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The National Archives at St. Louis

The National Archives at St. Louis maintains a number of different records series among its holdings. Records include Official Military Personnel Files (OMPFs), Federal civilian Official Personnel Folders (OPF), and Selective Service Records. Click on the links below for an overview of our holdings and information on how to access these records.

Archival Records Holdings:

Archival Military Personnel Records: Official Military Personnel Files (OMPF) - for veterans with a discharge date of 1950 or prior.* For non-archival OMPFs for veterans with a discharge date of 1951 or after. OMPFs of Persons of Exceptional Prominence (PEP) - military personnel files of Presidents, members of Congress and the Supreme Court; famous military leaders; decorated heroes; celebrities; and other cultural figures who served in the military

Archival Civilian Personnel Records: Official Personnel Folders (OPF) - for former Federal civil servants whose employment ended prior to 1952.** For OPFs of former Federal civilian employees separated after 1951. Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Enrollee Records Service Record Cards - check back later for more information

Archival Other Records: Auxiliary and Organizational Records: includes Morning Reports, Unit Rosters, Officer Pay Cards (Army), Muster Rolls (Navy), U.S. Army Surgeon General's Office Records and VA Index Cards Selective Service Records District of Columbia National Guard Service Records- check back later for more information Air Force Individual Deceased Personnel Files -check back later for more information Navy Individual Deceased Personnel Files - check back later for more information

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Address | Directions | Hours

	Archival Military Personnel Records	Archival Civilian Personnel and Other Archival Records
Address	National Personnel Records Center 1 Archives Drive St. Louis, MO 63138	National Archives at St. Louis P.O.Box 38757 St. Louis, MO 63138
Phone	314-801-0800	Please write to the above address
Fax	314-801-9195	Please write to the above address

Archival Research Room
Hours Tuesday through Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
(Closed Mondays, weekends, and Federal holidays)
For an appointment, please call 314-801-0850

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Directions
The National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) is located at 1 Archives Drive, Saint Louis, MO 63138 in suburban North St. Louis County, near the intersection of U.S. 367 and Interstate 270.

From Lambert St. Louis International Airport, take I-270 East, exit left onto Bellefontaine Road, and take the first left onto Dunn Road. The NPRC will be on your right, at 1 Archives Drive. The Guard at the gate will provide further information about parking and building entry. Our Archival Research Room is located on the first floor.

Please note: the National Archives and Records Administration is actively working to replace the aging NPRC facilities in St. Louis, MO to comply with new federally-mandated records storage requirements (see The New NPRC).

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* Records are accessioned into the National Archives, and become archival, 62 years after the service member's separation from the military. This is a rolling date; hence, the current year, 2012, minus 62 years is 1950. Records with a discharge date of 1950 or prior are archival and are open to the public. Records with a discharge date of 1950 or after are non-archival and are maintained under the Federal Records Center program. Non-archival records are subject to access restrictions.

** Beginning in 2009, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) signed agreements with the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) that transferred ownership of the Official Personnel Folders (OPF) of certain former Federal civil employees from OPM over to NARA. As a result, the records of many former Federal civil servants whose employment ended prior to 1952 are now open to the public.