BLM Records 2of6 - Steven Coker
Subject: BLM Records 2of6
From: Steven Coker
Date: March 12, 1999

Records of the Bureau of Land Management [BLM] 
(Record Group 49) 1685-1989 (bulk 1770-1982) 59,666 cu. ft.
gopher://gopher.nara.gov:70/00/inform/guide/10s/rg049.txt

49.3 RECORDS OF OPERATING DIVISIONS OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE 1715-1962 (bulk
1770-1962) 5,723 lin. ft.

History: GLO division-level functions date from the beginning of federal
responsibility for administration and disposal of public lands. Specialization
of function began well before GLO first assigned alphabetical designations to
and denominated its operating units as divisions, August-September 1867. All GLO
divisions not abolished in the interim were discontinued upon merger of GLO and
Grazing Service to form BLM, 1946. The National Archives has continued to assign
BLM-generated records to selected GLO series.

49.3.1 Records of Division "A" (Chief Clerk's Division)

History: Established by order of the Chief Clerk, September 1, 1867, and
designated as Division "A." Known also as the Chief Clerk's Office. Exercised
general supervision over the activities of the GLO and its personnel, equipment,
expenditures, and requisitions. Supervised appointments and promotions, leaves
of absence, and officers' bonds. Conducted correspondence with local land
officers and the surveyors general. Inspected offices of surveyors general,
administered the establishment of new land districts, and made changes in land
district locations and boundaries. Published notices of intent to offer final
proof and managed the opening and sale of land on Indian reservations.

Textual Records: Correspondence relating to GLO operations, 1813- 1950.
Personnel records, 1820-1926. Divisional scrapbooks, 1904- 20. Appointment
notices to registers and receivers, 1841-44. Circulars sent, 1850-54. Letters
sent by the receiving clerk, 1871-1910. Office files of the associate director,
1938-47, and of the Chief of Division "A," 1924-47. Oil shale lands
investigation files of the GLO Denver, CO, field division chief, 1920-33. "Stock
driveway files" relating to public lands in the west used as stock trails,
1916-50.

49.3.2 Records of Division "B" (Recorder's Division)

History: Position of Recorder dates from at least 1837. No specific date
determined for establishment of Recorder's Division as Division "B." Had
responsibility for all GLO land patent activities, including affixing of GLO
seal, engrossing, recording, and transmitting of patents. Administered military
bounty land warrants (special certificates, redeemable for public land, which
were issued to veterans pursuant to statutes enacted between 1788 and 1855 [see
below]) and land scrip (scrip issued in accordance with laws passed between 1830
and 1872 [see below] and exchangeable for public land). These latter
responsibilities were transferred to Division "R" in 1905.

Bounty land warrant acts: July 9, 1788 (39 Journals of the Continental Congress
306); April 7, 1798 (1 Stat. 547); March 3, 1803 (2 Stat. 236); April 15, 1806
(2 Stat. 378); December 24, 1811 (2 Stat. 669); January 11, 1812 (2 Stat. 672);
March 5, 1816 (3 Stat. 356); July 27, 1842 (5 Stat. 497); February 11, 1847 (9
Stat. 125); September 28, 1850 (9 Stat. 520); March 22, 1852 (10 Stat. 4); and
March 3, 1855 (10 Stat. 701).

Land scrip acts: Military Bounty Land Scrip, May 30, 1830 (4 Stat. 422); same,
March 2, 1833 (4 Stat. 665); same, March 3, 1835 (4 Stat. 770); Surveyor General
Scrip, July 4, 1836 (5 Stat. 107); Choctaw Scrip, August 23, 1842 (5 Stat. 515);
same, March 3, 1845 (5 Stat. 777); Sioux Half-Breed Scrip, July 17, 1854 (10
Stat. 304); Chippewa Half-Breed Scrip, treaty of September 30, 1854 (10 Stat.
1109); Surveyor General Scrip, June 2, 1858 (11 Stat. 294); Sioux Half-Breed
Scrip, May 19, 1858 (11 Stat. 292); Porterfield Scrip, April 11, 1860 (12 Stat.
836); Supreme Court Scrip, June 22, 1860 (12 Stat. 85); Agricultural College
Scrip, July 2, 1862 (12 Stat. 503); Chippewa Half-Breed Scrip, treaty of October
2, 1863 (14 Stat. 669); same, treaty of April 12, 1864 (14 Stat. 690); Supreme
Court Scrip, March 2, 1867 (14 Stat. 544); same, June 10, 1872 (17 Stat. 378);
and Valentine Land Scrip, April 5, 1872 (17 Stat. 649).

