This series consists of subject correspondence with Superintendents Thomas Jackson and Albert Reagan. The records include letters received and copies of letters sent by the superintendents. The records also include circulars and telegrams; standardized forms and reports; building specifications and plans; architectural drawings and blueprints; maps; lists and inventories of supplies and equipment; product catalogs; contracts; invoices and receipts; vouchers; oaths of office; bonds; depositions and testimonies; wills and other probate records; minutes of tribal council meetings; various lists including lists of checks, enrolled Indians, and Indian students; applications for school enrollment; applications for Indian traders' licenses; petitions to sell land and land patents; and certificates of guardianship.
Correspondents include the Office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and other officials at the Office of Indian Affairs; other agencies and schools, including Carlisle Indian School, Carson Indian School, Fond du Lac Agency, Fort Hall Agency, Fort Lapwai Agency, La Pointe Agency, Sac and Fox Agency and Sanatorium, Vermilion Lake Indian School, and White Earth Agency; the Office of the Treasurer of the United States; the Bureau of the Census; the Office of the Auditor for the Interior Department; members of Congress; and state agencies, including the Minnesota State Board of Health and Minnesota Forest Service. Other correspondents include local banks, such as Second National Bank of St. Paul, Minnesota; vendors and other commercial suppliers; and private individuals.
The records provide information about the administration of Nett Lake Agency. Subjects include employees and employment; employee positions and wages; employee appointments; the issuance and renewal of Indian traders licenses; cash and property accounts; shipping and inspection of goods received; equipment, such as wagons; agency and school buildings and construction of buildings, including barns and hospitals; construction of fireplaces for Indian homes; building of roads and telephone lines; boats and boat launches; reservation censuses and creation of Indian genealogies; and complaints made by Indians
The records also address matters of finance. Subjects includes banks and banking; bonding of banks; estimates of expenses; annuity payments; the reimbursable funds program; and Indian debts.
Other subjects include the education of Indian students; day schools and off-reservation boarding schools; lesson plans and school books for Nett Lake day school; a proposal to construct a boarding school at Nett Lake; and placement of students in jobs on the reservation following graduation.
Additional subjects include land and land use; Indian land allotments, changes in allotments, and granting of land patents; lumbering; timber and timber sales; forest fires and fire extinction; hunting on reservation land; agriculture; gardens and seeds; cultivation of wild rice; livestock, including cattle and horses; and veterinarians for livestock.
The records also provide information about health and welfare. Subjects include medical care and medical supplies; diseases, including diphtheria and tuberculosis; vaccinations; births and deaths; welfare for destitute Indians and issuance of rations, including food items such as bacon and beef.
The records also address matters of law and order. Subjects include liquor laws, suppression of liquor traffic, and prosecution of liquor cases; gambling among Indians; theft; pending legislation before the United States Congress; elections and voting; and probate hearings.
Subjects also include tribal matters; meetings of the Bois Forte Reservation Tribal Council; determination of tribal membership; lawyers for Indians; estates and inheritance; guardianship of minors; Christmas gifts for Indians; and relations between Superintendents Jackson and Reagan and the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa Indians living in the jurisdiction of Nett Lake Agency.
