BIA(RG75) Inventory, Washington, D.C., - Appendix I-III
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 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
APPENDIX I
List of Jurisdictions and Subject Headings Used for Letters Received, 1824-80 (Entry 79)
Alaska Agency
1873-74
Annuity Goods
1856-78
Apalachicola Subagency
1826-35
Apalachicola Reserves
1841-42
Arizona Superintendency
1863-80
Arkansas Superintendency
1824-34
Blackfeet Agency
1855-69
Caddo Agency
1824-42
California Superintendency
1849-80
Centennial Exhibition
1875-78
Central Superintendency
1851-80
Cherokee Agency, East
1824-36
Cherokee Agency, West
1824-36
Cherokee Agency
1836-80
Cherokee Emigration
1828-54
Cherokee Reserves
1828-50
Cheyenne and Arapahoe Agency
1675-80
Cheyenne River Agency
1871-80
Chicago Agency
1824-39
Chicago Emigration
1835-47
Chickasaw Agency
1824-61
 
1867-70
Chickasaw Emigration
1837-50
Chickasaw Reserves
1836-50
Chippewa Agency
1851-80
Chippewa Emigration
1850-59
Chippewa Reserves
1853-55
Choctaw Agency
1824-76
Choctaw Agency, West
1825-38
Choctaw Emigration
1826-59
Choctaw Reserves
1833-60
Colorado Superintendency
1861-80
Council Bluffs Agency
1836-57
Creek Agency
1824-76
Creek Agency, West
1826-36
Creek Emigration
1826-49
Creek Reserves
1832-50
Crow Creek Agency
1871-76
Crow Wing Subagency
1835-40
Dakota Superintendency
1861-80
Delaware Agency
1855-73
Devil's Lake Agency
1871-80
Flandreau Agency
1873-76
Florida Superintendency
1824-50
Florida Emigration
1828-53
Florida Reserves
1839-47
Fort Berthold Agency
1867-80
Fort Leavenworth Agency
1824-51
Fort Wayne Agency
1824-30
Grand River Agency
1871-75
Great Nemaha Agency
1837-76
Great Nemaha Emigration
1837-38
Green Bay Agency
1824-80
Idaho Superintendency
1863-80
Indiana Agency
1824-50
Indiana Emigration
1833-49
Indiana Reserves
1836-50
Ioway Subagency
1825-37
Iowa Superintendency
1838-49
Kansas Agency
1851-76
Kickapoo Agency
1855-76
Kiowa Agency
1864-80
La Pointe Agency
1831-50
 
1855-80
Lower Brulé Agency
1875-76
Mackinac Agency
1828-80
Mackinac Emigration
1838-39
Miami Subagency
1824-41
 
1846-50
Miami Reserves
1838-50
Miami Emigration
1842-53
Michigan Superintendency
1824-51
Michigan Emigration
1830-48
Michigan Reserves
1837-48
Minnesota Superintendency
1849-56
Miscellaneous
1824-80
Miscellaneous Emigration
1824-48
Montana Superintendency
1864-80
Nebraska Agencies
1876-80
Neosho Agency
1831-75
Nevada Superintendency
1861-80
New Mexico Superintendency
1849-80
New York Agency
1835-80
New York Emigration
1829-51
Northern Superintendency
1851-76
Ohio Agency
1831-43
Ohio Emigration
1831-39
Ohio Reserves
1834-43
Omaha Agency
1856-76
Oregon Superintendency
1842-80
Osage Agency
1824-53
 
1874-80
Osage River Agency
1824-71
Otoe Agency
1856-76
Ottawa Agency
1863-73
Pawnee Agency
1859-80
Pima Agency
1859-61
Piqua Agency
1824-30
Ponca Agency
1859-80
Potawatomi Agency
1851-80
Prairie du Chien Agency
1824-42
Prairie du Chien Emigration
1837-41
Quapaw Agency
1871-80
Raccoon River Agency
1843-45
Red Cloud Agency
1871-80
Red River Agency
1824-30
Sac and Fox Agency
1824-80
Sac and Fox Emigration
1845-47
Sac and Fox Reserves
