The Southwest National Archives branch in Fort Worth, Texas holds most of the original Bureau of Indian Affairs records from Oklahoma. This is their extensive inventory of approximately 650 types of records covering enrollment, allotment, leases, finances, probate, programs, and schools. These original records must be viewed in person at the SW National Archives. Please see Visiting the National Archives.
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Following the removal to Indian Territory, each of the tribes established a system of day schools and boarding schools that were operated under the supervision of the tribal government with tribal funds. The Secretary of Interior claimed control over these schools under the Curtis Act of 1898 and appointed John D. Benedict to the position of Supervisor of Indian Schools on February 10, 1899. Benedict appointed Assistant Supervisors for each tribe (with the exception of the Seminoles) on April 30, 1899, who exercised control over 1421 day schools and 35 boarding schools. The tribes strongly resisted any loss of authority over their schools but Federal control was increased by an act of Congress of April 26, 1906 (34 Stat. 370) that provided for the termination of the tribal goyernments.
In 1910, the Department of Interior conducted an investigation of the schools that resulted in the replacement of Benedict by Oscar H. Lipps and the abolishment of the Assistant Supervisor positions. Responsibility for most rural day schools was transferred to the State of Oklahoma and Congress began appropriating funds to pay the tuition of Indian children attending public schools. The Federal government took over control of all tribal boarding schools and closed 12 of the 24 still in operation. On April 1, 1911, John N. Brown was appointed Supervisor of Schools for the Five Civilized Tribes and was subsequently succeeded by A.S. Wyly (1915-1922) and Herbert C. Calhoun (1922-1931).
On September 1, 1931, George C. Wells was appointed Supervisor of Education for Oklahoma with headquarters in Oklahoma City and exercised administrative control over all educational programs of the BIA in Oklahoma. Percy W. Daniels was appointed Assistant Supervisor of Education in December, 1935, with offices at Muskogee and responsibility for the Five Civilized Tribes. In 1937, Russell M. Kelly replaced Daniels and the title of the position was changed to Superintendent of Education with control over the Cheyenne- Arapaho, Kiowa, Osage, Pawnee, Seneca, and Shawnee. Kelly's title was changed to District Supervisor of Education in 1946 and he exercised supervision over all of Oklahoma. When an Area Office was established at Muskogee in 1949, A. B. Caldwell was appointed Educationist with responsibility for all education programs in Eastern Oklahoma.
A School Division was established within the Five Civilized Tribes Agency in 1932 that included several Day School Representatives who visited public schools to investigate the enrollment, attendance, and progress of Indian children. In 1935, the Division included eight Education Field Agents and five School Social Workers under the supervision of the Chief Education Field Agent, George Hillman, who reported to the Supervisor of Education in Muskogee through the Superintendent of the Five Civilized Tribes Agency. In 1938, it was renamed the Education Division that became the Branch of Education in 1949.
Many of the records of the Supervisor including correspondence, reports, and accounts are in the custody of the Oklahoma Ristorical Society. Some have been microfilmed and can be found on DC rolls 45, and 67-72.
1906-1908. 2 ft.
Arranged in rough chronological order.
Original letters received by John D. Benedict, Supervisor of
Indian Schools, from Supervisors of Tribal Schools, teachers, and
the general public. The letters relate to teacher pay, school
administration, enrollment of students, applications for
employment, and status of individual students. There are a few
letters that were written from 1900 to 1902.
A-18-86-5
1901-1907. 2 vols. 1 in.
Arranged by tribe and thereunder by school.
A record of teachers employed at boarding schools and day
schools that gives the teacher's name, position, salary, date
entered on duty, sex, age, race, marital status, birthplace, and
previous occupation. There is information about teachers at the
Jones Academy through 1925 and some information about the number
of
students enrolled in various schools and average attendance. See
also entry 981 of Preliminary Inventory 163 for rosters of school
employees in Indian Territory from 1899-1900. Microfilmed as
7RA194. (L5869 and L3166)
A-18-86-5
1904-1907. 5 vols. 8 in.
Arranged by tribe and thereunder by school. The volumes
include a list of schools.
A record of enrollment and attendance at various day schools
that gives the teacher's name and salary, number of Indian and
white children enrolled each quarter, number of days attended, and
the total amount paid the teacher or the school. (L3169, L3172-3,
L3178, L3180)
A-18-86-5
1900-1910. 9 vols. 9 in.
Arranged chronologically in roughly yearly segments,
thereunder by tribe, and thereunder by school.
A record of salaries paid to teachers in boarding schools and
contract day schools. The only information given for each teacher
is name, number of days taught, salary, and amount paid. There is
sometimes information about supplies. The records include
information about the Cherokee Male and Female Seminary and Orphan
Asylum. Choctaw volumes microfilmed as 7RA194. See entry 736 of
Preliminary Inventory 163 for similar records. (L3179, L3189,
L3188, L3187, L3185, and L3181, L3177, L3175, and L5870)
A-18-86-5
n.d. 1 vol. .5 in.
