Inventories, Preliminary Inventories, and Special Lists
Inventories and preliminary inventories provide researchers with series-level descriptions of the holdings of individual record groups in the National Archives. Each inventory and preliminary inventory also contains an administrative history of the agency that accumulated the records described.
Special lists describe in detail the contents of certain important record series or units of records of the same form or function. The special lists present information at the level of individual record items.
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2. Records of the United States Marine Corps, comp. by Maizie Johnson (1970), 90 pp. (RG 127).
Dates of records: 1798-1944
Size: 8" x 10.5"
3. Records of the
Bureau of Insular Affairs,
comp. by Richard S. Maxwell
(1971), 40 pp. (RG 350).
The Bureau of Insular affairs
was created to administer
the customs and civil affairs
of the islands acquired as
a result of the Spanish-American
War.
Dates of records: 1898-1945
Size: 8" x 10.5"
4. Records of the
Hydrographic Office, comp.
by Maizie Johnson and William
J. Heynen (1971), 40 pp.
(RG 37).
The Hydrographic Office was
created to prepare maps,
charts, and nautical books
related to and required in
navigation, and to publish
and furnish them to navigators.
Dates of records: 1842-1970
Size: 8" x 10.5"
5. Records of the
President's Commission on
the Assassination of President
Kennedy, comp. by Marion
M. Johnson (1973), 158 pp.
(RG 272).
Otherwise known as the Warren
Commission.
Dates of records: 1963-64
Size: 8.5" x 11"
6. Records of the
War Manpower Commission,
comp. by Charles Zaid (1973),
75 pp. (RG 211).
The War Manpower Commission
was established in 1942 to
ensure effective utilization
of manpower during World
War II.
Dates of records: 1942-45
Size: 8" x 10.5"
7. Records of the
Office of Inter-American
Affairs, comp. by Edwin D.
Anthony (1973), 47 pp. (RG
229).
The OIAA was a special agency
created in 1940 to coordinate
the activities of the U.S.
Government in Latin America
as a result of long-range
policy and emergency conditions.
Dates of records: 1940-46
Size: 8" x 10.5"
8. Records of the
Public Land Law Review Commission,
comp. By Richard C. Crawford
(1973), 12 pp. (RG 409).
The commission was created
to study laws relating to
public land to produce recommendations
to ensure that the lands
be retained and managed or
disposed of for maximum public
benefit.
Dates of records: 1962-71
Size: 8" x 10.5"
9. Records of the
American Commission To Negotiate
Peace, comp. by Sandra K.
Rangel (1974), 172 pp. (RG
256).
Concerned with the peace
that concluded World War
I.
Size: 8" x 10.5"
10. Records of the
United States Strategic Bombing
Survey, comp. by Marilla
B. Guptil and John Mendelsohn
(1975), 60 pp. (RG 243).
The strategic bombing survey
was created to study the
effects of the aerial attacks
on Germany and Japan in order
to assess the role of air
power in the future of the
armed forces.
Dates of records: 1944-45
Size: 8" x 10.5"
11. Records of the
United States Naval Academy,
comp. by Geraldine N. Phillips
and Aloha South (1975), 57
pp. (RG 405).
Dates of records: 1845-1950
Size: 8" x 10.5"
12. Records of the
National Capital Planning
Commission, comp. by Dorothy
S. Provine (1977), 31 pp.
(RG 328).
The NCPC has extensive authority
relating to the Federal elements
of the planning and development
of Washington, DC.
Dates of records: 1924-77
Size: 8" x 10.5"
14. Records of the
Accounting Officers of the
Department of the Treasury,
comp. by William F. Sherman
(1987), (RG 217).
These were the auditors and
accountants in the Treasury
who oversaw the expenditures
of the various departments.
Available only on microfiche
with hard-copy introduction.
Dates of records: 1789-1921
Size: 8.5" x 11"
15. Inventory of
the General Records of the
Department of State, 1789-1949,
comp. by the Staff of the
Office of the National Archives
(1992), (RG 59).
Available only on microfiche
with hard-copy introduction,
table of contents, and index.
Size: 8.5" x 11"
16. Records of the
Office of Public Buildings
and Public Parks of the National
Capital, comp. by Mary-Jane
M. Dowd (1992), 172 pp. (RG
42).
Dates of records: 1925-33
Size: 8.5" x 11"
17. Inventory of
the Records Office of the
Secretary of War, comp. Maida
H. Loescher (1999), 220 pp.
(RG 107).
Dates of records: 1789-1947
Size: 8.5" x 11"
18. Inventory of the Naval Records Collection of the Office of Naval Records and Library, comp. Geraldine N. Phillips and Rebecca Livingston (2005), 326 pp. (RG 45).
Dates of Records: 1775-1945.
Size: 8.5" x 11"
Preliminary Inventories (by number)
4. War Labor Policies
Board Records, comp. by Mary
Livingston and Leo Pascal
(1943), 22 pp. (RG 1).
During World
War I coordinated the policies of various Government departments dealing with labor matters.
Size: 8" x 10.5"
7. Records of the
Federal Trade Commission,
comp. by Estelle Rebec (1948),
7 pp. (RG 122).
Investigates unfair
business practices.
Dates of records: 1903-38
Size: 8" x 10.5"
10. Records of the
Bureau of Yards and Docks,
comp. by Richard G. Wood
(1948), 28 pp. (RG 71).
Responsible for the shore
establishments of the Navy.
Dates of records: 1842-1945
Size: 8" x 10.5"
11. Records of the
Civilian Conservation Corps,
comp. by Harold T. Pinkett
(rev. by Douglas Helms, 1980),
16 pp. (RG 35).
The mission of the CCC was to provide work for unemployed youths and to a lesser extent for war veterans and
Indians.
Dates of records: 1937-53
Size: 8" x 10.5"
12. Records of the
Senate Committee on Appropriations:
Subcommittee on Inquiry in
re Transfer of Employees,
1942, comp.
by Theodore J. Cassady and
Harold E. Hufford (1948),
8 pp. (RG 46).
Investigated which employees
of civilian agencies of the
Government might be transferred
to the defense effort in
World War II.
Size: 8" x 10.5"
14. Records of the
United States Direct Tax
Commissioner for the District
of South Carolina (1948),
8 pp. (RG 58).
Provided for the collection
of direct taxes in insurrectionary
areas of the U.S. during
and after the Civil War.
Dates of records: 1862-99
Size: 8" x 10.5"
15. Records of the
War Production Board, comp.
by Fred G. Halley and Josef
C. James (1948), 59 pp. (RG
179).
In
World War II, assured the most effective prosecution of war procurement and production.
Dates of records: 1939-47
Size: 8" x 10.5"
18. Records of the
Forest Service, comp. by
Harold T. Pinkett, rev. by
Terry W. Good (1969), 23
pp. (RG 95).
Oversees
National Forests.
Dates of records: 1882-1954
Size: 8" x 10.5"
19. Records of the
Board of Investigation and
Research - Transportation,
comp. by Leo Pascal (1949),
12 pp.
Studied services of various types of transportation.
Dates of records: 1941-44
Size: 8" x 10.5"
20. Records of the
Maritime Labor Board, comp.
by Caroline W. Hiatt and
Salvatore D. Nerboso (1949),
7 pp. (RG 157).
