Alphabetical Correspondence of Superintendents Robert E. Daniel and Nick Conner, January 9, 1914–September 1, 1917

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Alphabetical Correspondence of Superintendents Robert E. Daniel and Nick Conner, January 9, 1914–September 1, 1917

Alphabetical Correspondence of Superintendents Robert E. Daniel and Nick Conner, January 9, 1914–September 1, 1917

1914-1917

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This series consists of alphabetical correspondence of Superintendents Robert E. Daniel and Nick Conner. The records include letters received and copies of letters sent by the superintendents. The records also include circulars and telegrams; postcards; standardized forms; lists of building materials and supplies; applications and receipts for land patents; tribal council meeting minutes; invoices and vouchers; and heirship certificates. Correspondents include the Office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and other officials at the Office of Indian Affairs; other agencies and schools, including Cantonment Agency, Carlisle Indian School, Chilocco Indian School, Flandreau Indian School, Fond du Lac Agency, Haskell Institute, Lac du Flambeau Agency, Leech Lake Agency, Pipestone Indian School, Red Lake Agency, Sac and Fox Agency and Sanatorium, and Vermilion Lake Indian School. Other correspondents include the Board of Indian Commissioners; the Bureau of the Census; the Office of the Auditor for the Interior Department; and the Office of the Treasurer of the United States. Correspondents also include members of Congress; and state agencies, including the Minnesota Game and Fish Department. Correspondents also include local banks; 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; civil service examinations; bonding of employees; employee transfers and leaves of absence; cash and property accounts; exceptions to accounts; equipment and supplies, including hardware and wagons and food items such as beef, flour, and pork; fuel such as kerosene; bids and proposals; bills of lading; agency and school buildings; building maintenance and improvements; roads and the building of roads; plumbing and water systems; and completion of reservation censuses. The records also address matters of finance; banks and banking; bank accounts; and annuity payments. Other subjects include land and land use; Indian allotments and changes in allotments; patents in fee and patents in trust; agricultural extension work; livestock such as horses; hunting and conservation; the cutting of timber; lumber; and Indian fire fighters. Subjects also include health and welfare; medical care; sanitary conditions of Indian dwellings and agency buildings; diseases such as tuberculosis; blindness; births and deaths; and death certificates. Other subjects include law and order; enforcement of liquor laws; and legislation before the United States Congress. The records also address education; Indian day schools and off-reservation boarding schools; Indian students and the enrollment of children in schools; funds for students under the jurisdiction of Nett Lake Agency; home economics; and school books and programs of study. Other subjects address tribal matters; council meetings of the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa Indians; inheritance and estates; Indian fairs and award presentations.

1 linear foot, 5 linear inches

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