Arranged alphabetically by the first letter of the student's
surname.
A list of students who left schools apparently without
permission that gives the student's name, age, Dawes enrollment
number, tribe, and school attended. The bulk of the students were
enrolled at Chilocco Boarding.School or Haskell Institute.
(L3278)
A-18-86-5
1913. 14 vols. 2 in.
Arranged by fiscal year and thereunder by quarter in which
payment was made.
Carbon copies of schedules of vouchers for payments to "common
schools" (form 587) that gives the school name, district number,
county, amount paid, date of payment, and check number. (2-3-33+)
A-18-86-5
1900-1903. 1 vol. 1 in.
Arranged chronologically. The volume includes an index to
addressees.
Press copies of letters sent by H. W. C. Shelton, President of
the Cherokee Board of Education, to the general public. The
letters relate to school administration, finances, and
enrollment.
(171761)
A-18-86-6
1906-1909. 6 vols. 6 in.
Arranged chronologically. Each volume includes an index to
addressees.
Press copies of letters sent by D. Frank Reed, Supervisor of
Cherokee Schools, to the general public. The letters relate to
school administration, finances, and enrollment. See entry 737
of Preliminary Inventory 163 for attendance statistics for Cherokee
Day Schools for 1906.
A-18-86-6
1881-1882. 1 vol. .5 in.
Arranged by school term and thereunder by school.
A handwritten list of "students and borders" at the Cherokee
Male and Female Seminaries that gives each student's name, tribal
district of residence, age, date of admittance, name of patron,
and
address. The volume also includes some printed rules and
regulations of the seminaries. Microfilmed as 7RA91. (100567)
A-18-86-6
1908-1913. 1 vol. 3 ft.
Arranged by county and thereunder by school district. There
is an alphabetical list of counties that gives the district
numbers
for which there are records. There is some correspondence dated as
late as 1940.
Original petitions from school boards to acquire tracts of
land for school reservations, plat maps annotated with the tract
location, appraisals, bills of sale, deeds, receipts for patents,
and correspondence. The bulk of the correspondence is between the
Commissioner to the FCT and school board officials and relates to
payments for the land and transfer of title. The land was sold to
the county school boards under section 10 of an act of Congress of
May 29, 1908 (35 Stat. 444) that authorized the sale of tracts of
up to two acres of unallotted land for school reservations. There
is a volume that provides a summary of the actions taken on each
petition. (no #)
A-18-86-6 and 12 maps @ A-35-13-2
1905-1910. 1 ft.
Arranged by type of record and thereunder in rough
chronological order.
Correspondence, estimates of funds, vouchers, and accounts of
Walter Falwell, Supervisor of Creek and Seminole Schools. The bulk
of the correspondence is between Falwell and John D. Benedict or
the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. The accounts relate primarily
to the Coweta Boarding School and the Eufaula High School. (See
also Oklahoma Historical Society microfilm DC roll 67-71)
A-18-86-7
1898-1907. 5 vols. 5 in.
Arranged by school term and thereunder by school.
Lists of teachers at Creek boarding and day schools that give
the teacher's name, school, and amount paid. Some volumes also
contain information about Creek school warrants. (L3296, L3174,
L3176, L3182, and L3183).
A-18-86-7
1910-1914. 2 vols. 1 ft.
Arranged by type of record and thereunder in rough
chronological order
Correspondence, enrollment lists, vouchers, abstracts of
disbursements, property returns, and physician's statements
relating to the Tullahassee Boarding School that was operated by
the Creek tribal government for black children. The bulk of the
correspondence is between the Superintendent of the school and the
Supervisor of Creek Schools and relates to administration,
finances, and enrollment. See Virginia E. Landerdale, 11The
Tullahassee Mission" in The Chronicles of Oklahoma (Volume 26
Number 3). L3218 from 70200).
A-18-86-7
The records described below were maintained primarily by Herbert C. Calhoun, Russell M. Kelly, and A. B. Caldwell but include some records created or maintained by the Chief Education Field Agent and the Education Division at the FCT Agency at Muskogee. It has been impossible to separate the records because of the close relationship between various Supervisors or Superintendents of Education in Oklahoma City or Muskogee and the staff of the FCT Agency that was involved with education programs.
1925-1937. 1 ft.
Arranged alphabetically by surname of addressee.
Original letters received and copies of letters sent by
Herbert C. Calhoun and Perry W. Danielson to field agents, school
officials, and the general public. The bulk of the correspondence
relates to employment but there are some letters pertaining to
school enrollment, supplies, facilities, and payment of tuition.
A-18-88-1
1934-1961. 3 ft.
Arranged chronologically.
