PRELIMINARY INVENTORY (PI 163) OF
THE RECORDS OF
THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS (RG 75)
WASHINGTON, D.C. AREA

Compiled by Edward E. Hill, 1965

The National Archives in Washington, D. C., holds much of the original Bureau of Indian Affairs records for Indians. These original records must be viewed in person at the National Archives.

Introduction ... Table of Contents ... Appendix I-III ... Index: A-Em ... Em-Mo ... Mo-Z ... (New Entries)

Entries: 1-74 ... 75-120 ... 121-197 ... 198-284 ... 285-355 ... 356-443 ... 444-521 ... 522-576 ... 577-643 ... 644-711 ... 712-784 ... 785-860 ... 861-940 ... 941-998 ... 999-1040 ... 1041-1112 ... 1113-1182 ... 1183-1243 ... 1244-1362 ... 1363-1401

Volume I

• Introduction
  
  
• Records of the Office of the Secretary of War relating to Indian affairs, 1-2.
  
  
• Records of the Office of Indian Trade, 3-26.
  • Factory records, 27-32.
    • Arkansas factory, 27-32.
    • Belle Fontaine factory, 33.
    • Cherokee factory, (Tellico and Hiwassee), 34.
    • Chicago factory, 35-37.
    • Chickasaw Bluffs factory, 38-39.
    • Choctaw factory, 40-41.
    • Creek factory, 42-53.
    • Detroit factory, 54.
    • Fort Edwards factory, 55.
    • Fort Madison factory, 56.
    • Fort Wayne factory, 57-58.
    • Green Bay factory, 59.
    • Mackinac (Michilimackinac) factory, 60.
    • Natchitoches -- Sulphur Fork factory, 61-68.
    • Osage factory, 69.
    • Prairie du Chien factory, 70-71.
    • Sandusky factory, 72.
    • Spadre Bluffs (Illinois Bayou) factory, 73.
  
  
• Records of the Revenue Office relating to the Treasury business of the War Department, 74.
  
