificates, 1925-34. Decimal correspondence, 1926-50. Records relating to emergency conservation work, 1933-37. Appropriation ledgers, 1918-41. Records relating to rehabilitation and land acquisition programs, 1934-35.
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75.19.117 Records of the Tongue River Indian Agency, MT
Textual Records (in Denver): Land allotment register, 1929.
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75.19.118 Records of the Truxton Cañon Indian Agency, AZ
Textual Records (in Los Angeles): Letters sent, 1899-1913. Program correspondence, 1886-1980. Superintendents' correspondence, 1912-20. Central subject files, ca. 1897-1951. Registers of fiscal accounts, 1900-33. Right of way files, 1950-71. "General Journal" of the Moapa Tribal Cooperative Enterprise, 1942-47. Tribal elections, 1967-91. Educational loan fund case files, 1920-45.
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75.19.119 Records of the Tulalip Indian Agency, WA
Textual Records (in Seattle): Letters sent and received, 1878- 1915. Correspondence, 1909-28. Decimal correspondence, 1926-52. Superintendent's official diary, 1909-13. Annual reports, 1863- 1943. Loan agreements and other records relating to loans, 1925- 52. Individual Indian money (IIM) records, 1910-42. Tribal funds ledger, 1939-49. Tribal census rolls, 1890-1929. Records of births and deaths, 1897-1949. Records of tribal councils, 1925- 52. Records of the Tulalip Court of Indian Offenses, 1907-47. School census records, 1890-1950. School reports, 1880-1925. Records of the forestry program, including correspondence, 1911- 48; operations files, 1917-37; timber contracts, 1918-48; and timber cut records, 1911-50. Records relating to land use, including records of the Elwha Valley Community Project, 1937-43; records of the Lummi Dike Project, 1926-50; and road construction project files, 1920-39. Accounting records, 1861-1908. Allotment ledger summaries, 1941-48.
Photographs (150 images, in Seattle): Road construction, in scrapbook, 1938. SEE ALSO 75.29.
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75.19.120 Records of the Tule River Agency, CA
Textual Records (in San Francisco): Superintendent's correspondence, 1921-23. Annual reports, 1920-23. Appropriation ledgers, 1920-24. Financial and accounting records, 1915-23. Tribal census, 1897-1936. School records, 1915-23. Medical records and vital statistics, 1919-38. Law and order correspondence, 1921-22. Hearing notices of heirs, 1916-23. Personnel reports, 1913-23.
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75.19.121 Records of the Turtle Mountain Agency, ND
Textual Records (in Kansas City): Miscellaneous letters sent, 1889-1914. General correspondence, 1904-28. Decimal correspondence, 1922-50. Telegrams, 1911-13. Personal diary, 1923-26. Annual reports, 1911-26. Memos to employees, 1934-38. Buildings reports, 1910-14. Road easement records, 1913-17, 1938- 45. Heirship records, 1911-26. Census records, 1884-1928, 1935, 1937; vital statistics, 1906-52; and family record books, 1905-8. Medical records, including a trachoma survey, 1923; case files, 1950; and student nurse training files, 1945-48. Land records, including allotment case files, rolls, and record books, 1896- 1929; land patents, 1904-22; lease cards, 1911-47; survey field notes, 1905; and files documenting sales, 1913-29, and acquisition and exchange, 1925-28, 1940-45. Annuity files, 1904- 15. Guardhouse register, 1906-13. Records of welfare programs, 1939-42, 1948-50. Drought relief survey, 1931-32; records of the rehabilitation program, 1935-39; and submarginal land program files, 1934-35. Civilian Conservation Corps proposals and reports, 1935-36. Individual Indian money (IIM) ledgers and index, 1911-44, 1953-55. IIM ledgers and index, 1911-44, 1953-55. Enrollment records, 1902-8, 1937-38. Records of the tribal court, 1896-1930, 1941. Tribal election ballots, 1935, 1943.
Photographs (14 items, in Kansas City): Agency buildings, 1931. SEE ALSO 75.29.
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75.19.122 Records of the Uintah and Ouray Indian Agency, UT
Textual Records (in Denver): Letters sent, 1913-14. Miscellaneous correspondence, reports, and other records, 1897-1952. Agency correspondence and reports relating to Civilian Conservation Corps - Indian Division projects, 1935-40. Records relating to allotment, lease, inheritance, and sale of Indian lands, 1905-41. Annual reports, 1916-33. Registers of Indian families, 1904-5, and of births and deaths, 1922-27. Statements of receipts and disbursements by the agency, 1892-1917. Individual Indian money (IIM) ledgers, 1910-513 . Tribal vouchers, 1943-52. Tribal and individual Indian money purchase orders, 1947-53. Annuities rolls, 1921-49. Health registers maintained by U.S. Indian Medical Service physicians, 1920-35. Agency economic and social survey, 1934. Reports of the Kaibab Day School, 1910-29. Register of births and deaths at the Shivwitts School, Santa Clara, UT, 1915- 26. Road survey books and field notes, 1936-89. Road construction project files, 1920-89.
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75.19.123 Records of the Umatilla Indian Agency, OR
Textual Records (in Seattle): Letters sent, 1880-1911, and received, 1862-1915. Field office history files, 1900. Superintendent's subject files, 1909-39. Records of forestry and timber sales, 1911-75. Land allotment and probate records, 1894-1917. Grazing leases, 1894-1940. Records of Civilian Conservation Corps-Indian Division projects, 1938-42. Records of a 1925 industrial survey, and census records, 1870- 1940. Tribal census records, 1898-1960. Medical records, 1883-1901. Accounting records, 1907-33.Individual Indian money (IIM) ledger sheets and posting and control records, 1918-45, 1953-54. Birth, death, and marriage records, 1902-30. Records of court testimony, 1897-1914. Attorney contracts, 1940-70. Tribal council and Celilo Fish Committee records, 1907-18, 1947. Board of Trustees/Council minutes and resolutions, 1927-76. School attendance records, 1893-1921. School censuses and vital statistics, 1925-50. Records relating to fishing rights on the Columbia River and the Dalles Dam Agreement, ca. 1890-1950.
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75.19.124 Records of the Union Indian Agency, OK
Textual Records (in Fort Worth): Account book of the Union Agency, 1876-78; the Choctaw National Treasurer, 1868-77; and the Creek Nation, 1905-11. Journals of House of Kings, Creek Nation, 1895-97, 1899.
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75.19.125 Records of the United Pueblos Indian Agency, NM
Textual Records (in Denver): General correspondence, 1935-77 . Branch of Education correspondence relating to Pueblo day schools, 1944-49. Northern Pueblos Agency general correspondence, 1933-36. Records concerning the Southwest Superintendents' Council, 1937-49. Records of the Interdepartmental Rio Grande Board concerning the Rio Grande watershed, 1937-42. Mission correspondence relating to tribal education and development programs, 1935-56. Census rolls of New Mexico Pueblos, 1941-63. Records relating to tribal enrollment and land grants, 1945-59. Employment assistance case files, 1968. Individual Indian money (IIM) vouchers, 1949-59. Permanent school census cards, 1936-61. Tribal law and order regulations and legislation, 1917-36. Tribal budget and finance records, 1961-64. School census cards, 1936-61. Newspapers clippings, 1966-76.
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75.19.126 Records of Upper Lake-Ukiah Agency, CA
Textual Records (in San Francisco): Press copies of Superintendent's letters to the Commissioner, 1910-11. Records of receipts and disbursements, 1909-11.
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75.19.127 Records of Vermilion Lake Agency, MN
Textual Records (in Kansas City): Chronological correspondence, 1905-8. Correspondence with the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1917-19. Alphabetical correspondence, 1917-19. Annual reports, 1917-19. Employee register cards, 1917. Reservation census, 1906. Applications for admission to Vermilion Lake School, 1910-1918.
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75.19.128 Records of the Volcan Indian Agency, CA
Textual Records (in Los Angeles): Correspondence, 1907-13.
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75.19.129 Records of the Walker River Indian Agency, NV
Textual Records (in San Francisco): Subject files, 1911-43. Administrative files, 1915-20. Official and unofficial correspondence, 1915-23. Press copies of letters sent, 1889-1913. Letters received, 1892-1912. Financial records, 1908-40. Records of employees, 1909-16. Personnel folders, 1911-31. Payroll records, 1928-32. Records of the 1908 census, 1908. Reservation allotment records, 1902. Allotments and tribal lands records, 1913-41. Health and sanitary records, 1897-1910.
