National Archives and Records Administration

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1 Address and Contact Info
2 Hours and usage restrictions
3 Collection Summary
4 Regional Facilities
5 Presidential Libraries
6 Categories

[edit] Address and Contact Info

Address: 700 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20408-0001. (202) 501-5400

Address, Maryland: National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Rd., College Park, MD 20740-6001. (301) 837-2000

Web page: http://www.archives.gov

Online Finding Aid: http://www.archives.gov/locations/finding-aids/

Archivists (principal contacts for advice on the collection):

[edit] Hours and usage restrictions

NARA research facilities may be used by anyone 14 years of age or older. For information about the use and availability of records and the location and hours of operation of research rooms, contact the Office of Records Services, Washington, DC, AI Research Support Branch, (202) 357-5400 or College Park, MD, AII Research Support Branch, (301) 837-2000; the Office of Regional Records Services, (301) 837-2950; or the Office of Presidential Libraries, (301) 837-3250.

[edit] Collection Summary

The National Archives of the United States is made up of the permanently valuable records of the national government that date from the Revolutionary War era to the recent past. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) holdings include records of the judiciary, Congress, and executive agencies and commissions; federal publications; and donated historical materials. In form, the holdings consist of federal documents, manuscripts, books and bound volumes, photographs, cartographic materials, architectural drawings, still and motion pictures, video and audio recordings, and electronic records. Reference libraries containing materials related to the archival holdings are also maintained. Many of the research materials are in the Washington, D.C., area, including some agency records, not yet a part of the National Archives, that are housed at the Washington National Records Center in Suitland, Maryland. Noncurrent records created or received by the federal courts and regional offices of federal agencies are maintained in regional records services facilities located throughout the United States. In addition, NARA administers an affiliated archives program under which, through special agreements, NARA holdings are physically maintained and serviced at non-NARA institutions by non-NARA staff. There are currently seven affiliates located across the country, including the archives at the U.S. Military Academy and Yellowstone National Park. In all, NARA maintains more than 26 million cubic feet of records at all its facilities.

Separate depositories for the records and papers of Herbert Hoover and each subsequent president have been established as part of the presidential library system. Each library contains a president’s White House records and personal papers, personal papers donated by the president’s associates and members of his administration, state gifts, and other memorabilia of the president’s life and administration. Most libraries conduct oral history programs to supplement the manuscript collections. Each library also has a reference collection of books and bibliographic materials relating to the president and his administration.

[edit] Regional Facilities

Alaska

Anchorage - NARA's Pacific Alaska Region (Anchorage) (Archival Research Room, Microfilm Research Room, Records Center Research Room - requires originating agency approval)

Web page: http://www.archives.gov/pacific-alaska/anchorage/

California

Laguna Niguel - NARA's Pacific Region (Laguna Niguel) (Archival Research Room, Microfilm Research Room)

Web page: http://www.archives.gov/pacific/laguna/

Riverside - NARA's Pacific Region (Riverside, CA) (Records Center Research Room - requires originating agency approval)

San Francisco (San Bruno) - NARA's Pacific Region (San Francisco) (Archival Research Room, Microfilm Research Room, Records Center Research Room - requires originating agency approval)

Web page: http://www.archives.gov/pacific/san-francisco/

Colorado

Denver - NARA's Rocky Mountain Region (Archival Research Room, Microfilm Research Room, Records Center Research Room - requires originating agency approval)

Web page: http://www.archives.gov/rocky-mountain/

Georgia

Atlanta - NARA's Southeast Region (Archival Research Room, Microfilm Research Room, Records Center Research Room - requires originating agency approval)

Web page: http://www.archives.gov/southeast/

Illinois

Chicago - NARA's Great Lakes Region (Chicago) (Archival Research Room, Microfilm Research Room, Records Center Research Room - requires originating agency approval)

Web page: http://www.archives.gov/great-lakes/contact/directions-il.html

Massachusetts

Pittsfield - NARA's Northeast Region (Pittsfield) (Microfilm Research Room, Records Center Research Room - requires originating agency approval)

Waltham - NARA's Northeast Region (Boston) (Archival Research Room, Microfilm Research Room, Records Center Research Room - requires originating agency approval)

Web page: http://www.archives.gov/northeast/boston/

Missouri

Kansas City - NARA's Central Plains Region (Kansas City) (Archival Research Room, Microfilm Research Room, Records Center Research Room - requires originating agency approval)

Web page: http://www.archives.gov/central-plains/kansas-city/

St. Louis - National Personnel Records Center

Web page: http://www.archives.gov/st-louis/

New Mexico

Santa Fe, NM - State Records Center & Archives (A NARA Affiliated Archives with an Archival Research Room)

New York

New York - NARA's Northeast Region (New York City) (Archival Research Room, Microfilm Research Room)

Web page: http://www.archives.gov/northeast/nyc/

West Point, NY - U.S. Military Academy Archives (A NARA Affiliated Archives with an Archival Research Room)

Ohio

Dayton - NARA's Great Lakes Region (Dayton) (Records Center Research Room - requires originating agency approval)

Oklahoma

Oklahoma City, OK - Oklahoma Historical Society (A NARA Affiliated Archives with an Archival Research Room)

Pennsylvania

Philadelphia - NARA's Mid Atlantic Region (Center City Philadelphia) (Archival Research Room, Microfilm Research Room)

Web page: http://www.archives.gov/midatlantic/public/

Texas

Fort Worth - NARA's Southwest Region (Archival Research Room, Microfilm Research Room, Records Center Research Room - requires originating agency approval)

Web page: http://www.archives.gov/southwest/

Washington (State)

Seattle - NARA's Pacific Alaska Region (Seattle) (Archival Research Room, Microfilm Research Room, Records Center Research Room - requires originating agency approval)

Web page: http://www.archives.gov/pacific-alaska/seattle/