Textual Records: Letters sent relating to patents, 1817-1908. Abstracts, notices
of caveats, and other records relating to bounty land warrants, 1817-1906.
Register of Ohio land patents, 1805-19. Docket of Surveyors General scrip
certificates, 1866- 1917. Location registers of Choctaw, Sioux Half-Breed,
Chippewa, Porterfield, Valentine Land, Surveyor General, and Supreme Court
Scrip, 1846-1908. Records relating to Virginia military bounty land warrants
(issued by the state to its Revolutionary War veterans and exchangeable for
patents to land in the Virginia Military District in Ohio), 1784-1886, including
entry and survey books for the Virginia Military District, 1784-1813; with name
indexes to warrantees and patentees, 1782-1838. Records concerning the
conveyances or locations of warrants granting public lands for service in the
Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Mexican War, and Indian wars and frontier
skirmishes, 1788-1855, including lands patented by Canadian and Nova Scotian
refugees, 1802-11. Records relating to the issuance of land scrip, 1830-62,
including exchanged warrants, applications for scrip, scrip stubs, indexes,
lists, copies of the scrip issued for warrants, Agricultural College Scrip,
Chippewa Half-Breed Scrip, Choctaw Scrip, and Surveyor General Scrip.
Correspondence relating to the Brothertown (Brotherton) Indians, 1839-40. Lists
of approved patents forwarded from Division B to the GLO, 1908-49.

Microfilm Publications: M68, M829, M848, T1008.

Maps (1,072 items): Plats of townships in CA, CO, OR, ID, MT, NM, SD, and WY,
showing mines and mining claims and, in some instances, patent numbers and dates
and survey and document numbers, 1872-96. SEE ALSO 49.16.

49.3.3 Records of Division "C" (Public Lands Division)

History: Position of Principal Clerk of Public Lands dates from at least 1837.
Designated as Division "C" by order of Chief Clerk, August 30, 1867. Primarily
responsible for adjudication of land claims, including cases arising under the
Graduation Act (10 Stat. 574), August 4, 1854, which called for price reductions
on unsold public land, and under the superseding Homestead Act (12 Stat. 392),
May 20, 1862, which allowed issuing of patents after five years' occupation to
improvers of public land. Administered provisions of the Timber and Stone Act
(20 Stat. 89), June 3, 1878. Responsible for posting lands and maintaining tract
books, until new Division "O" (Posting and Tract Book Division) established,
April 12, 1907.

Textual Records: Letters sent relating to public land disposals, 1796-1908. 
Records of cases submitted to the Board of Equitable Adjudication, 1877-1910.
Records relating to abandoned, voluntarily relinquished, canceled, suspended,
amended, and reinstated homestead entries, 1868-78. Letters sent relating to
posting and tract books, 1885-89. Numerical abstracts of cash entries ("Division
'O' Cash Books"), 1886-89. Numerical abstracts of final homestead entries
("Division 'O' Final Books"), 1885-89.

Related Records: Tract books maintained by Division "C" to 1907 and subsequently
by Division "O," UNDER 49.4.

49.3.4 Records of Division "D" (Private Land Claims Division)

History: Position of Principal Clerk of Private Land Claims dates from at least
1837. Designated as Division "D" by order of the Chief Clerk, September 1, 1867.
Responsible for all matters relating to private land claims based on titles
granted by former governments in territories acquired by the United States.
Supervised the activities of boards of land commissioners appointed to consider
such claims. Administered the Preemption Act (4 Stat. 420), May 29, 1830, as
extended by acts of 1832, 1834, and 1838, and made permanent by the Preemption
Act of 1841 (5 Stat. 453), September 4, 1841, which gave a preferential purchase
right to the improvers of unsold public land. Abolished by Chief Clerk, June 27,
1895, and functions assigned to Division "G" (SEE 49.3.8).

Textual Records: Correspondence, docket books, court records, claims,
certificate lists, reports, proceedings, and other records, 1715-1909 (bulk
1788-1909), relating to private land claims in the states of AL, AZ, AR, CO, IL,
IN, LA, MI, MS, MO, and NM, including claims based upon Spanish and Mexican land
grants. Records of the Office of the Surveyor General of California for the
"rancho" period, and consisting of "complete expedientes" (1-579), "incomplete
expedientes" (1-315), transcripts and translations of documents submitted in
support of titles in cases 1-809 before the Board of California Land Claims
Commissioners, a journal and minutes of board proceedings, and lists or indexes
to land grants, 1852-56. Records relating to private land claims in Florida,
including warrants and survey plats, chiefly about British private grants,
1824-98; a few records of the Governor and Council of West Florida, 1770-79; and
reports, correspondence, and lists concerning the Spanish archives of East and
West Florida and the attempts by the Department of the Interior to trace and
acquire them, 1848-98.

