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APPENDIX I

I. Select list of file subject headings for the central classified files of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior (entry 749)

File No. 1--Administrative

1-1 Monthly Reports 1-11 Circulars 1-12 Instructions and Orders 1-16 Appropriations 1-46 Public Buildings 1-53 Council of National Defense (World War I) 1-57 Decisions and Opinions 1-70 Conservation of National Resources 1-82 Expositions 1-104 Special Reports 1-108 Congressional Investigation of the Interior Department 1-125 History of the Interior Department 1-132 National Forest Reservation Commission 1-134 North Addition to Lawton, Okla. 1-139 Land Grants and Bond-Aided Railroads 1-175 Bureau of the Budget 1-188 Preparedness 1-197 National Commissions 1-221 Labor Conditions 1-239 Russian Conditions (1917-33) 1-242 Oil Situation 1-256 Migratory Bird Conservation Commission 1-263 Reforestation and Rehabilitation 1-264 Public Works Administration 1-270 Federal Emergency Relief Administration 1-272 Tennessee Valley Authority 1-275 Soil Erosion 1-276 Emergency Housing Corporation 1-277 Subsistence Homesteads 1-280 Racial Discrimination 1-288 National Power Policy Committee 1-290 Petroleum Administration Board 1-293 National Resources Committee 1-296 National Emergency Council 1-306 National Bituminous Coal Commission 1-310 Bonneville Project 1-315 Land Utilization 1-317 Postwar Planning (World War II) 1-318 River Valley Authorities 1-322 Oil and Gas Division

File No. 2--General Land Office

2-1 Carey Act 2-5 National Forests 2-6 Railroad Rights-of-Way 2-7 Timber Trespass

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2-8 Land Grants 2-9 Indian Reservations 2-10 Reservoir Rights-of-Way 2-11 Miscellaneous Rights-of-Way 2-12 Land Patents 2-17 Timber and Timber Sales 2-18 Coal Lands 2-19 Homestead Entries 2-21 Military Reservations 2-24 Alaska Coal Lands 2-31 Illegal Fencing 2-36 Hyde Benson Land-Fraud Cases 2-37 Outdoor Recreation 2-39 Circulars and Instructions 2-41 Oil Lands 2-44 Ground Water Reclamation 2-47 Enlarged Homesteads 2-48 Phosphate Lands 2-52 Des Moines River Lands 2-60 Coal Land Frauds 2-68 Reservations for Military and Naval Purposes 2-70 School Lands 2-82 Imperial Valley-California 2-86 Withdrawals 2-89 Public Land Laws 2-93 Drainage 2-96 Islands 2-98 Private Land Grants 2-100 Mississippi River Improvements 2-101 Surveys 2-102 Timber and Stone Act 2-106 Townsite Reservations 2-107 Coal Land Legislation 2-109 Land Frauds 2-113 Boundary Lines (between States) 2-115 Waterpower Sites 2-121 Reservations for the Protection of Birds 2-127 Swamp Lands 2-129 Arkansas Sunken Lands 2-139 Mineral Lands 2-141 Desert Land Entries (act of Jan. 27, 1922) 2-143 U.S. Land Offices 2-145 Military Bounty-Land Warrants 2-147 Grazing on Public Domain 2-152 Reservations for Lighthouses and Coast Guard Services 2-153 Withdrawals Under Act of June 25, 1910 2-172 Suits-U.S. District and Circuit 2-173 Water Supply 2-178 Land Reservations-Experimental Agriculture 2-181 Potash Lands 2-185 Game Reserves 2-188 Streams, Springs, and Waterholes 2-189 History of the General Land Office 2-192 Medical Springs

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Reserves) 2-194 Waterpower Development 2-205 Fuel for Navy (Naval Oil 2-208 General Leasing Act 2-210 Red Riverbed Oil Lands 2-213 Wild Animals 2-214 Regulations

File No. 3--Patent Office

(transferred to the Department of Commerce in 1925) 3-1 Administrative 3-5 International Patent Laws 3-7 Infringements 3-21 Trademarks, Labels, etc. 3-23 Patent Decisions 3-27 Annulment of Patents 3-31 International Association for the Protection of Industrial Property