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75.19.130 Records of the Warm Springs Indian Agency, OR
Textual Records (in Seattle): Letters sent, 1869-1914, and received, 1867-1908. Superintendent's subject files, 1908-59. Correspondence relating to Burns Colony Paiutes, 1912-47. Accounting records, 1876-1951. Records relating to land allotment, survey, and sales, ca. 1912-57. Records of forestry and timber sales, ca. 1912-52. Irrigation program records, 1936- 52. Individual Indian money (IIM) ledgers, 1918-65. Records of Civilian Conservation Corps-Indian Division projects, 1934-42. Tribal cattle project records, 1930-46. Road construction project records, 1933-50. Census records, 1880-1934, and census records for Burns Colony, 1929-46. Tribal council minutes, 1934-51. Tribal court records, 1900-34. Records of the agency physician, 1900-20, and of the field matron, 1916-22. School reports, 1891- 1915.
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75.19.131 Records of the Western Navajo Indian Agency, AZ
Textual Records (in Los Angeles): Letters sent, 1902-17. Report of expenditures under Office of Indian Affairs authorities, 1907- 8. Purchase orders, 1907-9. Employment assistance case files, 1953-69. Employment assistance case files for Page, 1968-75; Leupp, 1972-75; Kayenta, 1971-75; and Tuba City, 1953-75. Relocation Program Files, 1956-80. Housing improvement program files, 1979-88. Land Operations subject files, 1941-87. Tribal minutes and resolutions, 1967-87.
Textual Records (in Denver): Range unit records, 1944-58.
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75.19.132 Records of the Western Shoshone Indian Agency, NV
Textual Records (in San Francisco): Administrative files, 1900- 44. Coded program records of the Superintendent, 1926-51. Agency diaries, 1907-12. Circulars, 1875-1951. Correspondence, 1869- 1952. Individual Indian money (IIM) records, 1948-51. Records of authorities, 1890-1918. Financial and accounting records, 1900- 14. Supply correspondence, 1901-18. Records of employees, 1883- 1916. Credit records and purchase orders, 1941-44. Land correspondence, 1905-18. Land assignments index, 1943. Indian agricultural affidavits for enrollments, 1931. Occupation wage survey, 1950. Statistical reports of Western Shoshone and others, 1870-73. Miscellaneous livestock reports, 1915-50. Indian cattle brand books, 1935-43. Extension reports, 1932-49. Road program records, 1923-44. Physical survey records, 1942-44. Hospital records, 1931-35. Civilian Conservation Corps-Indian Division coded files, 1935-43. School correspondence and records, 1912-30. Student registers and attendance records, 1899-1931.
Maps (12 items, in San Francisco): State line plats, 1909 (4 items). Township plats, and Sewell water rights plat maps, 1875- 1923 (8 items). SEE ALSO 75.26.
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75.19.133 Records of the Western Washington Indian Agency, WA
Textual Records (in Seattle): Superintendent's subject correspondence, 1950-68. Accounting records, 1944-55. Realty reports and land sale and lease records, 1949-69. Records relating to the Lummi Diking Project, 1953-66. Timber sale records, 1951-58. Individual Indian money (IIM) records, 1950-71. Applications for the Muckleshoot per capita payment, 1968. Administrative reports of the relocation and employment assistance program and individual case files, 1957-71. Correspondence of the Tribal Operations Branch, ca. 1934-69. Enrollment applications for Quileute, Squaxin Island, Hoh, and Skokomish tribes, 1966-75. Attorney contract case files, 1928-69. Law enforcement records, 1952-68. Trader's license case files, 1951-58. Records of education summer programs, 1962-71.
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75.19.134 Records of the White Earth Indian Agency, MN
Textual Records (in Chicago): Correspondence with the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, consisting of letters sent, 1885- 1914, and received, 1878-79. Letters sent to the U.S. District Attorney at St. Paul, 1907-8. Letters sent concerning land, 1907- 14; heirships, 1914; and education, 1907-8. Miscellaneous letters sent, 1878-80, 1883-85, 1891-1914. Letters received from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1908-14, with registers, 1892-1908, 1913-20. General correspondence, 1885-1922. Stubs of certificates to accompany applications for land certificates, 1875-88. Applications for allotments, 1892-98. Allotment schedules, ca. 1901-15. Indexes to names of allottees, ca. 1906. Records relating to investigation of allotments, 1909. Logging contracts, 1890-1908. Timber contracts, 1914. Certificates of completion of timber contracts, ca. 1914-17. "Pencil Rolls" for annuity payments, 1881-99. Annuity payment rolls, 1880-1907. Receipt rolls for goods issued to Indians, 1874-85. Issue books, 1881-95. Applications for lumber, 1901-2. Reports of field matrons, 1910-15. Medical reports, 1895-96, 1910-16. Death certificates, 1903-7. Police and court records, 1902-7. Police records, 1908-14. Rosters of employees, 1883-1909. Cashbooks, 1875-78, 1881-1907. Record of receipts and disbursements, 1907- 11. School reports, 1898-1916. Applications for enrollment in non-reservation schools, 1907-18. School census reports, ca. 1914-18. Reports of attendance of Indian pupils in public schools, 1914-18. Completed questionnaires concerning former students, ca. 1914-15; and school facilities, 1914-15. Miscellaneous school forms, 1886-1918. Letters received by the Wild Rice River Boarding School, 1905-15. Letter book of Nicodemus B. Hurr, principal of the Pine Point School, 1909-10. Records of the White Earth Boarding School, 1910-17. Correspondence of Special Agent John H. Hinton, 1910-14. Records of examiners of inheritance, 1911-21. Records of the Chippewa Commission, 1889-1900.
Textual Records (in Kansas City): General correspondence and reports, 1895-1934, including letters received, 1901-9; correspondence with the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1910-22; agency central subject file, 1895-1922; annual reports, 1910-22; and miscellaneous records relating to the work of the Chippewa Commission, 1888-1900. Personnel records, 1908-42. Records of supplies and property, 1907-19. Legal records, 1914-22, including heirship fee reports and related records, 1921-22. Financial records, 1908-22, including abstracts of cash disbursements, 1908-18. Land records, 1871-1921, including records of land allotments, 1892-1921; records of surveys and appraisals, 1871- 1921; land use records, 1910-20; land transaction records, 1902- 18, including leases, indentures, and records of sale; and records of roads and railways, 1904. Records of Individual Indian money (IIM), 1908-22. Records of tribal benefits, 1913-21. A register of families, 1901, and thumbprint cards, 1912. Records of health and social programs, 1901-22, including a 1906 housing survey; records of births, deaths, and marriages, 1904-22; records of physicians and community workers, 1912-21; and records of reimbursable transactions, 1914-22. Records of education, 1909-22, including correspondence, 1918-22; Pine Point Day School pupil exercises, 1922; and reports and schedules, 1916-22. Records of the Chippewa Tribal Council relating to suspensions of band membership, 1911-12.
