Finding Aids
This is a selected finding aids list of our archival holdings in Chicago, Illinois. We have a variety of guides, reference information papers, lists, and other finding aids.
The small percentage of them that are available online are listed below.
General Finding Aids
- Archival Holdings Guide
at The National Archives at Chicago.
Entries provide details not available for regional records in the Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States, 1995.
- Chinese Immigration and Chinese in the United States: Records in the Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration, RIP 99, 1996. Selected information pertains to records at the Chicago facility.
- The Modern Civil Rights Movement: Federal Records in The National Archives at Chicago
- Our National Archives Catalog contains selected information pertaining to records at the Chicago facility.
Finding Aids by Record Group (RG) Number
- RG 15, Records of the Veterans Administration
- RG 21, Records of District Courts of the United States
- RG 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard
- RG 36, Records of the U.S. Customs Service
- RG 41, Records of the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation
- RG 49, Records of the Bureau of Land Management
- RG 58, Records of the Internal Revenue Service
- RG 75, Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs
- RG 77, Records of the Office of the Chief of Engineers
- RG 85, Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service
- RG 96, Records of the Farmers Home Administration
- RG 114, Records of the Soil Conservation Service
- RG 181, Records of Naval Districts and Shore Establishments
- RG 202, Records of the National War Labor Board
- RG 228, Records of the Fair Employment Practice Commission
- RG 255, Records of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- RG 270, Records of the War Assets Administration
- RG 276, Records of the United States Courts of Appeals
- RG 291, Records of the Federal Property Resources Service
- RG 311, Records of the Federal Emergency Management Agency
- RG 441, Records of the Department of Education
- Donated Materials Group
RG 15, Records of the Veterans Administration
Records of the National Home for Disabled Soldiers and the National Homes Service of the Veteran Administration:
- Records of the Danville Branch, Danville, IL, Sample Case Files of Veterans Temporarily at the Branch, 1918-1932
- Records of the Marion Branch, Marion, IN. Sample Case Files of Veterans Temporarily at the Branch, 1890-1930
RG 21, Records of District Courts of the United States
- U.S. District Courts, Records Relating to Nike Missile Sites
- U.S. District Court Naturalization Records at NARA's Great Lakes Region (Chicago)
- The Modern Civil Rights Movement: Federal Records in NARA's Great Lakes Region and in Related Archival Institutions, Records of the District Courts of the U.S. (RG 21)
Territorial Courts from the Territory of Michigan, 1815-1837
| Circuit Courts | District Courts |
| U.S. Circuit Court, 1862-1911, Eastern District of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Division | U.S. District Court, 1848-1998, Eastern District of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Division |
Territorial Courts from the Territory of Wisconsin, 1842-1847
RG 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard
- Life Saving Station Logs for the Chicago and Cleveland Districts, 1876-1943 (RG 26)
- Maritime Accidents and Casualties (Wreck Reports)
RG 36, Records of the U.S. Customs Service
- Maritime Accidents and Casualties (Wreck Reports)
- Records of the U. S. Customs Service, Chicago, Illinois Collection District
RG 41, Records of the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation
RG 49, Records of the Bureau of Land Management
RG 58, Records of the Internal Revenue Service
RG 75, Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Bad River Agency Records, Odanah, Wisconsin (RG 75)
- Carter-Laona Subagencies, Carter and Laona, Wisconsin (RG 75)
- Chippewa Commission, Minnesota (RG 75)
- Consolidated Chippewa Agency, Cass Lake, Minnesota (RG 75)
- Grand Rapids Agency, Wisconsin Rapids (formerly Grand Rapids), Wisconsin (RG 75)
- Great Lakes Agency, Ashland, Wisconsin (RG 75)
- Great Lakes Consolidated Agency, Ashland, Wisconsin (RG 75)
- Green Bay Agency Records, Keshena, Wisconsin (RG 75)
- Hayward Indian School, Hayward, Wisconsin (RG 75)
- Keshena/Menominee Agency Records, Keshena, Wisconsin (RG 75)
- La Pointe Agency, La Pointe, Wisconsin (RG 75)
- Lac du Flambeau Agency, Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin (RG 75)
- Lac du Flambeau Agency, Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin, Surveys of Indian Industry, 1920-1922
- Leech Lake Agency, Cass Lake, Minnesota (RG 75)
- Mackinac Agency, Mackinac, Michigan (RG 75)
- Menominee Indian Mills Records, Keshena, Wisconsin (RG 75)
- Michigan Agency, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan (RG 75)
- Mt. Pleasant Indian School and Agency Student Case Files, 1893-1946 (RG 75)
- Mt. Pleasant Indian School and Agency, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan (RG 75)
- Nett Lake Agency, Nett Lake, Minnesota (RG 75)
- Oneida School and Agency, Oneida, Wisconsin (RG 75)
- Red Cliff Agency, Bayfield, Wisconsin (RG 75)
- Tama Agency (Sac and Fox), Tama, Iowa (RG 75)
- Tama Agency (Sac and Fox), Tama, Iowa, Surveys of Indian Industry, 1921-1926
- Tomah Agency, Tomah, Wisconsin (RG 75)
- Tomah CCC-ID Units, Tomah, Wisconsin (RG 75)
- Tomah Hospital, Tomah, Wisconsin (RG 75)
- Tomah Indian Industrial School, Tomah, Wisconsin (RG 75)
- White Earth Agency, White Earth, Minnesota (RG 75)
- Wittenberg Indian School, Wittenberg, Wisconsin (RG 75)
RG 77, Records of the Office of the Chief of Engineers
RG 85, Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service
- List of Chinese Exclusion Case Files for District No. 9, Chicago, 1898-1940 (RG 85)
- List of Chinese Exclusion Case Files for District No. 10, St. Paul, 1906-1942 (RG 85)
RG 96, Records of the Farmers Home Administration
- Farm Ownership Case Files for Region 2, for Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, 1937-1946 (RG 96)
- Farm Ownership Case Files, Region 3, for Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, and Ohio, 1937-1946 (RG 96)
RG 114, Records of the Soil Conservation Service
RG 181, Records of Naval Districts and Shore Establishments
RG 202, Records of the National War Labor Board
RG 228, Records of the Fair Employment Practice Commission
RG 255, Records of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
RG 270, Records of the War Assets Administration
- Appraisal and Engineering Reports, 1945-1947
- Real Property Liquidation Files, 1945-1951, for the Chicago Region
- Real Property Disposal Case Files for Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin
- Real Property Accounting Files, 1945 - 1949 for the Cincinnati Region
- Real Property Status Files, 1945 - 1952 for the Cincinnati Region
- Appraisal Valuation Reports, 1945 - 1947 for the Cincinnati Region
- Real Property Liquidation Files, 1945-1950, for the Cincinnati Region
- Legal Documentation Files, 1940-1949, for the Cincinnati Region
RG 276, Records of the United States Courts of Appeals
RG 291, Records of the Federal Property Resources Service
RG 311, Records of the Federal Emergency Management Agency
RG 441, Records of the Department of Education
Donated Materials Group