File No. 3--Bureau of Biological Survey

(transferred from the Department of Agriculture in 1939; consolidated with the Bureau of Fisheries and renamed the Fish and Wildlife Service in 1940)

3-1 Administrative 3-4 Regulations 3-11 Permits 3-19 'Fishery Advisory Committee 3-20 Fur Sealing Operations 3-21 Whaling Operations 3-22 Fish Hatcheries 3-25 Research Operations 3-26 Hunting and Fishing 3-27 Wildlife Refuges 3-28 Predatory Animals 3-30 Rights-of-Way 3-32 Investigations 3-33 Pollution 3-35 Oysters 3-37 Insecticides, Herbicides, and Fungicides 3-38 Lower Columbia River Fisheries Program

File No. 4--Pension Office

(transferred to the Veterans Administration in 1930) 4-2 Pensions by Special Acts 4-16 Federal Board for Vocational Education 4-22 Agents and Attorneys 4-30 Coordinating Commission on Veterans' Matters 4-33 Court Cases 4-50 Decisions Requested of Comptroller 4-51 Pension Appeal Cases 4-52 Bounty Land Claims 4-67 War Risk Insurance

File No. 4-Bureau of Fisheries

(transferred from the Department of Commerce with the Bureau of Biological Survey in 1940 renamed the Fish and Wildlife Service)

4-1 Administrative 4-4 Regulations 4-27 Fur Sealing Operations 4-28 Whaling Operations 4-30 Fish Hatcheries

File No. 5--Bureau of Indian Affairs

5-1 Indian Agencies (alphabetically byagency or thereunder by subject listed below)

Accounts Administrative Allotments Cemeteries Claims Competent Indians Contracts Dances Destitution Enrollment Heirship Hunting and Fishing Individual Monies Investigations Irrigation Land Purchases Land Sales Leases Openings Patents Permits Rights-of-Way Schools Stock Suits Timber Townsites Trespass Tribal Funds Tribal Officials Wills Withdrawals and Restorations

5-4 Board of Indian Commissioners 5-6 General

Accounts Allotments Claims Competent Indians Dances

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in 1939; consolidated (see File No. 3), and

jurisdiction and

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EnrollmentGrazingHealth ConditionsHeirshipHunting and FishingIndividual MoniesIrrigationLand PurchasesLand SalesLeasesMission SitesPatentsPermitsRegulationsRights-of-WaySchoolsSuitsTaxationTimberTrespassTribal FundsWills Withdrawals and Restorations

5-8 Oil Situation 5-9 Bureau of Catholic Missions 5-11 Administrative 5-16 Suppression of Liquor Traffic 5-18 General Leasing Act 5-19 Circulars 5-28 Intruder Cases 5-34 Regulations Governing Leasing and Sale of Indian Lands 5-60 Court Cases 5-61 Livestock 5-70 Indians for Show and Exhibit Purposes 5-106 Railroad Rights-of-Way

File No. 6--Office of Education

(transferred to the Federal Security Agency in 1939) 6-1 Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges 6-4 Reindeer Service 6-5 Education in Alaska 6-7 Institutions--International Recognition 6-9 Child Labor--Schooling 6-15 Books, Publications, Reports, etc. 6-17 International Conferences, Congresses, etc. 6-20 School Statistics 6-25 General Education Board 6-38 National Education Association 6-43 Federal Board for Vocational Education 6-46 Illiteracy 6-51 Hospital Service 6-56 Americanization Contracts 6-61 Negro Education

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6-62 6-63

Department of Education School Gardens

File No. 6--Grazing Service

6-2 6-4 6-6 6-7 6-9 6-10

(transferred from the Office Administration Exchanges Grazing Districts Permits and Leases Regulations Withdrawals and Restorations

of the Secretary in 1944)

&FileNo. 7--Geological Survey

7-2 7-3 7-7 7-10 7-11 7-20 7-21 7-24 7-25 7-29 7-38 7-42 7-47 7-49 7-58 7-61 7-64