Maps (7,418 items): Plats of private land claims in AZ, CA, CO, FL, LA, IL, MO,
and NM, 1853-1915 (2,918 items). "Complete exedientes," nos. 1-579; "incomplete
expedientes," nos. 1-315; "case expedientes," and "disenos" received from the
California Board of Land Commissioners, 1852-56 (4,500 items). SEE ALSO 49.16.

49.3.5 Records of Division "D" (Mail and Files Division)

History: Established by order of the Chief Clerk, December 12, 1906, absorbing
functions previously assigned to registering room of Division "A" and file
clerks of Division "B." Maintained general files of GLO and distributed all
correspondence. Known also as "New D" to distinguish it from earlier Division
"D," Private Land Claims Division (SEE 49.3.4).

Textual Records: Executive orders and proclamations relating to notices of land
sales, opening and closing of land offices, withdrawal or restoration of land
for military reservations, national parks and forests, wildlife refuges, and
reservoirs, 1806-1949.

49.3.6 Records of Division "E" (Surveying Division)

History: Position of Principal Clerk of the Surveys dates from at least 1837.
Designated as Division "E" by order of Chief Clerk, September 1, 1867. Absorbed
Division "L" (Drafting Division), February 26, 1925. Exercised general
supervision over all public surveys and resurveys, including those made of
Indian reservations, national forests, national parks, reclamation projects,
railroad land grants, private land claims, town sites, and military
reservations. Directed cadastral (boundary) surveys and resurveys. For
additional administrative history, SEE 49.8.

Textual Records: Letters sent to executive departments, 1864- 1903. Letters sent
to registers and receivers, 1883-94. Letters received by the Secretary of the
Treasury and the Commissioner of the GLO from the Surveyor General of the
Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, 1797-1831. Reports, letters, and
memorandums received from surveyors general of public land states, including
records of the Surveyors General of MS, 1803-31; MO, 1813-32; AL, 1817-32; and
FL, 1824-32. Letters, with registers and indexes, and other records received
From surveyors general, ca. 1826-83. Contracts with deputy surveyors, 1817-32.
Surveyors contracts and bonds with surveyors general, 1851-1913, including
correspondence, special instructions, and diagrams. Records relating to surveys
of state boundaries, military reservations, islands, townsites, private land
claims, and national parks, 1860-1940. Group survey records created after
surveyors general discontinued hiring deputy surveyors in 1910, including
reports, correspondence, special instructions, and plats and copies of progress
reports, 1910-62. Records that relate to surveying small islands, 1910-26. Field
notes from survey examinations, ca. 1883- 1913. Plats, field notes,
correspondence, and other records relating to rejected and abandoned surveys,
ca. 1847-1915. Records relating to Alaskan surveys, 1918-53, and to homestead
entry and forest exchange surveys in national forests, 1910-53.

Field notes compiled during township surveys of the public land states of AL,
IN, IA, KS, MO, OH, WI, the Indian Territory, and parts of OR and WA, 1785-1946
(in College Park). Field notes and related textual records and maps ("Old Case F
File") of state, territorial, and Indian-land boundaries, including notes of the
dependent resurvey of the boundaries of a few reservations, 1809- 1938 (in
College Park). Field notebooks from townsite surveys, 1844-93 (in College Park).

Microfilm Publications: M478, M1325, M1329, T1234, T1240.