  
• Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 75-120.
  • General records, 1824-1907, 75-120.
    • Letters Received, 79.
    • Letters Sent, 84.
    • Special Files, 98.
  • General records, 1907-1939, 121.
    • Special Series A, 126.
  • Orders, circulars, and circular letters, 128-136.
  • Photographic records, 137.
    • Still pictures, 137-155.
    • Motion pictures, 156-157.
  • Cartographic records, 158-163.
  • Records of the Office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 164-180.
  • Records of the Offices of Chief Clerk and Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 181-193.
  • Records of Assistants to the Commissioner, 194-195.
  • Records of the Finance Officer and Chief Administrative Officer, 196-197.
  • Records relating to Indian removal, 198.
    • Records of the Commissary General of Subsistence, 198-216.
    • Cherokee removal records, 217-222.
      • Records of the First Board of Cherokee Commissioners, 223-238.
      • Records of the Second and Third Boards of Cherokee Commissioners, 217-222.
      • Records of the Fourth Board of Cherokee Commissioners, 217-222.
    • Chickasaw removal records, 252-257.
    • Choctaw removal records, 258-284.
      • Records of Commissioners Pray, Murray, and Vroom, 268-272.
      • Records of the Commission of Claiborne, Graves, Tyler, Gaines, and Rush, 273-280.
      • Records relating to land scrip, 281-284.
    • Creek removal records, 285-290.
      • Records of the Commission of Crawford and Balch, 291-294.
      • Other Creek removal records, 295-300.
    • Other removal records, 301.
  • Records of the Land Division, 302.
    • General records, 302-310.
    • Surveying and allotting records, 311-355.
      • Records relating to allotments to the Chippewa, 356-361.
      • Records relating to Red Lake and Pembina Chippewa Half-Breed scrip, 362-369.
      • Records relating to allotments to other tribes, 370-388.
      • Records relating to allotments to Indians in Michigan, 389-398.
      • Records relating to allotments on the Nemaha Half-Breed Reserve, 399-403.
      • Records concerning purchases of land for Indian use, 404-406.
    • Records relating to land sales and leases, 407-414.
      • Records relating to certificates of indebtedness, 415-422.
      • Records relating to Indian trust lands. 
        • Records relating to the disposal of the Cherokee Neutral Lands, 423-443.
        • Records relating to Chippewa and Munsee lands in Kansas, 444.
        • Records relating to Kansas Trust Lands and Dimin ished Reserve, 445-454.
        • Records relating to Kaskaskia, Peoria, Piankeshaw, Wea, and Iowa Trust Lands, 455.
        • Records relating to Kickapoo lands, 456-457.
        • Records relating to Omaha lands in Nebraska, 458.
        • Records relating to Osage lands in Kansas, 459.
        • Records relating to Ottawa Trust Lands in Kansas, 460-463.
        • Records relating to Pawnee Trust Lands in Nebraska, 464.
        • Records relating to Potawatomi lands in Kansas, 465-467.
        • Records relating to Sauk and Fox of the Mississippi Trust Lands in Kansas, 468-469.
        • Records relating to Sauk and Fox of the Missouri Trust Lands in Kansas and Nebraska, 470-471.
        • Records relating to Winnebago Trust Lands in Minnesota, 472-475.
        • Miscellaneous records concerning sales of trust lands, 476-477.
        • Records relating to sales of allotments on Puyallup Reservation in Washington, 478-481.
        • Records relating to Choctaw and Chickasaw segregated coal and asphalt lands, 482-483.
        • Records concerning removals of restrictions on land sales and certificates of competency, 484-488.
        • Records concerning patents and deeds, 489-504.
        • Miscellaneous records concerning disposal of Indian lands, 505-512.
        • Records relating to leases, 513-521.
  • Records relating to claims
    • Records concerning Indian land reserves, 522-529.
    • Records relating to the Choctaw net proceeds case, 530-543.
    • Records concerning military bounty lands, 544-547.
    • Records relating to claims arising from military service of Indians during the Civil War, 548-553.
    • Records relating to claims of white settlers evicted from the Crow Creek and Winnebago Reservations, 554-558.
    • Records relating to Sioux property and allotment claims, 559-565.
    • Miscellaneous records concerning claims and legal disputes, 566-570.
  • Enrollment records, 571-573.
    • Records relating to enrollment of California Indians, 574-576.
    • Records relating to Cherokee citizenship, 577-588.
    • Records relating to enrollment of Eastern Cherokee, 589-595.   [More]
    • Records of and concerning the Eastern Cherokee Enrolling Commission, 596-603.
    • Other records relating to enrollment of the Five Civilized Tribes, 604-607.
    • Records relating to Flathead enrollment, 608-609.
    • Records relating to Osage enrollment, 610.
    • Records relating to Ottawa enrollment (Kansas), 611.
    • Census roll of Stockbridge and Munsee Indians of Wisconsin, 612.
    • Records relating to enrollment of Washington Indians, 613-615.
    • Other enrollment records, 616-617.
  • Other records
    • Records relating to attorneys, 618-621.
    • Records concerning bonds and banks, 622-627.
    • Miscellaneous records and reference materials, 628-641.
    • Cartographic records maintained separately from the textual records, 642.
  • Records of the Law and Probate Divisions, 644-652.
  • Records of the Irrigation Division, 653
    • Cartographic records maintained separately from the textual records, 665-666.
  • Records of the Forestry Division, 667-674.
    • Cartographic records maintained separately from the textual records, 673.
  • Records of the Civilization Division, 675.
    • Records relating to Civil War claims of loyal Indians, 685-691.
  • Records of the Depredation Division, 692-711.
    • Records relating to claims for depredations by Sioux Indians in Minnesota in 1862, 702-704.
    • Other records, 705-711.
  • Records of the Education Division, 712-772.
    • General records, 712.
  • Records of the Industries Section, 760-762.
  • Records of the Law and Order Section, 763-772.
  • Records of the Health Division, 773-784.
  • Records of the Division of Extension and Industry, 785-797.
  • Records of the Alaska Division, 798-824.
    • Correspondence of the Division, 798-808.
    • Budget and accounting records, 809-813.
    • Reports and statistical records, 814-819.
    • Miscellaneous records, 820-823.
    • Field office records, 824.
  • Records of the Finance Division, 825+.
    • Records relating to Kansas claims of New York Indians, 901-905.
    • Records concerning tribal and individual moneys and pay ments to Indians, 906-925.
    • Records concerning Indian trust funds, 926-933.
    • Other records, 934-940.
  • Records of the Miscellaneous Division, 941-947.
  • Records of the Inspection Division, 948-956.
  • Records of the Statistics Division, 957-966.
  • Records of the Employees Section, 967-992.
  • Records of the Library Section, 993-998.
  • Records of the Construction Division, 999.
  • Records of the Civilian Conservation Corps -- Indian Division, 1000-1005.
  • Records of the Rehabilitation Division, 1006-1010.
  • Records of the Indian Organization Division, 1011-1014,

