Decimal classification, which represents a particular subject as determined by the BIA.Year, which usually reflects the date of the first letter (base letter) in the file.Letter number, which is usually taken from the first letter (base letter) of the file.These records tend to document policy decisions, administrative actions affecting multiple tribes, tribes not represented by a particular agency, and other topics.Ī complete citation for a CCF file consists of the following elements:
CLASSIFIED XFILE SERIES
The list is arranged by state.Įach CCF series also has a “General Services” category, which typically contains correspondence sent or received by the BIA’s upper-level administrators. The Navigating Record Group 75 page includes a list of BIA agencies and the tribes that they served. Sometimes, additional research must be undertaken to discover which BIA agency served a particular tribe in a particular time period. BIA agencies represented in the CCF, 1940–1957īIA agencies represented in the CCF, 1958–1975.BIA agencies represented in the CCF, 1907–1939.BIA agencies and jurisdictions changed over time, as did the tribes that they served, so the same agencies and jurisdictions are not always represented in each CCF series. The Archives 1 Consultation Room also has lists of the BIA agencies and jurisdictions for which there are records in each CCF series. A list of subjects and their corresponding decimal numbers is available in the Archives 1 Consultation Room and also as a PDF. Entry PI-163 121C: CCF for the years 1958–1975 (National Archives Identifier 1719105)Įach CCF series is arranged by the BIA agency, jurisdiction, school, or field unit, and thereunder by a subject-based decimal classification system, year, and letter number.However, not all CCF files contain each of these documents. The documents placed within a consolidated file generally pertain to the same subject and can span a period of several years or more, as BIA officials added documents to the file over time.ĬCF files can include letters received, copies of letters sent, reports, memoranda, minutes, petitions, leases, contracts, affidavits, applications, certificates, licenses, permits, bonds, wills, other legal documents, tables, circulars, accounting records, clippings, photographs, diagrams, blueprints, and occasional maps. Unlike BIA headquarters’ correspondence before 1907, which is segregated into separate series for incoming and outgoing letters (“letters received” and “letters sent”), the CCF consists of consolidated files that can include both incoming and outgoing correspondence. These records include the Central Classified Files (CCF), which serve as the main correspondence series for BIA headquarters during the twentieth century. The National Archives Building in Washington, DC (Archives 1), houses headquarters records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) in Record Group 75.
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