Maps (52,324 items): Township plats from surveys made by deputy surveyors
supervised by surveyors general in the seven ranges in OH (the first public land
survey), AL, IN, IA, KS, MO, other parts of OH, WI, the Indian Territory, and
parts of OR and WA, some of which are annotated to show land entry numbers and
entrymen's names, 1785-1946 (40,000 items). Township exterior boundary plats
showing the perimeter of each township as approved by the surveyor general for
most of the public land states, 1786- 1910 (7,269 items). Township exterior
boundary plats for the Indian Territory, 1856-92 (96 items). Manuscript and
annotated maps ("Old Map File") showing development and disposal of public lands
in the United States, individual states, and territories, including progress of
surveys, land district boundaries, Indian and military reservations, forest and
national park reserves, private land claims, and special surveys including the
site of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, NY, 1790-1946 (1,388
items). Manuscript boundary survey maps relating to public land states and
territories and Indian-land boundaries that later became state boundaries,
1799-1927 (264 items). Plats showing Indian grants and reserves in IN, MI, and
OH, 1807-49 (100 items); and in KS and NE, 1857-65 (39 items). Plats of proposed
townsites in public land states, including Alaska, showing street layouts,
1825-1915 (550 items). Plats showing naval timber reserve requirements in AL,
FL, LA, and MS, 1827-48 (111 items); and naval petroleum reserves in CA, 1908-14
(167 items). Plats marked to show the status of public land withdrawals in CO,
MT, and NM, 1930-35 (2,000 items). Maps from special field examinations and
resurveys, including islands and river changes not shown in the original plats,
1917-66 (340 items). SEE ALSO 49.16.

Related Records: For tract books and land entry papers, SEE 49.4.

49.3.7 Records of Division "F" (Railroads, Rights-of-Way, and Reclamation
Division)

History: Organized, 1872. Assumed responsibility for canals, ditches, and
reservoirs, formerly under Division "C." Had taken over responsibility for
railroads, including rights-of-way, probably from Division "C," by 1877.
Administered GLO responsibilities with respect to rights-of-way, easements, and
permits; power sites; desert land entries; reclamation work; and withdrawals and
restorations of land under the Withdrawal Act (36 Stat. 847), June 25, 1910.

Textual Records: Letters sent relating to lands granted for railroads, canals,
and reservoirs, 1856-1908. Dockets relating chiefly to contests concerning
railroad land grants that conflicted with private entries, 1867-1909.
"Selection" and "adjustment" lists reflecting selection of land for railroads
and wagon roads, 1829-1935. "Canal and reservoir grants," 1891-1929, with an
index, relating to lands granted for irrigation purposes under the Canal and
Ditch Companies Right of Way Act (26 Stat. 1095), March 3, 1891. Records
("Railroad Rights-of-way Files"), 1878-1931, concerning rights-of-way granted
railroads across public lands under the Railways Right of Way Act (18 Stat.
482), March 3, 1875. Records relating to rights-of-way for railroads and
highways across Indian reservations, 1908-45; and to rights- of-way across
forest reserves, 1908-39. Records relating to reclamation projects on public
lands ("Reclamation Project Files"), 1901-45.

Maps (10,478 items): Manuscript and annotated maps showing rights-of-way through
public lands for railroads, military and other wagon roads, highways, canals,
irrigation ditches, transmission lines, reservoirs, and quarries, 1851-1939;
with index to maps for canals, reservoirs, and ditches, n.d. SEE ALSO 49.16.

49.3.8 Records of Division "G" (Preemption Division)

History: Established by order of the Chief Clerk, September 1, 1867, acquiring
responsibility for preemptions from Division "D," Private Land Claims Division,
in which function had been vested since at least 1859. Division "G" known as
Preemption Division since 1877. Adjudicated and adjusted land grants to states
and corporations. Handled preemption claims by entrymen and corporations on the
public domain. Adjudicated contest cases between preemption claimants and
corporations. Upon abolishment of Division "D," June 27, 1895, its principal
functions were assigned to Division "G."

Textual Records: Letters sent relating to preemptions and grants to states for
schools, townsites, and other state selections, 1832-1908. School selection and
school indemnity selection lists and other records concerning grants to states
for schools and other purposes, 1826-1919.

49.3.9 Records of Division "H" (Contests Division)

History: Established as Contest Board prior to April 16, 1887. Known also as
"New H" to distinguish it from earlier Division "H," Military Warrant Division,
established, 1859, and abolished between 1881 and 1883. Division "H" handled
homestead contest cases arising from conflicting claims to the same tract of
land and from disputes between entrymen and contestants alleging failure to
comply with the terms for settlement and seeking cancellation of entry, and
cases deriving from government investigations of possible fraud or
misrepresentation. Contests Division abolished by order of the Chief Clerk,
February 25, 1923, with functions distributed among Divisions "C," "F," "G,"
"K," and "N." (SEE 49.3.3, 49.3.7, 49.3.8, 49.3.10, and 49.3.14.) All docketed
homestead contest case files, 1883-1908, were destroyed as "useless papers" by
the GLO pursuant to House Report 358, 69th Congress, 1st session, February 24,
1926.

Textual Records: Letters sent, 1887-1908. Dockets of contested cases, 1883-1910,
with name indexes. Appeals dockets, 1883-1909. Records of appealed cases,
1893-94.

