When we think of the National Archive of the United States, we tend to think
only of that elegantly imposing, fortress-like structure of Constitution
Avenue in Washington D.C. Here, indeed, are preserved those singular icons of
America: The Constitution, Declaration of Independence, and the Bill of Rights.
But, there is a whole lot more the the 'Archives' than this.
The National Archives and Record Administration acts as the sentry for
America's documented past and consists not only of the District of Columbia
building, but the National Records Center in Suitland, Maryland, and eleven
field branches across the nation as well. Together they preserve and make
accessible to scholars, students, and the general public over 1,000,000 cubic
feet of records! Your ancestors records.
With the publication of 'The Archives: A Guide to the National Archives
Field Branches', historians, genealogists, lawyers, and biographers - indeed
anyone with an interest in researching the many aspects of American life and
history - have at their fingertips the most definitive guide to this awesome and
for the most part untapped source. Often neglected or overlooked by both
genealogists and historian, the eleven field branches are truly the home for the
'raw essence' of history, and now their collections are more thoroughly
described than ever before.
Every researcher, whether looking for a long lost ancestor or writing the
history of Chicago urban development, should be provided with the necessary
implements of his craft. That is what this present publication is all about. No
serious historian or genealogist, or for that matter any concerned citizen
wishing to examine or work with the written or pictorial documents in the
custody of the National Archives, should have this book far from pencil and
notebook.
The authors personally visited the field branches and made a detailed study
of inventory of the holdings of each. Their knowledge and expertise is here
between these pages, and it will guide you effortlessly and efficiently through
the records of America's past. From Accounting to World War II Crime - a legacy
of records that truly belongs to all people - the National Archives Field Branch
holdings are a rich and wondrous collection, and inexhaustible source and
researcher must examine. Few people escaped leaving some written record of their
sojourn on earth, and much of what they left may be found in the field branches.
This comprehensive volume, which is indispensable to both libraries and
individual researchers, provides more than just addresses: It includes:
- Descriptions of the individual field branches
- Listings of microfilm copies held by all branches
- Printed descriptions and inventories
- Histories of the agencies and their records
- Cross-references to microfilm holdings
- Suggestions for research topics
Contents:
Illustrations
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part 1: The National Archives Field Branches
Atlanta Branch
Boston Branch
Chicago Branch
Denver Branch
Fort Worth Branch
Kansas City Branch
Los Angeles Branch
New York Branch
Philadelphia Branch
San Francisco Branch
Seattle Branch
Part 2: Textual and Microfilm Holdings in Common
Textual Holdings Common to All of Several Branches
Microfilm Holdings Common to All Field Branches
Cross-Index by Microfilm Publication Number to Record
Group Number of Microfilm Held by All Branches
Part 3: Record Groups
Accounting Office, General
Accounts, Bureau of
Adjunct General's Office 1780s-1917
Aeronautics and Space Administration (see National Aeronautics and Space
Administration)
Agricultural Economics, Bureau of
Agricultural Engineering, Bureau of
Agricultural Marketing Services
Agricultural Research Service
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Agricultural, Office of the Secretary of
Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations
Air Force Headquarters
Alaska Territorial Government
Alien Property, Office of
American Expeditionary Forces (World War I) 1917-23
American Revolution Bicentennial Administration
American Samoa, Government of
Archive and Records Service (see National Archive and Record Administration)
Army Commands
Army Continental Command 1821-1920
Atomic Energy Commission
Attorneys and Marshals
Bonneville Power Administration
Boundary and Claims Commissions and Arbitrations
Census, Bureau of the
Centers for Disease Control
Chief Signal Officer, Office of the
Civil Service Commission
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Coast Guard
Commerce, Department of
Commodity Exchange Authority
Commodity Service Administration (see Economic Opportunity, Office of)
Comptroller of the Currency, Office of the
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Continental and Confederation Congresses and the Constitutional Convention