Original letters received and copies of letters sent by the
Superintendent to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, members of
Congress, the Director of Education of the BIA, the Supervisor of
Education in Oklahoma City, Superintendents of various schools,
Education Field Agents, officials of agencies of the State of
Oklahoma, and the general public. The correspondence relates to
employment of teachers and field agents, repair and construction
of school buildings, supplies, enrollment of students, and funding
for education programs. (46663)
A-18-88-1
1930-1954. 1 ft.
Arranged chronologically.
Carbon copies of annual narrative and statistical reports of
the Supervisor of Education to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
The reports provide information about enrollment and attendanceof
students, operation of boarding and day schools, contracts with
denominational schools, activities of school social workers,
relief programs, and funding for education programs. Most of the reports
contain photographs and maps. There are some reports of Education
Field Agents and Principals of boarding schools for Cheyenne-Arapaho,
Pawnee, Seneca, Choctaws (in Mississippi), and Haskell Institute.
A-18-88-1
1930-1946. 8 ft.
Arranged in chronological segments (1930-35, 1936, 1937, 1938,
1930-1943, and 1944-46) and thereunder by name of the field
employee or the school.
Original letters received and copies of letters sent by the
Supervisor of Education or the Superintendent of the FCT Agency to
Education Field Agents, School Social Workers, Superintendents or
Principals of schools, and various officials concerned with
education programs; weekly and monthly statistical reports and
narrative reports; reports of visits to schools and families of
students; photographs of school buildings and students; and school
census reports. The correspondence relates to employment, pay,
facilities, and funding for education programs. There is some
correspondence between Herbert Calhoun and Day School
Representatives from 1926-1930 and School Social Workers for 1948-1949.
A-18-88-1
1937-1963. 6 ft.
Arranged by subject.
Correspondence, circulars, orders, lsits of employees and
teachers, financial reports, budget estimates, minutes of staff
meetings, agenda and summaries of conferences, and publications of
some Indian schools. The records relate to arts and crafts
programs, exhibits at fairs and meetings, conferences of the
Oklahoma Education Association and other educational groups,
health, programs for deaf and blind students, repair and
maintenance of school facilities, issuance of clothing and shoes
to children of indigent Indians, and the operation of boarding and
day schools. There are some minutes of meetings of an inter-tribal
council (1951-1958) and a guidance committee on educational grant
approvals (1958-1963). There is also a 1935 report on rural
schools for Indians submitted by S. L. Smith. Although the bulk of
the records were created while Russell Kelley was Supervisor of
Education, there are a few records that were accumulated by his
successor, A. B. Caldwell.
A-18-88-3
1931-1955. 2 ft.
Arranged by name of school or type of record.
Correspondence, circulars, lists of students and teachers,
attendance reports, copies of contracts with school districts, and
vouchers for payments to school districts. The bulk of the
correspondence is between the Supervisor of Education and
teachers, county school officials, and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
There is a folder for each school that contains records relating
to the acquisition and disposal of land and buildings and often
includes photographs of school buildings.
A-18-88-4
1926-1955. 48 ft.
Arranged by school and thereunder by term (see Appendix VI).
Beginning in 1950, the applications are arranged alphabetically.
Correspondence, applications for enrollment, reports and
recommendations on applications, and lists of students in various
schools. The bulk of the correspondence is between the Supervisor
of Education in Muskogee and Principals of schools, Education
Field Agents, and parents of children and relates to actions taken on
applications, attendance, Aesertions, and graduation. The original
application for enrollment is generally found among the records of
the appropriate school. (71A1210)
A-18-88-5 and A-18-92-7
1910-1949. 18 ft.
Arranged by school (see Appendix VI) and thereunder by school
term.
Correspondence, copies of contracts (SF-33), vouchers for
payments (SF-193a), and attendance reports (5-252). The bulk of
the correspondence is between the Supervisor of Education or the
Chief Education Field Agent and officials of county boards of
education or principals of schools and relates to the award of
contracts for the instruction of Indian children and the payment
of
tuition. The attendance reports generally provide each student's
name, age, tribe, degree of Indian blood, date entered school,
grade, and number of days attended. (46611)
A-18-90-2
1928-1947. 5 ft.
Arranged by county.
Correspondence and reports relating to the payment of funds to
school districts for the enrichment of educational programs for
Indian children. The correspondence is between the Chief Education
Field Agent and officials of school districts, Principals of
schools, Education Field Agents, and the Supervisor of Education.
The funds were generally used to buy books and school supplies.
(76467-68)
A-18-90-3
1931-1937. 16 ft.
Arranged by county and thereunder by school term.
Reports prepared on a printed form of attendance by Indian
children in public schools that gives the school name, county,
district number and the name, age, sex, tribe, grade of each
student and the number of days they attended. The forms were used
to support tuition payments by the Federal government under
regulations of April 18, 1931. (46345-361)
A-18-90-4
1930. 1 ft.
Arranged by county and thereunder by family.
