Title 44 — Public Printing and DocumentsRelease 119-73
§2910 Preservation of Freedmen’s Bureau records
Title 44 › Chapter CHAPTER 29— - RECORDS MANAGEMENT BY THE ARCHIVIST OF THE UNITED STATES AND BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF GENERAL SERVICES › § 2910
Summary
The Archivist must preserve records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands (called the Freedmen’s Bureau). They must use microfilm to protect the documents and use the University of Florida pilot project to form partnerships, including with Howard University, to index the records and make them available to the public, including historians and genealogists.
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Title 44, §2910
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The Archivist shall preserve the records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, commonly referred to as the “Freedmen’s Bureau”, by using—
(1)microfilm technology for preservation of the documents comprising these records so that they can be maintained for future generations; and
(2)the results of the pilot project with the University of Florida to create future partnerships with Howard University and other institutions for the purposes of indexing these records and making them more easily accessible to the public, including historians, genealogists, and students, and for any other purposes determined by the Archivist.
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Prior Provisions
A prior section 2910, Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1297, provided for final authority of Administrator in records practices, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 94–575, § 2(a)(4), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2726.
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44 U.S.C. § 2910
Title 44 — Public Printing and Documents
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73