Adrian Caufield I~/f/ · NSN 7540-00-634-4064 STANDARD FORM 115 (REV. 8-83) ... WNRC Accession:...

LEAVE BLANKREQUEST FOR RECORDS DISPOSITION AUTHORITY JOB NO. (See Instructions on reverse) Nl-49-86-1

DATE RECEIVED TO: GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDSSERVICE, WASHINGTON, DC 20408 '7"/7'~?

1. FROM (Allency or establishment) NOTIFICATION TO AGENCY

Department of the Interior In accordance with the provisions of 44 U.S.C. 3303a 2. MAJOR SUBDIVISION the disposal request, including amendments, is approved

except for items that may be marked "disposition notBureau of Land Manaiemant approved" or "withdrawn" in column 10. If no records 3. MINOR SUBDIVISION are proposed for disposal, the signature of the Archivist is

not required. Information Resources Management4. NAME OF PERSON WITH WHOM TO CONFER 5. TELEPHONE EXT. DATE ARCHIVIST OF THE UNITED STATES

Rose Berezowsky' or Adrian Caufield 653-8853 I~/f/" ~~'.r~

6. CERTIFICATE OF AGENCY REPRESENTATIVE V

I hereby certify that I am authorized to act for this agency in matters pertaining to the disposal of the agency's records; that the records proposed for disposal in this Request of 19 page(s)are not now needed for the businessof this agency or will not be needed after the retention periods specified; and that written concurrence from the General Accounting Office, if required under the provisions of Title 8 of the GAO Manual for Guidance of Federal Agencies, is attached.

A. GAO concurrence: 0 is attached; or ~ is unnecessary.

B.DATE D. TITLE Acting7/17/87 Bureau Records Officer

9. GRSOR 10. ACTION7. 8. DESCRIPTION OF ITEM SUPERSEDED TAKENITEM (With Inclusive Date. or Retention Periods) JOB (NARSUSENO. CITATION ONLY)

Records of the General Land Office - Bureau of Land Managemen

1. Files of GID Chief of Field Service, 1924-1933, 2 cubic feet Consists of folders on such topics as budget, allotments,

Forest Protection Board, coal fires, field division annual meetiDis,personnel 1nvestiiation and recommendations for pro-motion. The folders contain soma originals and so_ carbons 0

correspondence, memoranda, reports and budget work sheets. Much of the correspondence is fro. the various Field Division Chiefs, especiall1' fro. the Portlam. Division, to the Chief of Field SerYice.

'Arranaed by folder without recoinizable pattern.

WNRO Accession: 049-5lBOO21BB (Boxes 17e and 779)

Disposition: a) These two boxes contain somepermanent am. some nonpermanent records. They are to be offerecl 'ito ,tm National Archives in 1969 for NN to make its selection of permanentmaterials. b) The remaiIJier would be destroyed duri arcbi val pro cessiDe •

2. Field Service Division Inve.tiiative Case Files, 1928-1931 13 cubic feet

Consists of incoming and outioing correspondence, memoranda,reports and exhibits concerning land appraisal and the invest'gation

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of land entries, timber trespasses and other irregularitiesrelating to management of the public domain. ,

Arranged numerically by F.S. case numbers.

WNRC Accessions: 049-51B0027 BAP (Boxes 39-48), 049-51Z0027 2Y (Boxes 49-51)

Disposition: Permanent. Offer to the National Archives in 1989.

3. Lists of Field Service Pending Cases, 1928-1930 1 cubic foot

Consists of lists of pending cases.

Arranged chronologically.

WNRC Accessions: 049-51B0027 BAa (Box 38) and 2 inches in 049-51B0027 BAN (Box 37)


4. Investigation of Charges Against Field Service Agents, 1911-1( 12 1/3 cubic foot

Consists of correspondence and reports on the investigationof charges against Field Service agents.

Arranged in half a dozen or so thick envelopes.

WNRC Accession: A portion of 049-51B0027 BAN (Box 37)


5. General Field Service Correspondence, 1920-1926 1/3 cubic fo t

Consists of correspondence.

Arranged alphabetically within a boxed letter divider folder.

WNRC Accession: A portion of 049-51B0027 BAN (Box 37)

Disposition: Permanent. Offer to the National Archives in 1989 .

6. Card Index to Field Service Cases, 1908-1926 44 cubic feet

Consists of 3 x 5 cards and slips of paper with names, number and other identifying information.

STANDARD FORM l1S-A (REV. 12·83) to the National Archives and Records Service. Prescribed by GSA

FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.4

Four copies, Including original to be submitted 115-204

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REQUEST FOR RECORDS DISPOSITION AUTHORITY - CONTINUATION OF

9. GRS OR 10. ACTION7. 8. DESCRIPTION OF ITEM SUPERSEDED TAKENITEM (With Inchulue Date. or Retention Period.) JOB (NARSUSENO. CITATION ONLY}

Arranged in various ways -- some a~phabetically, some bydistrict offices and some numerically.