A record prepared on printed forms of information gathered
from May to December, 1930, about the educational level of Indian
families. The information given for each family includes each
member's name, age, Dawes enrollment number (if any), address, and
ability to read and write. The form also includes some information
about health conditions, ownership of property, and occupations.
There are also a few narrative and statistical reports based on
the survey. See also entry 626. (358519-20).
A-18-90-7
1938-1947. 10 ft.
Arranged in yearly segments and thereunder by county.
Carbon copies of reports prepared by Education Field Agents on
printed forms (5-255 and 5-255a) of Indian children attending
school. The report provides the following information for each
child: name, sex, age, grade, tribe, degree of Indian blood,
distance from home to school, name of parent or guardian, name of
school attended, and length of school term. In addition to the
detailed report, there is a summary report that provides the
number of children by sex enrolled and not enrolled in school in various
age groups. There is some correspondence between the Education
Field Agents and the Supervisor of Education about the preparation
and submission of the reports. (70078-80)
A-18-90-7
1951-1954. 2 ft.
Arranged by school term and thereunder by county.
Carbon copies of census reports on children of more than 1/4
Indian blood enrolled in public schools prepared by County
Superintendents of Education on printed forms. The information
given for each child includes name, age, sex, tribe, grade, school
district number, name of parent or guardian, and address. There
are also some statistical summaries based on the census reports.
A-18-92-1
1934-1947. 20 ft.
Arranged by county and thereunder in segments including
students in public schools, boarding schools, students out of
school, students less than 1/4 Indian blood, etc. Cards within
each segment are arranged alphabetically. There appear to be cards
for Carter, Choctaw, Jefferson, Love, McClain, McCurtain,
Marshall, and Pushmatta Counties.
A record of students prepared on printed 5 x 8 inch cards
("Permanent School Census Card 5-255b") that gives each student's
name, tribe, degree of Indian blood, date of birth, parents'
names, and a yearly record of school enrollment that includes the name of
the school, grade, and number of days attended. These cards were
maintained by the Education Field Agents at Ardmore and Hugo.
There are no cards for Freedmen. (351667-9)
A-18-96-2
1920-1945. 25 ft.
Arranged alphabetically by student's name.
A record prepared on various types of printed cards of
students attending various public and Indian schools. The
information generally given for each student includes name, date
of birth, age, sex, degree of Indian blood, parent's name and their
roll numbers (if any), address, grade, and name of school
attended.
A-17-22-3
1911-1946. 2 ft.
Arranged alphabetically by school and thereunder alphabetically by employee's surname.
A record prepared on 5 x 8 inch cards (form 310) of employees
of Indian boarding schools and the Education Division of the FCT
Agency. The information given for each employee includes name,
school, salary, date of birth, sex, race, marital status, and a
list of positions held and dates of duty. (389732)
A-18-92-2
Fifteen District Agents were appointed on June 20, 1908 in accordance with an act of Congress of May 27, 1908 (35 Stat. 312) that provided for "local representatives" of the Secretary of Interior to work with officials of county courts to protect the interests of minor children of enrolled members of the Five Civilized Tribes. Each District Agent was a political appointee who was responsible for a designated area and reported to W. W. Bennett, Supervisor of District Agents, who maintained an office in Muskogee and was under the administrative control of the Commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes. Although the District Agents were appointed to deal with probate and guardianship matters, they spent the majority of their time investigating applications for removal of restrictions and supervising the lease or sale of allotted land and the collection and distribution of funds for individual restricted Indians.
The position of District Agent was abolished in 1912 and the political appointees were replaced by employees of the Union Agency who were designated Field Clerks and performed most of the functions of the District Agents but had no responsibilities for probate or guardianship. In 1914, Congress authorized funds for the employment of Probate Attorneys for the Five Civilized Tribes (see entries 333-346). The Probate Attorneys worked closely with the Field Clerks.
A Field Division under a Supervising Field Agent was established within the FCT Agent in 1915 and the forty counties within its jurisdiction were divided into 18 districts with a Field Agent or Field Clerk in each responsible for supervising the lands and funds of restricted Indians. There were frequent changes in the number of districts and their boundaries and farmers, land appraisers, extension agents, and social workers were assigned to some districts at various times. When an Area Office was established at Muskogee in 1949, six District Field Offices were created at Miami, Tahlequah, Okmulgee, Talihina, Wewoka, and Ardmore with a District Agent at each responsible for all employees within the district.
See the file on Samuel Anderson in entry 552 who was a Creek and a Field Clerk. The file contains information on Congressional investigations and tribal affairs. See also entry 317 that contains information on field clerks and investigations.
1908-1912. 16 pages
Arranged numerically by district and thereunder
chronologically by date of appointment.
A list of District Agents and Acting District Agents that
gives name, dates of service, and office location. There are
some notations about employment of government farmers and assistants.
(69866)
A-18-92-3
1909-1914. 1 vol. 1 in.
Arranged by name of agent and thereunder chronologically by
date received.