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75.19.135 Records of the Wind River Indian Agency, WY
Textual Records (in Denver): Letters sent and received by the superintendent, 1907-10. Superintendent's official diary, 1907- 12. General administrative files, 1890-1960. Annual reports, 1890-1909. Financial records, 1899-1971 . Records relating to land allotments, 1896-1946. Records relating to agricultural activities, 1898-1941. Grazing permit case files and related correspondence, 1910-70 . Correspondence and reports relating to grazing, wildlife, and range conditions, 1935-63. Correspondence and other records relating to irrigation projects,1905-57 . Reimbursable sales ledger and control sheets, 1915-50. Tribal census records, 1894-1907. Records relating to the Arapaho, 1908-49. Record of criminal commitments, hearings, and trials, 1914-25. Indian health reports, 1889-1912. Indian issue books, 1900-19. Record of ration issues, 1912-34. Records relating to Indian schools, 1893-1926. Student case records of the Genoa, NE, Boarding School, 1917-33. Records supporting timber sale contracts, 1958-63. Individual Indian money (IIM) ledgers, 1939-66. Employment assistance case files, 1957-63. Payroll deductions, 1975-76. Tribal time sheets, per diem, and check reports, 1965-70. Tribal council and meeting files, 1935-59. Correspondence relating to tribal land tracts, 1940-46. Road cost and accounting reports, 1946-56. Law enforcement case files and reports, 1907- 69. Tribal censuses, 1931-58. Tribal attorney contracts, 1956-67. Official receipts, 1936-56. Planning files for reservation developments, with interfiled photographs, 1927-41. Field survey notebooks, 1933-41. Judgment fund lists, 1940-41. Mixed per capita payment records, 1945-67. Soil surveys and cost reports, with interfiled aerial photographs, 1933-53. Land lease case files, 1916-85. Survey books, 1932-52. Correspondence and reports relating to tribal irrigation projects, 1928-60. Tribal trust accounts general ledger, 1945-66. Records relating to irrigation and water rights, 1920-51. Individual applications and U.S. Treasurer check copies, 1963-70. Range Unit leases, 1934-56. Credit operations reports, 1955-57. Irrigation project plans, 1930-49. Reports and correspondence relating to leases and irrigation projects, 1920-48. Tribal land allotment and appraisal records, 1904-29. Tribal range assignment records, 1943-56. Irrigation operation and maintenance records, 1920-50. Tribal budgets, vouchers, and receipts, 1954-59. Miscellaneous correspondence, 1901-39. Subject files relating to general administrative matters, 1957-59. Records relating to tribal council affairs, 1915-39, 1955. Catalog of Dinwoody artifacts, 1939. Per capita payments, 1954-58. Individual Indian money (IIM) ledgers and related records, 1939-68 . Records supporting timber sales contracts,1944-63. Irrigation engineering data files, with interfiled drawings, maps, and photographs, 1905-67. Land allotment and assignment records, 1891-1958. Irrigation project planning records, 1905-63. Reports relating to Wind River irrigation projects, 1913-58. Minutes of meetings of the Leclair Ditch Association, 1911. Project soil surveys, range surveys, and agricultural reports, with interfiled photographs, 1915-55. Reservation land allotment tract books, 1905-10. Program mission correspondence, 1910-67. Per capita payment ledgers, 1898-1956. Per capita payment lists, 1960-65, 1973-75. IIM and special deposits, 1953. Piezometer readings and related data created from soil and compression studies, 1961-62. Records relating to the Arapaho Ranch, 1940-69. Employment assistance case files, 1957-63. Statement of receipts, cash, property, and disbursements at the Shoshone Agency, 1897-1910. Record of employees at the Shoshone Agency, 1907-22.
Maps (4,002 items, in Denver): Allotment, irrigation, soil classification, and topographic maps, 1920-67 (4,000 items). Proposed road construction projects at South Fork and Trout Creek locations, 1961 (2 items). SEE ALSO 75.26.
Architectural and Engineering Plans (3,666 items, in Denver): Topographic layouts of drainage and irrigation projects, 1874- 1967 (3,563 items). Land ownership and allotments, 1915-48 (40 items). Proposed road construction projects at South Fork and Trout Creek locations, 1935-61 (63 items). SEE ALSO 75.26.
Photographs (1,800 images, in Denver): Miscellaneous views, 1898- 1930; Indian dwellings and their inhabitants, 1920-35; and agricultural extension activities on Wind River Reservation, 1934-53 (300 images). Reservation projects, structures, and personnel, 1915-45 (1,500 images). SEE ALSO 75.29.
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75.19.136 Records of the Winnebago Indian Agency, NE
Textual Records (in Kansas City): Letters sent transmitting deeds, 1909-13; subject file, 1900-25; and general correspondence, 1922-40. Agency financial records, 1904-55. Land records, 1867-40, including surveyors field notes 1875, 1915; records of land sales, 1903-25, and leases, 1895-1940; records of land allotment, 1885-96; and crop reports, 1924-39. Santee Reservation pay book, 1874. Tract books, 1872-1940. Probate files, 1922-40, and heirship findings, 1899-1915. Omaha, Santee, Ponca, Flandreau, and Winnebago censuses and listings, 1869-1928. Santee, Winnebago, and Ponca family registers and vital statistics, 1863-1906, and Santee and Ponca vital statistics, 1937-47. Birth and death register, 1900-26. Roll of Santee Sioux, 1927. Santee and Omaha school censuses, 1896-1916; and day school subject file, 1925-35. Civilian Conservation Corps correspondence, 1933-43. Omaha, Santee, Ponca, Flandreau, and Winnebago annuity payrolls and related correspondence, 1861-1926. Records of annuity, per capita, and tribal fund payments, 1897- 1921. Welfare case files and related records, 1936-49. Social and economic survey cards, 1934. Individual Indian money (IIM) ledgers and related posting and control records, 1908-46; IIM case files, 1926-44. Tribal financial reports, 1939-40. Minutes of Omaha tribal council meetings, 1939-42.
Maps (43 items, in Kansas City): Township maps and plats, 1867-76 (40 items). Winnebago Reservation road system, n.d. (3 items). SEE ALSO 75.26.
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75.19.137 Records of the Yakima Indian Agency, WA
Textual Records (in Seattle): Letters sent, 1878-1914, and received, 1894-1908. Superintendent's subject correspondence, 1908-67. Records of the field aide at The Dalles, OR, relating to enrolled Indian people living on public domain lands along the Columbia River, 1939-49. Records of the Court of Indian Offenses, 1903-20, and Indian Police records, 1879-1942. Records relating to the Dalles Dam Settlement and agency accounting and irrigation charge records, 1897-1955. Individual Indian money (IIM) accounting records, 1908-45. Narrative and statistical accounts, 1928-55. Inherited interest cards, 1945-67. Grazing leases and permits, 1910-58, 1970 .Forestry and timber sales records, 1913-71. Records of land allotment and sales, 1900-54. Land conveyance files, 1970. Road construction project records,1951-65. Right-of-way case files, 1970. Records of Civilian Conservation Corps-Indian Division projects, 1935-39. Tribal census rolls, 1880-1940. Birth and death records, 1909-64. Tribal council minutes and correspondence, 1897-1957. Employment assistance case files, 1959-70. Hospital reports, 1912-40. School correspondence and reports, 1912-21. Student case files, 1974.
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75.19.138 Records of the Yankton Agency, SD
Textual Records (in Kansas City): Decimal correspondence, 1926- 33. Land tract book, 1936. School correspondence, 1926-34. Individual Indian money (IIM) case files, 1924-32.
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75.19.139 Records of the Zuni Indian Agency, NM
Textual Records (in Denver): Letters sent, 1899-1927, and received, 1904-27. Reports, correspondence, and other records, 1904-35. General correspondence, 1926-35. Zuni Boarding School student record book, 1906-11. Individual Indian money (IIM) ledger sheets, 1933-34. Record of births, deaths, and illnesses ("Sanitary Record"), 1900-10. Register of employees, 1905-6.
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75.20 RECORDS OF INDIAN SCHOOLS
1871-1985
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75.20.1 Records of the Albuquerque Indian School, NM
Textual Records (in Denver): Letters sent, 1886-87. General correspondence, 1917-36. Nongraduated students' school folders, 1886-1954. Monthly record of students treated, 1925-33. Student case files, 1909-64.
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75.20.2 Records of the Cantonment Agency and School, OK
Textual Records (in Fort Worth, except as noted): Reports on agency and school buildings, with accompanying photographs, ca. 1916. Payroll vouchers for employees, 1921-27. Allotment schedules, n.d. Record of sales of allotted lands, ca. 1901-31. Record of unpaid annuities, 1922. Abstracts of individual Indian bank accounts, 1918-25. Register of bonds sold to Indians, 1919- 24. Individual Indian money (IIM) ledger cards, 1918-24. Index to births and deaths, ca. 1926. Records (in Oklahoma City), consisting of correspondence, 1885-1932; and fiscal and accounting records, 1885-1932.
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75.20.3 Records of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School,
Carlisle, PA
Textual Records: Letters sent, 1900-1, with index, ca. 1905. Registers of pupils, 1890-1906. Consecutive record of pupils enrolled, 1905-18. Student records, 1879-1918, with indexes. Student record cards, 1879-1918. Student information cards, 1879- 1918. Enrollment cards, ca. 1897-1913. Attendance books, 1884-91. Enrollment status book, 1898-1902. Data concerning former students, ca. 1898. Register of applications for student workers, 1885-90. Registers of "outings," 1881-87, 1912-18. Ledgers for student savings accounts, 1890-1918. Journals for payments to boys, 1908-12; and YMCA account, 1910-14. Minutes of the Invincible Debating Society, 1894-1918. Address book for home letters, ca. 1894. Register of visitors, 1909-17. Records of sewing room supplies and products, 1901-8; and issue of goods, 1905-6. Time books for employees, 1907-10, 1917-18. Statements of receipts and disbursements, 1879-99. Records of receipts and disbursements under various funds and appropriations, 1907-17. Analyzed liabilities and vouchered expenditures, 1916-17. Appropriation ledger, 1917-18. Cash and check registers, 1917-18.