Encouraged collective bargaining between maritime workers and their employers.
Dates of records: 1938-42
Size: 8" x 10.5"
28. Records of the
Retraining and Reemployment
Administration, comp. By
Thayer M. Boardman (1951),
17 pp. (RG 244).
Established in the Office of War Mobilization to assist both veterans and non-veterans.
Size: 8" x 10.5"
29. Records of the
Foreign Economic Administration,
comp. by H. Stephen Helton
(1951), 180 pp. (RG 169).
Oversaw
World War II economic operations designed to assist Allied nations and deny enemy nations materials produced in the
United States.
Dates of records: 1939-45
Size: 8" x 10.5"
35. Records of the
Office of Government Reports
(1951), 106 pp. (RG 44).
Advised President Franklin
Roosevelt of public opinion
toward the Government.
Dates of records: 1933-1945
Size: 8" x 10.5"
37. Records of the
Office for Agricultural War
Relations, comp. by Harold
T. Pinkett (1952), 19 pp.
(RG 16).
Helped
agriculture adjust to defense needs. Includes records of predecessor agencies.
Dates of records: 1940-43
Size: 8" x 10.5"
38. Climatological
and Hydrological Records
of the Weather Bureau, comp.
by Harold T. Pinkett, Helen
T. Finneran, and Katherine
H. Davidson (1952), 76 pp.
(RG 27).
Dates of records: ca. 1870-1943
Size: 8" x 10.5"
42. Records of the
Senate Committee on Education
and Labor: Subcommittee on
Wartime Health and Education,
1943-46, comp. by George
P. Perros (1952), 11 pp.
(RG 46).
Investigated why 3 million
men were declared unfit for
military service in World
War II.
Size: 8" x 10.5"
44. Records of the
National Recovery Administration,
comp. by Homer L. Calkin,
Meyer H. Fishbein, and Leo
Pascal (1952), 226 pp. (RG
9).
The National Recovery Administration was established in 1933 as part of the New Deal. It had
four main goals: to spread work by decreasing hours; to increase consumer purchasing power by increasing total wage
distribution; to eliminate unfair trade practices and reduce the severity of competition; and to eliminate child labor.
Dates of records: 1933-36
Size: 8" x 10.5"
45. Cartographic
Records of the Federal Housing
Administration, comp. by
Charlotte Munchmeyer (1952),
57 pp. (RG 31).
The FHA's purpose is to stabilize the housing market and improve housing conditions. Its maps result from its
surveying function.
Dates of records: 1934-42
Size: 8" x 10.5"
47. Records of the
Court of Claims Section of
the Department of Justice,
comp. by Gaiselle Kerner
and Ira M. Kellogg, Jr. (1952),
29 pp. (RG 205).
This section handled the Government's case defending claims brought against it.
Dates of records: 1868-1945
Size: 8" x 10.5"
50. Central Office
Records of the National Resources
Planning Board, comp. by
Virgil E. Baugh (1953), 66
pp. (RG 187).
Studied natural resources and formulated plans for their effective use.
Dates of records: 1931-43.
Size: 8" x 10.5"
51. Records of the
Office of Labor of the War
Food Administration, comp.
by Harold T. Pinkett (1953),
18 pp. (RG 224).
Dealt with farm labor problems during and immediately after World War II.
Dates of records: 1943-47
Size: 8" x 10.5"
53. Records of the
Bureau of Agricultural Engineering,
comp. by Nathan Reingold
(1953), 28 pp. (RG 8).
Concerned
with the application of civil and mechanical engineering to agriculture.
Dates of records: 1898-1939
Size: 8" x 10.5"
54. Records of the
Office of Censorship, comp.
by Henry T. Ulasek (1953),
16 pp. (RG 216).
Responsible for
censorship during World War II.
Size: 8" x 10.5"
57. Records of the
Federal Writers' Project,
Work Projects Administration,
1935-44, comp. by Katherine
H. Davidson (1953), 15 pp.
(RG 69).
This project was created to give employment to white collar unemployed.
Size: 8" x 10.5"
58. Records of the
United States Court of Claims,
comp. by Gaiselle Kerner
(1953), 31 pp. (RG 123).
Dates of records: 1855-1947
Size: 8" x 10.5"
59. Records of Certain
Committees of the Senate
Investigating the Disposal
of Surplus Property, 1945-48,
comp. by George P. Perros
and Toussaint L. Prince (1953),
24 pp. (RG 46).
Investigated the disposal of surplus property from
World War II.
Size: 8" x 10.5"
60. Records of Selected
Foreign Service Posts, comp.
By Alexander P. Mavro (1953),
51 pp. (RG 84).
Describes
records of certain embassies and consulates.
Dates of records: 1807-1938
Size: 8" x 10.5"
65. Records of Certain
Committees of the House of
Representatives Investigating
the Disposal of Surplus Property,
1946-48, comp. by George
P. Perros (1954), 21 pp.
(RG 233).
Investigated the disposal of surplus property from World
War II.
Size: 8" x 10.5"
66. Records of the
Bureau of Plant Industry,
Soils, and Agricultural Engineering,
comp. by Harold T. Pinkett
(1954), 49 pp. (RG 54).
Includes records of predecessor agencies.
Dates of records: 1881-1941
Size: 8" x 10.5"
67. Records of the
Select Committee of the House
of Representatives To Investigate
Air Accidents, 1941-43, comp.
by George P. Perros (1954),
13 pp. (RG 233).
Investigated commercial air
crashes during 1940-41.
Size: 8" x 10.5"
70. Records of the
Select Committee of the House
of Representatives on Post-War
Military Policy, 1944-46,
comp. by George P. Perros
(1954), 6 pp. (RG 233).
Size: 8" x 10.5"
71. Records of the
Select Committee of the House
of Representatives Investigating
National Defense Migration,
1940-43, comp. by George
P. Perros (1954), 30 pp.
(RG 233).
Studied the migration of persons seeking employment in
agriculture and industry and the dislocations this caused.
Size: 8" x 10.5"
72. Records of the
Wage Adjustment Board, comp.
by Leonard Rapport (1954),
9 pp. (RG 236).
During World War II and for
18 months afterwards this
was the wage stabilization
agency for the construction
industry.
Dates of records: 1941-47
Size: 8" x 10.5"
73. Cartographic
Records of the United States
Marine Corps, comp. by Charlotte
M. Ashby (1954), 17 pp. (RG
127).
Includes administrative maps,
maps of Corps while serving
in foreign lands during peacetime,
and maps of the 4th
Brigade in France during
World War I.
Dates of records: 1906-40
Size: 8" x 10.5"
74. Records of the
Joint Congressional Aviation
Policy Board, 1947-48, comp.
by Watson G. Caudill and
George P. Perros (1954),
26 pp. (RG 128).
Concerned with the preparedness of the military air forces and the threatened bankruptcy of
the aircraft industry and the civil air carriers.
Size: 8" x 10.5"
75. Records of the
Senate Committee on Interstate
Commerce: Subcommittee to
Investigate Interstate Railroads
1935-43, comp. by Albert
U. Blair and John W Porter
(1945), 10 pp. (RG 46).
Investigated railroad financing.
