Description

Includes bibliographical references (p. 21).Introduction -- Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandon Lands -- Headquarters records -- Field office records -- Access and use of the records -- Labor contracts -- Registers of labor contracts -- Registers and applications of persons receiving rations -- Indentures -- Registers of complaints -- Registers of marriage -- Census lists -- Registers of claimants -- List of claimants -- Letters sent -- Registers of letters received -- Letters received -- Records of the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company -- Registers of signatures of depositors -- Indexes to deposit ledgers -- Journal of the Board of Trustees and Minutes of Committees and Inspectors -- Records not available on microfilm -- Related records -- Records of the Commissioners of Claims -- Southern Claims case files -- Summary reports -- U.S. Court of Claims -- Other records -- Searching a claim -- NARA Offices to contact -- To contact NARA by email -- Visit NARA's web site --To purchase NARA publications -- To obtain free NARA publications -- Further reading.

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Purdue University

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