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== What is in This Collection?  ==
== What is in This 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 by the teacher or agent. Reports can also identify the name and location of schools as well as the society sponsoring a teacher. The following link will provide a description of the record types found in this and other Freedmen's Bureau collections. [[Freedmen's Bureau Record Types]]   
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 following link will provide a description of the record types found in this and other Freedmen's Bureau collections. [[Freedmen's Bureau Record Types]]   
*[https://archive.org/details/manualonschoolho00chas/page/n5/mode/2up C. Thurston Chase, ''Schoolhouses. Manual on School- Houses and Cottages for People of the South.'' Washington: Government Printing Office, 1868] Internet Archive


This collection corresponds with the following NARA microfilm publications:
This collection corresponds with the following NARA microfilm publications:
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*[https://archive.org/details/ninthsemiannualr00alvo  John Watson Alvord 1807-1880. United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands Ninth semi-annual report on schools for freedmen: January 1, 1870.Washington: Government Printing Office, 1870.]
*[https://archive.org/details/ninthsemiannualr00alvo  John Watson Alvord 1807-1880. United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands Ninth semi-annual report on schools for freedmen: January 1, 1870.Washington: Government Printing Office, 1870.]
*July 1st, 9th, 1870
*July 1st, 9th, 1870
*[https://archive.org/details/manualonschoolho00chas/page/n5/mode/2up C. Thurston Chase, ''Schoolhouses. Manual on School- Houses and Cottages for People of the South.'' Washington: Government Printing Office, 1868] Internet Archive


== General Information About Freedmen's Bureau Records  ==
== General Information About Freedmen's Bureau Records  ==
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