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75.20.4 Records of the Carson/Stewart Indian School, NV
Textual Records (in San Francisco): Coded files, 1911-44. Administrative files, 1914-24. Education Division records, 1924- 47. Correspondence with other agencies and schools, 1911-23. Letters received from Walker River, 1902-7. Stewart School correspondence, 1949-56. Individual student files, 1919-62. Enrollment records, 1931. Issue books, 1898-1913. Navajo program records, including administrative records, 1948-57, and student files, 1947-58. Employee records, 1890-1923. E.C.A. store invoices, 1943.
Sound Recordings (500 items, in San Francisco): Soundscriber records of the Navajo school program, 1950-54.
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75.20.5 Records of Carter Seminary, OK
Textual Records (in Fort Worth): Office files of the principal, 1923-40. Student case files, 1917-70. Record of receipts and disbursements, 1916-17; and appropriations, 1917-34. Register of disbursement vouchers, 1919-30. Register of checks issued, 1921- 34. Records of the Special Disbursing Agent, including correspondence, 1913-37; "chronological files," 1915-28; cash books, 1897-1910; accounts, 1900-15; abstracts of disbursements, 1911-14; operating registers, 1919-33; appropriation ledgers, 1918-43; record of authorities, 1907-33; and allotment ledgers, 1941-48. Records relating to individual Indian money (IIM), including bank accounts, 1904-13; ledgers and ledger sheets of IIM, 1908-36; abstracts of bank accounts, 1911-13; and abstracts of IIM and special deposits, 1919-42. Records relating to property, including property returns, 1901-7; public property reports, 1917-26; school property inventories, 1917-26; estimates of goods and supplies, 1928-49; contracts, 1911-26; and farming and grazing leases, 1907-35. Correspondence, specifications, reports, and other records relating to construction projects, 1930-42. Student case files, 1952-81.
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75.20.6 Records of the Chamberlain Indian School, Chamberlain, SD
Textual Records (in Kansas City): "Blotter," 1907-9. Registers of pupils, 1901-6. Rosters of employees, 1897-1909. Cashbooks, 1897- 1909. Record of receipts and disbursements, 1907-9. Ledger, 1900- 6. Mess minutes and accounts, 1908-9.
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75.20.7 Records of the Chemawa Indian School, OR
Textual Records (in Seattle): Register of students, 1880-1928. Index to student case files, through 1960. Register containing descriptive statements and lists of graduates, ca. 1890-1914. Attendance reports, 1916, 1918-26. Individual student case files, ca. 1894-1942, 1960-75. Graduated student case files, 1900-45, 1960-75. Teracher and employee cards, through 1960. Individual Indian money (IIM) ledger sheets, 1918-55.
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75.20.8 Records of the Chilocco Indian School, OK
Textual Records (in Fort Worth, except as noted): Records of the Superintendent, including general correspondence, 1912-28; correspondence with the Office of Indian Affairs, 1914-26; letters sent by Superintendent S.M. McCowan, 1904-5; office records of school officials, 1932-51; letters sent, 1926-41; and annual reports, 1918-52. Correspondence, reports, and other records relating to the Civil Works Administration, 1933-34; Indian Emergency Conservation Work program, 1933-37; Civilian Conservation Corps-Indian Division, 1937-42; subsistence homesteads, 1934-42; the Indian Service In-Service Training Institute, 1937-39; the National Defense Program, 1941-43; personnel, 1891-1925; and students, 1884-1960, including student case files, 1912-60. Records (in Oklahoma City), consisting of letters sent, 1898-1911; a subject file, 1871-1935; attendance records, 1890-1914; and fiscal, accounting, employment, and miscellaneous records, 1872-1927.
Glass Plate Negatives (36 images, in Fort Worth): Campus views, student activities, and school rooms of the Chilocco Indian School, 1909-15. SEE ALSO 75.29.
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75.20.9 Records of the Chinle Boarding School, AZ
Textual Records (in Denver): Student case files, 1950-67.
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75.20.10 Records of the Concho School, OK
Textual Records (in Fort Worth): Letters received, 1948-60. Office files of Principal Henry A. Wall, 1946-57. Indian Education newsletters, 1942-64. Records relating to students, 1944-60. Attendance registers, 1925-37. Student case files, 1932- 83. Records of the Concho Demonstration School, including central files, 1962-68; records relating to elementary and secondary education Congressional act, 1967-68; and statistical analyses of student body, with attached lists of students, 1962-68.
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75.20.11 Records of the Cottonwood Day School, AZ
Textual Records (in Los Angeles): Student case files, 1975-79, 1981-89.
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75.20.12 Records of the Euchee Boarding School, Sapulpa, OK
Textual Records (in Fort Worth): Narrative and statistical reports, with accompanying photographs, 1928-46. Records relating to enrollment and attendance, 1914-42; and personnel, 1912-47. Student case files, 1912-47.
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75.20.13 Records of the Eufaula Boarding School, OK
Textual Records (in Fort Worth): Student case files, 1925-59.
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75.20.14 Records of Eufaula Dormitory, OK
Textual Records (in Fort Worth): Student case files, 1925-78.
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75.20.15 Records of the Flandreau Indian School, SD
Textual Records (in Kansas City): General correspondence, 1896- 1922; decimal correspondence, 1916-46; and Superintendent's correspondence, 1902-25. Correspondence relating to Pipestone Indian School, 1934-51. Attendance and enrollment records, 1894- 1934, and related statistical reports, 1921-33. Student case files, 1924-57. Permanent record cards, 1930-50. Principal's subject file, 1942-55. Employee leave ledger, 1928-42; payrolls, 1913-20; and retirement deductions register, 1920-33. Financial records, 1892-1940. Property returns, 1913-16. Heirship records, 1913-24. Medical property returns, 1913-16. Roster of parents and guardians, 1909-10. Applications for enrollments in nonreservation Indian schools, 1916-39. Annuity, trust fund, and services claims, 1908-10. Individual Indian money (IIM) posting and control records, 1917-53, and abstracts, 1913-1942. Register of clothing issued, 1901-3. Civilian Conservation Corps decimal correspondence, 1934-43. Correspondence, work agreements, and production reports of the Flandreau Garment Factory, 1934-42.
Architectural and Engineering Plans (1 item, in Kansas City): Blueprint of proposed remodeling of girls' dormitory, December 1940. SEE ALSO 75.26.
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75.20.16 Records of the Fort Shaw Indian School, Fort Shaw, MT
Textual Records (in Denver): Letters received, 1897-98. Registers of pupils, 1892-1910. Sanitary reports, 1894-99. Rosters of employees, 1891-1910. Cashbooks, 1892-1907.
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75.20.17 Records of the Fort Sill School, OK
Textual Records (in Fort Worth): List of students, 1938-69. Student case files, 1937-80.
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75.20.18 Records of Haskell Indian Junior College, KS
Textual Records (in Kansas City): General correspondence, 1886- 1960; chronological correspondence, 1900-14; and decimal and subject correspondence, 1917-54. General administrative files, 1928-58. Annual reports, 1910-20, 1939-51; census reports, 1922; and daily attendance reports, 1897-1960. School calendars, 1920- 25; school reports and surveys, 1921-23; and enrollment records, 1899-1901. Student records, including case files, ca. 1884-1958; employment record cards, 1897-1960; and account records, 1897- 1918. Examination questions and related correspondence, 1922-24. Records of claims filed, 1902-17. Individual Indian money (IIM) ledgers, and posting and control files, 1909-56. Haskell Club minutes, 1911-36.
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75.20.19 Records of the Hayward Indian School, WI
Textual Records (in Chicago): Letters received, 1908-14. Decimal correspondence, 1910-34. General correspondence, 1914-31. Chippewa census rolls, 1914-17. Personnel files and other employee records, 1901-34. Financial records, 1904-34. Timber contracts, allotment statements, and other records relating to timber sales, 1894-1920. Individual Indian money (IIM) account records, 1918-33.
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75.20.20 Records of the Holbrook Indian School, AZ
Textual Records (in Los Angeles): Student case files, 1970.
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75.20.21 Records of Ignacio Boarding School, CO
Textual Records (in Denver): Student case files, 1937-79.
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75.20.22 Records of the Intermountain Indian School, UT
Textual Records (in Denver): Student case files, 1953-71.
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75.20.23 Records of the Jones Academy, OK
Textual Records (in Fort Worth): Office files of the principal, 1931-49. Principal's correspondence, 1928-64. Reports on attendance, 1926-60. Records relating to property and facilities, 1933-47. Record of receipts and disbursements, 1910-17. Record of authorities, 1912. Student case files, 1920-81.
