Extension Correspondence Files, 1949–ca. 1980

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Extension Correspondence Files, 1949–ca. 1980

1949-ca. 1980

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This series consists of extension correspondence files. The records provide information on the administration and operation of agricultural extension work by local Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) agencies overseen by the Minneapolis Area Office. The extension programs were implemented to improve the economic status of Indians and enable them to become self-supporting through the use of natural resources, improvement of home conditions, leadership development, livestock production, and the provision of revolving credit funds. The records include letters received and copies of letters sent; postcards; memorandums; and telegrams. The correspondents include the superintendent of extension work for the Minneapolis Area Office; the director of the BIA Division of Extension and Industry; other local, area, and headquarters BIA officials and employees; and state officials from Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North and South Dakota, and Wisconsin. The records also contain lists; minutes; agendas; itineraries; speeches; organizational charts; and questionnaires. The files include field reports; feasibility studies; farm plans; statistics; tables; summaries; maps; Federal regulations; and civil service examinations. Publications and brochures from the BIA, the Forest Service, and the Indian Rights Association are included in the records, as well as college catalogs. The records include reports and other documents providing information on extension programs, employees, and revolving credit funds, submitted by the Consolidated Chippewa Agency, the Keshena Agency, the Great Lakes Agency, Pipestone Indian School, the Red Lake Agency, the Sac and Fox Agency, Tomah Indian School and Agency, and Menominee Indian Mills. Additional topics covered in the files include employees; conferences and meetings; government policy and laws pertaining to Indians; loans; education; roads; rehabilitation; victory gardens; forestry; soil conservation; Indian land sales and leases; land use and planning; and soil surveys.

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