Size: 8" x 10.5"
77. Records of the
War Relocation Authority,
comp. by Estelle Rebec and
Martin Rogin (1955), 45 pp.
(RG 210).
Relocated persons of Japanese descent from the West coast during World War II.
Dates of records: 1941-46
Size: 8.5" x 11"
78. Records of the
National War Labor Board
(World War II), comp. by
Estelle Rebec (1955), 188
pp. (RG 202).
Lists records of the Defense
Mediation Board, the National
War Labor Board, and the
National Wage Stabilization
Board, which were established
successively in 1941-45 to
maintain defense and wartime
production by preventing
or settling labor disputes.
Dates of records: The records
in this Preliminary inventory
extend to 1947.
Size: 8" x 10.5"
79. Records of the
Commission of Fine Arts,
comp. by Richard S. Maxwell
(rev. by Dorothy S. Provine,
1976), 85 pp. (RG 66).
Created to advise the Government on matters of art and architecture.
Dates of records: 1910-55
Size: 8" x 10.5"
80. Records of the
Military Affairs Committee
of the House of Representatives
Relating to an Investigation
of the War Department, 1934-36,
comp. by George P. Perros
(1955), 21 pp. (RG 233).
Related to profiteering and
the disposal of surplus property.
Size: 8" x 10.5"
81. Cartographic
Records of the Office of
the Secretary of the Interior,
comp. by Laura E. Kelsay
(1955), 9 pp. (RG 48).
Includes general cartographic records, records of Pacific Railroad surveys, and records of the Pacific Wagon Road
Office.
Dates of records: 1853-1915
Size: 8" x 10.5"
83. Records of the
Extension Service, comp.
by Virgil E. Baugh (1955),
37 pp. (RG 33).
The extension service extended
the knowledge and techniques
of agriculture and home economics
to farmers and their families.
Dates of records: 1888-1947
Size: 8" x 10.5"
84. Records of the
Select Committee of the House
of Representatives To Investigate
Acts of Executive Agencies
Beyond the Scope of Their
Authority, 1943-46, comp.
by George P. Perros (1955),
64 pp. (RG 233).
Received complaints,
particularly about actions of the Office of Price Administration, the War Production Board, and the National War Labor
Board, and primarily about their effects on business.
Size: 8" x 10.5"
85. Cartographic
Records of the Office of
the Chief of Naval Operations,
comp. by Charlotte M. Ashby
(1955), 17 pp. (RG 38).
Includes records of Naval
forces in European waters,
1917-19; records of fleets
vessels and squadrons 1907-18;
and records of the Office
of Naval Intelligence.
Dates of records: 1885-1945
Size: 8" x 10.5"
87. Records of the
Office of the Pardon Attorney,
comp. by Gaiselle Kerner
(1955), 13 pp. (RG 204).
In the Department Justice,
prepared cases for the President
to consider for pardons or
commutations of sentences.
Dates of records: 1853-1948
Size: 8" x 10.5"
90. Records of the
United States Antarctic Service,
comp. by Charles Dewing and
Laura E. Kelsay, (1955),
59 pp. (RG 126).
Carried out the official Antarctic expedition of 1939-41.
Dates of records: 1939-43
Size: 8" x 10.5"
91. Cartographic
Records of the Panama Canal,
comp. by James Berton Rhoads
(1956), 72 pp. (RG 185).
Includes maps of the proposed
Nicaragua route.
Dates of records: 1881-1941
Size: 8" x 10.5"
94. Records of the
Bureau of Entomology and
Plant Quarantine, comp. by
Harold T. Pinkett (1956),
24 pp. (RG 7).
This Bureau was established within the Department of Agriculture in 1934. It was concerned with controlling plant
diseases.
Dates of records: 1878-1947
Size: 8" x 10.5"
95. Records of the
Price Department of the Office
of Price Administration,
comp. by Meyer H. Fishbein,
Walter W. Weinstein, and
Allen W. Winthrop (1956),
272 pp. (RG 188).
Responsible for controlling prices during World War II.
Dates of records: 1941-46
Size: 8" x 10.5"
96. Records of the
House of Representatives
Select Committee to Investigate
Real Estate Bondholders'
Reorganizations, 1934-1938,
comp. by José D. Lizardo
(1956), 14 pp. (RG 233).
Looked for instances of cheating small bondholders.
Size: 8" x 10.5"
98. Records of the
Central Bureau of Planning
and Statistics, comp. by
Gaiselle Kerner (1957), 15
pp. (RG 51).
World
War I agency set up to track the progress of the war programs.
Size: 8" x 10.5"
100. Records of the
War Trade Board, comp. by
Alexander P Mavros (1957),
49 pp. (RG 182).
Regulated the foreign trade
of the United States during
World War I.
Dates of records: 1917-21
Size: 8" x 10.5"
101. War Department
Collection of Confederate
Records, comp. by Elizabeth
Bethel (1957), 310 pp. (RG
109).
Lists Confederate records
that came into Federal hands
during and after the Civil
War through capture, donation,
or copying.
Dates of records: 1861-65
Size: 8" x 10.5"
103. Cartographic
Records of the Bureau of
the Census, comp. by James
Berton Rhoads and Charlotte
M. Ashby (1958), 108 pp.
(RG 29).
Maps, atlases, and map-illustrated
publications.
Dates of records: 1860-1957
Size: 8" x 10.5"
104. Records of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, comp. by Vivian Wiser (1958), 212 pp. (RG 83).
105. Records of the
Coast and Geodetic Survey,
comp. by Nathan Reingold
(1958), 83 pp. (RG 23).
The Coast and Geodetic Survey,
which was in existence from
1807-1965, surveyed and charted
the coasts of the U.S. and
possessions; studied tides
and currents; compiled aeronautical
charts; and conducted scientific
research on terrestrial magnetism,
gravity and seismology.
Dates of records: 1807-1952
Size: 8" x 10.5"
107. Records of the
Appropriations Committee
of the House of Representatives:
Subcommittee on the Works
Progress Administration,
1939-41, comp. by George
P. Perros (1958), 14 pp.
(RG 233).
The WPA was a New Deal program to
create jobs through public works projects. These hearings were in response to criticisms of the program.
Size: 8" x 10.5"
108. Records of the
House of Representatives
Select Committee of Inquiry
into Operations of the United
States Air Services, 1924-25,
comp. by George P. Perros
(1958), 10 pp. (RG 233).
Investigated charges of corruption and its
effect on air defense.
Size: 8" x 10.5"
109. Records of the
Bureau of Reclamation, comp.
by Edward E. Hill (1958),
27 pp. (RG 115).
The Bureau has the basic
objectives of conserving
land and water resources
through the irrigation of
desert lands and preventing
areas from becoming deserts
because of water shortages.
It also manages the production
of hydroelectric power from
dams.
Dates of records: 1902-55
Size: 8" x 10.5"
110. Records of the
Public Buildings Service,
comp. by W. Lane Van Neste
and Virgil E. Baugh (1958),
108 pp. (RG 121).
PBS designs, constructs, manages, and protects most Federally owned or leased buildings.
Dates of records: 1852-1943
Size: 8" x 10.5"
111. Records of the
Select Committee of the House
of Representatives on Foreign
Aid, 1942-48, comp. by George
P. Perros (1954), 8 pp. (RG
233).