~RC Accessions: 049-51Z0027 ZU (Half-size boxes 757-828) and 049-51B0027 BAZ (Half-size boxes 850-863)

~isposition: Mixed-permanent.~)Offer to the National Archives in 198' in order for those indexes for c~ses in the Archives's possession to be kept and the remainder to be destroyed during archvial pro-cessing.

7. Field Service Division Summary Work Reports (1908-1909) and Employee Cards (1926-1933) 2 cubic feet

Consists of 5 x 8 cards listing summary statistics for work .reports and employment status, leave, salary and expenses for employee cards.

These cards are in two wooden file drawers within which they are arranged by year.

WNRC Accession: 049-51B0027 BBU

Disposition: Destroy immediately.

8. Field Service Accounting Procedures, 1923-1937 ~ cubic foot

Consists of 3 x 5 slips of paper telling procedures to be followed regarding payment of expenses.

Arranged alphabetically by topic.

WNRC Accession: 049-51B0027 BBC (half of half-size box 882)

Disposition: Destroy lmmediately.

9. Conversion Number Cards (no dates, but certainly per-1951)3 cubic feet

Consists of 3 x 5 cards each with a district land office serial number and an unidentified number (presumably a case number by the Branch of Field Examination or its predecessoragency) .

Arranged by state, thereunder by district land office and therE-under by number.

WNRC Accession: 049-51B0027 BBH


Four copies, Including original to be submitted STANDARD FORM 115·A (REV. 12·83) to the National Archives and Records Service. Prescribed by GSA

FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.4

115-204

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7. 9. GRS OR 10. ACTION ITEM SUPERSEDED TAKEN8. DESCRIPTION OF ITEM

NO. (NARSUSE(WIth InchullH! Date. or Retention Periods} JOB CITATION ONLY)

10. Name Cross-Reference Cards (no dates, but certainly pre-1951)4 cubic feet

Consists of 3 x 5 cards with name (sometimes noting assigneestatus), number (possibly a district land office number) and sometimes a blue-stamped number in the upper right-hand corner (presumably a case number for the Branch of Field Examination or its predecessor unit).

Arranged alphabetically by name.

Disposition: Permanent. Offer to the National Archives in 198' •

11. Mixed Field Serivce - Division of Investigations Records, 1930 1936 1 cubic foot

Consists of folders with 1930 correspondence on personnelmatters, snapshots of western landscape without identification (some in an envelope labeled "smoke killed timber"), and lists of cases pending (1930-1936) some of which are on Forms 4-148a. Also included is a 2/3 standard size notebook binder for 1933-1936 with investigation cases listed chronologically, as well as numerically, with a brief description of name of party and type of case and a subsequent addition telling when the case was closed.

Arranged with folders in the front and the binder in the back. Some of the folder titles are by field division cities (Port-land, Salt Lake, Helena, San Francisco), others are by topic (allotment of funds, promotions and "general").

WNRC Accession: 049-51B0027 BBY (Box 790)

DiSPosition:~)Offer the notebook to the National Archives in 198q andXdestroy the rest during archival processing.

12. Forest Fire Files Taken Over by the Division of Investigation~,1927-1933 ~ cubic foot

Consists of correspondence, publications, reports, memoranda and voucher forms.

Arranged alphabetically by western state.

WNRC Accession: Half of Box 791 which makes up 049-51B0027 B Z

Disposition: Permanent. Offer to the National Archives in 198'.

Four copies, Including original to be submitted STANDARD FORM 115·A (REV. 12·83) to the National Archives and Records Service. Prescribed by GSA

FPIIIIR (41 CFR) 101·11.4

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8. DESCRIPTION OF ITEM Lnclusive Date. or Retention Periods}

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13. Division of Investigations (located in the Secretary's office of the Interior Department; successor to the GLO Field Ser-vice and predecessor of the GLO Branch of Field Examination),"Miscellaneous" Washington Headquarters Central Files pri-marily 1933-1942 79 cubic feet

Consists of original correspondence, carbons, publications,stencilled circulars, decisions and orders, legislative docu-ments, memoranda and letters to and from the general public,congressmen, special agents of the Investigations Division,the Director of Investigations, officials of other units in the Interior Department (especially General Land Office, Graz'ngService, Office of Indian Affairs, National Park Service, BurEau of Reclamation and Geological Survey) and other officials of the u.S. Government.