A record of reports and letters received from District Agents
and Field Clerks that gives the date sent, subject, and file
number. The volume also includes a list of agents and Probate
Attorneys. (L3341)
A-18-92-3
1910-1912. 1 vol. 1 in.
Arranged chronologically by date sent. The volume includes an
index to subjects.
Press copies of letters sent by Charles F. Bliss, Supervising
District Agent, to the Commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes,
the Superintendent of the Union Agency, District Agents, and the
general public. The letters relate to investigations of allotment
contests, removal of restrictions, sale of land, payments to
individual Indians, guardianship of minors, and activities of
District Agents. See entry 307 for a description of circulars sent
to District Agents from 1914 to 1919.
A-18-92-3
1925-1931. 1 ft.
Arranged alphabetically by addressee.
Original letters received and copies of letters sent by the
Supervising Field Agent or the Superintendent of the FCT Agency to
the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Probate Attorneys, Field
Clerks, and the general public. The letters relate primarily to
the receipt and payment of money due individual Indians.
(53969-70)
A-18-92-3
1935-1943. 1 ft.
Arranged by office and thereunder chronologically. There are
a few reports for the period 1933-1934.
Carbon copies of weekly narrative and statistical reports
submitted by Field Agents that provide information about land
sales, applications for removal of restrictions, leases,
disbursements, places visited, and number of visits made. Some
similar reports for the period before 1933 are included in the
records described in entry 616. (46687)
A-18-92-3
1937-1942. 1 ft.
Arranged by name of appraiser and thereunder chronologically
by date of report.
Carbon copies of weekly narrative and statistical reports
submitted by Land Appraisers assigned to various districts. The
reports provide information about the number of requests for
appraisals, the number of appraisements made, the number of miles
traveled, and types of special assignments completed. The reports
also include information about assistance provided to Probate
Attorneys.
A-18-92-3
1904-1910. 1 ft.
Arranged by subject.
Correspondence, reports, copies of documents filed in county
courts in guardianship and probate proceedings, copies of leases
and contracts, and testimony taken in investigations of various
District Agents. The bulk of the correspondence is between Bennett
and the Dawes Commission, the Union Agency, county courts, and the
general public and relates to guardianship and probate
administration, suits pertaining to land titles, status of
allotments to Indians, disbarment proceedings against attorneys,
and charges of fraud in the Chickasaw and Cherokee Land Offices
and
misconduct by District Agents. There are a few documents created
between 1902 and 1904.
A-18-92-3
1908-1931. 3 ft.
Arranged by subject.
Correspondence, narrative and statistical reports, newspaper
clippings, circulars, and orders. The bulk of the correspondence
is between the Supervising Field Clerk or the Superintendent of
the
agency and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Field Clerks,
government farmers, contract physicians, officials of county
courts, Probate Attorneys, and the general public. The
correspondence relates to complaints against employees of the
agency, charges of fraud and forgery, taxation of Indian land, the
sale and lease of land, probate and guardianship administration,
the appraisal of land, suits pertaining to title, and activities
of District Agents. There is also information about the Nighthawks
and activities of Competency Commissions. (54044-5, 55053-4,
54088, and 46653-4)
A-18-92-3
1912. 4 in.
Arranged in rough chronological order.
Correspondence, newspaper clippings, resolutions of tribal
organizations, and petitions relating to proposals to abolish
District Agents. The bulk of the correspondence is between the
Superintendent of the Union Agency and members of Congress, local
politicians, judges of county courts, tribal officials, and the
general public. Many of the petitions and resolutions support the
continuation of the positions and were addressed to the Secretary
of Interior.
A-18-92-4
1910-1912. 4 in.
Arranged by subject.
Correspondence and copies of documents filed in county court
proceedings. The bulk of the correspondence is between the
Superintendent of the Union Agency and District Agents, tribal
officials, and judges of county courts and pertains to charges of
fraud and misconduct by county judges in probate and guardianship
matters in McCurtain County. There is some correspondence with
Dr. J. H. Stolper and Kate Barnard of the Oklahoma Commission of
Charities and Corrections who represented minor children in
various hearings. There are some records relating to the Whitehead
Arbitration Board and other groups established to determine the
legality of conveyances of title to land allotted to or inherited
by minor children.
A-18-92-4
1909-1963. 200 ft.
Arranged alphabetically by surname.
Correspondence, copies of deeds and leases, copies of
documents filed in county court proceedings, applications for
permission to send restricted funds, bills and vouchers for goods
and services bought with restricted funds, and various forms
relating to the receipt and disbursement of funds of individual
restricted Indians. The bulk of the correspondence is between the
Superintendent of the agency or Field Clerks and Probate
Attorneys, other field employees, tribal officials, and the general public
and relates to the sale and lease of land, civil and criminal
proceedings, title to land, probate and guardianship
administration, health, and education. These records were
maintained by various District Agents and subsequently
consolidated and many of the documents in these files can also be found in the
records described in entry 552). (69A27, 55A560, 54A530, 56A237)
A-18-92-4 and A-25-12-2
1915. 2 vols. 2 in.