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75.20.24 Records of the McCarty Day School, NM
Textual Records (in Denver): Census cards, 1935-59. Students' school folders, 1947-59.
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75.20.25 Records of the Mekosukey Academy, OK
Textual Records (in Oklahoma City): General records, 1902-29. Student files, 1910-29. Supply estimates, 1912-21.
Architectural and Engineering Plans (25 items, in Oklahoma City): Academy buildings, n.d. SEE ALSO 75.26.
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75.20.26 Records of the Mesita Day School, NM
Textual Records (in Denver): Students' school folders, 1944-57.
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75.20.27 Records of the Nenannezed Boarding School, NM
Textual Records (in Denver): Student record folders, 1950-58.
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75.20.28 Records of the Oneida Indian School, WI
Textual Records (in Chicago): Fiscal records, 1897-1907.
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75.20.29 Records of the Osage Boarding School, OK
Textual Records (in Fort Worth): Correspondence, 1908-16. Monthly and quarterly school reports, 1905-22. Statements of arrivals and departures, 1909-17. Register of students, 1887. Attendance register, 1915-16. Reports of school employees, 1896-1909. Efficiency reports, 1896-1908. Reports on instructions, 1915. Records relating to supplies, 1880-1907. Miscellaneous records, 1890-1925.
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75.20.30 Records of the Paguate Day School, 1941-58.
Textual Records (in Denver): Student records and census cards, 1924-58. Students' school folders, 1941-58.
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75.20.31 Records of the Pawnee Boarding School, OK
Textual Records (in Fort Worth): Correspondence, 1945-51. Decimal files, 1952-58. Subject files, 1955-57. Memorandums, reports, and circulars, 1948-58. Monthly reports of livestock production and changes, 1947-51. Records relating to students, including attendance reports, 1906-9; student applications, 1932-58; student case files, 1931-57; records of students' grades, 1932- 56; "sanitary" record of sick, injured, and deceased students, 1892-93; record of hospitalization of students, 1911-17; and individual record of hospitalization, 1916.
Architectural and Engineering Plans (9 items, in Fort Worth): Blueprints and fixture diagrams for buildings at Pawnee School, 1932. SEE ALSO 75.26.
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75.20.32 Records of the Phoenix Indian School, AZ
Textual Records (in Los Angeles): Student case files, 1902-90. Yearbooks, 1954-81.
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75.20.33 Records of the Pierre Indian School, SD
Textual Records (in Kansas City): Letters and circulars received, 1905-10. Numerical and "official" correspondence, 1916-26. Decimal and chronological correspondence, 1926-51. Annual school reports, 1915-16. Financial records, 1917-42. Personnel records, 1928. Buildings register, 1913-37. Dormitory construction records, 1910-12. Relief and rehabilitation correspondence, 1938- 41. Individual Indian money (IIM) account ledgers, 1929-49, and abstracts of deposits, 1912-47. Records of the school Civilian Conservation Corps-Indian Division installation, including general correspondence, 1933-42; work plans, project files, and reports, 1935-42; and records relating to enrollees, 1933-42. Records of the school Civil Works Administration installation, 1933-35; National Youth Administration unit, 1937-42; and Work Projects Administration public works installation, 1933-42. Missouri River Drainage Basin Committee correspondence, 1937-39.
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75.20.34 Records of the Pinon Boarding School, AZ
Textual Records (in Los Angeles): Student applications, 1958-66. Student case files, 1956-74.
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75.20.35 Records of the Pipestone Indian School, MN
Textual Records (in Kansas City): Letters sent to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1895-1926. Miscellaneous letters sent, 1899-1925. Commissioner's office letters, 1914-17. Correspondence with the Birch Cooley Day School, 1909-15; members of Congress, 1920-28; and other BIA field installations, 1911-29. Decimal correspondence, 1926-52. Administrative records, including circulars received from the Office of Indian Affairs, 1917-22; descriptions of school buildings, 1913-31; and building construction dossiers, 1914-17. Financial management records, including individual Indian money (IIM) and special deposits ledger, 1918-41; abstracts of IIM accounts and special deposits, 1924-47; payrolls of employees, 1915-18; and quarterly returns of property reports, 1895-1905. Records relating to tribal resources development, consisting of letters received from the Supervisor of Indian Employment, 1918-26. Records relating to Indian services, consisting of agriculture and extension production reports, 1918-26. Health and welfare records, consisting of social welfare student information cards, ca. 1938-50. Education records, including letters received from the supervisor of Indian schools, 1894-1916; boarding school reports, 1894-1927; statements of classification of pupils, 1890-1900; register of completion of classes and school enrollment, 1897-1948; individual student case files, 1910-64; permanent school census cards, 1942-52; student citizenship compositions, 1913-14; and Pipestone Alumni Association correspondence, 1914-16. Correspondence of the Civilian Conservation Corps-Indian Division Installation, 1934-43. Records of the Birch Cooley Day School, 1901-19. Records of field dentist David D. Stitt, 1934-43.
Photographs (220 images, in Kansas City): Activities of the Emergency Conservation Work program and Civilian Conservation Corps at the Pipestone Indian School, Pipestone National Monument, Pipestone Reservation, and Lower Sioux and Prairie Island communities, 1934-41. SEE ALSO 75.29.
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75.20.36 Records of the Pueblo Day Schools, Albuquerque, NM
Textual Records (in Denver): Letters sent, 1911-13. Students' applications for enrollment in Indian boarding schools, 1912-13. Monthly and quarterly day school statistical reports, 1911-14. Report on school-age children and older students, ages 5 through 23, 1912. Land allotment applications and related papers completed by Laguna Pueblo Indians, 1912. Appropriation ledger, 1913-14.
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75.20.37 Records of the Pueblo Day Schools, Santa Fe, NM
Textual Records (in Denver): Letters sent to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1911-12. Quarterly day school property roll, 1907-12.
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75.20.38 Records of the Rapid City Indian School, SD
Textual Records (in Kansas City): Correspondence with Office of Indian Affairs officials and related reports, 1906-32. Subject correspondence, 1909-25. Decimal correspondence, 1903-33. Pupil enrollment and attendance records, 1908-14, 1928-32. Record of employees, 1897-1913. Payroll vouchers, 1912-19. Property returns, 1908-17, and agency financial records, 1897-1924. Individual Indian money (IIM) abstracts, ledgers, vouchers, and schedules, 1910-33.
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75.20.39 Records of the Red Moon Agency and School, OK
Textual Records (in Fort Worth): Reports of agency and school buildings, ca. 1916. Annuity payrolls, 1916-17. Register of births and deaths, 1908-17.
Textual Records (in Oklahoma City): Correspondence, 1897-1933. Fiscal and accounting records, 1897-1933.
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75.20.40 Records of the Riverside School, OK
Textual Records (in Fort Worth): List of students, 1942-43. Student case files, 1925-80.
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75.20.41 Records of the San Juan Boarding School, NM
Textual Records (in Denver): Student records, 1954-66.
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75.20.42 Records of the Santa Fe Indian School, NM
Textual Records (in Denver): Letters sent, 1890-1914, and received, 1895-1907. Other records, 1895-1907. Correspondence and other records primarily relating to finance and administration, 1902-25. Superintendent's correspondence with day school employees, 1900-16. Correspondence, accounts, and other records, 1911-35. Day school correspondence, 1913-14. Telegrams sent and received, 1913-14. Register of pupils, 1890-99. Student daily attendance book, 1918-29. Students' school folders, 1910-34. Student case files, 1910-63. Monthly and quarterly statistical day school reports, 1902-10. Monthly student attendance reports, 1911-34. Register of employees, 1891-1917. Register of expenditures ("Cost Book"), 1906-12. Appropriation ledger, 1917- 26. Individual student money ledger, 1920-31.
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75.20.43 Records of the Seger Agency and School, OK
Textual Records (in Fort Worth, except as noted): Reports on agency and school buildings, with accompanying photographs, ca. 1916. Payroll vouchers for employees, 1921-27. Allotment tract books, ca. 1909. Annuity payrolls, 1902-21. Abstracts of individual Indian bank accounts, 1926-27. Individual Indian money (IIM) ledger cards, 1918-26. Records (in Oklahoma City), consisting of correspondence, 1895-1938, and fiscal and accounting records, 1895-1938.
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75.20.44 Records of the Seneca Indian School, OK
Textual Records (in Fort Worth): Correspondence, 1925-63. Chronological files, 1919-60. Record of pupils in school, 1916- 26. Applications for admission, 1919-27. Student case files, 1920-71. Personnel folders, 1925-64. Student case files, 1961-70.