49.3.10 Records of Division "K" (Reclamation, Swampland, and Special Entries
Division)

History: Swamp Lands Division established about 1859, designated Division "K"
about September 1, 1867. Initially responsible for administering swampland
selections and cancellation of swampland lists. Name changed to Reclamation,
Swamplands, and Special Entries Division following assignment to Division "K" of
responsibility for abandoned military and Indian reservations, arid lands,
homestead entries in forests, and logging in Chippewa ceded lands, April 12,
1907. Subsequently made responsible for townsites, bounty land warrants and
preemptions, Indian allotments and homesteads, agricultural college and similar
scrip, Indian exchange selections, lieu claims (after 1917), and Minnesota
drainage entries.

Textual Records: Letters sent, 1890-91, 1907-8. Letters received from and other
records of or relating to boards of townsite trustees, Oklahoma, 1893-96 (in
Fort Worth). Records of boards of townsite trustees in Alaska, 1906-70. Federal
townsite docket files, 1837-1955. Files concerning abandoned military
reservations and some nonmilitary reservations, such as lighthouses and
lifesaving stations, 1822-1940, with index. Reports, correspondence, and other
records relating to swamplands granted to states, 1849-1909. "Indian Reserve
files" relating to Indian allotment applications for land, 1839-1916; with a
register, 1855-1916. Records of the GLO Washington office, 1897- 1938, and the
Office of the Superintendent of Logging at Cass Lake, MN, 1903-38, relating to
logging on Chippewa ceded lands in Minnesota.

Maps (1,240 items): Township plats and diagrams of lands on Indian reservations
in the northwestern and north central states, showing the classification and
status of lands offered for settlement, and in AZ and NM showing railroad land
grant sections, 1904-31. SEE ALSO 49.16.

Related Records: Additional records of Oklahoma boards of townsite trustees
UNDER 49.10.2.

49.3.11 Records of Division "L" (Drafting Division)

History: Originally a part of Division "E" (Surveying Division). Separate
"Draughting Division" existed by 1880. Responsible for compiling, engraving, and
publishing the annual United States Map. Compiled and revised state maps. Had
custody of original plats, field notes, and photolithographic copies of township
plats. Absorbed by Division "E," February 26, 1925. (SEE 49.3.6.) Known also as
"Old L" to distinguish it from new Division "L" (Law Division).

Textual Records: Letters sent, 1888-1915. Correspondence relating to withdrawals
and restorations, 1903-18.

49.3.12 Records of predecessors of Division "L" (Law Division)

History: Position of Solicitor established by 1837. Board of Law Review under
Division "A" until November 29, 1886, when designated as Division "O." Division
"O" abolished, July 8, 1889, and supervision of Board reverted to Division "A."
Board redesignated as separate Division "L" (Law Division), May 11, 1925.
Responsible for reviewing all land law decisions; advising on proposed
regulations and legislation; and handling criminal, trespass, and cancellation
of patent cases. Known also as "New L," to distinguish it from old Division "L"
(Drafting Division).

Textual Records: Register of letters received by the Board of Law Review,
1887-89. Office file of Law Examiner W.P. Pugh, Board of Law Review, 1907-21.

49.3.13 Records of Division "M" (Accounting Division)

History: Designated as Division "M," 1877. Supervised accounts of GLO central
offices (Washington, DC) and field offices, including those of receivers,
surveyors general, special disbursing agents, and local land offices.

Textual Records: Letters sent by the Solicitors' Bureau, 1836-53. Letters sent,
1857-1909, 1918-33. Correspondence, 1934-47. Accounting records, relating to
such special accounts as those for timber depredation, contingent surveying, and
Indian and swamp lands, ca. 1802-1909. Record of repayments, 1910-16. Survey
returns, 1852-1913, and contract books, 1857-1951. Bond books, 1820-1946; and
sureties, 1874-1923. Ledgers, 1908-25. Public and Indian land disposals,
1885-1925. Mineral lease receipts, 1919- 25.

49.3.14 Records of Division "N" (Mineral Division)

History: Designated as Division "N," September 1, 1867. Adjudicated mineral
contests and applications for patents and leases of mineral lands, including
coal lands. Adjusted conflicts between mineral and nonmineral claims.

Textual Records: Letters sent, 1844-1908. Registers of letters received,
1866-1909. Registers of mining claims, 1878-1908; and agricultural claims,
1878-1911. Registers of mineral patents, 1889-1913. Records of appeals and
decisions in mineral contest cases, 1870-1909. Dockets relating chiefly to
contests concerning mineral lands that conflicted with private entries,
1870-1909.