1837-50
Saginaw Subagency
1824-50
St. Louis Superintendency
1824-51
St. Louis Emigration
1837-51
St. Peters Agency
1824-70
St. Peters Reserves
1839-49
Sandy Lake Subagency
1850-51
Santa Fe Agency
1849-51
Santee Sioux Agency
1871-76
Sault Ste. Marie Agency
1824-52
Schools
1824-73
School Reserves
1837-39
Seminole Agency
1824-76
Seminole Emigration
1827-59
Seneca Agency in New York
1824-32
Shawnee Agency
1855-76
Sisseton Agency
1867-80
Six Nations Agency
1824-34
Southern Superintendency
1851-71
Spotted Tail Agency
1875-80
Standing Rock Agency
1875-80
Stocks
1836-73
Texas Agency
1847-59
Turkey River Subagency
1842-46
Union Agency
1875-80
Upper Arkansas Agency
1855-74
Upper Missouri Agency
1824-74
Upper Missouri Reserves
1837-49
Upper Platte Agency
1846-70
Utah Superintendency
1849-80
Washington Superintendency
1853-57
 
1861-80
Western Superintendency
1832-51
Western Superintendency Emigration
1836-42
Whetstone Agency
1871-74
Wichita Agency
1857-78
Winnebago Agency
1826-76
Winnebago Emigration
1833-52
Winnebago Reserves
1836-47
Wisconsin Superintendency
1836-48
Wyandot Subagency
1843-51
 
1870-72
Wyandot Emigration
1839-51
Wyandot Reserves
1845-63
Wyoming Superintendency
1869-80
Yankton Agency
1859-76
APPENDIX II
List of Jurisdictions and Other Headings Used in the Central Classified Files, 1907-39 (Entry 121)
Alaska
1908-39
Albuquerque
1907-35
Albuquerque Sanatorium
1932-36
Armstrong
1917-20
Bay Mills
1907-17
Bena
1907-14
Bishop
1908-29
Bismarck
1907-37
Blackfeet
1907-39
Bloomfield
1917-30
Cahuilla
1907-14
California Special
1907-19
Camp Verde
1907-27
Campo
1910-20
Canton Asylum
1907-34
Cantonment
1907-27
Capitan Grande
1907-14
Carlisle
1907-28
Carson
1907-39
Carter
1907-18
Carter Seminary
1930-37
Cass Lake
1907-22
Central Navajo
1934-35
Chamberlain
1907-09
Charles H. Burke
1925-36
Chemawa
1936-39
Cherokee Nation
1907-39
Cherokee Orphan Training School
1916-34
Cherokee School
1907-39
Cheyenne and Arapaho
1907-39
Cheyenne River
1907-39
Chicago Warehouse
1907-39
Chickasaw
1907-39
Chilocco
1907-39
Choctaw
1907-39
Choctaw-Chickasaw Sanatorium
1934-38
Claremore Hospital
1930-38
Coeur d'Alene
1907-37
Collins
1916-19
Colorado River
1907-39
Colville
1907-39
Consolidated Chippewa
1922-39
Consolidated Ute
1922-39
Creek
1907-39
Crow
1907-39
Crow Creek
1907-39
Cushman
1907-29
Digger
1907-25
Eastern Navajo
1927-35
Euchee
1917-37
Eufaula
1917-37
Fallon
1908-25
Five Tribes
1907-39
Flandreau
1907-39
Flathead
1907-39
Fond du Lac
1907-22
Fort Apache
1907-39
Fort Belknap
1907-39
Fort Berthold
1907-39
Fort Bidwell
1907-31
Fort Hall
1907-39
Fort Lapwai
1907-37
Fort Lapwai Sanatorium
1913-37
Fort Lewis
1907-12
Fort McDermitt
1908-22
Fort Mojave
1907-31
Fort Peck
1907-39
Fort Shaw
1907-19
Fort Totten
1907-39
Fort Yuma
1907-35
General Service
1907-39
Genoa
1907-35
Goshute
1907-24
Grand Junction
1907-12
Grand Portage
1911-21
Grand Rapids
1915-27
Grande Ronde-Siletz
1907-39
Great Lakes
1936-39
Green Bay
1907-09
Greenville
1907-23
Hampton Institute
1907-15
Haskell
1907-39
Havasupai
1907-33
Hayward
1907-33
Hoopa Valley
1907-39
Hopi
1911-39
Hopi-Navajo Sanatorium
1933-34