Arranged in numerical case order from 1 bhrough 16141 with the prefix IDM. Alphabetical letters are sometimes used for breakr downs within categories and on occasion a further numerical listing (i.e., IDM-10P2). General subject categories are interspersed among specific investigative cases.

WNRC Accessions: 049-51Z0027 Land 049-51B0027 BBW (I have given the designation 049-51B0027 BBV to four boxes which were permanently withdrawn by the agency in 1981 and consequently are not included in this action).

Disposition:A. Destroy immediately the following boxes: 579, 583, 584,

589, 596, 597, 598, 602, 603, 606, 607 and 623 vol.--12 cubic feet.

B. The remaining boxes (i.e., 580-582, 590-595, 599-601,604-605, 608-622 and~4-660) are to be considered permanent and offered to the National Archives in 198. vol.--67 cubic feet

14. Index to Division of Investigations "Miscellaneous" Files, 1933-1942 ~ cubic foot

Consists of 3 x 5 slips of paper with topic categories and IDM and M file numbers.

Arranged alphabetically by topic.

WNRC Accession: Half-size box 947 in 049-51B0027 BBO

Disposition: Permanent. Offer to the National Archives in 198~.

STANDARD FORM 115-A (REV_ 12-83) to the National Archive. and Record. Servlce_ Prescribed by GSA

FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.4

115-204 Four copies. Including original to be submitted

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7. 9. GRS OR 10. ACTIONB. DESCRIPTION OF ITEM SUPERSEDED TAKENITEM (With Inclusiue Date. or Retention Periods} JOB (NARSUSENO.

CITATION ONLY)

15. Division 1933-1942

of Investigations79 cubic feet

Case Files (I.D./E.D. Series),

Consists of correspondence, memoranda, reports and exhibits regarding the investigation of cases, including grazing lease applications (some of which can be found in item 13 under the IDM 541 designation), homestead entries, timber and mineral trespass cases, examination as to the mineral character of lands, criminal activities and non-compliancewith the law.

Arranged numerically by I.D. case cases are arranged numerically by

numbers; Eastern Division E.D. case numbers.

WNRC Accessions: 049-51B0027 BBX (boxes 661-669; I.D. 1781-1933); 049-51Z0027P (boxes 712-771; I.D. 1-1779, 1934-2264 and E.D. 1-185 with box numbers not in normal sequence; 049-51B0027 ~C (boxes 780-781; E.D. 186-325) and 049-51Z002~ S (boxes 782-789)

Disposition: Permanent. 198'.

Offer to the National Archives in

16. Index to Division of Investigationapproximately 2 cubic feet

Case Files, 1933-1942

Consists of ject, nature and remarks

5 x 8 cards listing the name of person or sub-of case, case number, date received and reported,

thereon.

These cards are in four wooden file drawers, three for closed I.D. cases (1934-1936, 1937-1938 and 1940-1942), arrangedby fiscal year and thereunder by name with a cross-reference number; the fourth is for pending I.D. cases.

WNRC Accession: 049-51B0027 BBT

Disposition: Permanent. 198CJ.

Offer to the National Archives in

17. Division of Assignments

Investigations: Correspondenceto Special Agents, 1933-1940 ~

Showing Case cubic foot

Consists of correspondence carbons.

Arranged by region land office.

and thereunder alphabetically by district

WNRC Accession: Half of Box 791 which makes up 049-51B0027 BI~Z


115-204 Four copies. Including original to be submittedto the National Archives and Records Service_

STANDARD FORM Prescribed by GSA

115-A (REV. 12-83)

FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.4

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18. General Land Office "Decision" Files, 1940-1942 2 cubic feet

Consists of copies sent to the Division of Investigations of "decisions". These documents, most of which are one,and two pages in length, deal with closed cases and are signed (i.e.,stamped) by either the Commissioner or Assistant Commissioner of GLO. The great majority of them refer to grazing lease applications. Other subjects include homestead entries, ad proceeding orders, coal prospecting permits and mineral entrycancellations.

Arranged by Division of Investigations regions and thereunder by district land offices and thereunder in reverse chronolo order.


19. Card File for GLO Branch of Field Examination Cases, 1943-1947 approximately 9 cubic feet

Consists of 5 x 8 cards with data showing the name and address of subject, nature of case, land district and serial number and report of action taken thereon.

Some of these cards (those in 049-51Z0027 V) are arrangedwithin two separate wooden horizontal filing cabinets with three drawers each. Within the drawers the cards are arranged by state, thereunder by city and thereunder bycategory (homestead entry, grazing leases and "miscellaneous")and thereunder by name. Others were part of a 113 cubic feet "breakout" of index cards (orig~nally 049-51Z0027 ZU). For the most part the latter group of cards, which are in half-size boxes, are arranged by the four main western regions and thereunder alphabetically by name.