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75.20.45 Records of the Sequoyah Indian High School, OK
Textual Records (in Fort Worth): Student case files, 1911-85.
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75.20.46 Records of the Sherman Institute, CA
Textual Records (in Los Angeles): Records of the Superintendent, including central subject files, 1907-39; letters sent to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1898-1948; letters and telegrams from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1903-9; letters sent, 1902-48; general correspondence, 1933-48; telegrams sent, 1904-9; circulars received, 1905-9; correspondence with the Commissioner of Indian Affairs regarding expenditure authorizations, 1907-9; diary, 1907-9; annual narrative report working papers, 1930-31; records of Superintendent Donald Biery, 1932-49; field representatives' correspondence, 1936-48; and correspondence with the California State Superintendent of Indian Education, 1937-41. Records concerning students, including student case files, 1903- 77; reports on promotions and examinations, 1917-28; student rosters and dropout surveys, 1938-41; correspondence regarding over-age pupils, 1925-29; and letters concerning students, 1949- 51. Records concerning the principal, teachers, curriculums, and related matters, including administrative memorandums and letters, 1940-42; monthly teacher evaluation reports, 1929-31; vocational education reports, 1936-41; narrative reports on recruiting tours and visits to former students, 1939-41; records of relief projects, 1934-42; and vocational course lecture outlines, 1911-12. Records of student outings, including records of boys' outings, 1912-18; time and pay worksheets for outing pupils, 1917-29; outing reports, 1914-30; and records of Outing Agent Fred Long, 1917-28. Financial records, including individual Indian money (IIM) ledgers, 1918-55; IIM credit lists, 1909-34; account books, 1901-9; check register, 1917-32; record of receipts and disbursements, 1915-18; and individual Indian check book registers, 1905-17. Records of the Disciplinarian's Office, consisting of daily bulletins, 1928-29. Records of student organizations and events, including athletic association log book, 1912-30; alumni register, 1919-25; commencement programs and related records, 1928-38; and working papers regarding the constitution of the student body association, 1945-46.
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75.20.47 Records of Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute,
Albuquerque, NM
Textual Records (in Denver): Student case files, 1971-80.
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75.20.48 Records of the Springfield Indian School, Springfield,
SD
Textual Records (in Kansas City): Register of pupils, 1901-10. Attendance records, 1909-14. Rosters of employees, 1902-16. Descriptions of buildings, 1918. Record of issues to employees and ledgers of students' accounts, 1916-20. Record of receipts and disbursements, 1907-17. Ledgers and registers, 1917-20. Mess accounts, 1904-20.
Subject Access Terms: Hope Indian School.
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75.20.49 Records of the Tomah Indian School, WI
Textual Records (in Chicago): Correspondence of the Superintendent, 1912-28. Records of employees, 1895-1909. Building repair ledgers, 1913-31. School enrollment and attendance records, 1895-1900.
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75.20.50 Records of the Wahpeton Indian School, ND
Textual Records (in Kansas City): Decimal file, 1923-67. Copies of letters sent by the Superintendent, 1958-67. Appropriation ledgers, 1920-46. Individual Indian money (IIM) posting and control ledgers and related receipts, 1929-66. Individual student case files, 1908-66. Records of proceeds of Indian labor, 1955- 59.
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75.20.51 Records of Wheelock Academy, OK
Textual Records (in Fort Worth): Student case files, 1911-53. Register of students, 1916-26.
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75.20.52 Records of the Wittenberg Indian School, Wittenberg, WI
Textual Records (in Chicago): Letters sent, 1909-10. Rosters of employees, 1895-1909. Descriptions of buildings, 1915. Cashbooks, 1896-1909. Records of receipts and disbursements, 1907-17. Record of births and deaths of the Winnebago of Wisconsin, 1891-1903.
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75.21 RECORDS OF MISCELLANEOUS FIELD ACTIVITIES
1900-74
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75.21.1 Records of the Alaska Reindeer Service
Textual Records (in Anchorage): General correspondence of the General Reindeer Supervisor and his successors, 1901-71. Circulars, 1934-43. Earmark registration case files, 1924-40. Apprentice contracts, 1921-32. General information files, 1909- 65. Reindeer herd case files, 1901-74. Monthly herd reports, 1944-66. Village subsistence case files, 1935-72. Hunting, fishing, and fur farming correspondence, 1934-56. Papers of Lawrence J. Palmer, official of the Bureau of Biological Survey, the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Reindeer Service, 1920-45. Marking and counting reports, 1929-45. Microfilm copies of reindeer program records, 1909-68, of the BIA Land Operations Branch, Juneau, AK (8 rolls).
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75.21.2 Records of the Berkeley Outing Center, CA
Textual Records (in San Francisco): Correspondence and employment records of the Outing Matron and Placement Officer, 1916-33.
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75.21.3 Records of the Canton Asylum for Insane Indians, SD
Textual Records (in Kansas City): Letters sent, 1916-26, and received, 1916-30. Decimal correspondence, 1916-34. Records of employees, 1901-17. Case files of patients, 1910-16.
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75.21.4 Records of the Fairbanks Native Service, AK
Textual Records (in Anchorage): Alaskan Native village censuses, 1946-72.
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75.21.5 Records of the Flathead Irrigation Project, MT
Textual Records (in Denver): Individual consumers' accounts, 1951-59. General subject correspondence, 1907-24. Records of the Chief Engineer, including reports, files, and level books, 1907- 52. Farming and grazing leases, 1920-25. Water delivery records, 1919-44. Circulars and orders, 1925-28. Land classification records, 1912-54. Water user census records, 1912-62. Power customer ledgers, 1913-67. Project case files, 1907-57.
Photographs (880 images, in Denver): Irrigation canals and ditches. SEE ALSO 75.29.
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75.21.6 Records of the Fresno Indian Health Center, CA
Textual Records (in San Francisco): Correspondence and reports, 1928-31.
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75.21.7 Records of the Indian Irrigation Service District Four,
AZ
Textual Records (in Los Angeles): Records of the Supervising Engineer, 1912-42. Monthly progress and cost reports, 1934-37. Records of the Colorado River irrigation project, including general records, 1937-43; monthly and annual reports, 1909-36; operation and maintenance records, 1911-37; records of Federal Project 263, 1933-37; working papers and laboratory tests, 1938- 41; records of project engineer R.H. Rupkey, 1938-45; report on proposed Parker Irrigation Project (Headgate Rock Dam), 1920; Headgate Rock Dam construction records, 1937-44, and quality control reports, 1939-41; and records of J.W. Shepard, fiscal officer of the Colorado River War Relocation Project, 1942-48.
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75.21.8 Records of the Laguna Sanatorium, NM
Textual Records (in Denver): General correspondence, 1926-33. Record of patients treated, 1926-30.
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75.21.9 Records of Menominee Indian Mills, WI
Textual Records (in Chicago): Correspondence, 1925-50. Records of the Forest Supervisor, 1905-55. Accounting records, 1918-55. Property inventories, 1912-60. Records of Menominee retail stores, 1950-69. Registers and other records relating to deliveries of logs and production and shipments of wood products, 1909-54. Timber estimates, with maps, 1908-15. Financial records, including operating and financial statements, 1926-55; warehouse journals, 1909-32; voucher files, 1908-57; purchase order files, 1932-48; and employee accounts, 1922-49. Records relating to Indian purchases, 1938-59, and to Indian credits and accounts, 1949-57. Summary of production files, 1926-60. Log scale slips, 1914-55. Production and sales records maintained by the chief clerk, 1934-38. Records of the Sales Department, 1900-59, including correspondence, 1925-57; statements of account, 1931- 59; contract files, 1922-57, and local sales invoices, 1916-58.
Maps (64 items, in Chicago): Menominee lands and resources, 1908- 37. SEE ALSO 75.26.
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75.21.10 Records of the Pawnee-Ponca Hospital, OK
Textual Records (in Fort Worth): Correspondence, 1931-39.
Architectural and Engineering Plans (16 items, in Fort Worth): Hospital blueprints, building facades, and fixture drawings, 1930. SEE ALSO 75.26.
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75.21.11 Records of the Seattle Support Center, WA
Textual Records (in Anchorage): Program correspondence, 1920-63, including logbooks of the U.S.S. Boxer, 1922-29, 1941; and of the U.S.M.V. North Star, ca. 1932-60. Correspondence, narrative reports, radio logs and notes, logbooks, and master's files of the U.S.M.V. North Star, ca. 1932-60. Field office history files, 1959-66. Records of the Alaska Native Industries Cooperative Association, 1953-56.
