1. Mississippi (M1914) Pre-Bureau Descriptive Pamphlet Descriptive pamphlets are important when researching the Freedmen’s Bureau records because they typically provide detailed indexes and explanations of the contents

2. Mississippi (M826) Descriptive Pamphlet 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.
   

3. Mississippi (M1907) Descriptive Pamphlet 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.

Most of the field office records of the Assistant Commissioner for Mississippi are available in microfilm publication M826, listed below. Those not previously filmed are reproduced on roll 65 of this publication. In the same record group, RG 105, and related to records of the Bureau’s field offices for Mississippi are those of the Bureau headquarters in Washington, DC, and of the Bureau’s field offices in Louisiana.

1. M742 – Headquarters, Selected Series of Records Issued by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 
2. M752 – Headquarters, Registers and Letters Received by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 
3. M803 – Headquarters, Records of the Education Division of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1871 
4. M1914 – Field Office, Records of the Mississippi Freedmen’s Department (“Pre-Bureau Records”), Office of the Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863–1865 
5. M1026, Records of the Superintendent of Education for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1864–1869 
6. M1027, Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1869 
7. M1875 – Marriage Records of the Office of the Commissioner, Washington Headquarters of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1861–1869 

• Rolls 1-50: 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.

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1. General Superintendent 1863-1866
2. Medical Director and Inspector 1863-1866
3. Staff Officers (Assistant Superintendent) 1863-1866