This committee studied and
made recommendations concerning
the needs of foreign nations
for relief or economic rehabilitation.
Size: 8" x 10.5"
112. Records of the
Commodity Exchange Authority,
comp. by Stanley W. Brown
and Virgil E. Baugh (1959),
33 pp. (RG 180).
Regulated trading on commodity exchanges.
Dates of records: 1922-42
Size: Size: 8" x 10.5"
115. Records of the
Foreign Broadcast Intelligence
Service, comp. by Walter
W. Weinstein (1959), 53 pp.
(RG 262).
Monitored propaganda broadcasts to friendly nations during World War II.
Dates of records: 1940-45
Size: 8" x 10.5"
116. Records of the
United States District Court
for the Southern District
of New York (1959), 68 pp.
(RG 21).
Dates of records: 1798-1921
Size: 8" x 10.5"
118. Records of the
Farmers Home Administration,
comp. by Stanley W. Brown
and Virgil E. Baugh (1959),
62 pp. (RG 96.
Aided low income rural families. Includes records of predecessor agencies.
Dates of records: 1933-44
Size: 8" x 10.5"
120. Records of the
Enforcement Department of
the Office of Price Administration,
comp. by Meyer H. Fishbein
and Betty R. Bucher (1959),
65 pp. (RG 188)
Enforced price controls, rent controls, and rationing during World War II.
Dates of records: 1941-45
Size: 8" x 10.5"
121. Records of the
Shipbuilding Stabilization
Committee, comp. by Leo Pascal
(1958), 40 pp. (RG 254).
Set up to
promote employment stability within the shipbuilding industry during World War II.
Dates of records: 1940-47
Size: 8" x 10.5"
122. Records of the
Collector of Customs Puget
Sound District in the Federal
Records Center, Seattle,
Washington., comp. by Elmer
W. Lingard (1960), 18 pp.
(RG 36 and RG 41).
Dates of records: 1851-1913
Size: 8" x 10.5"
124. Records of the
United States District Court
for the Eastern District
of Pennsylvania, comp. by
Marion M. Johnson (1960),
44 pp. (RG 21).
Dates of records: Most records
date from 1790-1911
Size: 8" x 10.5"
125. Records of the
Public Works Administration,
comp. by L. Evans Walker
(1960), 32 pp. (RG 135).
The PWA administered a program
of Federal and non-Federal
public works by means of
loans and grants. A New Deal
agency.
Dates of records: 1933-47
Size: 8" x 10.5"
126. Records of the
Government of the Virgin
Islands of the United States,
comp. by H. Donn Hooker (1960),
31 pp. (RG 55).
The U.S. Virgin Islands were
the former Danish West Indies.
They were purchased in 1917
to provide a naval station
in the Caribbean.
Dates of records: 1917-50
Size: 8" x 10.5"
128. Records of the
Committee for Congested Production
Areas, comp. by Leo Pascal
and Jeanne McDonald (1960),
16 pp. (RG 212).
Dealt with problems caused
by migration to areas around
war plants during World War
II.
Dates of records: 1943-44
Size: 8" x 10.5"
129. General Records
of the Economic Stabilization
Agency, comp. by Charles
Zaid (1960), 28 pp. (RG 296).
Established to control inflation and stabilize the national economy during the Korean War.
Dates of records: 1951-53
Size: 8" x 10.5"
132. Records of the
Office of Community War Services,
comp. by Estelle Rebec (1960),
28 pp. (RG 215).
During World War II, OCWS served communities so expanded or otherwise affected by defense production and war that
their local public and private organizations were unable to provide normal community services.
Size: 8" x 10.5"
133. Records of the
Bureau of Ships, comp. by
Elizabeth Bethel, et al.
(1961), 241 pp. (RG 19).
The Navy bureau responsible
for building and maintaining
ships. Includes records of
predecessor agencies.
Dates of records: 1842-1946
Size: 8" x 10.5"
134. Records of the
Bureau of Public Roads, comp.
by Truman R. Strobridge (1962),
34 pp. (RG 30).
Supervised the
Federal-State highway program. Also constructed defense highways and roads in National Parks and forests.
Dates of records: 1893-1970
Size: 8" x 10.5"
135. Records Relating
to Civil War Claims, United
States and Great Britain,
comp. by George S. Ulibarri
and Daniel T. Goggin (1962),
21 pp. (RG 76).
A treaty in 1871 set up means for settling claims against Great Britain for aiding the
South during the Civil War and for other purposes.
Dates of records: 1871-85
Size: 8" x 10.5"
136. Records of United
States and Mexican Claims
Commissions, comp. by George
S. Ulibarri (1962), 51 pp.
(RG 76).
Covers various claims commissions established between the United States and Mexico.
Dates of records: 1825-1938
Size: 8" x 10.5"
137. Records of the
President's Organization
on Unemployment Relief, comp.
by Leo Pascal (1962), 26
pp. (RG 73).
Functioned from 1930-32 to
coordinate and stimulate
employment and relief efforts
for the unemployed.
Dates of records: 1930-32
Size: 8" x 10.5"
140. Records of the
United States Housing Corporation,
comp. by Katherine H. Davidson
(1962), 98 pp. (RG 3).
The
primary purpose of the USHC was to house workers migrating to congested areas to produce war materials during World
War I. Housing was constructed by the corporation itself. It was abolished after the war.
Dates of records: 1917-52
Size: 8" x 10.5"
143. Records Relating
to United States Claims Against
the Central Powers, comp.
by George S. Ulibarri and
Francis J. Heppner (1962),
22 pp. (RG 76).
Courts of arbitration were used to settle American claims against Germany, Austria,
and Hungary resulting from World War I.
Dates of records: 1922-41
Size: 8" x 10.5"
144. War Department
Collection of Revolutionary
War Records, comp. by Mabel
E. Deutrich (rev. by Howard
H. Wehmann, 1970), 29 pp.
(RG 93).
Includes general records and records relating to military organization and service,
supplies and stores, and pay and accounts.
Size: 8" x 10.5"
145. Records of the
Military Government of Cuba,
comp. by Margaret Jorgensen
(1962), 65 pp. (RG 140).
Governed Cuba from the end
of the Spanish-American War
until the establishment of
the independent government.
Dates of records: 1899-1902
Size: 8" x 10.5"
146. Records of the
Provisional Government of
Cuba, comp. by Roland Rieder
and Charlotte M. Ashby (1962),
28 pp. (RG 199).
For a period of time after
Cuba gained independence,
it appealed to the United
States to restore order and
the provisional government
did so.
Dates of records: 1906-09
Size: 8" x 10.5"
147. Records of the
Committee on Fair Employment
Practice, comp. by Charles
Zaid (1962), 50 pp. (RG 228).
Created to promote full mobilization
of American manpower for
World war II by working to
include minorities in all
areas of the workforce and
prevent discrimination.
Dates of records: 1941-46
Size: 8" x 10.5"
148. Records of the
Dominican Customs Receivership,
comp. by Kenneth W. Munden,
intro. by Lester W. Smith
(1962), 36 pp. (RG 139).
Established to collect and
administer customs duties
under an agreement between
the two countries.
