Guide to Civil War Resources at the Missouri State Archives
Federal Records on Microfilm The Missouri State Archives
maintains a small collection of microfilmed federal records,
available for research in the Reference Room. Department of the
Army: Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands The
Missouri State Archives maintains a small collection of
microfilm regarding the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and
Abandoned Lands, commonly referred to as the Freedmen's Bureau.
The Records of the Education Division of the Bureau of Refugees,
Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands contain monthly and other school
reports for Missouri from 1867 through 1870. The records
primarily consist of incoming and outgoing correspondence of
Reverend John W. Alvord, Inspector of Finances and Schools.
Included as well are narrative reports from Alvord to the
Commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau. A scope and contents note
offers information about the Bureau and the records contained in
this series. The Registers & Letters Received by t