Letters Received
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content: Records of the Superintendent of Education for the State of Virginia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1870
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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content: NMAAHC.FB.M1053, Series 3
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content: Archival materials
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content: The letters received by the Superintendent of Education consist of a registered and unregistered series. The registered letters, April 1869–August 1870, are arranged in the order in which they were entered in the registers. The unregistered letters, June 1865–August 1870, are arranged chronologically by year and month and thereunder alphabetically according to the correspondent's surname. A name index to the letter series has been prepared and is on rolls 6 – 10 immediately preceding the letters.

Both series contain correspondence addressed to individuals other than the Superintendent, since some communications addressed to other correspondents were forwarded to and retained by his office. Some letters written by and subsequently returned to him also have been filmed. Most letters from high–level Bureau officials and the War Department are found in the registered series; otherwise, both series include letters from Bureau officials, representatives of benevolent societies, and teachers. Most letters from teachers, which deal with topics similar to those found in the letters sent, were not registered. Many letters, particularly those written by teachers, consider routine matters related to the operation of Bureau schools.