National Archives at Atlanta

Introduction

This guide provides record group level descriptions for archival holdings maintained at NARA's Southeast Region in Atlanta, Georgia. A record group, the basic unit of archival control, is a body of organizationally related records designated by a number and the name of the federal agency, bureau, or activity that created or received them. NARA's Southeast Region in Atlanta has 104 record groups, representing Federal agencies, bureaus, or other administrative units including federal courts in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.

How to Use This Guide

Access to record group entries can be by: Subject - Users with an interest in a specific subject can go to the list of subjects, A - L and M - Z. The list provides access to subjects covered in a specific record group. It is not an exhaustive index to individual documents or files.

Record Group Number - Users who know the number of the record group that interests them can go to the numerical list of record groups.

Record Group Title - Users who know the title of the record group that interests them can go to the alphabetical list of record groups.

Explanation of Record Group Entries	Sample Entry
Administrative History - Brief history of the agency. For a more detailed history see Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States.	Administrative History - The General Land Office (GLO) was established within the Department of the Treasury by an act of April 25, 1812, to administer all public land transactions except surveying and map work (which came under the supervision of the GLO in 1836). In 1849, the GLO was transferred to the Department of the Interior where it was merged with the Grazing Service in 1946 to form the Bureau of Land Management. The Bureau classifies, manages, and disposes of public lands and their resources and administers Federally-owned mineral resources on non-Federal land and on the Outer Continental Shelf.
Records Description - Inclusive dates, quantity of records; information on creating office, content, types of textual records; existence of nontextual records.	Records Description - Dates: 1800-1908 Volume: 38 cubic feet Records of land offices in Illinois, 1814-1885; Indiana, 1807-1876; Minnesota, 1855-1882; Ohio, 1800-1828; and Wisconsin, 1888-1905. The records document the name of the purchaser or grantee, county of residence at the time of purchase, legal description of the land, and the certificate number. Included are entries for cash payments, credit certificates, and purchase applications; copies of correspondence; homestead information; and abstracts of land warrants. For Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio, there is a docket of homestead entries, 1868-1908. The records are bound volumes (record books), some containing an index.
Finding Aids - Published and informal preliminary inventories, box contents lists, folder title lists and other aids to using the records.	Finding Aids - Entries 47, 48, 53, 61, and 67 in Harry P. Yoshpe and Philip Brower, comps., Preliminary Inventory of the Land-entry Papers of the General Land Office, PI 22 (1949).
Related Microfilm Publications - National Archives microfilm publications held by the Atlanta facility of records related to those described in this entry, listed in alpha/numeric order.	Related Microfilm Publications - M8, Journal and Report of James L. Cathcart and James Hutton, Agents Appointed by the Secretary of the Navy to Survey Timber Resources Between the Mermentau and Mobile Rivers 1818-1819; M25, Miscellaneous Letters Sent by the General Land Office, 1796-1889; M27, Letters Sent by the General Land Office to the Surveyor General, 1796-1901.
Restrictions - Federal records may be restricted by Federal statute or the creating agency, or may carry a national security classification. Notice of restriction is given where applicable.