WNRC Accessions: 049-51Z0027 V, 049-51B0027 BBL (half-sizeboxes 933-935) and 049-51B0027 BBP (half-size boxes 948-958)


20. Records of the General Land Office: School Land Status and Use Cards Correspondence, 1879-1972 49 cubic feet

Consists for the most part of two-sided cards (12~" x 8") re-cording basic land information regarding school sections (i.e.#16 and #36). The front side shows a township map with details and a memorandum column which gives information on plat approval. The back side gives a breakdown on land subdivisions affecting sections 16 and 36. Also includes an

9. GRSOR 10. ACTION SUPERSEDED TAKEN

JOB (NARSUSE CITATION ONLY)

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Four copies, Including original to be submitted STANDARD FORM 115-A (REV. 12-83) to the National Archives and Records Servlce_ Prescribed by GSA

FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.4

115-204

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'. REQUESTFOR RECORDSD,SPO.,ON AUTHORITY - CONTINUATI

7. ITEM NO.

8 DESCRIPTION OF ITEM (With Inciu./w Daleo or Rel"nl/on P~rlod.1

or less of correfpondence in each of seven boxes (798,3, 814, 830, 831, 839 and 841) to and from General Land

ffice employees and state officials in Florida, Idaho, Louisi tana, North Dakota and South Dakota concerning su~veys, 001 and land adjustments and Indian. allotments.

nged by state (with cards for Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas,rida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana,

, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Wisconsin) and thereunder by land location based on township, range and

ridan. Envelopes of correspondence are included with state


JOB CITATION

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10. ACTION TAKEN

(NARS USE ONLY)

049-51Z0027 ZV (Boxes 795-843)

Permanent. Offer to the National Archives 1981.

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21. Records Relating18 cubic feet

to the Sale of Indian Lands, 1904-1935'

Consists of 5 x 8 sheets of paper documenting sales to indivi-dual Indians in reservations (plus the back fourth of box 841 consists of carbons of letters relating to the transfer of credit from one piece of land to another involving the Phoenix Arizona, land office).

Arranged by reservation and/or district land office and there-under by serial number.

WNRC Accessions: 049-51B0027 BAr (half-size boxes 841-849 a 049-51B0027 BBE (half-size boxes 883-909)

22. Card Records of Lieu Selections 1900-1930 1~ cubic feet

and Small Holding Claims,

Consists of 5 x 8 cards of the Field Service with space for name of claimant/defendant, land district, nature of case,kind and number of entry, and listing of actions taken. Many of the lieu selections involve railroads.

Some of the cards are arranged by FLS serial number, others arranged in a yet to be discerned fashion.

WNRC Accession: 049-51B0027 BBL (half-size boxes 933-935)


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115·204 .. our capl •• , Includln, orl,ln.1 to be .ubmltted STANDARD FORM tt5·A (REV. 12·531 to th. N.Uon.1 Archl ..... nd Aecord. $er ..lc•. Prescrlb." bV GSA

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23. Mounted Panaoramic Photographs of Mining Claims Contest, 1932 10 cubic feet

Consists of six posterboards (plus a fragment of a s~venth)most of which are 57" by 16" on which have been mounted four contiguous 10 3/4" by 12 3/4" photographs thus showing sweepin panoramas. Each posterboard (other than the fragment) has a legend at the bottom describing the scene and giving either March 22 or 23, 1932, as the date. One reads "Panorama Taken from King Solomon Claim No. 3 looking South over Reservoir Area, March 22, 1932".

Unarranged within the confines of brown paper in which the posterboards are wrapped.

WNRC Accession: 049-51B0027 U

.Disposition: Permanent. Offer to the National Archives in 198q

24. General Land Office Copies of Federal Land Inventory-RelatedRecords 1938-1942 70 cubic feet

Consists of correspondence relating to the Natural Resources Planning Board's involvement in the project; summary data reports of Federally owned land by state, county, townshipand range listing the name of the administering agency, the parcel location, acreage and use of the land; summary sheets of agencies in the Federal Government directly engaged in land classification, land administration and land planning;and state and county maps prepared by Stat;e Planning Commissio s with the aid of the Work~ Proj ect s Administration.

Arranged for the most part by state and thereunder by county.

WNRC Accessions: (Boxes in these accessions have been broken out to identify states covered). 049-51Z002 E,049-51B0027 BD through 049-51B0027 BM, 049-5 Z0027 D 049-51B0027 BN through 4-9-51B0027 BR, 049-5 Z0027 F 049-51B0027 BS, 049-51B-027 BT, 049-51Z0027 ( , 049-51B0027 BU through 049-51B0027 BZ,049-51B0027 BAA through 049-51B0027 BAC,049-51B0027 BAJ and 049-51B0027 BAK. Also includes 3 accordion folders of New Mexico map plats and inventories on shelf 14/35:35-{in 049-51D0027.

