• District of Columbia (M1055) Descriptive Pamphlet – District of Columbia Assistant Commissioners
  • Records of many state Assistant Commissioners and superintendents of education were filmed in previous years and should be researched for more information on activities at the local level.

• District of Columbia (M1902) Descriptive Pamphlet – Field Offices 

  • Descriptive pamphlets are important when researching the Freedmen’s Bureau records because they typically provide detailed indexes and explanations of the contents within a collection of historical records.

In the same record group, RG 105, and related to records of the field offices for the District of Columbia, are those of the Bureau headquarters in Washington, DC, and previously microfilmed records of the Assistant Commissioner and the superintendent of education for Washington, DC. 

• M742 – Headquarters, Selected Series of Records Issued by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 
• M752 – Headquarters, Registers and Letters Received by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 
• M803 – Headquarters, Records of the Education Division of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1871 19 
• M1056  – Superintendent of Education, Records of the Superintendent of Education for the District of Columbia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 
• M1875 – Marriage Records of the Office of the Commissioner, Washington Headquarters of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1869

• Rolls 1-21: Records of the Assistant Commissioner
  • Records of many state Assistant Commissioners and superintendents of education were filmed in previous years and should be researched for more information on activities at the local level.

1. 005681791 – Roll 19
   • Records Relating to Employment of Freedmen

1. 005681793 – Roll 21
   • Freedmen’s Village

2. 007676761 – Roll 51 – (M979)

   • Records of the Assistant Commissioner

1. 007677227 – Roll 17 (M1055)
   • Subordinate Field Office Local Superintendent for Washington and Georgetown

1. 005681789 – Roll 17
   • Subordinate Field Office Local Superintendent for Washington and Georgetown

1. 007677229 – Roll 15 (M1055)
   • Subordinate Field Office Local Superintendent for Washington and Georgetown
2. 007677228 – Roll 16 (M1055)
   • Subordinate Field Office Local Superintendent for Washington and Georgetown
3. 007676744 – Roll 34 (M979)
   • Records of the Assistant Commissioner

1. 005681784 – Roll 12

   • Assistant Quartermaster and Disbursing Officer, Superintendent of Marriages

2. 005681791 – Roll 19

   • Records Relating to Employment of Freedmen

3. 005681793  – Roll 21

   • Freedmen’s Village