History of Geological Survey Resources of the United States Fuel-Testing Plants Water Resources Mexican Oil Fields Fuels and Structural Materials Mineral Land Laws Minerals Cooperation Mine Rescue and Training Station Earthquakes Contracts Investigations Power Survey International Congresses Mining Industry, Proposed Establishment Analyzing and Assaying

of the Bureau of Mines

File No. 8--Bureau of Reclamation

8-1 8-2 8-3 8-6 8-8 8-12 8-13 8-14 8-17 8-19 8-26 8-53 8-61 8-75 8-80 8-82

Organization and Methods Rules and Regulations Projects Reclamation Fund Colorado River Homestead Entries Waterpower Water Rights Withdrawals Irrigation Cooperation Rights-of-Way Water Users Associations Conferences Soldier Settlement Committee of Special Advisors on Reclamation

File No. 9--Territories and Island Possessions

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9-1 Alaska9-4 Hawaii9-7 Philippine Islands9-8 Puerto Rico9-11 Virgin Islands

File No. 10--Appeals

10-1 Forest Reserve Cases10-3 Mineral10-4 Railroad10-6 Settlement10-7 State Selections10-10 Rights-of-Way10-11 Private Land Grants10-20 Court Cases

File No. 11--Bureau of Mines

11-4 Mine Rescue Stations 11-6 Organization and Administration 11-10 Testing of Fuels and Structural Materials 11-14 Mining Accidents 11-16 Agreements, Contracts, and Leases 11-17 Experimental Stations 11-23 Investigations 11-24 Cooperation 11-34 Minerals 11-36 Explosives 11-39 Minerals Control Act, Awards, etc. 11-40 Gas Conservation

File No. 12--Parks, Reservations, and Antiquities

12-0 Administrative 12-1 National Monuments (changed to 12-46) 12-1 Permits 12-13 San Francisco Water Supply 12-32 National Military Parks (changed to 12-45) 12-33 Public Buildings and Public Parks 12-40 Archeological Permits 12-41 National Capital Parks 12-47 National Parks 12-48 National Parkways 12-49 National Recreation Areas 12-51 National Seashores

File No. 13--Advertisements

13-1 Restoration of Lands to Entry, National Forests 13-2 Restoration of Lands to Entry, Reclamation Projects 13-5 Sales of Timber Lands 13-6 Sales of Lots of Townsites on Indian Reservations 13-7 Classification of Lands

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13-10 Sales of Timber, Indian Agencies 13-12 Sales of Lands 13-13 National Parks 13-24 Indian Agencies and Reservations

File No. 14--Freedmen's Hospital

(transferred to the Federal Security Agency in 1940) 14-2 Reorganization of Staff, Methods of Management, Rules, and

Regulations 14-7 Patients of the District of Columbia 14-10 Annual Reports 14-16 Admissions and Discharges of Patients 14-24 History of Freedmen's Hospital and Relation to Howard University 14-29 Home for Nurses 14-30 Administration

File No. 15--Personnel Supervision and Management

(maintained as a separate series, see entry 752)

File No. 16--St. Elizabeths Hospital

(transferred to the Federal Security Agency in 1940) 16-3 Investigations 16-7 Commitments 16-9 Charges and Complaints 16-13 Indigent and Nonindigent Patients of the District of Columbia 16-14 Accounts 16-16 Opinions of the Comptroller 16-23 Suits 16-29 Habeas Corpus Proceedings to Secure Discharge from Hospital 16-36 Rules and Regulations 16-38 Legislation 16-41 Buildings and Grounds 16-58 Administrative

File No. 17--Capitol Building and Grounds

(records transferred to the Office of the Architect of the Capitol in 1940)

File No. 18--Alaska Railroad

18-2 Administrative 18-4 Operation and Maintenance

File No. 19--Surety Companies

19-1 Bonds in Excess of 10% 19-2 Financial Statements 19-5 Delinquencies 19-8 Regulations relating to Surety Companies

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File No. 20--Eleemosynary Institutions

Columbia Institution for Deaf and Dumb Howard University

(both of the above were transferred to the Federal Security Agency in 1940)

Maryland School for the Blind (file discontinued in 1931)

Washinrgton Hospital for Foundlings (file discontinued in 1909)

File No. 21--Recognition and Disbarment of Attorneys and Agents

21-2 Attorneys and Agents

File No. 22--Presidential Appointees

(file discontinued in 1940)

File No. 23--Status File

(folders for separated personnel are in the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, Mo.)