Dates of records: 1905-8
Size: 8" x 10.5"
149. Records of the
Bureau of Agricultural and
Industrial Chemistry, comp.
by Helen T. Finneran (1962),
35 pp. (RG 97).
Analyzed agricultural and
industrial materials and
enforced the use of pure
food and drugs. Includes
records of predecessor agencies.
Dates of records: 1862-1942
Size: 8" x 10.5"
151. Records of the
Office of the U.S. High Commissioner
to the Philippine Islands,
comp. by Richard S. Maxwell
(1963), 24 pp. (RG 126).
For a period of time U.S.
interests in the Philippines
were represented by a High
Commissioner.
Dates of records: 1935-49
Size: 8" x 10.5"
153. Textual Records
of the Panama Canal, comp.
by Richard W. Giroux (rev.
by Garry D. Ryan, 1963),
36 pp. (RG 185).
Lists records of the various groups that attempted building a canal across Central America.
Size: 8" x 10.5"
154. Records of the
Office of Territories, comp.
by Richard S. Maxwell and
Evans Walker (1963), 117
pp. (RG 126).
Dates of records: 1907-53
Size: 8" x 10.5"
156. Records of the
National Bituminous Coal
Commission, 1935-36, comp.
by Wallace B. Goebel (rev.
by Charles Zaid, 1963), 25
pp. (RG 150).
Monitored the bituminous coal industry.
Size: 8" x 10.5"
157. General Records
of the Department of State,
comp. by Daniel T. Goggin
and H. Stephen Helton (1963),
311 pp.
Dates of records: 1789-1944
Size: 8" x 10.5"
158. Records of the
Commissioner of Railroads,
comp. by Marion M. Johnson
(1964), 18 pp. (RG 193).
Monitored railroads west
of the Mississippi.
Dates of records: 1862-1904
Size: 8" x 10.5"
160. Records of the
Smaller War Plants Corporation,
comp. by Katherine H. Davidson
(1964), 87 pp. (RG 240).
Created to mobilize the production
facilities of small business
to increase war production
during World War II.
Dates of records: 1942-46
Size: 8.5" x 11"
161. Records of the
Bureau of the Census, comp
by Katherine H Davidson and
Charlotte M. Ashby (1964),
141 pp. (RG 29).
The Bureau of the Census
is responsible for taking
the decennial census of population
and other censuses as may
be required.
Dates of records: 1820-1960
Size: 8" x 10.5"
162. Records of the
1961 Inaugural Committee,
comp. by Marion M. Johnson
(1964), 18 pp. (RG 274).
The
Inauguration of John F. Kennedy.
Dates of records: 1960-61
Size: 8" x 10.5"
163. Records of the
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
comp. by Edward E. Hill (1965),
459 pp. in 2 vols. (RG 75).
The Bureau of Indian Affairs
conducts the business of
the U.S. Government relating
to Native Americans.
Dates of records: 1795-1949
Size: 8" x 10.5"
164. General Records
of the Housing and Home Finance
Agency, comp. by Katherine
H. Davidson (1965), 28 pp.
(RG 207).
Responsible for programs
in support of a decent home
for every American. Includes
records of predecessor agencies.
Dates of records: 1933-54
Size: 8" x 10.5"
166. Records of the
National Park Service, comp.
by Edward E. Hill (1966),
52 pp. (RG 79).
Administers National
Parks and monuments.
Dates of records: 1872-1966
Size: 8" x 10.5"
167. Cartographic
Records of the Forest Service,
comp. by Charlotte M. Ashby
(1967), 71 pp. (RG 95).
Dates of records: 1891-1955
Size: 8" x 10.5"
168. Records of the
Post Office Department, comp.
by Arthur Hecht, et al.
(rev. by Forrest R. Holdcamper,
1967), 54 pp. (RG 28).
Dates of records: 1789-1950
Size: 8.5" x 11"
170. Records Relating
to International Boundaries,
comp. by Daniel T. Goggin
(1968), 98 pp. (RG 76).
Records of
Commissions that settled boundary disputes between the United States and other nations.
Dates of records: 1794-1937
Size: 8" x 10.5"
171. Records of the
Solicitor of the Treasury,
comp. by George S. Ulibarri
(1968), 35 pp. (RG 206).
Responsible for
collection of all debts due to the United States and supervision of lands used to pay debts.
Dates of records: 1791-1934
Size: 8" x 10.5"
172. Records of the
United States Army Continental
Command, 1821-1920, comp.
by Elaine Everly, Alice Haynes,
Maizie Johnson, Sarah Powell,
Harry Schwartz, John Scroggins,
Aloha South, and Evelyn Wade
(1973), 5 vols. (RG 393).
A geographical command structure
was established for administrative
control of the field army.
Out of print except for
volume V.
- Vol. I: Geographical Divisions
and Departments and Military
(Reconstruction) Districts,
353 pp.
Dates of records: 1829-1920
Size: 8" x 10.5" - Vol. II: Polyonymous Successions
of Commands, 1861-70, 512
pp.
Describes the records of the army corps during the Civil War.
Size: 8" x 10.5" - Vol. III: Geographical
Districts and Subdistricts,
78 pp.
Those not described in vols. I and II.
Dates of records: 1861-1920
Size: 8" x 10.5" - Vol. IV: Military Installations,
1821-81, 144 pp.
Describes the records of military installations in RG 393 that cannot be separated from those of the departments, divisions, and districts.
Size: 8" x 10.5" - Vol. V: Military Installations,
1821-1920, comp. by Robert
Gruber, et al.,
714 pp.
Describes the records of the military installations that can be separated from the records described in vols. I- IV.
Size: 8.5" x 11"
173. Records of the
Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
1932-64, comp. by Charles
Zaid (1973), 90 pp. (RG 234).
Extended financial aid to agriculture, commerce, and industry primarily through loans.
Size: 8" x 10.5"
174. Records of the
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen,
and Abandoned Lands, Washington
Headquarters, comp. by Elaine
Everly (1973), 41 pp. (RG
105).
The Freedman's Bureau was part of the War Department, but its work was primarily social.
It worked with freed slaves after the Civil War. It was most active from June 1865 to December 1868.
Size: 8" x 10.5"
175. Records of the
National Capital Planning
Commission, comp. by Dorothy
S. Provine (1973), 8 pp.
(RG 328).
Developed plans for the District of Columbia and region.
Dates of records: 1791-1957
Size: 8" x 10.5"
176. Records of the
1969 Inaugural Committee,
comp. by Henry J. Wolfinger
(1974), 41 pp. (RG 274).
The first
inauguration of Richard Nixon.
Size: 8" x 10.5"
177. Records Relating
to International Claims,
comp. by George S. Ulibarri
(1974), 73 pp. (RG 76).
Settlement of claims of U.S.
citizens against foreign
governments and foreign citizens
against the U.S. Government.
Dates of records: 1793-1945
Size: 8" x 10.5"
178. Records of the
Office of Education, comp.
by Carmen Delle Donne (1974),
65 pp. (RG 12).
A number of services
to school administrators.
Dates of records: 1870-1961
Size: 8" x 10.5"
179. Records of the
National Mediation Board,
comp. by Mary-Jane Dowd (1975),
41 pp. (RG 13).
