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Dam site, 1942, ARC Identifier: 281452

The National Archives (NARA) Southeast Region in Atlanta, Georgia, is one of the National Archives' 11 Regional Archives. The Archival Research Catalog (ARC) includes descriptions of records held by the Regional Archives. The online catalog allows you to filter your search results by location. The search hints below highlight the Southeast Region's records available in ARC.

ARC is a work in progress, and NARA staff add new descriptions to ARC all the time. Over 68% of the Regional Archives' records are currently described in ARC at the series level. If you do not find the records you are seeking, please contact the Southeast Region staff.



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Featured Topics

The featured topics are a sample of subjects covered by records held by the Southeast Region and described in ARC. Follow the search instructions, or customize your search with your own keywords.

  1. Go to http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/.
  2. Press the yellow Search button to go to the Basic search screen.
  3. Enter keywords (use some of the sample keywords below or your own) in the Keywords box.
  4. Select the limit results radio button for 2000.
  5. (Optional step:) Select the box marked Descriptions of Archival Materials linked to digital copies to retrieve digitized documents and photographs.
  6. Select the Location filter for NARA's Southeast Region (Atlanta).
  7. Press the Go button.
  8. When hits are returned for your search, view the full result of your hit by selecting the Title link.
Topics Sample ARC Keyword Searches Sample Digitized Documents
Agriculture agricultur% or farmers home or extension service
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
  • federal penitentiary
  • prison%
  • warden
Cherokee Indians
  • Cherokee
  • census and Cherokee
  • basket%

Cherokee Indian Census Book, ARC Identifier: 641395
Civil Rights
  • court records
  • civil rights
  • (Montgomery or Selma) and Alabama
  • Rosa Parks
  • Martin Luther King Jr. or Dr. King Jr.

Diagram of the Bus Showing Where Rosa Parks Was Seated, ARC Identifier: 596069
Civil War Deaths and Interments
  • death records
  • interment

Death and Interment Record for Harriet Branch, ARC Identifier: 279446
Immigration and Naturalization
  • naturalization
  • citizenship
Science and Invention
  • Atomic Energy Commission
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration or NASA
Science and Medicine Tuskegee Syphilis Study

Participants in the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, ARC Identifier: 824615
Selective Service
  • selective service system
  • draft registration card
Tennessee Valley Authority
  • Tennessee Valley Authority
  • dam project%
  • flood%

Norris Dam regatta on Labor Day, 1939, ARC Identifier: 281086

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