Disposition:A. Destroy immediately the following boxes: 66 (049-51BOO' 7 BV),

67 (049-51B0027 BW), 68 (049-51B0027 BX) and 28-31 (049-51B0027 BAJ) 7 cubic feet

STANDARD FORM l1S-A (REV. 12-83) to the National Archives and Records Service. Prescribed by GSA

FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.4

Four copies. Including original to be submitted115-204

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7. 9. GRS OR 10. ACTION ITEM 8. DESCRIPTION OF ITEM SUPERSEDED TAKEN NO. (With Inclusioe Da/e. or Re/ention Pertods} JOB (NARSUSE

CITATION ONLY)

B. The following boxes for the most part contain material to be destroyed, but since they also contain poten-tially permanent material NN would want to make a selection of records to be offered to the Nat~onal Archives in 198~. The remainder would be destroyedduring archival processing. The mixed disposable boxes are 61 (049-51B0027 BQ), 64 (049-51Z0027 G),75 (049-51B0037 BAC) and 32 (049-51B0027 BAK). 4 cubic feet

C. The remaining boxes are to be considered permanent and offered to the National Archives in 198~. 59 cubic feet

25. Records of the General Land Office Relating to New Deal-ERA Relief Programs through the FEA, CWA, \.jPA and CCC, 1934-1941 12 cubic feet

Consists of correspondence, memoranda, reports, circulars and related material pertaining to the establishment, maintenance and operation of work camps, public land survey projects and projects relating to the translation and transcription of Spanish land records.

I'Arranged in haphazard manned by subject and thereunder chronologically.

WNRC Accessions: 049-51Z0027 M (Boxes 670-671), 049-51B0027 B~S (Box 675), 049-51B0027 BAU (Boxes 677-685)

Disposition: The boxes in these ac ce ssLon s are made up of mixe~ permanent/nonpermanent material~.N They should be offered to the ·National Archivrs in 198~ for NN to select the records it wishes to keep and~tlispose of the rest during archival pro-cessing. /I

" . 26. General Land Office/Bureau of Land Management Surplus Real

Property Disposal Files, 1945-1948 26 cubic feet

Consists of case files with correspondence, declarations of surplus real property and appraisals, inventories of fixed assets, notices of sales, lists of persons interested in maki~~ purchases, bids, title papers, and maps. Also covered are files of C.W. Kershow, Chief, and Francis L. McFarron,Acting Chief, Surplus Real Property Division, 1945-1947, con-sisting of correspondence, memoranda to and from the Secretaryof the Interior, regulations, work papers, press releases and procedural manuals of the War Assets Administration, state maps and related material concerning real property disposal.

Arranged in various ways depending on which box examined: alphabetically by name of project; alphabetically by subject

Four coples.lncludlnll orlllinalto·be submitted STANDARD FORM 115-A (REV. 12-83)to the Nallonal Archives and Records Service_ Prescribed by GSA

FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.4

115-204

IPAGEREQUEST FOR RECORDS DISPOSITION AUTHORITY - CONTINUATION

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7. 9. GRSOR 10. ACTION 8. DESCRIPTION OF ITEM SUPERSEDED TAKEN

(With Inclusiue Dates or Retention Periods} JOB (NARSUSEITEM NO.

CITATION ONLY)

and thereunder chronologically; and numerically by case num-ber (i.e., inquiries by perspective purchasers).

WNRC Accessions: 049-51Z0027 Nand 049-51Z0027 O.

Disposition:8c- A. Destroy immediately the following boxes: #693 (in 049- lZ0027 N)

and #699-70#and 710 (in 049-51Z0027 0). 7 cubic feet

B. The following boxes contain some permanent and some non permanent records. They are to be offered to the National Archives in 198~ for NN to make its selection of permanent materials. The remainder would be des-troyed immediately. The mixed disposable boxes are #686-692 (in 049-51Z0027 N), 694-698, 705, 706 and 711 (in 049-51Z0027 0). 16 cubic feet.

C. The remaining boxes -- #707-709 in 049-51Z0027 0 -- are to be considered permanent and offered to the National Archives in 198Q. 3 cubic feet

27. Reclamation Project Files, 1902-1950 13 cubic feet

Consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence, applicationsmemoranda and public notices concerning the withdrawal from entry of land tracts needed for irrigation works and reclamatipnprojects, the availability of water on rental basis, the ex-tension of operation and maintenance charges for water users,and the status of state school lands within reclamation pro-ject areas.

Arranged alphabetically by project, thereunder chronologicallyby subject.