File No. 24--Applications for Appointment, Presidential

(file discontinued in 1940)

File No. 25--Indian and Land Inspectors

(file discontinued in 1932)

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APPENDIX II

Select list of decimal classifications for the classified files of the Division of Power (entry 864) and the National Power Policy Committee (entry 906)

000 General001 Carbons of Outgoing Letters005 General Alphabetical File006 Daily Reading File

010 Contracts and Cooperation 011 Federal Agencies 012 State and County Agencies 015 Congressmen 014 Others

030 Laws and Legal Matters 030.1 Authorities

032 U.S. Laws032.1 Congressional Bills 032.2 Senate 032.3 House of Representatives

033 State Laws034 Litigation035 Patents037 Investigations-Congressional Hearings

037.9 Reports of Hearings, Testimony 040 Employee Organizations and Welfare 090 General

091 Inventions and Ideas092 Lands and Rights-of-Way

100 Administration and Organization101 General Administration102 Plans of Organization, Charts, etc.103 Programs and Meetings107 Committees, Commissions, and Boards

107.1 Administrative Council and Coordination Committee, Program Committee 107.2 Water Resources Committee 107.2 (a) Water Resources Policy Commission

107.21 Missouri Basin Field Committee 107.22 Pacific Northwest Coordination Committee 107.23 Eastern Field Committee 107.24 Southwest Field Committee 107.25 Phoenix Field Committee 107.26 Alaska Field Committee 107.27 Western Field Committee 107.28 Colorado River-Great Basin Field Committee

107.3 Statistical Planning Committee 107.4 Federal Interagency River Basin Committee

107.41 Columbia Basin Interagency Committee 107.42 Missouri Basin Interagency Committee 107.43 Pacific Southwest Federal Interagency Technical Committee 107.44 Arkansas-White-Red Basins Interagency Committee 107.45 New England-New York Interagency Committee

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107.5 Interagency Committee on the Development of Alaska, Columbia Basin Interagency Committee 107.6 Missouri Basin Interagency Committee 107.7 Industry Advisory Committees (Stockpiling) 107.8 Advisory Committee on Conservation 107.9 Defense Electric Power Administration Assistance

109 Reports 109.1 Annual Reports 109.2 Staff Meetings-Minutes 109.3 Weekly Reports 109.4 War Records Report 109.5 Weekly Report to the Secretary

110 Rules and Regulations11f General Decisions and Opinions112 Executive Orders113 Department of the Interior Orders115 Power Division Orders and Instructions116 Federal Power Commission Rules and Regulations

120 Personnel 121 General Rules and Policy 122 Employee Files 124 Wage Scales and Salaries

130 Office Administration and Management 135.1 Mails, Files, Correspondence

140 Publicity 141 General Policy and Rules 142 Personal Appearances, Meetings, Appointments, Conferences 143 Press Releases 144 Advertising 146 Publications

146.2 Speeches147 News Clippings, Magazine and Newspaper Articles

200 Fiscal201 Accounting Systems, Symbols, General Regulations209 Financial Statements and Reports

210 Budget 214 Appropriations

214.1 Appropriation Language 219 Budget Statements and Reports

220 Funds, Disbursement 230 Accounting for Funds Received 240 Accounting for Property 250 Claims

251 Claims Against the Interior Department 270 Procurement

271 General Regulations 275 Bids, Numerical

400 Division of Power401 General Power Policy

401.2 Federal Power Policy402 International-Foreign Service

402.1 World Power Conference403 National Policy

403.1 Public v. Private Ownership

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403.8 Holding Companies 405 Fuels