Volume II

• Field office records, 1015-1380.
  • Records of superintendencies and agencies, 1015-1380.
    • Records of the Arizona Superintendency, 1015-1020.
    • Records of the Central Superintendency, 1021-1040.
    • Records of the Cherokee Agency, East, 1041-1056.
    • Records of the Cherokee Agency, West, 1057.
    • Records of the Chickasaw Agency, 1058.
    • Records of the Choctaw Agency, East, 1059.
    • Records of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Agency, see Union.
    • Records of the Cimarron Agency, see New Mexico.
    • Records of the Consolidated Chippewa Agency, 1060-1061.
    • Records of the Creek Agency, East, 1065.
    • Records of the Dakota Superintendency, 1066-1069.
    • Records of the Green Bay Subagency, 1070.
    • Records of the Idaho Superintendency, 1071-1074.
    • Records of the Leech Lake Agency, 1075-1112.
    • Records of the Mackinac Agency, see Michigan. 
    • Records of the Malheur Agency, 1113-1119.
    • Records of the Michigan Superintendency and Mackinac Agency, 1120-1139.
    • Records of the Minnesota Superintendency, 1140-1141.
    • Records of the Montana Superintendency, 1142-1143.
    • Records of the Moqui Pueblo Agency, 1144-1147.
    • Records of the Nett Lake Agency, 1148-1149.
    • Records of the Nevada Superintendency, 1150-1153. 
    • Records of the New Mexico Superintendency, 1154-1166.
    • Records of the New York Agency, 1167.
    • Records of the Northern Superintendency, 1168-1182.
    • Records of the Oregon Superintendency, 1183-1203.
    • Records of the Sault Ste. Marie Agency and Subagency, see Michigan.
    • Records of the Southern Superintendency, 1204-1216.
      • Confederate records, 1210-1212.
      • Papers found with but not belonging to the records of the Southern Superintendency, 1213-1216.
    • Records of the Southern Apache Agency, 1217-1222.
    • Records of the Union Agency, 1223-1227.
    • Records of the Utah Superintendency, 1228.
    • Records of the Washington Superintendency, 1229-1243.
    • Records of the Western Superintendency, see Southern.
    • Records of the White Earth Agency, 1244-1285.
      • Records of the White Earth Boarding School, 1286-1292.
      • Records of Special Agent John H. Hinton, 1293.
      • Records of examiners of Inheritance, 1294-1296.
    • Records of the Chippewa Commission, 1297-1312.
    • Records of the Wichita Agency, see Southern.
    • Records of the Winnebago Agency, see Southern.
    • Records of the Wisconsin Superintendency, 1313-1319.
    • Records of the Wyoming Superintendency, 1320-1321.
  • Records of non-reservation schools
    • Records of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, 1322-1349.
    • Records of the Chamberlain Indian School, 1350-1356.
    • Records of the Fort Shaw Indian School, 1357-1362.
    • Records of the Hope Indian School, see Springfield.
    • Records of the Springfield Indian School, 1363-1370.
    • Records of the Wittenberg Indian School, 1371-1376.
  • Records of other field offices, 1377-1379.
  • Cartographic records maintained separately from the textual records, 1380.
• Records of the Board of Indian Commissioners, 1381-1400.
• Records of the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, 1401. 

Appendixes:

• Appendix I. List of jurisdictions and subject headings used for letters received, 1824-80.
• Appendix II. List of jurisdictions and other headings used in the central classified files, 1907-39.
• Appendix III. Select list of decimal classifications used in the central classified files, 1907-39.
  
  

New entries to PI 163:

• 96A, 111 A-C, 121C-Q, 132A-E, 136A, 175A, 177A-C, 180A-H, 195A-C, 285A, 375A, 388A, 389A-B, 403A, 406A-E, 413A-B, 444A-B, 455A, 457A-C, 463A, 471A-C, 486A, 493A, 498A, 502A, 504A-K, 524A, 527A, 528A, 529A, 559A-B, 595A, 607A-B, 611A, 617A, 641A-E, 643B, 648A, 649A-B, 651A, 652A-H, 655A, 663A, 664A-C, 668A-E, 671A, 715A, 727A, 742A, 752A-B, 759A, 784B-C, 786A, 797A-K, 811A, 819A, 822A-C, 826A, 831A-F, 847A, 892A-B, 900A-G,I, 953A, 977A-B, 998A-F, 999A-B, 1000A, 1010A-D, 1013A, 1014A-I, 1203A, 1327A, 1344A, 1349A-C, 1382A, 1402, 1403, 1404, 1405, 1406, 1407, 1408, 1409, 1410, 1411, 1412, 1413, 1414,