Electronic Records in the National Archives Pertaining to the Former Soviet Union
Center for Electronic Records: Reference Report #10Relevant holdings of the Center for Electronic Records of the National Archives include the following:
- RG 29: Records of the Bureau of the Census
- RG 77: Records of the Office of the Chief of Engineers
- RG 197: Records of the Civil Aeronautics Board
- RG 306: Records of the United States Information Agency
- RG 398: General Records of the Department of Transportation
- RG 467: Records of the Research and Special Programs Administration (Transportation)
U.S. Import and Export Data since 1964Record Group 77: Records of the Office of the Chief of Engineers
Series Name Number of Files Documentation Export Data Bank,
Annual, 1964-199538 Custom, min=41, max=82 Import Data Bank,
Annual, 1964-199535 Custom, min=46, max=88
Domestic and International Transportation of U.S. Foreign Trade, 1970 (1 data file, 77 doc. pages).Record Group 197: Records of the Civil Aeronautics Board
The surveys include data on a 1% sample of shipments of commodities through ports within the 48 contiguous states which were transported on the international leg by vessel or air. The commodities sampled are those which could be defined as general cargo, non-bulk, or merchandise traffic. They include all items in U.S. foreign trade except those listed in Appendix A of the documentation. The major exceptions are wheat, corn, other unmilled grains, cotton, oil seeds and oil nuts, iron ores, nonferrous metal scrap, stone, sand and gravel, coal, coke and petroleum, and items "not classified by kind." Since the means of transportation on the international leg specifically includes only waterborne and airborne commerce, the survey excludes land transport by rail and highway between the U.S. and Canada and Mexico. However, air and water transport to and from these countries is included.
Origin and Destination Surveys, Passenger, Ticket Origin and Destination, Data Bank 1, 1968-9/1978; Origin and Destination Surveys, Passenger, Ticket Dollar Value Origin and Destination, Data Bank 1A, 10/1978-12/1984; Origin and Destination Surveys, Directional, (International/ Territorial), Data Bank 2A, 1968-1984; Service Segment Data, Data Bank 23, 1970-1984.Record Group 306: Records of the United States Information Agency
Series Name Number of Files Documentation Data Bank 1, 1968-9/1978 35 9 Data Bank 1A,
10/1978-12/198425 8 Data Bank 2A,
1968-198414 5 Data Bank 23,
1970-198415 11
International public opinion surveys taken on behalf of the USIA. A number of surveys concern U.S./Soviet relations and the arms race. Consult title list and USIA inventories for more specific information. The Center currently has USIA studies conducted ca. 1975 (a few earlier) through 1992.Record Group 467: Records of the Research and Special Programs Administration (Transportation) and
Record Group 398: General Records of the Department of Transportation
Origin and Destination Surveys, Passenger Ticket Dollar Value Origin and Destination, Data Bank 1A, 1985-1995; Origin and Destination Surveys, Directional, (International/Territorial), Data Bank 2A, 1985-1995; Service Segment Data, (ER-586, Domestic and International) Data Bank 23T, 1985-1989; Combined Service Segment and T-9 (Domestic and International), Data Bank 27T, 1984-1989. The series T-100 and T-100(f) International Market Data (28IM), 1990-1992, and T-100 and T-100(f) International Segment Data (28IS), 1990-1992, supercede the international portions of the Data Bank 23T and Data Bank 27T series.
Series Name Number of Files Documentation Data Bank 1A,
1985-199517 51 Data Bank 2A,
1985-199517 47 Data Bank 23T,
1985-19895 91 Data Bank 27T,
1984-19896 Data Bank 28IS,
1990-19923 Data Bank 28IM,
1990-19923
For general information about available data sources on Soviet/Russian studies, we also suggest you contact the following:
Mr. William E. Pomerantz
Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW, Suite 704
Washington, D.C. 20024-2518
Mr. Pomerantz is project coordinator for the publication editor of Scholars' Guide to Washington, D.C. for Russian/Soviet Studies published by the Wilson Center Press.
THEODORE J. HULL
Archives Specialist
Center for Electronic Records
March 1992 (rev. 7/97)
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