NARA Guide to Federal Records - Steven J. Coker
Subject: NARA Guide to Federal Records
From: Steven J. Coker
Date: March 26, 1999

Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States
http://clio.nara.gov:70/inform/guide

  Read this First 
  Preface
  Introduction 
  Record Groups 1 - 99 
  Record Groups 100 - 199 
  Record Groups 200 - 299 
  Record Groups 300 - 399 
  Record Groups 400 - 499 
  Record Groups 500 + 
  Index to the Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the U.S.

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Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States.  The three-volume
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PREFACE
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     The National Archives of the United States, established in 1934, is a
relatively young institution that holds in trust for the American people a vast
information resource dating from the first Continental Congress and the earliest
period of our national history.  This resource comprises the basic records of
the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of the Federal Government and
consists of millions of documents in paper, film, and electronic form that
illustrate the workings of a democracy.  The documents, conveying as much
information about the citizens served as they do about public service, are
preserved in 27 archival repositories and Presidential libraries managed by the
National Archives and Records Administration at sites across the nation from
Anchorage, Alaska, to Waltham, Massachusetts.

     Information is what the National Archives is all about.  Staff members not
only preserve and reproduce it, but also make access to it possible through a
number of programs designed to equip potential users of government records with
essential research tools.  These tools range from general information leaflets,
such as Information About the National Archives for Researchers (GIL 30), to the
work in hand, this comprehensive Guide to Federal Records in the National
Archives of the United States.  The hundreds of other catalogs, guides,
inventories, leaflets, and papers available to assist our users are identified
in the current edition of the Select List of Publications of the National
Archives and Records Administration (GIL 3).

     Just as the documents discussed here exist in a variety of formats, so also
do the research tools produced.  Many National Archives publications formerly
distributed only on paper are now also available in electronic form on a server
connected to the Internet.  Such is the case with this Guide.  By presenting the
Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States in a
variety of formats, its compilers hope to broaden access to the information it
provides.  I invite you now to help fulfill this hope of broad access by
exploring the Guide's contents and entering the rich documentary world it
reveals.

JOHN W. CARLIN
Archivist of the United States

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