Indian Office
1907-39
Indian Territory
1907-17
Jicarilla
1908-39
Jones
1917-37
Kaibab
1908-27
Kiowa
1907-39
Klamath
1907-39
La Jolla
1908-11
La Pointe
1907-29
Lac du Flambeau
1907-36
Laguna
1924-39
Laona
1916-27
Leech Lake
1907-22
Lemhi
1907-12
Liquor Traffic
1907-17
Lovelocks
1910-12
Lower Brulé
1907-25
Mackinac
1907-27
Malki
1907-20
Martinez
1907-12
Mekusukey
1917-32
Menominee
1922-39
Mesa Grande
1907-12
Mescalero
1907-39
Mission
1920-39
Moapa River
1907-26
Moqui
1907-23
Morris
1907-9
Mount Pleasant
1907-34
Navajo
1907-39
Navajo Springs
1910-15
Neah Bay
1907-33
Nett Lake
1908-20
Nevada
1907-22
New York
1907-39
New York Warehouse
1907-16
Northern Idaho
1937-39
Northern Navajo
1926-35
Northern Pueblo
1920-30
Nuyaka
1917-26
Omaha
1907-25
Omaha Warehouse
1908-15
Oneida
1907-21
Osage
1907-39
Otoe
1907-22
Paiute
1927-39
Pala
1907-20
Panguitch
1907-9
Pawnee
1907-39
Pechanga
1909-14
Phoenix
1907-39
Phoenix Sanatorium
1907-39
Pierre
1907-39
Pima
1907-39
Pine Ridge
1907-39
Pipestone
1907-39
Ponca
1907-27
Potawatomi
1907-39
Potrero
1907-9
Potter Valley
1909-10
Pueblo Bonito
1908-39
Pueblo Day School
1910-19
Puyallup
1907-17
Pyramid Lake
1930-33
Quapaw
1918-39
Rapid City
1907-33
Red Cliff
1911-22
Red Lake
1907-39
Red Moon
1907-17
Reno
1916-25
Rice Station
1907-18
Rincon
1909-12
Rocky Boy
1917-39
Roosevelt
1908-11
Rosebud
1907-39
Roseburg
1909-18
Round Valley
1907-24
Sac and Fox-Iowa
1907-39
Sac and Fox-Oklahoma
1907-21
Sac and Fox Sanatorium
1922-39
Sacramento
1923-39
St. Louis Warehouse
1907-35
Salem
1907-37
Salt River
1909-24
San Carlos
1907-39
San Francisco Warehouse
1917-18
San Jacinto
1907-9
San Juan
1907-39
San Xavier
1907-39
San Xavier Sanatorium
1932
Santa Fe
1907-35
Santee
1907-20
Scattered Bands in Utah
1913-17
Seger
1907-26
Sells
1918-39
Seminole
1907-39
Seneca
1907-22
Sequoyah Orphan Training School
1924-39
Shawnee
1907-39
Shawnee Sanatorium
1934-39
Sherman Institute
1907-39
Shi wits
1907-21
Shoshoni
1907-38
Siletz
1907-25
Sioux Sanatorium
1938-39
Sisseton
1907-39
Soboba
1907-21
Southern Mission
1921-22
Southern Navajo
1927-36
Southern Pueblo
1919-35
Southern Ute
1907-22
Spokane
1912-25
Springfield
1907-19
Standing Rock
1907-39
Tacoma Hospital
1931-39
Taholah
1914-39
Theodore Roosevelt School
1923-33
Tomah
1907-39
Tongue River
1907-39
Truxton Cannon
1907-39
Tulalip
1907-39
Tule River
1907-23
Turtle Mountain
1907-39
Tuskahoma
1921-28
Uintah and Ouray
1907-39
Ukiah
1907-15
Unatilla
1907-39
Union Agency
1907-14
United Pueblos
1934-39
Upper Lake
1909-11
Ute Mountain
1907-22
Vermillion Lake
1907-21
Volcan
1909-13
Wahpeton
1907-39
Walker River
1907-39
Warm Springs
1907-39
Western Navajo
1907-35
Western Shoshone
1907-39
Wheelock
1917-37
White Earth
1907-22
Wind River
1937-39
Winnebago
1907-39
Wittenberg
1907-17
Wyandotte Absentee
1908-20
Yakima
1907-39
Yankton
1907-34
Zuni
1907-35
APPENDIX III
Select List of Decimal Classifications Used in the Central Classified Files, 1907-39 (Entry 121)
000. GENERAL AND STATISTICAL
010. Legislation
011. Acts of Congress
013. Proposed Legislation
015. Reports -- Committees of Congress
020. Department Relations
