United States Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands

Overview

Works:	759 works in 1,320 publications in 1 language and 28,250 library holdings
Genres:	History Microform catalogs Sources Bibliography‡vMicroform catalogs Records and correspondence Periodicals Catalogs Trials, litigation, etc
Roles:	Composer, Editor
Classifications:	E185.2, 973.81

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about United States

A history of the Freedmen's Bureau by George R Bentley( Book )
The Freedmen's Bureau in South Carolina, 1865-1872 by Martin Abbott( Book )
A Union officer in the Reconstruction by John William De Forest( Book )
Black family research : records of post-Civil War federal agencies at the National Archives by Reginald Washington( Book )
Forty acres and a mule : the Freedmen's Bureau and Black land ownership by Claude F Oubre( Book )

To set the law in motion : the Freedmen's Bureau and the legal rights of Blacks, 1865-1868 by Donald G Nieman( Book )
The Freedmen's Bureau in Louisiana by Howard A White( Book )
A right to the land : essays on the freedmen's community by Edward Magdol( Book )
The Freedmen's bureau; a chapter in the history of reconstruction by Paul Skeels Peirce( Book )
The Freedmen's Bureau and Reconstruction : reconsiderations( Book )
Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general, United States Army by O. O Howard( Book )
The Freedmen's Bureau and Black Texans by Barry A Crouch( Book )
Two biographies by African-American women( Book )
Freedwomen and the Freedmen's Bureau : race, gender, and public policy in the age of emancipation by Mary Farmer-Kaiser( Book )
Life and public services of Martin R. Delany : Sub-assistant Commissioner Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and of Abandoned Lands, and late Major 104th U.S. Colored Troops by Frank A Rollin( Book )
Records of the Mississippi Freedmen's Department ("pre-Bureau records"), Office of the Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1865 by United States( Book )
Sword and olive branch; Oliver Otis Howard by John A Carpenter( Book )
Annual report of the superintendent of Negro Affairs in North Carolina. 1864. : With an appendix, containing the history and management of the freedmen in this department up to June 1st, 1865. by North Carolina( Book )
Registers and letters received by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872 by United States( Book )
Records of the Superintendent of Education for the State of Virginia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1870 by United States( Book )

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Most widely held works by United States

Letters from the South, relating to the condition of freedmen : addressed to Major General O.O. Howard, Commissioner Bureau R., F., and A.L. by John Watson Alvord( Book )

12 editions published in 1870 in English and held by 200 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Semi-annual report on schools for freedmen : numbers 1-10, January 1866-July 1870 by United States( Book )

2 editions published in 1980 in English and held by 77 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Georgia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1869 by United States( Book )

9 editions published between 1968 and 1976 in English and held by 67 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned lands, often referred to as the Freedmen's Bureau was established in the War Department by an act of March 3, 1865. Congress assigned to the Bureau responsibilities that previously had been shared by military commanders and by agents of the Treasury Department. The duties included supervision of all affairs relating to refugees, freedmen, and the custody of abandoned lands and property. --Descriptive pamphlet M843."

Semi-annual report on schools for freedmen by United States( )

in English and held by 46 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Mississippi, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1869 by United States( Book )

8 editions published between 1971 and 1973 in English and held by 44 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"On the 50 rolls of this microfilm publication are reproduced the records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Mississippi, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Adbandoned Lands, 1865-69. ... The records are among the Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Record Group 105. ... The records ... were prepeared for filming by L. marie Bouknight, who also wrote these introductory remarks ..."--Page 1, 10

Registers and letters received by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872 by United States( Book )

8 editions published between 1968 and 1973 in English and held by 43 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"On the 74 rolls of this microfilm publication are reproduced 33 volumes of registers and indexes and the related unbound letters received by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-72. The records, which pertain to all phases of the Bureau's activities, are part of Record Group 105, Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands."--Page 1

Records of the Superintendent of Education for the State of Virginia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1870 by United States( Book )

9 editions published between 1969 and 1978 in English and held by 36 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, often referred to as the Freedmen's Bureau, was established in the War Department by an act of March 3, 1865. Congress assigned to the Bureau responsibilities that previously had been shared by military commanders and by agents of the Treasury Department. The duties included supervision of all affairs relating to refugees, freedmen, and the custody of abandoned lands and property"--Descriptive pamphlet M843

Records of the Superintendent of Education for the State of Texas, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1870 by United States( Book )

4 editions published in 1973 in English and held by 36 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"On the 18 rolls of this microfilm publication are reproduced the records of the Superintendent of Education for the State of Texas, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-70. The records consist of 12 volumes and some unbound documents. ... The records are part of Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Record Group 105. ... The editorial material for this publication was prepared by Joseph Henrich and Robert H. Gruber. -- P. 1, 10."

Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Texas, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1869 by United States( Book )

3 editions published in 1973 in English and held by 34 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"The records consist of 10 volumes and some unbound documents. The volumes include letters received and a 'record of criminal offenses.' The unbound documents consist of letters and reports received. These records are part of the Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Record Group 105"--Introduction

Report of the General Superintendent of Freedmen, Department of the Tennessee and State of Arkansas, for 1864 by United States( Book )

4 editions published in 1865 in English and held by 32 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Selected series of records issued by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872 by United States( Book )

3 editions published in 1969 in English and held by 32 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The records in the microcopy consist of endorsement books, correspondence, and circulars of the Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872. Oliver Otis Howard was the only Commissioner of the Bureau during its existence

Records of the Education Division of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned lands 1865-1871( Book )

1 edition published in 1972 in English and held by 31 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The records consist of letters, endorsements, reports and financial records of the Education Division of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands

Records of the Superintendent of Education for the state of Alabama, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands 1865-1870( Book )

1 edition published in 1972 in English and held by 30 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Alabama, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1870 by United States( Book )

2 editions published in 1972 in English and held by 30 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Freedmen's affairs in Kentucky and Tennessee : letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with House resolution of the 1st instant, report of Brevet Major General Carlin, for the last six months, relative to the condition of freedmen's affairs in Kentucky and Tennessee by United States( Book )

6 editions published between 1868 and 1976 in English and held by 29 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1870 by United States( Book )

3 editions published between 1972 and 1973 in English and held by 27 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The bureau "resembled, in many ways, the work of later Federal social agencies. In addition to supervising the disposition of abandoned or confiscated lands and property, Bureau officers issued rations, clothing, and medicine to destitute refugees and freedmen; established hospitals ... schools; listened to complaints of the freedmen ... helped black soldiers and sailors to file and collect claims for bounties, pensions, and pay arrearages"--Introd., roll #1, p. 1

The special court of inquiry, upon charges against Brigadier General O.O. Howard : argument by George W Dyer( Book )

3 editions published in 1874 in English and held by 20 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Annual report of the superintendent of Negro Affairs in North Carolina. 1864. : With an appendix, containing the history and management of the freedmen in this department up to June 1st, 1865. by North Carolina( Book )

4 editions published in 1865 in English and held by 12 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

To the generous northern people by L. M. E Ricks( )

3 editions published in 1866 in English and held by 0 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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