Correspondence Received from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1913–1926

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Correspondence Received from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1913–1926

1913-1926

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This series is the official correspondence from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and subordinate elements of the Office of Indian Affairs. The correspondence consists of letters and circulars, occasionally with enclosures. For the period 1913-1917 the letters consist chiefly of approvals and exceptions to quarterly reports of cash and property accounts. Correspondence for the period 1922-1926 chiefly concerns appropriations and expenditures; purchases, procurement, and contractual services; construction and maintenance of school buildings, courses of study and vocational curriculum, student health and welfare; tribal enrollment and heirship determination; estate and probate matters; land allotment and subsistence issues; and office administration.

5 linear inches

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National Archives at Kansas City

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