030. Statistics
031. Annual Reports
032. Statistical Records -- Weekly or Monthly Reports
033. Historical Data -- Records -- Indian Names
034. Census Matters -- Family History
040. Publicity
042. Relics and Ruins
044. Monuments and Memorials -- Gifts -- Presents -- Holidays
047. Fairs and Expositions -- Indians for Expositions
049. Prizes -- Bounties -- Duties -- Rewards
050. Tribal Relations
051. Negotiations With Indians
052. Treaties
053. Enrollment -- Citizenship -- Degree of Indian Blood
054. Councils -- Acts of Tribal Councils
055. Elections
056. Delegations
057. Business Committee
058. Adoptions
059. Petitions
060. Indian Customs
061. Convocations -- Conferences
062. Feasts -- Fiestas -- Festivals
063. Dances
064. Languages and Dialects
065. Marriage Customs
066. Forms of Government -- Indian Judges
067. Charters
068. Constitutions and bylaws
100. ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL
101. Office Methods -- Condition of Work -- Instructions
110. Rules and Regulations
112. Circulars
113. Permits
113.1 Permits To Enter Indian Country General Orders to Inspecting Officials
115. Hunting and Fishing
116. Passports -- Immigration
120. Policy
121. Indian Troubles -- Visiting Among Indians
122. Arming and Disarming Indians
123. Transfer and Removal of Indians
124. Trading With Indians
125. Military
126. Liquor Traffic -- Cocaine -- Drugs -- Mescal
127. Indians Competent -- Roll of Honor
128. Indian Suffrage
130. Establishment or Abolishment of Agencies and Schools
131. Changes in Control
132. Division
133. Consolidation
134. Removal
135. Employees in Charge
137. Jurisdiction of Agents
140. Communication
146. Destruction of Documents -- Correspondence
148. Radio
150. Inspection and Investigation -- Inspection Reports
151. Boards of Survey
154. Charges Against Employees
155. Complaints
160. Officers and Employees
162. Appointments of -- Application for -- Certificates of Eligible by Civil Service Commission -- Oaths
163. Changes -- Promotions -- Reductions
165. Salaries and Wages
168. Failure To Pay Debts
169. Irregular Employees
170. Law
171. Federal Law
172. State Law
173. Courts
173.1 Decisions
173.2 Judgments
173.3 Injunctions and Mandamus
173.4 Calls for Evidence
173.5 Judges -- Nomination -- Election
174. Attorneys -- Powers of Attorney
174.1 Contract With
174.2 Admission of
174.3 Disbarment of
175. Offenses and Crimes
175.1 Arrests
175.2 Suits
175.3 Fines and Penalties
175.4 Prisons and Prisoners
175.5 Pardons
175.6 Statutes of Limitation
177. Business Forms -- Bonds, Authority To Sign -- Articles of Incorporation
200. FINANCE AND ACCOUNTS
201. Receipts for Goods
202. Authorities
210. Annuities
211. Payments to Indians
212. Commutation of Annuities
220. Funds
220.1 Estimate of -- Requisition or or for Funds
223. Diversion and Transfer of
224. Trust Funds
225. Funds From Sales, Rents, Pupil Labor, and Thumbmarks
226. Funds From Rights-of-Way
227. Revenue and Toll Matter
229. Appropriations
240. Property Accounting
241. Property Auditing and Accounting
242. Affidavits of Losses
243. Condemnation of Property, Boards of Survey, and Destruction of Property