WNRC Accession: 049-51B0027 BAI

Disposition: Permanent. Offer to the National Archives in 198Q.

28. Budget and other Files from the Office of Thomas C. Havell (at one time the GLO Acting Commissioner), 1924-1948 2 cubic feet

Consists of policy statements, correspondence, memoranda,budget sheets, justification sheets, newsclipping, maps and publications.

Arranged by post-World War II budget topics with separatesections for materials relating to such subjects as RalphS. Kelley's 1930 charges concerning the administration of oil shale lands and Havell's 1940 trip to Alaska.

115-204 .~ A Four copies. Including original to be submitted STANDARD FORM 115-A (REV. 12-83)~ t:fqr]1,jp A _ ~,."h,(a.y to the National Archives and Records Service. Prescribed by GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11_4erntr ~rWrd 1-/J"'?f ~/AJIU

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WNRC Accession: 049-51B0027 BAF (Boxes 4 and 5)


29. Mixed Files of the GLO/BLM, 1921-1948 1 cubic foot

Consists of correspondence and reports. Topics covered includE: "Memorandum of Suggestions on Matters Pertaining to the GeneraJ Land Office, March 22, 1921"; untitled, undated listing of categories and divisions with responsibilities within the GLO;correspondence on the closing of the Gainesville land office;carbons of correspondence between the Commissioner and the Supervisor of Surveys, 1924-1927; correspondence between the Commissioner and land office officials on personnel and equip-ment; Reports on Interior Department coordination of units in the Pacific Northwest, 1947-1948.

Unarranged.

WNRC Accession: 049-51B0027 BAG

Disposition:~)Offer to the National Archives ~ 198q for NN to make its selection of permanent materials andrdestroy the rest during archival processing. A

30. GLO Records: Equipment Control Cards, 1911-1936 1 cubic foot

Consists of 5 x 8 cards for "Miscellaneous Instruments, etc.,Surveying Service, General Land Office, acquired by United States" and "Automobile trucks, surveying service, General Land Office acquired by United States".

Arranged by type of machinery (including brands of typewriters/

WNRC Accession: 049-51B0027 BBS


31. Survey Cost Cards, 1910-1928 4 cubic feet

Consists of 4-380c cards "Report of Cost of Survey and Office IWe rk" showing field and office costs of survey and costs per[mf Le •

IArranged by state.

WNRC Accession: 049-51B0027 BBC

IDisposition: Destroy immediately.

STANDARD FORM 115·A (REV. 12·83) to the National Archives and Records Service. Prescribed by GSA

FPMR (41 CFR) 101·11.4

115·204 Four copies. Including original to be submitted

" REQUEST FOR RECORDS DISPOSITION AUTHORITY _ CONTINUATION rOB NO.

9. GRS OR 10. ACTION7. 8. DESCRIPTION OF ITEM SUPERSEDED TAKENITEM (WIth Inclusive Dote. or RetentIon PerIod.) JOB (NARSUSENO. CITATION ONLY)

32. Records Documenting Transportation Expenditures, 1918-1926 3/4 cubic foot

Consists of 3 x 5 slips of paper and then post cards'documentiI~g the assignment and receipt of transportation coupon booklets for rail travel.

Arranged sequentially first alphabetically by name, then bynumber and finally alphabetically by name.

WNRC Accession: 049-51B0027 BBC (box 881 and half of box 882)


33. Payment Control Cards, 1926-1942 4 cubic feet

Consists of 3 x 5 slips of paper with name, land office, seria: number, date and status of refund.

Arranged by state, thereunder by district land office and thereunder by serial number.

WNRC Accession: 049-51B0027 BBF (Boxes 910-916)


34. Cross-Reference Subject Cards, 1943-1945 2 cubic feet

Consists of 3 x 5 cards with name or subject, address or division, date, cross-reference or subject. The subjectsseemingly have nothing to do with usual GLO activities (school refrigeration equipment,' furniture, permit for radio broadcasting station, tractors, radio equipment, china-ware for hospitals, etc.).

Arranged alphabetically by name or subject.

WNRC Accession: 049-51B0027 BBG (Boxes 917-919)


35. Records of Receipt Blanks Sent to District Land Office, 1909-1944 1 cubic foot

Consists of post cards and 3 x 5 slips of paper indicating the assignment of blank forms 4-131 with particular sequentialnumbers.

Arranged by state and thereunder by district land office.

WNRC Accession: 049-51B0027 BBI (Box 925)

115·204 Four copies. Including original to be submitted STANDARD FORM 115·A (REV. 12·83) to the National Archives and Records Service. Prescribed by GSA

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36. Mixed Code Book, Equipment and Employee Cards, 1910-1941 ~ cubic foot

Consists of 3 x 5 cards indicating such things as receipt and GLO telegraph books, equipment control, personnel actions and employee cards.

