Freedmen's Bureau Preservation Act: Are These Reconstruction Era Records Being Protected : Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and Technology of the Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Second Session, October 18, 2000U.S. Government Printing Office, 2001 - 56 páginas |
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... kind in the world . We are generally considered the library of last resort . Roughly that means when you can't find it at the Li- brary of Congress , you come to us . We are one of the largest manu- script archivals of this kind . We ...
... kind in the world . We are generally considered the library of last resort . Roughly that means when you can't find it at the Li- brary of Congress , you come to us . We are one of the largest manu- script archivals of this kind . We ...
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... kind of research , and to have this type of historical perspective and material is just natural . I would like to pitch for a pilot pro- gram to be there . I agree with you , Doctor , that your historical background , given that General ...
... kind of research , and to have this type of historical perspective and material is just natural . I would like to pitch for a pilot pro- gram to be there . I agree with you , Doctor , that your historical background , given that General ...
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... really need to understand what standards we need to have , what kind of time and resource constraints . So , forming these pilot projects with the various uni- versities , particularly Howard University , would be a very 28.
... really need to understand what standards we need to have , what kind of time and resource constraints . So , forming these pilot projects with the various uni- versities , particularly Howard University , would be a very 28.
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... kind of enhanced preservation and access activities that we believe are intended by HR5157 . We know that one of the most effective enhanced preservation actions we can take is to reformat paper records to microfilm . Microfilm is a ...
... kind of enhanced preservation and access activities that we believe are intended by HR5157 . We know that one of the most effective enhanced preservation actions we can take is to reformat paper records to microfilm . Microfilm is a ...
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... kind of information . On the level of the local level , obviously , at some point , people are going to have to do research . African Americans are going to have to do research at these local levels , look at wills and probate records ...
... kind of information . On the level of the local level , obviously , at some point , people are going to have to do research . African Americans are going to have to do research at these local levels , look at wills and probate records ...
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Abandoned Lands African American genealogy Archives and Records Archivist areas ARY OF CONGRESS Assistant Battle Black BRARY Bureau of Refugees Bureau Records Preservation California Chairman collection Committee on Government CONG CONGRESS THE LIBRARY documents efforts emancipation Federal filming freed Freedmen and Abandoned Freedmen's Bureau Preservation Freedmen's Bureau records freedom genealogists Government Reform GRES GRESS THE LIBRARY Hairstons Henry Wiencek Howard University important individual freedmen interest Internet J.C. Watts Juanita Millender-McDonald KURTZ labor contracts LIBRA CONGRESS LIBRARY OF CONGRES LIBRARY OF CONGRESS look marriage microfilm Mooreland-Spingarn NARA National Archives numbers of African Oliver Otis Howard ONGRES Patrick Swygert percent pilot program pilot project prepared statement President RARY Records Administration Records Preservation Act Records Services RESS slavery Society Stephen Horn SUBCOMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT Thank Tony Burroughs University of Florida Virginia Watts
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Página 4 - This is essentially a people's contest. On the side of the Union it is a struggle for maintaining in the world that form and substance of government whose leading object is to elevate the condition of men; to lift artificial weights from all shoulders; to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all; to afford all an unfettered start and a fair chance in the race of life.
Página 26 - Bureau functions included issuing rations and clothing, operating hospitals and refugee camps, and supervising labor contracts between planters and freedmen. The Bureau also managed apprenticeship disputes and complaints, assisted benevolent societies in the establishment of schools, helped freedmen in legalizing marriages entered into during slavery, and provided transportation to refugees and freedmen who were attempting to reunite with their family or relocate to other parts of the country. As...
Página 27 - I would be happy to answer any questions that you or the other members of the committee may have.
Página 13 - Mr. Chairman and Distinguished Members of the Committee: Good morning. My name is Dr.
Página 24 - But, before this committee could act, the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, commonly known as the...
Página 26 - Group 105), also known as the Freedmen's Bureau, was established in the War Department by an act of Congress on March 3, 1865. The Bureau was responsible for the supervision and management of all matters relating to the refugees and freedmen and lands abandoned or seized during the Civil War, duties previously shared by military commanders and US Treasury Department officials.
Página 24 - Carolina. (165-C-394) abandoned and confiscated property, its mission was to provide relief and help freedmen become self-sufficient. Bureau functions included issuing rations and clothing, operating hospitals and refugee camps, and supervising labor contracts between planters and freedmen. The Bureau also managed apprenticeship disputes and complaints, assisted benevolent societies in the establishment of schools, helped freedmen in legalizing marriages entered into during slavery, and provided...
Página 36 - Chairman and members of the Committee. Thank you very much for the invitation to appear before the Committee to discuss the issue of nutrition in the school setting.