| Record Group 105 | Pre-Bureau Records 1861-1863 | |||||
| Assistant Commissioners | Superintendents of Education | Louisiana * Fort Monroe, Virginia * Mississippi | ||||
| Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records | ||||||
| Alabama | Arkansas | DC | Georgia | Kentucky | Louisiana | Maryland |
| Mississippi | Missouri | NC | SC | Tennessee | Texas | Virginia |
Missouri (M1908) Field Office Records
Missouri (M1908)
These records typically involve claims made by formerly enslaved individuals or Union loyalists who lost property during the Civil War. They might include claims for lost wages, compensation for injuries, or restitution for property taken or destroyed by military forces.
| M1908 Missouri | ||||||||
| Claims - M1908 and M2029 | ||||||||
| Roll | Film # | Location | Desc | Link | ||||
| 19 | 007636009 | Fort Leavenworth (2029 - Disbursing Officer) | Confidential lists for the identification of claimants, 1874-1875 | Open | ||||
| 24 | 007636479 | Disbursing Oficer Correspondence | Name indexes to registers of Adjusted Claims Vol 2 (23) Undated | Open | ||||
| 50 | 007636348 | St. Louis (2029 - Disbursing Officer) | Register of claimants, Vol (113) Oct. 1872-May 1876 | Open | ||||
| 51 | 007636349 | St. Louis (2029 - Disbursing Officer) | St. Louis (M2029 - Disbursing Officer) | Open | ||||
These are records of complaints made by freed people to the Bureau, often regarding unfair labor practices, disputes over wages, racial discrimination, or violence. They provide insight into the challenges faced by African Americans during the Reconstruction era.
| M1908 Missouri | ||||||||
| Ration Records | ||||||||
| Roll | Film # | Location | Desc | Link | ||||
| 31 | 007676741 | Assistant Commissioner | Assistant Commissioner's reports of rations, clothing, and medicine issued July 1865-Dec. 1868 | Open | ||||
| 32 | 007676742 | Assistant Commissioner | Monthly reports from subordinate officers .. Sept. 1865-Aug. 1866 | Open | ||||
| 33 | 007676743 | Assistant Commissioner | Monthly reports from subordinate officers .. Sept. 1866-Dec. 1868 | Open | ||||
| 34 | 007676744 | Assistant Commissioner | Monthly reports of rations issued to refugees and freedmen by Surgeon in Chief, 1867-1868 Monthly estimates of clothing and rations needed by agents and superintendents, 1865-1867 Petitions of destitute citizens for rations, Feb.-Aug. 1866 | Open | ||||
These are records of complaints made by freed people to the Bureau, often regarding unfair labor practices, disputes over wages, racial discrimination, or violence. They provide insight into the challenges faced by African Americans during the Reconstruction era.