Arranged by type.

WNRC Accession: 049-51B0027 BBO (Box 946, with box 947 of this accession listed under another item)


37. Rolls of Maps, 1887-1945 approximate volume 17 cubic feet

Consists of odds and ends of map rolls, primarily of mapsreceived in the 1940's by the Federal Power Commission which accompanied utility application cases.

Unarranged.

WNRC Accession: 049-51Z0027 X


38. Revested Oregon and California Grant Land Cards, 1922-1942 5 cubic feet

Consists of 5 x 8 cards (plus 2 inches of correspondence in box 832) related to timber sales in the p. and C. lands in Oregon.

Arranged in various sequential ways: by information recapitu-lation (part of box 831), by letter number associated with 16(contracts and/or timber sales (part of box 831 and 832) and by Oregon township and ranged location.

WNRC Accession: 049-51B0027 BAX


39. Manuscript Land Classification Map Volumes, ca 1906-1926 14 cubic feet

Consists of topographic maps, tracings and drawings apparentlymapped by the Geological Survey Topographic DivisiDnfor the General Land Office. In an October 3, 1984, appraisal reportfor NCWA Bill Heynen of NNSC noted that this accession consist~d of 22 oversized volumes mostly of base map quadrangles with tracing cloth overlays and accompanied by descriptive

STANDARD FORM l1S-A (REV. 12-83) to the Natlon~1Archives and Records Service. Prescribedbv GSA Four copies, Including orlgln~1 to be submitted

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explanations of land use types which show land use classificat .ons such as forested, grassland, cultivated, irrigable, non-irrigalle,etc.

In addition to volumes for the western states there are ones for Alabama, Florida, and Alaska that contain little more than published National Forest maps. Some volumes were marked "Woodland Sheets", One map was stamped "Land Classification Board, Geological Survey". A covering letter in one volume was sent from the GLO Commissioner to the Assistant Secretaryof the Interior.

Arranged alphabetically by state, thereunder alphabetically by name of quadrangle for the most part.

WNRC Accession: Portion of 049-51D0027 on shelves 14/35:29-6,14/35:29-7, 14/35:31-1, 14/35:31-3, and 14/35:31-4.


40. Binder of Presidential Proclamations and Executive Orders Affecting Alaska, 1907-1915 1/12 cubic foot

Consists of a single binder with presidential proclamationsand executive orders affecting Alaska.

Arranged chronologically to some extent.

WNRC Accession: Portion of 049-51D0027 on shelf 14/35:29-3.


41. Monthly Schedules of Allowances, 1912-1934 33 cubic feet

Consists of binders showing serial numbers assigned to cases in field offices, date of receipt of payment, receipt number an.d kind of land application.

Arranged in 58 binders with each binder set up alphabetically by state and thereunder by district land office. Most binders cover a three-month period with sheets for each land office arranged chronologically.

WNRC Accession: Portions of 049-51D0027 on shelves 14/35: 33-4, 14/35:33-5, 14/35:33-6, 14/35:33-7,14/35:35-1, 14/35:35-2, 14/35:35-4 and 14/35:35-5.


115·204 Four copies, Including original to be submitted STANDARD FORM 115·A (REV. 12·63) to the National Archives and Records Service. Prescribed by GSA

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42. District Land Office Serial Number Registers, 1909-1933 43 cubic feet

Consists of summary records by case reference number of applicationsfor acquisition or use of public domain lands and the resourCES thereof. The data recorded includes the name and address of the applicant, date of application, type of entry, land description and entry remarks.

Arranged alphabetically by state and district land office. Each of the 168 binders itself is made up of sequentiallynumbered cases for the district land office in question.

WNRC Accession: Portion of 049-51D0027 on shelves 14/35:29-3through 14/35:29-7, 14/35:31-1 through 14/3531-7.14/35:33-1 through 14/35:33-3, 14/35:33-5,14/35:33-7, 14/35:35-2, 14/35:35-3 and 14/35:15-6, plus a fragment of an Alliance,Nebraska, register as a part of 049-51B0027 on shelf 14/35:27-5.


43. District Land Office Schedules of Serial Numbers Assigned, 19(8-1938 66 cubic feet

Consists of binders, some covering multi-year periods, made Ul of sheets received in Washington by the GLO Accounts Division

Arranged alphabetically .by stat~ and district land office. Each of the 177 binders is subdivided into such categories as final certificates, rejected and closed cases, suspendedapplications, relinquishment, rights of way, and application~for sale af isolated tracts. Within each category the listin~s are arranged chronologically.