Responsible for
resolving labor disputes involving railroads.
Dates of records: 1894-1962
Size: 8" x 10.5"
180. Records of the
International Military Tribunal
for the Far East, comp. by
Jarritus Wolfinger (1975),
13 pp. (RG 238).
Tried and punished Japanese
war criminals after World
War II.
Dates of records: 1946-48
Size: 8" x 10.5"
181. Records of the
Department of Health, Education,
and Welfare, comp. by Jerry
N. Hess (1975), 21 pp. (RG
235).
Dates of records: 1936-52
Size: 8" x 10.5"
182. Records of the
1965 Inaugural Committee,
comp. by William A. Reader
(1975), 19 pp. (RG 274).
The
inauguration of Lyndon Baines Johnson.
Dates of records: 1964-65
Size: 8" x 10.5"
183. Records of the
Social Security Administration,
comp. by Debra L. Newman
(1976), 19 pp. (RG 47).
Provides for
Federal old-age annuities.
Dates of records: 1934-42
Size: 8" x 10.5"
185. Records of the
United States Military Academy,
comp. by Stanley P. Tozeski
(1976), 116 pp. (RG 404).
Trains
students for service as officers in the Army.
Dates of records: 1802-1976
Size: 8" x 10.5"
186. Records of the
Government of the District
of Columbia, comp. by Dorothy
S. Provine (1976), 53 pp.
(RG 351).
The District of Columbia is Washington, DC.
Dates of records: 1838-1960
Size: 8" x 10.5"
187. General Records
of the Department of the
Treasury, comp. by Hope K.
Holdcamper and Carmelita
S. Ryan (1977), 157 pp. (RG
56).
Dates of records: 1789-1965
Size: 8" x 10.5"
188. Records of the
Office of Economic Opportunity,
comp. by Debra L. Newman
(1977), 25 pp. (RG 381).
Coordinated Government efforts resulting from the Economic Opportunity Act, part of Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty.
Dates of records: 1964-72
Size: 8" x 10.5"
190. Records of the
National Aeronautics and
Space Council, comp.by Jarritus
Wolfinger (1977), 12 pp.
(RG 220).
Coordinated aeronautic and space activities of all parts of the Government.
Dates of records: 1958-73
Size: 8" x 10.5"
191. Records of the
Office of the Secretary of
Agriculture, comp. by Helen
Finneran Ulibarri (1979),
59 pp. (RG 16).
Dates of records: 1839-1964
Size: 8" x 10.5"
193. Records of St.
Elizabeths Hospital, comp.
by Dorothy S. Provine (1981),
17 pp. (RG 418).
The mental hospital
for Federal and District of Columbia patients.
Dates of records: 1845-1970
Size: 8" x 10.5"
195. Records of the
Soil Conservation Service,
comp. by William J. Heynen
(1981), 139 pp. (RG 114)
Administered programs to control soil erosion.
Size: 8.5" x 11"
Special Lists (by number)
1. List of Climatological
Records in the National Archives,
comp. by Louis J. Darter
(1942), 160 pp. (RG 27).
Lists weather records of
places in the United States
kept by agencies of the Federal
Government.
Dates of records: 1819-1941
Size: 8" x 10.5"
2. Records of the
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Relating to the Philippine
Islands, 1898-1935, comp.
by Kenneth Munden (1942),
91 pp. (RG 350).
The Bureau of Insular Affairs
was a part of the War Department
charged with customs and
civil affairs of the islands
acquired by the U.S. in the
Spanish-American War.
Size: 8" x 10.5"
3. Records of the
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Relating to the United States
Military Government of Cuba,
1898-1902, and the United
States Provisional Government
of Cuba, 1906-9, comp. by
Kenneth Munden (1943), 43
pp. (RG 350).
The Bureau of Insular Affairs
was a part of the War Department
charged with customs and
civil affairs of the islands
acquired by the U.S. in the
Spanish-American War.
Size: 8" x 10.5"
4. Records of the
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Relating to Puerto Rico,
1898-1934, comp. by Kenneth
Munden and Milton Greenbaum
(1943), 47 pp. (RG 350).
The Bureau of Insular Affairs
was a part of the War Department
charged with customs and
civil affairs of the islands
acquired by the U.S. in the
Spanish-American War.
Size: 8" x 10.5"
5. Records of the
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Relating to the Dominican
Customs Receivership, 1905-40,
comp. by Kenneth Munden (1943),
29 pp. (RG 350.)
The Bureau of Insular Affairs
was a part of the War Department
charged with customs and
civil affairs of the islands
acquired by the U.S. in the
Spanish-American War.
Size: 8" x 10.5"
6. Documents Concerning
the Negotiation of Ratified
Indian Treaties, 1801-69,
comp. by John H. Martin (1949),
175 pp. (RG 48 and RG 75).
Treaties with the Indians
were formally negotiated,
required ratification by
the Senate, and had the same
force, status, and dignity
as treaties with sovereign
nations. This practice was
discontinued in 1871.
Size: 8.5" x 11"
7. Documents Relating
to Special Agents of the
Department of State, 1789-1906,
comp. by Natalia Summers
(1951), 229 pp. (RG 59).
Includes correspondence of agents sent for various diplomatic purposes.
Size: 8.5" x 11"
9. List of Foreign
Service Post Records in the
National Archives, comp.
by Mark G. Eckhoff and Alexander
Marvo (rev. by Mario Fenyo
and John Highbarger, 1967),
35 pp. (RG 84).
Lists alphabetically the diplomatic and consular posts for
which the National Archives has records.
Dates of records: 1788-1949
Size: 8" x 10.5"
11. List of Photographs
Made by the Office of War
Information at the United
Nations Conference on International
Organization, San Francisco,
1945, comp. by Emma B. Haas,
Anne Harris, and Thomas W.
Ray (1953), 40 pp. (RG 208).
This was the founding conference of the United Nations. Included are photographs of delegations, special events, and
dignitaries.
Size: 8" x 10.5"
13. List of Cartographic
Records of the Bureau of
Indian Affairs, comp. by
Laura E. Kelsay (1954), 127
pp. (RG 75).
Dates of records: ca. 1800-1965
Size: 8" x 10.5"
14. List of World
War I Signal Corps Films
(1957), 68 pp. (RG 111).
The Signal Corps was responsible
for obtaining the photographic
record of American participation
in World War I.
Dates of records: 1917-19
Size: 8" x 10.5"
15. List of Photographs
of Irrigation Projects of
the Bureau of Reclamation,
comp. by Emma B. Haas,
et al. (1959), 33 pp.
(RG 115).
The chief function of the
Bureau of Reclamation is
to construct and maintain
irrigation projects in arid
and semiarid lands of the
United States. It also constructs
hydroelectric plants.
Dates of records: 1902-36
Size: 8" x 10.5"
19. List of Cartographic
Records of the General Land
Office, comp. by Laura E.
Kelsay (1964), 202 pp. (RG
49).
The
General Land Office was engaged chiefly in the survey, management, and disposal of public lands. The cartographic
records stem from the surveying function.
Dates of records: 1709-1946
Size: 8" x 10.5"
21. Index to the
Manuscript and Revised Printed
Opinions of the Supreme Court
of the United States in the
National Archives, 1808-73,
comp. by Marion M. Johnson,
Elaine C. Everly, and Toussaint
L. Prince (1965), 58 pp.
(RG 267).
