Freedmen's Bureau Digital Collection, 1865–1872, is a product of and owned by the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution. Copyright for digital images is retained by the donor, FamilySearch International; permission for commercial use of the digital images may be requested from FamilySearch International, Intellectual Property Office, at: cor-intellectualproperty@ldschurch.org.
Collection Citation:
Courtesy of the U. S. National Archives and Records Administration, FamilySearch International, and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Narrative Reports Received From Subordinate School Officials
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
June 1865-Sept. 1866
Scope and Contents:
The series of narrative reports from subordinates is arranged by type of Bureau official submitting the report and thereunder chronologically. Reports in this series were submitted by assistant superintendents, September 26, 1865-February 11, 1866, and September 30,1866; by school directors, August and October 1865-September 1866; by city superintendents of schools, October 4, 1865-February 8, 1866; by agents, June 12, 1865-September 30, 1866; and by special committees to examine freedmen's schools, November 11 and December 28, 1865. The records include both regular periodic reports and reports made in response to special requests from the Superintendent. Although most reports are narrative in form, some contain tabular statistical summaries and maps showing the locations of Bureau schools. Most of the reports contain such information as the names of schools, principals, and teachers in each parish; the locations of the school and of buildings available for school use; the number of pupils; quantity of supplies needed; and the amount and nature of local anti-bureau activities.
Collection Restrictions:
Freedmen's Bureau Digital Collection, 1865–1872, is a product of and owned by the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution. Copyright for digital images is retained by the donor, FamilySearch International; permission for commercial use of the digital images may be requested from FamilySearch International, Intellectual Property Office, at: cor-intellectualproperty@ldschurch.org.
Collection Citation:
Courtesy of the U. S. National Archives and Records Administration, FamilySearch International, and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
African Americans -- Washington (D.C.) Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Ledgers (account books)
Place:
Washington (D.C.) -- 20th century
Date:
1922-1927
Scope and Contents:
Job Numbers: 15,000-21,400
Series 8: Business Records, Subseries 8.1: Studio Session Registers are restricted. Digital copies available for research. See repository for details.
Listing of photo orders.
Subseries Restrictions:
Series 8: Business Records, Subseries 8.1: Studio Session Registers are restricted. Digital copies available for research. See repository for details..
Series Rights:
When the Museum purchased the collection from the Estate of Robert S. Scurlock, it obtained all rights, including copyright. The earliest photographs in the collection are in the public domain because their term of copyright has expired. The Archives Center will control copyright and the use of the collection for reproduction purposes, which will be handled in accordance with its standard reproduction policy guidelines. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Genre/Form:
Ledgers (account books) -- 20th century
Series Citation:
Scurlock Studio Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Smithsonian Institution
Sponsor:
The collection was acquired with assistance from the Eugene Meyer Foundation. Elihu and Susan Rose and the Save America's Treasures program, provided funds to stabilize, organize, store, and create digital surrogates of some of the negatives. Processing and encoding funded by a grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources.