Alphabetical List of Record Groups

Adjutant General's Office, 1917- • RG 407

Agricultural Engineering, Bureau of • RG 8

Agricultural Economics, Bureau of • RG 83

Agricultural Research Service • RG 310

Agricultural Statistics Service, National • RG 355

Air Force (Air Staff), Headquarters U.S. • RG 341

Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations, U.S. • RG 342

Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration • RG 511

American Revolution Bicentennial Administration • RG 452

Army Air Forces • RG 18

Army Coast Artillery Districts and Defenses, 1901-1942, U.S. • RG 392

Army Staff • RG 319

Atomic Energy Commission • RG 326

Attorneys, United States • RG 118

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • RG 442

Coast and Geodetic Survey • RG 23

Coast Guard, U.S. • RG 26

Community Services Administration • RG 381

Customs Service, U.S. • RG 36

Defense Civil Preparedness Agency • RG 397

Disease Control and Prevention, Centers for • RG 442

District Courts of the United States • RG 21

Education, Office of • RG 12

Engineers, Office of the Chief of • RG 77

Environmental Protection Agency • RG 412

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission • RG 403

Farm Credit Administration • RG 103

Farmers Home Administration • RG 96

Federal Property Resources Service • RG 291

Federal Highway Administration • RG 406

Federal Housing Administration • RG 31

Fish and Wildlife Service • RG 22

Food and Drug Administration • RG 88

Food Administration, U.S. • RG 4

Forest Service • RG 95

General Services Administration • RG 269

Headquarters U.S. Air Force (Air Staff) • RG 341

Highway Administration, Federal • RG 406

Housing Administration, Federal • RG 31

Housing Expediter, Office of the • RG 252

Indian Arts and Crafts Board • RG 435

Indian Affairs, Bureau of • RG 75

Internal Revenue Service • RG 58

Interior, Office of the Secretary of the • RG 48

Judge Advocate General (Navy) • RG 125

Justice, Department of • RG 60

Labor Relations Board, National • RG 25

Land Management, Bureau of • RG 49

Marine Corps, U.S. • RG 127

Marine Inspection and Navigation, Bureau of • RG 41

Marshals Service, United States • RG 527

Mine Safety and Health Administration • RG 433

Mines, U.S. Bureau of • RG 70

Mint, U.S. • RG 104

National Labor Relations Board • RG 25

National Youth Administration • RG 118

National Agricultural Statistics Service • RG 355

National Park Service • RG 79

National Aeronautics and Space Administration • RG 255

National Recovery Administration • RG 9

Natural Resources Conservation Service • RG 114

Naval Personnel, Bureau of • RG 24

Nuclear Regulatory Commission • RG 431

Ordnance, Bureau of • RG 74

Park Service, National • RG 79

Petroleum Administration for War • RG 253

Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, Bureau of • RG 54

Post Office Department • RG 28

Price Stabilization, Office of • RG 295

Prisons, Bureau of • RG 129

Property Resources Service, Federal • RG 291

Public Debt, Bureau of the • RG 53

Public Buildings Service • RG 121

Public Health Service, 1912-1968 • RG 85

Public Roads, Bureau of • RG 30

Quartermaster General, Office of the • RG 92

Railroad Administration, U.S. • RG 14

Regional Committees and Commissions • RG 414

Secretary of the Interior, Office of the • RG 48

Selective Service System, 1940- • RG 147

Selective Service System (World War I) • RG 163

Shipping Board, U.S. • RG 32

Signal Officer, Office of the Chief • RG 111

Solid Fuels Administration for War • RG 245

Surgeon General (Army), Office of the • RG 112

Tennessee Valley Authority • RG 142

Transportation, Office of the Chief of • RG 336

Veterans Administration • RG 15

Wage and Salary Stabilization Boards of the Economic Stabilization Agency • RG 293