Court, Supreme
Court of International Trade
Courts, District
Courts of Appeals
Customs, Bureau of
Defense Transportation, Office of
Economic Development Administration
Economic Opportunity, Office of
Economic Stablization Agency (see Wage and Salary Stablization Board of the
Economic Stabilization Agency)
Education, Office of
Employment and Training Administration
Energy Research and Development Administration
Engineers, Office of the Chief of
Entomology and Plant Quarantine, Bureau of
Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental Science Services Administration
Fair Employment Practice, Committee on
Farm Credit Administration
Farmers Home Administration
Federal Aviation Administration
Federal Civil Service Agencies (see Civil Service Commission)
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (see Federal Power Commission)
Federal Highway Commission
Federal housing Administration
Federal Interagency River Basin Committee
Federal Power Commission
Federal Reserve System
Fish and Wildlife Service
Food Administration
Foreign Assets Control, Office of
Foreign Records Seized, 1941, National Archives
Foreign Service Posts of the Department of State
Forest Service
General Services Administration
Geological Survey
Gift Collection, National Archives
Government, U.S., General Records of
Housing and Urban Development, Department of
Housing Corporation
Housing Expediter, Office of the
Hydographic Office
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Indian Affairs, Bureau of
Information Agency
Insular Affair, Bureau of
Interior, Office of the Secretary of
Internal Revenue Service
International Conferences, Commissions, and Expositions
Interstate Commerce Commission
Judge Advocate General (Army), Office of the
Justice, Department of
Land Management, Bureau of
Marine Inspection and Navigation, Bureau of
Maritime Administration
Maritime Commission
Mediation Board, National (see National Mediation Board)
Mines, Bureau of
Mint, Bureau of the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Archive and Records Administration
National Bureau of Standards
National Mediation Board
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administratio (see Environmental Science
Services Administration)
National Park Service
National Recovery Administration
National War Labor Board (World War II)
Naturalization Records
Naval Districts and Shore Establishments
Naval Personnel, Bureau of
Naval Records Collection of the Office of Nave Records and Library
Ordnance, Bureau of
Ordnance, Office of the Chief of
Park Service (see National Park Service)
Patent Office
Petroleum Administration for War
Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, Bureau of
Postal Service
Price Administration, Office of
Price Stabilization, Office of
Prisons, Bureau of
Property Management and Disposal Service
Public Buildings Service
Public Debt, Bureau of
Public Health Service
Public Housing Administration
Public Land Law Review Commission
Public Roads, Bureau of
Quartermaster General, Office of the
Railroad Retirement Board
Reclamation, Bureau of
Recovery Administration (see National Recovery Administration)
Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Bureau of
Regional Committees and Commissions
Russian Agencies, Former
Scientific Research and Development, Office of
Selective Service System (World War 1, and 1940-present)
Senate, U.S.
Small Business Administration
State, Department of
State, Department of, Foreign Service Posts (see Foreign Service Posts of the
Department of State)
Standards, National Bureau of (see National Bureau of Standards)
Statistical Reporting Service
Supreme Court (see Court, Supreme)
Surgeon, General (Army), Office of the
Temporary Committees, Commissions, and Boards
Tennessee Valley Authority
Territories, Office of
Treasury, Department of
United States Court of International Trade (see Court of International Trade)
United States Government. General Records (see Government, U.S., General
Records)
United States Housing (see Housing Corporation)
United States Information Agency (see Information Agency)
United States Senate (see Senate, U.S.)
Veterans Administration
Wage and Hour and Public Contracts Divisions
Wage and Salary Stabilization Boards of the Economic Stabilization Agency
War, Office of the Secretary of
War, Assets Administration
War Department Collection (Confederation Records and Revolutionary War Records)
War Department General and Special Staffs
War Labor Board (World War II) (see National War Labor Board (World War II))
War Manpower Commission
War Production Board
Weather Service, National
Work Projects Administration
World War II War Crimes Records, National Archives Collection of