WNRC Accession: Portion of 049-51D0027 on shelves 14/35:29-3through 14/35:33-4, 14/35:33-6 through14/35:37-1, plus a fragment of a Lewistown,Montana, register as part of 049-51B0027 on shelf 14/35:27-5

Disposition: Permanent. Offer to the National Archives in 198'1.

44. Binders of Forest Withdrawals, Oil and Gas Structure, Restora ion and Coal/Noncoal Land Plats, 1907-1927 13 cubic feet

Consists of 36 binders of carbon copies/press copies of correfpondenceand/or directives from the GLO Commissioner to Registers and Recievers. Some of the binders also include, or

115·204 Four copIes, IncludIng orIgInal to be submItted STANDARD FORM 115·A (REV. 12-83) to the National ArchIves and Records ServIce. Prescribed by GSA

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are made up exclusively, of plat maps differentiating coal from noncoal lands.

Arranged by topic (i.e., withdrawals for forests, cOql/noncoaletc.), sometimes for individual states, sometimes for aggregatE~sof western states.

WNRC Accession: Portion of 049-51D0027 on shelves 14/35:29-3,14/35:29-4, 14/35:31-2, 14/35:31-7, 14/35:33- ,14/35:33-5, 14/35:35-1, 14/35:35-2, 14/35:35-.,14/35:35-6, 14/35:35-7 and 14/35:37-1, plusa portion of 049-51B0027 on shelf 14/35:27-S.

Disposition: Return these records to BLM as a permanent agenc:withdrawal with the understanding that BLM may then offer them to the National Archives.

45. Contest Docket Binders, 1924-1933 ~ cubic foot

Consists of two binders showing contest number, case title,number and kind of entry, date of entry, description of land and minutes of proceeding.

These binders record cases involving the district land offices at Alliance, Nebraska, and Ft. Sumner, New Mexico.

WNRC Accession: Portion of 049-51D0027 on shelves 14/35:33-3and 14/35:35-4.


46. Binders with Abstracts of Collections, 1909-1912 ~ cubic foot

Consists of two binders showing public moneys collected by the receivers in Colorado and Wyoming for desert lands.

Each binder is subdivided into such catergories as final deser land applications, original desert land applications, final desert land payments and desert land declarations.

WNRC Accession: Portion of 049-51D0027 on shelves 14/35:31-3and 14/35: 37-1.


47. GLO Scrapbooks of Instructions, Orders, etc., 1907-1910 ~ cubic foot

Consists of two volumes of copies of GLO instructions, ord , etc. primarily for clerks in specific GLO divisions, partic Lr y,.

115·204 Four caples, Including original to be submitted STANDARD FORM 115·A (REV. 12·83) to the National Archives and Records Service. Prescribed by GSA

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chronologicallyvolume.

with an alphabetical index at '

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WNRC Accession: Portion of 049-51B0027 on shelf 14/35:27-5.

Disposition: Permanent. Offer to the National Archives in 198q·

Roswell. New Mexico, Serial Land Entry Ledgers, 1907-1908 1/4 cubic foot

Consists of two volumes, each with information concerningserial number, name and address of entryman, land location,filing date and remarks.

Arranged in numerical sequence with name index at front of vollmes.



49. Sheets Showing Development the Honolulu Consolidated 1917 ~ cubic foot

Work and Expenditure Statement Oil Company (California), 1916-

for

Consists of three thickness)relatingVisalia 03495.

binders, to the

20" x 30" (with a one inch total Honolulu Consolidated Oil Company --

Arranged chronologically.

WNRC Accession: Portion

Disposition: Permanent. 19~.

of 049-51B0027

Offer to the

on shelf 14/35:27-5.

National Archives in

50. Oversize Pages Showing Tract Selections Involving the Florida Central and Peninsula Railroad Company, 1887 1/10 cubic foot

Consists of two "24 x 16" page groupings showing tract selec-tions involving the Florida Central and Peninsula Railroad Company associated with Gainesville 05169.

Arranged in two brown-wrapped folders, each ~" in thickness,within an oversized envelope.


Disposition: Permanent. Offer to the National Archives in 19~'.


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51. Exhibit Materials for U.S. vs. Hyde et al., ca. 1897-1906 3 cubic feet

Consists of the following: Two scrapbooks (plus a portion of a third) of photostats of tract purchase applications (1897-19 )with notations written on them as to which were fakes, forger or genuine; separate hotel guest registers for the Hotel McN in Eveleth, Minnesota, and the St. Louis Hotel in Duluth (191906); listing of witnesses, including representativesassociated with Hyde Forest Lien Selections in Idaho; fragmenof handwriting enlargement photo reproductions on posterboard.

Unarranged, other than that like-type materials are groupedtogether.




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