Arranged by district and thereunder by Range and Township.
Each volume contains an index to allottees.
Printed plat maps annotated with the location of tracts of
land allotted to restricted Indians. On the page facing the maps,
information about each tract has been recorded including name of
allottee, date of appraisement, number of acres in cultivation,
appraised value of the land, appraised value of any improvements,
date sold (if appropriate), and purchase price. The appraisements
were required by an agency circular number 254 of August 2, 1915.
(L1680)
A-18-92-6
n.d. 1 ft.
Arranged alphabetically by town and thereunder by surname.
An index prepared on 3 x 5 inch cards of Creeks that provides
the Indian's name, Dawes enrollment number, degree of Indian
blood, county of residence, address, and distance from home to nearest
post office. This index was probably maintained by one of the
District Agents for reference. (99512)
A-18-92-6
1916-1920. 1 ft.
Arranged by district and thereunder in rough chronological order.
Correspondence, bids for construction projects, bills for
supplies and services, copies of contracts, plans, and receipts
for payment. The correspondence is between J. W. Dickson, Supervisor
of Construction for the FCT agency in Muskogee and Field Clerks,
contractors, and the general public. The records relate to the
construction and repair of homes, barns, and other structures
belonging to restricted Indians. The Supervisor of Construction
was assigned to the Field Division until the position was abolished in 1922. (69347)
A-18-92-6
1908-1945. 6 ft.
Arranged by subject.
Correspondence, circulars, orders, regulations, narrative and
statistical reports, appraisements of land and reports of title
searches, copies of documents filed in court proceedings, maps,
and newspaper clippings. The records relate to sale and lease of land,
collection of royalties, taxation of Indian land, payments to
individual Indians, title to land, relief programs for destitute
Indians, enrollment of children in schools, and hospitalization of
restricted Indians. The records relate primarily to Choctaws and
Chickasaws living in Carter, Garvin, Love, McCurtain, and Murray
Counties. (70339-385)
A-18-94-6
1926-1930. 4 in.
Arranged alphabetically by first letter of the enrollee's
surname.
A record prepared on printed forms of "Living Members of the
Five Civilized Tribes Owning Restricted Indian Land, June 30,
1927." The information contained in the form includes the Indian's
name, Dawes enrollment number, tribe, degree of Indian blood, age,
sex, ability to read and write English, schools attended, marital
status, health, occupation, legal description of the land owned,
and an opinion as to the Indian's competency. There are also some
census reports compiled as of June 30, 1926 and at sometime in
1930 that provide similar information. The records include some
correspondence between the agency and the Field Clerk
pertaining to the completion of the forms and some photographs of Indians and
their homes. The reports appear to include only Indians living in
Carter, Garvin, Love, and Murray Counties. Similar reports are
included in entries 636, 645, and 367.
A-18-94-7
1936-1944 6 in.
Arranged by subject.
Correspondence, circulars, regulations, orders, narrative and
statistical reports, and photographs. The correspondence is
between the agent and the Superintendent of the FCT Agency in
Muskogee and relates to agricultural programs, relief of destitute
Indians, and various Indian credit associations.
A-18-94-7
1930-1947. 2 ft.
Arranged by subject.
Correspondence, circulars, regulations, orders, narrative
reports, enrollment reports on Indian children, and school census
reports (form 5-255a). The correspondence is between the agent and
the Superintendent of the FCT Agency in Muskogee, the Supervisor
of Education in Oklahoma City, other Field Agents and social workers,
and the general public and relates to enrollment of Indian
children in school, payment of tuition to public school districts, relief
programs, health clinics, and payments to individual restricted
Indians. The records include some reports of school social workers
and forms from an education survey conducted in 1930 (see also
entry 604).
A-18-96-1
1940-1947. 8 in.
Arranged by school or subject.
Correspondence and enrollment reports. The correspondence is
between the School Social Worker and the Supervisor of Education
in Chicago, the FCT Agency in Muskogee, and the principals of
various Indian and public schools and relates to the enrollment of Indian
children and the payment of tuition and other assistance to
schools or the individual Indian. There is correspondence relating to
Carter Seminary, Chilocco Boarding School, Euchee and Eufaula
Indian Schools, Haskell Institute, Goodland Indian Orphanage,
Bacone College, Murray State School of Agriculture, and St.
Elizabeth's Boarding School. (89511-12)
A-18-94-7
1930-1947. 3 ft.
Arranged alphabetically by student's surname.