War Assets Administration • RG 270

Weather Bureau • RG 27

Yards and Docks, Bureau of • RG 71

Numerical List of Record Groups

RG 4 Records of the U.S. Food Administration

RG 8 Records of the Bureau of Agricultural Engineering

RG 9 Records of the National Recovery Administration

RG 12 Records of the Office of Education

RG 14 Records of the U.S. Railroad Administration

RG 15 Records of the Veterans Administration

RG 18 Records of the Army Air Forces

RG 21 Records of the District Courts of the United States

RG 22 Records of the Fish and Wildlife Service

RG 23 Records of the Coast and Geodetic Survey

RG 24 Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel

RG 25 Records of the National Labor Relations Board

RG 26 Records of the U.S. Coast Guard

RG 27 Records of the Weather Bureau

RG 28 Records of the Post Office Department

RG 30 Records of the Bureau of Public Roads

RG 31 Records of the Federal Housing Administration

RG 32 Records of the U.S. Shipping Board

RG 36 Records of the U.S. Customs Service

RG 41 Records of the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation

RG 48 Records of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior

RG 49 Records of the Bureau of Land Management

RG 53 Records of the Bureau of the Public Debt

RG 54 Records of the Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering

RG 58 Records of the Internal Revenue Service

RG 60 General Records of the Department of Justice

RG 70 Records of the U.S. Bureau of Mines

RG 71 Records of the Bureau of Yards and Docks

RG 74 Records of the Bureau of Ordnance

RG 75 Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs

RG 77 Records of the Office of the Chief of Engineers

RG 79 Records of the National Park Service

RG 83 Records of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics

RG 88 Records of the Food and Drug Administration

RG 90 Records of the Public Health Service, 1912-1968

RG 92 Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General

RG 95 Records of the Forest Service

RG 96 Records of the Farmers Home Administration

RG 103 Records of the Farm Credit Administration

RG 104 Records of the U.S. Mint

RG 111 Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

RG 112 Records of the Office of the Surgeon General (Army)

RG 114 Records of the Natural Resources Conservation Service

RG 118 Records of United States Attorneys

RG 119 Records of the National Youth Administration

RG 121 Records of the Public Buildings Service

RG 125 Records of the Judge Advocate General (Navy)

RG 127 Records of the U.S. Marine Corps

RG 129 Records of the Bureau of Prisons

RG 133 Records of the Federal Coordinator of Transportation

RG 137 Records of the Federal Supply Service

RG 142 Records of the Tennessee Valley Authority

RG 143 Records of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts (Navy)

RG 146 Records of the U.S. Civil Service Commission

RG 147 Records of the Selective Service System, 1940-

RG 154 Records of the War Finance Corporation

RG 155 Records of the Wage and Hour Division

RG 156 Records of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance

RG 158 Records of the Capital Issues Committee

RG 163 Records of the Selective Service System (World War I)

RG 165 Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs

RG 175 Records of the Chemical Warfare Service

RG 181 Records of Naval Districts and Shore Establishments

RG 187 Records of the National Resources Planning Board

RG 188 Records of the Office of Price Administration

RG 190 Records of the Bureau of War Risk Litigation

RG 202 Records of the National War Labor Board (World War II)

RG 211 Records of the War Manpower Commission

RG 219 Records of the Office of Defense Transportation

RG 228 Records of the Committee on Fair Employment Practice

RG 234 Records of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation

RG 237 Records of the Federal Aviation Administration

RG 245 Records of the Solid Fuels Administration for War

RG 252 Records of the Office of the Housing Expediter

RG 253 Records of the Petroleum Administration for War

RG 255 Records of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

RG 269 General Records of the General Services Administration

RG 270 Records of the War Assets Administration

RG 291 Records of the Federal Property Resources Service

RG 293 Records of the Wage and Salary Stabilization Boards of the Economic Stabilization Agency

RG 295 Records of the Office of Price Stabilization

RG 310 Records of the Agricultural Research Service

RG 319 Records of the Army Staff

RG 326 Records of the Atomic Energy Commission

RG 336 Records of the Office of the Chief of Transportation

RG 338 Records of the U.S. Army Commands, 1942-

RG 341 Records of Headquarters U.S. Air Force (Air Staff)

RG 342 Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations

RG 355 Records of the National Agricultural Statistics Service

RG 381 Records of the Community Services Administration

RG 392 Records of the U.S. Army Coast Artillery Districts and Defenses, 1901-1942

RG 397 Records of the Defense Civil Preparedness Agency

RG 403 Records of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

RG 406 Records of the Federal Highway Administration

RG 407 Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1917-

RG 412 Records of the Environmental Protection Agency

RG 414 Records of Regional Committees and Commissions

RG 431 Records of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission

RG 433 Records of the Mine Safety and Health Administration

RG 435 Records of the Indian Arts and Crafts Board

RG 442 Records of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

RG 452 Records of the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration

RG 511 Records of the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration

RG 527 Records of the United States Marshals Service

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