244. Sale and Exchange of Property, Not Reimbursable
245. Transfer of Property
246. Issues of Property, Not Reimbursable
247. Periodic Property Reports
248. Inventory of Stores and of Personal and Real Property
250. Accounts
253. Accounts of Traders
254. Issues and Expenditures to Schools
255. Issues, Miscellaneous -- Reimbursable
255.1 Retaken Credits, Cancellations, and Loans
256. Damage by Elements, Fire, Flood, and Pests
257. Burials -- Funeral Expenses
258. Property Accounts
259. Credit or Revolving Funds
260. Claims -- Vouchers or Bills
261. Claims for Annuity
263. Claims for Construction of Buildings
265. Claims for Freight and Passenger Transportation
266. Claims for Confiscation of Property
270. Sales
271. Hides
272. Stock
273. Manufactured Articles
274. Farm Products
275. Issued Goods -- Sale or Other Disposition of
276. Subsistence or Other Supplies to Employees
280. Contracts [No records have been kept for this classification.]
281. Contracts for Supplies and Stocks
282. Contracts for Construction of Buildings
300. LANDS
302. Taxes, Duties, and Customs
303. Waters, Bodies of
304. Surveys and Appraisements
304.1 Field Notes
304.2 Maps and Plats, Tract Books
304.3 Boundaries
305. Townsites
306. Removal of Restrictions
307. Public Lands
307.1 Cemeteries
307.2 Parks, Bison Ranges, Game Reserves, Airports
307.3 Forest Reserves
307.4 Indian Reserves
308. Tribal Lands
308.1 Opening to Public
308.2 Trespasses or Settlement on Tribal or Allotted Lands -- Intruders
308.3 School Lands
309. Islands and Swamplands
310. Transfer of Lands -- Sales -- Extension of Payments
311. Deeds and Titles -- Conveyance of Lands
312. Patents
313. Allotments and Homestead Entries
313.1 Allotments Under Section 4, Act of February 8, 1887
314. Mortgages
315. Transfer of Military Posts
316. Rifle Ranges and Target Ranges -- Drill Grounds
317. Funds for Ex-Soldiers
320. Leasing of Lands
321. Farming and Grazing -- Assignments
322. Oil and Gas Leases (Originals) -- Approval of only
322.1 Oil Gaging and Measuring
322.2 Oil and Gas Leases -- Assignments of Only
322.3 Oil and Gas Leases -- Cancellations of Only
322.4 Casing Head Gas
322.5 Drilling Contracts -- Extension of Drilling Period -- Permission To Drill
322.6 Acreage Limitations
322.7 Sale of Oil Lands for Oil and Gas Development
323. Coal and Asphalt -- Assignments
324. Miscellaneous Mineral and Smelting
325. Oil Tank Sites
330. Resources and Development -- Analyses
331. Prospecting
332. Mines, Mineral Lands and Mining
333. Mineral Springs
334. Quarries
335. Gravel Pits
336. Gas Wells
337. Oil Lands
338. Fisheries
339. Forests -- Logging and Lumbering Operations -- Forest Fires
340. Improvements
341. Irrigation -- Dikes
342. Fences
343. Drainage
344. Emergency Conservation Work (CCC)
346. CCC Enrollee Program
347. Telephone Construction
348. Bridge Construction
349. Road Construction
350. Estates -- Heirship Cases
351. Wills
352. Guardians for Minors and Insane Indians
353. Administrators and Executors
354. Inherited Lands
355. Noncompetents' Lands
360. Settlement and Colonization of Indians
