This series consists of subject correspondence. The records include letters between the Superintendent of Fort Totten Agency and other agencies; government officials; agency personnel; firms doing business with the agency; and private individuals. The records also include memorandums; telegrams; account ledgers; bills of sale; financial statements of public funds held by the Superintendent; instructions; circulars; reports; announcements; receipts; petitions; marriage certificates; divorce records; depositions, affidavits and testimony; rosters of Office of Indian Affairs officials; applications; supply lists; requisition forms; invoices; clippings; programs; posters; score cards; prize ribbons; and pamphlets. The records chiefly concern matters connected with the day-to-day operations of Devil's Lake Agency, Fort Totten Indian School, and Fort Totten Agency. The records provide information about administration; personnel management; employees; salaries and wages; buildings; finance; contractors; other agencies and Indian schools within the Office of Indian Affairs; Indian bank accounts; Indian allotments; fairs and exhibitions; claims; health; peyote; alcohol production and trafficking; inheritance and succession; equipment and supplies; Indian land sales and leasing; roads; students; warehouses; and banks and banking.