Maps (45,367 items): Survey plats of mineral claims in AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO,
ID, MT, NV, NM, OR, SD, UT, WA, and WY, 1872- 1908. SEE ALSO 49.16.

49.3.15 Records of Division "P" (Timber Depredations and Special Services
Division)

History: Timber Division, responsible for timber trespass cases, in existence by
1859. Earliest reference to Division "P" is as Timber Depredations Division,
1880, and Special Services Division, 1884. Designated as Field Service Division,
April 24, 1907. Protected the public lands from unlawful entry or appropriation
and from timber and other trespasses. Supervised work force of special agents
employed for that purpose. Prepared cases of violations for the Justice
Department. Had charge of all matters relating to timber on unreserved public
lands. Consolidated with GLO field force as Division "FS," March 3, 1913. (SEE
49.3.17).

Textual Records: Letters sent, 1862-1910. Registers of letters received,
1877-1907. Registers, 1882-1903, and press copies, 1884-1909, of reports by
special timber agents. Entry docket books, 1884-88. Homestead contests dockets
and forest reserve appeals dockets, 1891-98. Legal opinions of the Board of Law
Review relating to contest cases filed with Division "P," 1908- 21. Contest
dockets, 1883-1910. Timber trespass case records, 1879-1904. Timber trespass
dockets and docket books, 1887-1907. Timber permit dockets, 1892-99, and docket
books, 1897-99. Timber sales dockets, 1898-1900.

49.3.16 Records of Division "R" (Forestry Division)

History: The work of caring for the forests was conducted by the Special
Services Division "P" until Division "R" established, February 28, 1901, with
responsibility for forest lieu selections. Abolished, February 14, 1911, with
functions to Divisions "P" and "K." (SEE 49.3.15 and 49.3.10.) Known also as
"Old R" to distinguish it from new Division "R" (Government Contests),
established as Division "U," 1910, redesignated as "R," April 17, 1911, and
absorbed by Division "H," March 24, 1914.

Textual Records: Letters sent, 1891-1911. Registers of letters received,
1899-1907. National forest reserves docket books, 1891- 1907, with index.
Forestry Division docket books, 1900-6. National forest files, 1891-1955.
Miscellaneous "scrapbooks" relating to other divisions and including copies of
orders and circulars relating to public land law, ca. 1850-1920.

49.3.17 Records of Division "FS" (Field Service Division)

History: A field force of "timber depredation agents," established 1883, merged
with Division "P" (SEE 49.3.15) to form Division "FS," March 3, 1913. Examined
and acted on reports of special agents concerning fraudulent land entries and
claims, timber trespasses, timber depredations, and unlawful enclosure.
Abolished February 20, 1925, with functions to Divisions "A" and "K." (SEE
49.3.1 and 49.3.10).

Field Division Office No. 2 (San Francisco, CA) and Field Division Office No. 7
(Denver, CO) were two of 12 GLO Field Division offices as defined by GLO
circular of November 7, 1910. Continued operations at least through June 30,
1932. Became part of Division of Investigations, Department of the Interior,
1933. Became Office of Regional Field Examiner in GLO's Branch of Field
Examinations, June 1942. Continued as such under BLM at least through November
1946. Eventually became BLM regional Land Planning Divisions.

Textual Records: Personal letters received by the GLO Commissioner, 1899-1923.
Correspondence, 1905-33. Subject files of the Division of Investigations,
1922-31. Reports of special agents, 1899-1910, and of charges against special
agents, 1911- 24. Card files of soldiers' additional homestead entries, 1862-
1919, and of claims for forest lieu selections, 1922-54. Administrative files,
1908-33. Contest dockets, 1910-48. Attorney files, 1888-1923. Timber trespass
and permit files, 1909-25. Unlawful timber enclosure files, 1909-25. Records of
Field Division Office No. 2 (in San Francisco), consisting of an investigative
case file related to U.S. v. Southern Pacific Railroad, 1898-1916; issuances,
1905-30; and an index to land selections made by the State of California,
1907-17. Records of Field Division Office No. 7 (in Denver), consisting of
correspondence from agents operating in CA, NE, ND, SD, OK, and WY, 1890-1907.

49.3.18 Records of Division "SRP" (Surplus Real Property Division)

Textual Records: Index to letters received relating to the disposition of
surplus property or to property being considered for designation as surplus,
1945-47.

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