New Mexico Superintendency of Indian Affairs

History
The New Mexico Superintendency of Indian Affairs was established in. After the Superintendency was abolished in

Agencies
The New Mexico Superintendency had responsibility concerning Jicarilla, Ute, and Navajo Indians and the Abiquiu Agency, the Cimarron Agency, the Southern Apache Agency, the Navajo Agency. A small amount of correspondence from the Santa Fe Agency, the Utah Agency and brief mention of other tribes such as the Comanche Indians is included in their records.

Records
Records of the New Mexico Superintendent of Indian Affairs, 1849-1880, are at the National Archives and have been microfilmed as their Microcopy Number T21. Copies are also available at the Denver Regional Archives and the University of Arizona. This set of microfilm of the records of the New Mexico Superintendency is also available at the Family History Library and its family history centers.

Letters received by the Office of Indian Affairs from the New Mexico Superintendency, 1849-1880, have been microfilmed by the National Archives as part of their Microcopy Number M234. Copies are available at the National Archives and at the Family History Library and its family history centers on their microfilm roll numbers 1661276 thru 1661312.