410 Acquisition of Private Utilities 420 Uses for and Sale of Power

421 General Load Building Programs 421.1 Regional Power Development

421.11 Development of the West 421.2 Congresses, Conferences, Cooperation, Studies

421.4 Public Power Associations 421.9 Reports and General Market Studies

423 Domestic425 Rural Electrification Administration

427 IndustrialS427.5 Steam Plants427.7 Atomic Energy Matters

429 General Data and Reports430 Federal Water Resources Policy

431 Water Resources Information 432 River Basin Development

440 Investigations of and Possible New Power Sites 441 Construction Plans and Data 442 Federal Power Commission Projects 443 Interior Power Permits

460 National Defense 460.1 Priorities 460.8 Flood Control

'461 Strategic Minerals and Items 462 Expansion of Electric Generating Facilities 466 Metal Goods 467 Transportation

467.2 Railways 467.21 Railway Electrification

468 Availability and Conservation of Power 480 Post Defense Planning

480.2 Major Resources Institute 480.3 Construction Limitations

600 Development of Power601 General

601.1 Land Acquisition, Permits, Easements 601.2 Flood Control

602 Preliminary Investigations, Feasibility Reports 603 Post Authorization Planning 605 Designs, Data, and Specifications

610 Legislation, Claims, and Legal Matters 620 Administration

621 Organization and Policy 622 Personnel 623 Public Relations, News Releases, Publications, Meetings, Conferences, etc. 624 Office Methods and Procedures, Services, Management, etc.

630 Fiscal 631 Budget and Appropriations 632 Accounting and Finance 633 Purchasing and Procurement

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640 Construction, Expansion, Additions to, Acquisition of Additional Facilities

641 General Data and Specifications 641.1 Production Equipment 641.2 Transmission and Distribution Systems 641.3 Materials Needed

650 Power Marketing and Sales of, Rates 651 General Load Building-Market Information 652 Pilot Plants-Costs 653 Rates

653.2 Allocations of Costs 655 Contracts and Applications for Purchase or Interchange of Power

660 Project Operations 661 Operating Reporting Procedures

661.1 Operating Reports (Monthly) 661.2 Operating Reports (Daily)

662 Unusual Operating Occurrences690 Reports and Statistical Material

691 Operating Reports 699 Annual Reports

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INDEX

Unless otherwise indicated, locator numbers of the index refer to the numbered entries of the inventory, that is, the series number. Information in unnum­bered introductory paragraphs is also indexed; such locators refer to pages of the inventory and are preceded by "p." For series entry 749, the extensive central classified files of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior, file designations are also given in index locators. For example, the locator 749:14-24 in the index entry "Howard University" refers to file 14-24 of the central classified files (series entry 749). Appendix I of the inventory, beginning on page 253, is a select list of file subject headings for the central classified files. Researchers should bear in mind that the index covers the inventory for the record group; the records themselves have not been indexed.

Aandahl, Fred G. - 787 Abbot, H.L. - 735 Abejas River - 757 Adjutant General, Office of the

Civil War prisoners - 476 Administrative Services Division - p.204 Adobe Palace - p. 9 7 , 341 Advertising. See Newspapers. Africa. See Slave trade. Agricultural Division (Patent Office) - p.3, 130, 268 Agriculture. See also Agriculture Department; Forestry;

Homesteads; Irrigation; Livestock; Pests and pesticides; Soil conservation.

agricultural colleges - 181, 749:6-1 cattleman-farmer conflict - 343 experiment stations - 339, 343, 749:2-178 Hawaiian production - 328 Ickes records - 767 Indian farming - p.166-167, 649, 653, 656, 658, p. 1 7 9

photographs - 759 school gardens - 749:6-63 seed distribution - p.3, 143, 268 statistical information collection - p.1, p. 3 , p.73, 268, 288

Agriculture Department, U.S. historic sites - p.6 land use study - 863 Rural Development Program - 776 San Gabriel River Commission - p.248, 905 transfers of program duties - p.3, p.8-9, p.10, 127, 130,

p.139Water Resources Policy Committee - p.250

Alabama land offices - 28