Indexes the authors of these opinions.
Size: 8" x 10.5"
24. Federal Population
and Mortality Census Schedules,
1790-1910, in the National
Archives and the States:
Outline of a Lecture on Their
Availability, Content, and
Use (rev. 1986), 89 pp. (RG
29).
Available only on microfiche.
25. Aerial Photographs
in the National Archives,
comp. by Charles E. Taylor
and Richard E. Spinner (1971),
106 pp. (RGs 57, 95, 114,
115, and 145).
County and special project surveys of about 85 percent of the contiguous land in the United
States. Shows the physical and cultural landscape of the country just before World War II.
Dates of records: 1930s-1940s
Size: 8" x 10.5"
26. Pre-Federal Maps
in the National Archives:
An Annotated List, comp.
by Patrick D. McLaughlin
(1971), 42 pp. (RGs 76, 77,
and 360).
Dates of records: 1654-1786
Size: 8 1/2" x 10 3/4"
29. List
of Selected Maps of States
and Territories, comp.
by Janet L. Hargett (1971),
113 pp. (RGs 28, 49, and
77).
Dates of records: ca. 1790-1920
Size: 8" x 10.5"
30. Title Papers
of the Public Buildings Service,
comp. by W. Lane Van Neste
and Virgil E. Baugh (rev.
by Stanley W. Brown, 1972),
66 pp. (RG 121).
The title papers described
in this list consist of legal
and related documents preserved
to establish U.S. ownership
of buildings and land acquired
as sites for public buildings
and for other purposes.
Dates of records: 1838-1968
Size: 8" x 10.5"
31. List of Pre-1840
Federal District and Circuit
Court Records, comp. by R.
Michael McReynolds (1972),
11 pp. (RG 21).
These were the essential Federal courts established by the Judiciary Act of 1789.
Dates of records: 1789-1840
Size: 8" x 10.5"
32. Hearings in the
Records of the U.S. Senate
and Joint Committees of Congress,
comp. by Charles E. South
and James C. Brown (1972),
91 pp. (RGs 46 and 128).
Dates of records: 1863-1945
Size: 8" x 10.5"
34. List of Free
Black Heads of Families in
the First Census of the United
States, comp. by Debra L.
Newman (1973), 44 pp. (RG
29).
Size: 8" x 10.5"
35. Printed Hearings
of the House of Representatives
Found Among Its Committee
Records in the National Archives
of the United States, 1824-1958,
comp. by Buford Rowland,
et al. (1974), 197 pp.
(RG 233).
Dates of records: 1789-1958
Size: 7.75" x 10.25"
36. List of Black
Servicemen Compiled From
the War Department Collection
of Revolutionary War Records,
comp. by Debra L. Newman
(1974), 29 pp. (RG 93).
Size: 8" x 10.5"
37. Inspection Reports
on Foreign Service Posts,
1906-1939, comp. by George
Brent and Kent Carter (1974),
83 pp. (RG 59).
Lists reports on the operation of diplomatic and consular posts.
Size: 8" x 10.5"
38. War Crimes Trials,
Records of Case II, United
States of America v.
Erhard Milch, Nuernberg,
comp. by John Mendelsohn
(1975), 113 pp. (RG 238).
This is one of a series of
special lists describing
the microfilmed records of
World War II war crimes trials
before the U.S. Military
Tribunal from 1946 to 1949.
Dates of records: 1947
Size: 8.5" x 11"
39. Additional Improvement
Patents, 1837-1861, comp.
by James A. Paulauskas (1977),
22 pp. (RG 241).
These are records of applications
revisions to patents for
improvements to them.
Dates of records: 1837-61
Size: 8" x 10.5"
40. Selected Documents
Pertaining to Black Workers
Among the Records of the
Department of Labor and Its
Component Bureaus, 1902-1969,
comp. by Debra L. Newman
(1977), 55 pp. (RG 174).
Covers many different types
of records including agriculture,
defense industries, internal
labor department records,
legislation, and political
activity.
Dates of records: 1902-69
Size: 8" x 10.5"
41. Cartographic
Records of the National Resources
Planning Board, comp. by
Laura E. Kelsay (1977), 50
pp. (RG 187).
The NRPB was charged with
the preparation of long-range
plans for the development
of natural resources and
the stabilization of employment.
Dates of records: 1930s
Size: 8" x 10.5"
42. War Crimes Trials,
Records of Case 9, United
States of America v.
Otto Ohlendorf et al.,
Nuernberg, comp. by John
Mendelsohn (1978), 349 pp.
(RG 238).
This is one of a series of
special lists describing
the microfilmed records of
World War II war crimes trials
before the U.S. Military
Tribunal from 1946 to1949.
Dates of records: 1947-48
Size: 8.5" x 11"
43. United States
Hydrographic Office Manuscript
Charts in the National Archives,
1838-1908, comp. by William
J. Heynen (1978), 250 pp.
(RG 37).
The Hydrographic Office was primarily concerned with marine charting in foreign
waters and coasts.
Size: 8" x 10.5"
44. List of Logbooks
of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations,
and Miscellaneous Units,
1801-1947, comp. by Claudia
Bradley, et al. (1978),
562 pp. (RG 24).
73,000 logbooks.
Size: 8" x 10.5"
58. Records of Naval
Districts and Shore Establishments
in the Regional Archives,
(1991), 63 pp. (RG 181).
Records from the 8th
Naval District (New Orleans),
1917-59 and the Naval Air
Advanced Training Command,
Corpus Christi, TX.
Available from NARA's
Southwest Region.
59. List of Patent
Interference Case Files,
1838-1900, comp. by John
Butler (1993), (RG 241).
Patent interferences were
a way of protecting the original
inventor.
Available only on microfiche
with hard-copy introduction.
Size: 8.5" x 11"
60. Captured North
Vietnamese Documents of the
Combined Document Exploitation
Center: A Special List of
CDEC Documents in Records
Group 472, comp. by William
Cunliffe, Timothy Duskin,
and David H. Wallace (1993),
(RG 472).
The CDEC collected and exploited enemy documents for military
intelligence purposes.
Size: 8.5" x 11"
61.The Philippine Archives Collection:
A Special List of Documents in Record Group 407,
Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1917–,
Concerning U. S. Army
and Guerilla Units in the Philippines during World War II,
comp. by Jo Ann Williamson and Frank H. Serene (2003), 37 pp.(RG 407).
The booklet, Parts I-IV, provides background and interpretation facilitate use
of Part V, microfiche that lists the titles of the folders containing the textual records
of the collection.