Textual Records (in Seattle): Employment assistance case files, 1965-70.
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75.21.12 Records of the Shawnee Indian Sanatorium, OK
Textual Records (in Fort Worth): Selected correspondence and reports, 1930-46. Financial records, 1930-51.
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75.21.13 Records of the Sioux Sanatorium, SD
Textual Records (in Kansas City): Letters sent to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1948-49. Chronological, 1949-52, and decimal, 1937-52, correspondence. BIA issuances, 1940-46. Public relations file, 1939-51. Patient files, 1939-52.
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75.21.14 Records of the Tacoma Indian Hospital, WA
Textual Records (in Seattle): Mission correspondence, 1932-42.
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75.21.15 Records of the Ukiah Indian Health Center, CA
Textual Records (in San Francisco): Field nurse's reports and letters sent, 1928-31.
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75.21.16 Records of the Wapato Irrigation Project, WA
Textual Records (in Seattle): Subject correspondence of the Supervising Engineer, ca. 1924-56. Irrigation project planning case files, 1930-64. Irrigation maps and drawings, 1930-64. Cost reports and narratives, 1930-57. Records relating to water users, crop reports, and miscellaneous records, ca. 1908-63. Records concerning the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Washington, case U.S. v. Ahtanum Irrigation Project, 1957-59, consisting of copies of exhibits, newspaper clippings, and court reporter's transcripts.
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75.22 RECORDS OF THE BOARD OF INDIAN COMMISSIONERS
1869-1933
Textual Records: Minutes of board meetings, 1869-1933. Letters sent, 1870-91, 1893-1909; and received, 1869-99. General correspondence, 1899-1933. Special reports, 1915-33. Memorandums and correspondence concerning board recommendations, 1916-33. Records concerning an investigation of the administration of affairs of the Five Civilized Tribes in Oklahoma, 1925-26. Records concerning a school survey, 1922; and a law and order survey, 1929-30. Reports of the Pueblo Lands Board, 1925-31. Reference materials, ca. 1875-1933. Newspaper clippings, 1871-84, 1924-33. Records concerning the work of the Publishing Committee, 1910-15. Correspondence concerning exceptions to accounts, 1911- 19. Administrative records, 1919-33.
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75.23 RECORDS OF THE COMMISSIONER TO THE FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES
1852-1919
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75.23.1 Records of the Dawes Commission
Textual Records (in Oklahoma City): Letters sent, 1893-1914. Register of letters received, 1901-2. Reference file containing correspondence, 1893-1914. Miscellaneous instructions, 1893-1901. Minutes of commission meetings, 1898-1914. Docket to Creek enrollment cases, 1903-6. Townsite files, 1900-6.
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75.23.2 Records of the U.S. Indian Inspector for Indian Territory
Textual Records (in Fort Worth): Letters received, 1900-2. Index to letters received from the Department of the Interior, 1899- 1907. Registers of miscellaneous letters received, 1899-1907.
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75.23.3 General records of the Commissioner to the Five Civilized
Tribes
Textual Records (in Fort Worth): Letters sent, 1902-6, and received, 1897-1914. Records of tribal governments, 1873-1907, including constitution and laws of the Choctaw Nation, 1894-1904. Records relating to enrollment, 1852-1919, including enrollment cards, 1899-1907; applications for enrollment, 1898-1914; and tribal rolls, 1852-1900. Records relating to Cherokee citizenship, 1878-1911, including brief and arguments filed by Joseph P. Mullen, 1896; lists of applicants as freedmen, 1897; applications for enrollment, 1898-1907; and applications for enrollment as freedmen, 1897. Records relating to Choctaw and Chickasaw citizenship, 1893-1907, including duplicate Choctaw- Chickasaw applications for enrollment, 1896-98; certified copies of orders of the U.S. Court at South McAlester on appeals under the act of June 10, 1896, 1897; and case files on applications for transfers by freedmen or enrollment, 1905-6. Records of the Choctaw-Chickasaw Citizenship Court, including case files, 1902- 4; lists of claimants, 1902; general and appearance dockets, 1902-4; and minutes, 1902-4. Records relating to the identification of Mississippi Choctaws, 1899-1906, including decisions of the Dawes Commission, 1902-4. Records relating to Creek citizenship, 1885-1907, including enrollment cards, 1898; and index to freedmen enrollment cards, 1898. Records relating to Seminole citizenship, 1900-5, including index to newborns, 1905. Records relating to allotment, 1899-1910, including applications for allotment, 1899-1907. Records relating to allotments to Cherokees, 1902-14, including denied allotment applications, 1902-7; and index to rejected freedmen, n.d. Records relating to the sale of improvements by intermarried Cherokees, including claims to sell improvements, 1907-14; and records relating to disclaimers, 1907-12. Records relating to the sale of surplus holdings by Delaware-Cherokees, 1904-7, including claims to sell improvements. Records relating to allotments to Choctaws, 1902- 17, including allotment ledgers, 1903-10; record of conveyances to Murrow Indian Orphans Home, 1907-9; and conveyances to Murrow Indian Orphans Home, 1906-9. Records relating to allotments to Chickasaws, 1902-14, including letters received from the Choctaw Land Office, 1903-6. Records relating to allotments to Creeks, 1899-1914, including record of allotments. Records relating to allotments to Seminoles, 1901-14. Records relating to Choctaw- Chickasaw townsites, 1899-1908. Records relating to Creek townsites, 1891-1908.
Microfilm Publication: M1301, M1650.
Maps (724 items, in Fort Worth): Plats of locations of improvements claimed by the Delawares, 1904-7 (33 items). Plats maintained by the Creek Land Office, n.d. (100 items). Plats of locations of tracts alienated and actions of the Secretary of the Interior, 1903-7 (200 items). Plats of townsites submitted to the Secretary of the Interior, 1899-1905 (187 items). Plats of land alienated under an act of March 3, 1905, 1908 (204 items). SEE ALSO 75.26.
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75.24 RECORDS OF MISCELLANEOUS FIELD AGENTS
1878-1932
Textual Records: Correspondence of Special Agent Alfred B. Meacham, 1878-79. Correspondence of Herbert J. Hagerman, Special Commissioner to the Navajo Indians, 1923-32 (in Los Angeles). Cashbook of J.E. Brecht, industrial teacher and special disbursing agent for the Seminole Indians in Florida, 1892-99 (in Atlanta). Investigative records of Col. L.A. Dorrington, Special Agent at Large, Reno, NV, 1913-23 (in San Francisco).
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75.25 TEXTUAL RECORDS (GENERAL) 1900-73
Index cards relating to maps compiled or collected 1831-1943 by the divisions of Forestry, Irrigation, Land, and Roads, 1900-43. Records relating to credit and loans, 1910-69. Irrigation reports, 1911-67. Osage Agency per capita pay rolls, 1946-51. Card files relating to land acquisition and utilization, 1934-37. Tables relating to vital statistics, 1930-45. Records relating to the Catawba Indian Tribe, 1940-62. Records of the Minneapolis Area Office (Cherokee Agency) and Muskogee Area Office (Seminole Agency) transferred from area office to central office jurisdiction, 1934-58. Social Service reports, 1943-61. Range unit records relating to grazing, 1949-63. Records relating to reservation development programs, 1961-67. Reservation programs reference files, including reports on the Quechan Indians, Pyramid Lake Indians, and the Prairies Potawatomi community of Kansas, 1962-65. Studies relating to economic development of tribal resources, 1961-70. Records related to legislation intended to promote economic development among Native Americans, 1962-67. Records relating to Office of Economic Opportunity programs, 1964-68. Administrative subject files and other records relating to Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers, 1964-71. Records relating to appropriations, 1937-66. Individual Indian account ledgers relating to Indians from the Crow Creek, Pine Ridge, Rosebud, Kiowa, Pawnee, Potawatomi, and Shawnee agencies or reservations, 1950. Office files of William E. Finale, Assistant Deputy Commissioner for Community Services, 1955-68. Records of the Branch of Employment Assistance, consisting of narrative and statistical reports, 1960-71, records relating to employment assistance programs, 1949-73, records relating to employment training centers, 1966-68, and records relating to the "Operation TOB" study, 1966-68.