370. Rights-of-Way
371. Railroads
372. Pipelines
373. Telegraph
374. Telephone
375. Roads, Bridges, and Cattle Trails
376. Ferries
377. Canals and Irrigation Ditches -- Waterpower Plants
400. BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT
410. Buildings -- Insurance on Buildings
417. Bridges and Roads -- Construction and Repair of
420. Equipment
424. Water Supply, Pumps, Reservoirs
425. Sewer Supply -- Sewer Systems -- Septic Tanks
700. HEALTH AND SOCIAL RELATIONS
701. Rules and Regulations
702. Quarantines
703. Camping -- Camps
704. Training Nurses for Hospital
705. Tuberculosis
706. Trachoma
707. Venereal Disease
708. Public Health Program and Cooperative Relationships
709. Administration of Hospitals and Sanitariums
710. Sanitation
720. Relief Work -- Institutions -- Welfare Clinics
721. Hospitals
722. Asylums
722.1 Insane -- Insane Indians
722.2 Blind
722.3 Deaf and Dumb
722.4 Aged Persons -- Old People's Homes
723. Destitute Persons -- Indigent Indians
724. Insurance -- Protection of Indians
725. Pensions
726. Civil Retirement
727. Nurses Employment and Work
730. Diseases and Injuries
731. Epidemics
732. Of Persons -- Accidents
733. Of Animals
734. Treatment -- Dental Work
735. Contracts, Physicians and Surgeons
736. Deaths
737. Medical Examinations
740. Social Relations
741. Marriage
742. Intermarriage
743. Divorce
744. Polygamy
745. Support of Family
750. Amusements and Athletics
760. Clinical Surveys and Research
770. Reports of Medical Directors
771. Reports of Supervisory Nurses
780. Social Security
800. EDUCATION
801. Rules and Regulations
802. Compulsory Education
803. Contract and Public Schools
806. Reservation, Day and Boarding Schools
808. Summer School
810. Teaching and Training -- School Curriculum
811. Agricultural Training
812. Domestic Training
813. Industrial Training
814. Musical Training
815. Academic Training
816. Religious Training
816.1 Interference
816.2 Missions, Missionaries, and Churches
817. Arts and Grafts
818. Health Education
819. Adult Education
820. Pupils
821. Runaway Pupils and Incorrigibles
822. Morality of
823. Assocations and Clubs
824. "Outing" Systems
825. Transfer of
826. Returned Students
827. Monthly and Quarterly Reports of
828. Summer Subsistence
830. Teachers
832. Qualifications of Teachers
833. Examinations for Teachers
850. Educational Aid
851. National Youth Administration
852. Apprenticeships
854. Intelligence Tests
855. Special Aid
900. INDUSTRIES AND EMPLOYMENT
901. Superintendents of
902. Experiment Stations
903. Labor Unions and Troubles
910. Industries
911. Bee Culture
912. Forestry -- Nurseries -- Fruit Culture -- Associations
913. Basket Making
913.1 Pottery
915. Rug Making
916. Farming and Stock Raising
917. Housekeeping
917.1 Field Matrons' Work -- Home Demonstration
919. Agriculture and Home Extension Work
920. Employment for Indians
921. On Farms
922. On Railroads
923. On Beetfields
924. On Irrigation Projects
925. On Roads
926. Indians in Military Service
927. In Building Trades
928. As Nurses
929. As Musicians
930. Wild Animals -- Conservation of Fish and Wildlife
940. Inventions