Correspondence, applications for enrollment, and various
reports on home conditions and financial status of Indian
children. The correspondence is between the social worker and the Regional
Coordinator in Oklahoma City, the Supervisory Social Worker in
Muskogee, other field employees, principals of schools, and the
parents or guardians of restricted Indian children. The social
worker's "case record" form generally includes the child's name,
tribe, degree of Indian blood, grade, school, and notes about
attendance and progress. (89507-11)
A-18-94-7
1908-1909. 4 vols. 4 in.
Arranged in two segments (letters to Muskogee and letters to
other agents) and thereunder chronologically. Each volume contains
a register of letters. There are some copies of letters and
circulars received from 1910-1917.
Press copies of letters sent by the District Agent to the
Supervising District Agent in Muskogee, the Commissioner of Indian
Affairs, other District Agents, and the general public relating to
removal of restrictions, appraisements, guardianship, title to
land, leases, and accounts of individual Indians. In one volume,
original letters received from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs
have been pasted over the copies of letters sent by the District
Agent.
A-18-96-4
1930-1943. 1 ft.
Arranged by subject.
Correspondence, circulars, orders, regulations, narrative and
statistical reports, and lists of Indians receiving relief
payments or assistance. The correspondence is between the Field Clerk and
the Superintendent of the FCT Agency, other field employees, and
the general public and relates to accounts of individual Indians,
education, health, the CCC-ID, and various relief programs. There
are some weekly reports of farm agents and home extension agents.
A-18-96-4
1940-1943. 4 in.
Arranged by county (Atoka, Bryan, Coal, Johnston, and
Marshall) and thereunder numerically by Township and Range.
A record of appraisements of allotted land prepared on 5 x 8
inch cards that include a plat map annotated with the location of
the land. The information given for each tract includes the
allottee's name, tribe, degree of Indian blood, sex, the legal
description of the land and its tax status, area, and appraised
value.
A-18-96-5
1935-1937. 6 in.
Arranged alphabetically by addressee.
Original letters received and copies of letters sent by the
Farm Extension Agent to the general public relating to the
delivery
of checks, sale or lease of land, purchase of livestock or
machinery, and construction or repair of buildings. There are some
bills for goods and services and receipts for payment.
A-18-96-5
1938-1948. 1 ft.
Arranged alphabetically by the Indian's surname.
Correspondence, applications for relief (form 5-363A) or
permission to spend restricted funds, budgets prepared for
individual Indians, and purchase orders for goods and services.
The applications generally include the restricted Indian's name,
tribe, degree of Indian blood, age, and information about
physical, living, and financial conditions.
A-18-96-5
1934-1947. 1 ft.
Arranged alphabetically by addressee.
Original letters received and copies of letters sent by the
Field Clerk to the Superintendent of the FCT Agency, other field
employees, and the general public. The letters relate to the
delivery of checks, accounts of individual Indians, lease and sale
of land, enrollment of children in schools, and admittance to
hospitals and clinics.
A-18-96-5
1934-1946. 8 in.
Arranged by subject.
Correspondence, circulars, orders, regulations, narrative and
statistical reports, and lists of restricted Indians. The records
include some reports of school social workers and contract
physicians and nurses and relate primarily to relief programs, the
CCC-ID, and health clinics. There is also a negative photostatic
copy of a list of living enrolled Indians owning land in Pontotoc
County.
A-18-96-5
1935-1952. 4 ft.
Arranged by subject in accordance with the BIA decimal
classification system.
Correspondence, circulars, orders, regulations, narrative and
statistical reports, and various publications of the BIA including
Indian Education (1936-1938) and Indians at Work (1938-1940). The
correspondence is between the Field Clerk and the Superintendent
of the FCT Agency, other field employees, and the general public and
relates to land appraisements, the sale and lease of allotted
land, collection and distribution of funds for individual Indians,
relief programs, CCC-ID, and WPA. There are some applications for relief
(form 5-363A), reports on Indians hospitalized, summaries of
extension reports, and annual school census reports (form 5-255a).
There are some weekly reports of school social workers and land
appraisers and a list of living enrolled Indians (#100550).
A-18-96-6
1935-1938. 4 ft.
Arranged by subject.
Correspondence, circulars, orders, and narrative and
statistical reports. The correspondence relates primarily to
relief programs, sale or lease of land, and accounts of individual
Indians.
A-18-96-7
1936-1943. 4 ft.
Arranged in chronological segments (1936-1938, 1939, and 1943)
and thereunder alphabetically by surname of the Indian leasing the
land.
Correspondence, copies of leases, appraisal reports, reports
of title searches, and receipts for payment of rentals. The
correspondence is between the Field Clerk or Agricultural
Extension Agent and the Superintendent of the FCT Agency, the Indian owning
the land, and the general public and relates to approval of lease
applications and the collection of revenue. The copies of the
leases are generally marked "triplicate." (86221-7)
A-18-96-7
1941-1946. 1 ft.
Arranged numerically by loan number (1-209) assigned
chronologically by date of loan. There are some gaps.