Size: 8.5" x 11"
9 microfiche
Inventories (I), Preliminary Inventories (PI), and Special Lists (SL)
(by Record Group)
| Record Group (RG) | Agency | Consult this Publication |
| 1 | War Labor Policies Board | PI 4 |
| 3
|
U.S. Housing Corporation | PI 140 |
| 7 | Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine | PI 94 |
| 8 | Bureau of Agricultural Engineering | PI 53 |
| 9 | National Recovery Administration | PI 44 |
| 12 | Office of Education | PI 178 |
| 13 | National Mediation Board | PI 179 |
| 16 | Office of the Secretary of Agriculture | PIs 37 and 191 |
| 19 | Bureau of Ships | PI 133 |
| 21 | District Courts of the United States | PIs 116 and 124; SL 31 |
| 23 | Coast and Geodetic Survey | PI 105 |
| 24 | Bureau of Naval Personnel | SL 44 |
| 27 | Weather Bureau | PI 38; SL 1 |
| 28 | Post Office Department | PI 168; SL 29 |
| 29 | Bureau of the Census | PIs 103 and 161; SLs 24 and 34 |
| 30 | Bureau of Public Roads | PI 134 |
| 31 | Federal Housing Administration | PI 45 |
| 33 | Federal Extension Service | PI 83 |
| 35 | Civilian Conservation Corps | PI 11 |
| 37 | Hydrographic Office | I 4; SL 43 |
| 38 | Office of the Chief of Naval Operations | PI 85 |
| 42 | Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital | I 16 |
| 44 |
Office of Government Reports | PI 35 |
| 46 | U.S. Senate | PIs 12, 42, 59, and 75; SL 32 |
| 47 | Social Security Administration | PI 183 |
| 48 |
Office of the Secretary of the Interior | PI 81; SL 6 |
| 49 | Bureau of Land Management | PI 22; SLs 19 and 29 |
| 51 | Central Bureau of Planning and Statistics | PI 98 |
| 54 | Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering | PI 66 |
| 55 | Government of the Virgin Islands | PI 126 |
| 56 | Department of the Treasury | PI 187 |
| 57 | Records of the U.S. Geological Survey | SL 25 |
| 58 | Internal Revenue Service | PI 14 |
| 59 | Department of State | I 15; SLs 7 and 37 |
| 66 | Commission of Fine Arts | PI 79 |
| 69 | Work Projects Administration | PI 57 |
| 71 | Bureau of Yards and Docks | PI 10 |
| 73 | President's Organization on Unemployment Relief | PI 137 |
| 75 | Bureau of Indian Affairs | PI 163; SLs 6 and 13 |
| 76 | Boundary and Claims Commissions and Arbitrations | PIs 135, 136, 143, 170, and 177; SL 26 |
| 77 | Office of the Chief of Engineers | SLs 26 and 29 |
| 79 | National Park Service | PI 166 |
| 83 | Bureau of Agricultural Economics | PI 104 |
| 84 | Foreign Service Posts of the Department of State | PI 60; SL 9 |
| 93 | War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records | PI 144; SL 36 |
| 95 | Forest Service | PIs 18 and 167; SL 25 |
| 96 | Farmers Home Administration | PI 118 |
| 97 | Bureau of Agriculture and Industrial Chemistry | PI 149 |
| 105 |
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands | PI 174; SL 33 |
| 107 | Secretary of War | I 17 |
| 109 | War Department Collection of Confederate Records | PI 101 |
| 111 | Office of the Chief Signal Officer | SLs 14 and 33 |
| 114 | Soil Conservation Service | PI 195; SL 25 |
| 115 | Bureau of Reclamation | PI 109; SLs 15 and 25 |
| 121 | Public Buildings Service | PI 110; SL 30 |
| 122 | Federal Trade Commission | PI 7 |
| 123 | U.S. Court of Claims | PI 58 |
| 126 | Office of Territories | PIs 90, 151, and 154 |
| 127 | U.S. Marine Corps | I 2; PI 73 |
| 128 | Joint Committees of Congress | PI 74; SL 32 |
| 135 | Public Works Administration | PI 125 |
| 139 | Dominican Customs Receivership | PI 148 |
| 140 | Military Government of Cuba | PI 145 |
| 145 | Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service | SL 25 |
| 150 | National Bituminous Coal Commission, 1935-36 | PI 156 |
| 151 | Maritime Labor Board | PI 20 |
| 169 | Foreign Economic Administration | PI 29 |
| 174 | Department of Labor | SL 40 |
| 179 | War Production Board | PI 15 |
| 180 |
Commodity Futures Trading Commission | PI 112 |
| 181 | Naval Districts and Shore Establishments | SL 58 |
| 182 | War Trade Board | PI 100 |
| 185 | Panama Canal | PIs 91 and 153 |
| 187 | National Resources Planning Board | PI 50 |
| 188 | Office of Price Administration | PIs 95 and 120 |
| 193 | Commissioner of Railroads | PI 158 |
| 198 | Board of Investigation and Research - Transportation | PI 19 |
| 199 | Provisional Government of Cuba | PI 146 |
| 202 | National War Labor Board (World War II | PI 78 |
| 204 | Office of the Pardon Attorney | PI 87 |
| 205 | Court of Claims Section (Justice | PI 47 |
| 206 | Solicitor of the Treasury | PI 171 |
| 207 | Department of Housing and Urban Development | PI 164 |
| 208 | Office of War Information | SL 11 |
| 210 | War Relocation Authority | PI 77 |
| 211 | War Manpower Commission | I 6 |
| 212 | Committee for Congested Production Areas | PI 128 |
| 215 | Office of Community War Services | PI 132 |
| 216 | Office of Censorship | PI 54 |
| 222 | National Aeronautics and Space Council | PI 190 |
| 224 | Office of Labor (War Food Administration | PI 51 |
| 228 | Committee on Fair Employment Practice | PI 147 |
| 229 | Office of Inter-American Affairs | I 7 |
| 233 | U.S. House of Representatives | PIs 65, 67, 70, 71, 80, 84, 107, 108, and 111; SL 35 |
| 234 | Reconstruction Finance Corporation | PI 173 |
| 235 | Department of Health, Education, and Welfare | PI 181 |
| 236 | Wage adjustment Board | PI 72 |
| 238 | National Archives Collection of World War II War Crimes Records | PI 180; SLs 38 and 42 |
| 240 | Smaller War Plants Corporation | PI 160 |
| 241 | Patent and Trademark Office | SLs 39 and 59 |
| 243 | U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey | I 10 |
| 244 | Retraining and Reemployment Administration | PI 28 |
| 254 | Shipbuilding Stabilization Committee | PI 121 |
| 256 | American Commission To Negotiate Peace | I 9 |
| 262 | Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service | PI 115 |
| 267 | Supreme Court of the United States | SL 21 |
| 272 | President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy | I 5 |
| 274 | National Archives Collection of Records of Inaugural Committees | PIs 162, 176, and 182 |
| 296 | Economic Stabilization Agency | PI 129 |
| 328 | National Capital Planning Commission | I 12; PI 175 |
| 350 | Bureau of Insular Affairs | I 3; SLs 2, 3, 4, and 5 |
| 351 | Government of the District of Columbia | PI 186 |
| 360 | Continental and Confederation Congresses and the Constitutional Convention | SL 26 |
| 381 | Community Services Administration | PI 188 |
| 393 | U.S. Army Continental Commands, 1821-1920 | PI 172; SL 33 |
| 404 | U.S. Military Academy | PI 185 |
| 407 | Adjutant General's Office 1917– | SL 61 |
| 405 | U.S. Naval Academy | I 11 |
| 418 | St. Elizabeths Hospital | PI 193 |
| 472 | U.S. Forces in Southeast Asia, 1950-1975 | SL 60 |
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