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75.26 CARTOGRAPHIC RECORDS (GENERAL)
1800-1988
Maps (18,029 items): Central file of maps of all or parts of the United States showing Indian lands, Indian reservations, military installations, and roads and railroads, 1800-1960 (17,339 items). Maps from title plants near Albuquerque, NM, 1973-88 (500 items). Photoprocessed and manuscript maps of field offices, 1878-1957 (190 items).
Aerial Photographs (10,026 items): Soil Conservation Service composite prints of the Fort Apache, Navajo, Hopi, and Zuni Reservations, 1934-36.
SEE Maps UNDER 75.7.2, 75.8, 75.9, 75.10.1, 75.14.5, 75.14.8, 75.14.12, 75.14.22, 75.14.23, 75.14.25, 75.14.26, 75.16.3, 75.16.11, 75.19.10, 75.19.17, 75.19.26, 75.19.35, 75.19.37, 75.19.39, 75.19.44, 75.19.45, 75.19.51, 75.19.61, 75.19.74, 75.19.80, 75.19.85, 75.19.92, 75.19.98, 75.19.103, 75.19.115, 75.19.132, 75.19.135, 75.19.136, 75.21.9, and 75.23.3.
SEE Architectural and Engineering Plans UNDER 75.14.11, 75.19.29, 75.19.77, 75.19.98, 75.19.99, 75.19.135, 75.20.15, 75.20.25, 75.20.31, and 75.21.10.
SEE Aerial Photographs UNDER 75.16.3, 75.16.4, and 75.16.10.
Finding Aids: Laura E. Kelsay, List of Cartographic Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, (SL 13), 1954.
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75.27 MOTION PICTURES (GENERAL)
1908-77
14 reels
The Rodman Wanamaker Expeditions, documenting Indian customs, dances, and activities, 1908-20 (13 reels). A Trip to the Arctic With Uncle Sam, documenting a voyage of the U.S.R.C. Bear from the Aleutian Islands to Plover Bay, Siberia, by way of Point Barrow, AK, and including scenes of Eskimo life, 1921 (1 reel). The visit of French Marshall Foch to the Crow Reservation; Indian corn dance and other dances; Indian arts and crafts; Indian claims; the Zuni Development Center; the children of the Akiachak Indians; life and culture of the Eskimos; the Papago Indians of the desert; North Star villages in Alaska; and a report on the Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center in Kicking Horse, Montana, with Senator Lee Metcalf of Montana; 1908-77 (45 reels). Educational options for Alaskan Natives, offender rehabilitation in Oklahoma, economic life of the Pueblos, Zuni redevelopment, the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, Hopi and Navajo relocation, and the life of the Papago Indians, 1941-77 (9 reels). The Alaska Resupply Program, n.d. (2 reels).
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75.28 SOUND RECORDINGS (GENERAL)
1969-74
10 items
The education of American Indians, legislation relating to Indian affairs, the children of the Akiachak Indians, and the San Carlos Job Corps Center at Globe, Arizona, 1969-74 (10 items).
SEE UNDER 75.20.4.
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75.29 STILL PICTURES (GENERAL)
1868-1979
24,008 images
Photographic Prints (10,345 images): Arapaho, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Comanche, Navajo, and Apache Indians, photographed by William S. Soule, 1868-75 (BAE, 22 images). Indian tribal delegations during visits to Washington, DC, by Alexander Gardner, 1872 (ID, 107 images). Portraits of American Indian chiefs and warriors, including Geronimo and Sitting Bull, 1880-1910 (IC, 15 images). Agency buildings, personnel, and Indians at agencies and schools, in albums, 1876-85; and portraits of Algonquin, Kiowa, and Sioux leaders, by William Dinwiddie of the Bureau of Ethnology, in album, 1895-96 (IP, 196 images). Cheyenne and Arapaho students, mission employees, school buildings, and homes at Seger Colony, OK, 1886-1913 (SE, 58 images). Pueblo Indian life and Indians who served in the armed forces during World War II, 1890-1961 (PU, 725 images). Activities and facilities at Sacaton Indian Agency, Pima, AZ, ca. 1918 (PAM, 142 images). Indian schools and homes in rural areas of northeast and northwest Oklahoma, 1935 (RS, 40 images). Life and career of Commissioner of Indian Affairs Charles H. Burke; Osage oil lease sales, OK; Osage tribal leaders; Secretary of the Interior Hubert Work; and panoramas of Presidents Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge with American Indians, 1894-1928 (BK, 85 images). Emergency conservation and relief efforts on Indian agencies and reservations, in albums, 1927-40 (RA, 1,600 images). BIA offices and personnel; Indian agencies, reservations, schools, hospitals, farms, and houses; Indian arts and crafts; and various aspects of Indian life and culture, collected by the BIA Information Office, 1900-74 (N, TLA; 7,300 images). Irrigation projects on Indian lands; oil drilling on the Osage Reservation; Phoenix Tuberculosis Sanitarium; induction of Mrs. Alice Davis as chief of the Oklahoma Seminoles; Chippewa General Council; group portraits of U.S. Indian Service Special Officers, and other subjects, 1900-27 (M, 55 images).
Panoramic Prints (110 images): Conditions at Indian schools and Public Health Service hospitals; Indian Congress (1926) at the Sesquicentennial International Exposition, Philadelphia, PA; and Treaty Day 60th anniversary celebrations, Tulalip Indian Agency, WA, 1904-31 (PA).
Color and Black-and-White Photographic Prints (150 images): Photographs used in BIA monthly publication, Indian Record, 1967- 79 (IR).
Photographic Prints and Negatives (500 images): Navajo life in Arizona and New Mexico; delegation of Navajo and Pueblo Indians with President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt; elderly Indian scouts; and a reenactment of signing of Treaty of 1868 at Window Rock, AZ, 1936-56 (NG).
Photographic Negatives (19 images): Olympic medalist Jim Thorpe (1912 Olympics) at Carlisle Indian Industrial School, 1904, 1913 (X, 2 images); and students at Salt River and Lehi Indian Day Schools, 1917-19 (XC, 17 images).
Glass Negatives (148 images): Studio portraits of unidentified Indians from southeastern Idaho reservations, 1897 (SEI).
Color and Black-and-White Prints, Negatives, and Proof Sheets (5,000 images): BIA personnel and offices; Presidents and members of Congress; takeover of BIA building (1972); and Indian educational programs, reservation industrial development, arts and crafts, housing, and council meetings, 1955-77 (CL).
Color and Black-and-White Prints, Negatives, and Slides (4,375 images): Activities and programs of BIA Educational Services Center; and life on reservations in Alaska and various western states, 1947-72 (ED, CED, CS).
Color and Black-and-White Prints, Negatives, Slides, and Proof Sheets (2,500 images): Views collected by BIA area offices, of BIA personnel and tribal leaders, Indian living and working conditions, Indian art, and educational programs, 1950-76 (AO).
Color Slides and Black-and-White Prints (660 images): Housing, churches, parks, and transportation systems in Chicago, IL; Cleveland, OH; Denver, CO; and San Francisco, San Jose, Los Angeles, and Oakland, CA, used to illustrate opportunities for Indians in urban areas, ca. 1955 (UOS).
Lantern Slides (52 images): Views of work, housing, clothing, riverboats, and habitat of the Seminole Indians in Florida, used to illustrate tribal need for federal relief, ca. 1913 (SS).
Lantern and Stereopticon Slides (149 images): Commercially produced views of Japan, France, England, and the United States, and views demonstrating use of concrete in farming operations, used as recreational and teaching aids at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, PA, 1900-20 (SL, SJ, SEN, SC).
SEE Photographs UNDER 75.16.6, 75.16.9, 75.16.10, 75.19.11, 75.19.20, 75.19.31, 75.19.51, 75.19.61, 75.19.85, 75.19.99, 75.19.119, 75.19.121, 75.19.135, 75.20.35, and 75.21.5.
SEE Photographic Prints UNDER 75.10.1, 75.19.10, 75.19.74, and 75.19.92.
SEE Photographic Prints and Negatives UNDER 75.7.1, 75.9, 75.10.2, and 75.11.4.
SEE Glass Negatives and Lantern Slides UNDER 75.8.
SEE Lantern Slides UNDER 75.10.1.
SEE Glass Plate Negatives UNDER 75.20.8.
Finding Aids: Subject card index (FX) to Forestry Photographs Taken on Indian Reservations, 1900-44 (finding aid to series FA). Caption lists (NA) for General Photographs of Indians, 1900-57 (finding aid to series N).
Bibliographic note: Web version based on Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States. Compiled by Robert B. Matchette et al. Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1995.
3 volumes, 2428 pages.
This Web version is updated from time to time to include records processed since 1995.
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