These films are a guide to location of typescript interviews. The typescripts of the interviews in the Duke University Oral History Collection were indexed before being bound. Consequently, the index cards refer to the interview number rather than the volume containing the typescript. In order to find the volume and fiche containing a specific interview the researcher must use the following guide: Locate name wanted on index cards, note interview...

The Dawes Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes was created in 1898 to enroll individuals as citizens of one of the five tribes. The commission reviewed enrollment applications and abstracted the information onto cards. "R" designations on numbers represent refused applications. "D" designations indicate determined or granted applications. "C" designations represent cancelled applications. The Final Rolls which resulted from the enrollment process...

"The Indian Claims Commission was created on August 13, 1946. Its purpose was to serve as a tribunal for the hearing and determination of claims against the United States arising prior to August 13, 1946 by any Indian tribe, band or other identifiable group of Indians living in the United States. In this it exercises jurisdiction formerly resting with the United States Court of Claims under the previous system of passing special jurisdictional acts...