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United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of the Superintendent of Education and of the Division of Education - FamilySearch Historical Records: Difference between revisions
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== What is in the Collection? == | == What is in the Collection? == | ||
The collection consists of images of the records of the Superintendent of Education and the Education Division of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands (often called the Freedmen’s Bureau). Most of the collection will consist of monthly teacher reports and monthly reports of the sub-assistant commissioner or agents. The event date is the date the report was completed either the teacher or agent. Reports can also identify the name and location of schools as well as the society sponsoring a teacher. | The collection consists of images of the records of the Superintendent of Education and the Education Division of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands (often called the Freedmen’s Bureau). Most of the collection will consist of monthly teacher reports and monthly reports of the sub-assistant commissioner or agents. The event date is the date the report was completed either by the teacher or agent. Reports can also identify the name and location of schools as well as the society sponsoring a teacher. | ||
The bureau was created in 1865 at the end of the American Civil War to supervise relief efforts including education, health care, food and clothing, refugee camps, legalization of marriages, employment, labor contracts, and securing back pay, bounty payments and pensions. These records include letters and endorsements sent and received, account books, applications for rations, applications for relief, court records, labor contracts, registers of bounty claimants, registers of complaints, registers of contracts, registers of disbursements, registers of freedmen issued rations, registers of patients, reports, rosters of officers and employees, special and general orders and circulars received, special orders and circulars issued, records relating to claims, court trials, property restoration, and homesteads. | The bureau was created in 1865 at the end of the American Civil War to supervise relief efforts including education, health care, food and clothing, refugee camps, legalization of marriages, employment, labor contracts, and securing back pay, bounty payments and pensions. These records include letters and endorsements sent and received, account books, applications for rations, applications for relief, court records, labor contracts, registers of bounty claimants, registers of complaints, registers of contracts, registers of disbursements, registers of freedmen issued rations, registers of patients, reports, rosters of officers and employees, special and general orders and circulars received, special orders and circulars issued, records relating to claims, court trials, property restoration, and homesteads. | ||
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*Alabama, M810: Rolls 1, 4-8 | *Alabama, M810: Rolls 1, 4-8 | ||
*Arkansas, M980: Roll 5 [http://www.archives.gov/research/microfilm/m980.pdf National Archives Pamphlet M980] | *Arkansas, M980: Roll 5 [http://www.archives.gov/research/microfilm/m980.pdf National Archives Pamphlet M980] | ||
*District of Columbia,M1056: Rolls 12-24 [http://www.archives.gov/research/microfilm/m1056.pdf National Archives Pamphlet M1056] | *District of Columbia, M1056: Rolls 12-24 [http://www.archives.gov/research/microfilm/m1056.pdf National Archives Pamphlet M1056] | ||
*Georgia, M799: Rolls 16-28 [http://www.archives.gov/research/microfilm/m799.pdf National Archives Pamphlet M799] | *Georgia, M799: Rolls 16-28 [http://www.archives.gov/research/microfilm/m799.pdf National Archives Pamphlet M799] | ||
*Louisiana, M1026: Rolls 3-12 [http://www.archives.gov/research/microfilm/m1026.pdf National Archives Pamphlet M1026] | *Louisiana, M1026: Rolls 3-12 [http://www.archives.gov/research/microfilm/m1026.pdf National Archives Pamphlet M1026] | ||
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*Tennessee, M1000: Rolls 6-9 [http://www.archives.gov/research/microfilm/m1000.pdf National Archives Pamphlet M1000] | *Tennessee, M1000: Rolls 6-9 [http://www.archives.gov/research/microfilm/m1000.pdf National Archives Pamphlet M1000] | ||
*Texas, M822: Rolls 11-18 [http://www.archives.gov/research/microfilm/m822.pdf National Archives Pamphlet M822] | *Texas, M822: Rolls 11-18 [http://www.archives.gov/research/microfilm/m822.pdf National Archives Pamphlet M822] | ||
*Virginia, M1053: Rolls 11-20[http://www.archives.gov/research/microfilm/m1053.pdf National Archives Pamphlet M1053] | *Virginia, M1053: Rolls 11-20 [http://www.archives.gov/research/microfilm/m1053.pdf National Archives Pamphlet M1053] | ||
*Records of the Education Division, M803: 15-35 [http://www.archives.gov/research/microfilm/m803.pdf National Archives Pamphlet M803] | *Records of the Education Division, M803: 15-35 [http://www.archives.gov/research/microfilm/m803.pdf National Archives Pamphlet M803] | ||
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== Collection Content == | == Collection Content == | ||
===Sample Images=== | |||
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Image:United States, Records of the Superintendent of Education and of the Division of Education (14-1367) Appointment Request DGS 7675837_76.jpg|Appointment Request | Image:United States, Records of the Superintendent of Education and of the Division of Education (14-1367) Appointment Request DGS 7675837_76.jpg|Appointment Request | ||