Correspondence, applications for loans, promissory notes (form
5-843), purchase orders and bills of sale, receipts, and chattel
crop and livestock mortgages. The applications were made under the
Oklahoma Indian Welfare Act and the loans were used to buy
machinery, livestock, and seed. The correspondence relates to
delivery of checks, terms of the loans, and payments. (86229-30)
A-18-98-1
1941-1947. 8 in.
Arranged by subject.
Correspondence, circulars, orders, regulations, rosters of
employees, and school census reports (form 5-255a). There are some
applications for admission to Indian boarding schools and reports
on the financial condition of student's families. The reports of
children enrolled in schools relate to Creek, Okfuskee, and
Okmulgee Counties.
A-18-98-1
1925-1946. 3 ft.
Arranged by county (Okmulgee, Okfuskee, McIntosh, and General)
and thereunder alphabetically by student's surname.
Correspondence, applications for enrollment, reports on home
conditions, and some grade reports. The correspondence is
generally between the Education Field Agent and the FCT Agency in
Muskogee or the parents of restricted Indian children and relates
to enrollment and attendance and financial matters.
A-18-98-1
1934-1946. 4 ft.
Arranged by county (McIntosh and Haskell) and thereunder
alphabetically by the Indian's surname.
Correspondence, applications for relief (form 5-363A),
applications for enrollment in Indian boarding schools, and a
"case record" form. The correspondence relates to enrollment and
attendance of children in schools, admittance to hospitals, and
relief payments and assistance to individual Indians. The "case
record" generally includes the Indian's name, tribe, degree of
Indian blood, and information about financial and living
conditions. (351967-70)
A-18-98-2
1950-1968. 7 ft.
Arranged by county and thereunder by Township and Range.
Correspondence, conservation plans and maps, farm inventory
and farm summary cards, soil and moisture conservation plans,
farmer-district agent cooperative agreements, and copies of
leases.
These records relate to tracts of land that were eventually sold
by
the original allottee or their heirs. (69A27/381069-74)
A-15-2-1
1959-1966. 1 ft.
Arranged by subject.
Correspondence and various narrative and statistical reports
relating to Employment Assistance and Adult Vocational Training
programs. (69A27/381075-6)
A-15-2-1
1936-1947. 1 ft.
Arranged by type of records and thereunder chronologically.
School attendance reports, school census reports (form 5-255a), and some correspondence of
O. Padgett, Education Field
Agent. The attendance reports relate to students in Adair and
Sequoyah counties and generally include the student's name, age,
and grade. The correspondence relates to enrollment, attendance,
books, and clothing. (418621-2)
A-18-98-3
1939-1951. 6 in.
Arranged by subject.
Correspondence, circulars, orders, regulations, lists of
indigent Indians, and some narrative and statistical reports. The
correspondence relates primarily to land sales and leases,
applications for removal of restrictions, accounts of individual
Indians, and relief programs including the WPA. There is a file on
acquisition of restricted land for the Choteau Power Plant and
records relating to activities of the Kenwood Indian Cooperative
Livestock Association.
A-18-98-3
1927-1930. 3 vols. 1 ft.
Arranged alphabetically by the Indian's surname.
A record prepared on printed forms of "Living Members of the
Five Civilized Tribes Owning Restricted Indian Allotted Land, June
30, 1927." The information contained in the form includes the
Indian's name, Dawes enrollment number, tribe, degree of Indian
blood, age, sex, ability to read and write English, schools
attended, marital status, health, occupation, legal description of
the land owned, and an opinion as to the Indian's competency.
Similar reports are among the records described in entry 367,
624,
and 636. (85711)
A-18-98-3
1941-1949. 1 ft.
Arranged alphabetically by first letter of the surname of the
addressee.
Original letters received and copies of letters sent by the
Field Clerk to the general public relating to removal of
restrictions, appraisements, land sales and leases, title to land,
loans, and admittance to hospitals.
A-18-98-3
1930-1937. 2 ft.
Arranged in two segments (1930-1932 and 1932-1937) and
thereunder alphabetically by surname of the addressee or the
Indian who is the subject of the letter.
Original letters received and copies of letters sent relating
to financial affairs of individual Indians and the sale or lease
of land. There are some reports of field employees relating to land
appraisements and financial transactions.
A-18-98-3
1916-1937. 2 ft.
Arranged by subject.
Correspondence, circulars, orders, regulations, and narrative
and statistical reports. The correspondence relates to office
administration, accounts of individual Indians, enrollment of
children in schools, admittance to hospitals, and land sales and
leases. There are some copies of agricultural leases and surveyors
notebooks and a volume containing the names of Indians seeking
admittance to hospitals.
A-18-98-4
Arranged by subject.
Correspondence, calendars of activity, plans for meetings,
narrative and statistical reports, pamphlets and policy manuals,
lists of members of various clubs, and some photographs. The
correspondence relates to visits to Indian homes and various home
extension programs.
A-18-98-4
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