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. --------------- Read this First --------------- In this section of CLIO, The National Archives and Records Administration is providing electronic access to the 1995 edition of the comprehensive Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States. The three-volume paper version of the Guide is available for sale for $95.00. To order, send your check (made payable to the National Archives Trust Fund), including $5.00 shipping and handling, to the National Archives Trust Fund, NWPS, P.O. Box 100793, Atlanta, GA 30384. VISA and Mastercard are accepted; provide the account number, expiration date, and cardholder signature. Credit card orders may be placed by calling toll free 1-800-234-8861, weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. eastern time. ------- PREFACE ------- 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 ==== SCROOTS Mailing List ==== Go To: #, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, Main |