Records of the Education Division of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1871 : NARA, RG105, M803
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United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of the Superintendent of Education and of the Division of Education are available online, click here.
Microfilm of originals in the National Archives in Washington, District of Columbia.
"On the 35 rolls of this microfilm publication are reproduced the 23 volumes and the unbound records of the Education Division of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-71....consist mainly of letters sent, letters received, and reports of schools by the State superintendents of education on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis." -- P.ii.
"The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned lands, often referred to as the Freedmen's Bureau, was established in the War Department by an act of March 3, 1865. Congress assigned to the Bureau responsibilities that previously had been shared by military commanders and by agents of the Treasury Department. The duties included supervision of all affairs relating to refugees, freedmen, and the custody of abandoned olands and property"--Descriptive pamphlet M843.
Includes records for the following states and districts: Alabama, District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, and Illinois. Also includes some general information.
Some pages wanting.
Subjects
Library of Congress Subjects
- Freedmen - United States
- Freedmen - Alabama
- Freedmen - Arkansas
- Freedmen - Delaware
- Freedmen - District of Columbia
- Freedmen - Florida
- Freedmen - Georgia
- Freedmen - Illinois
- Freedmen - Kentucky
- Freedmen - Louisiana
- Freedmen - Maryland
- Freedmen - Mississippi
- Freedmen - Missouri
- Freedmen - North Carolina
- Freedmen - South Carolina
- Freedmen - Tennessee
- Freedmen - Texas
- Freedmen - Virginia
- Freedmen - West Virginia
- Slaves - Emancipation - United States
- Reconstruction
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