(13.74 MB),
comp. by Daryl Bottoms (1992),
87 pp. Primarily relate to World War II military activities. Some other records are included.
Dates of records: 1939-1945
Size: 6" X 9"
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(41) The Russian Empire
and the Soviet Union, comp.
by Elizabeth H. Buck (1952),
77 pp.
Covers government and politics,
diplomatic relations, military
affairs, geography, economic
affairs, social conditions,
science, medicine and public
health, emigration, and Russian
nationals in the United States.
Dates of records: 1789-1946
Size: 5 7/8" x 8 3/4"
(44) The Middle East,
comp. by Elizabeth H. Buck
(1955), 96 pp.
Discusses records relating
to Iran, Arabia, Iraq, Lebanon,
Palestine, Syria, and Turkey.
Dates of records: 1818-1948
Size: 5 7/8" x 8 3/4"
(45) The Independence
of Latin American Nations,
comp. by George S. Ulibarri
(1968), 19 pp.
Dates of records: 1810-19130
Size: 5 7/8" x 8 3/4"
(46) Rumania, comp.
by James S. Vivian (1970),
18 pp.
Surveys records relating
to Rumanian history, affairs,
and relationships from the
mid-19th to mid-20th
century.
Size: 6" x 9"
(49) Major Sources
in Customs Bureau Records
for Statistical Data on Exports
and Imports of the United
States to 1900, by Jerome
Finster (1973), 13 pp.
Prepared for the National
Archives conference on Statistical
Reporting, May 27-28, 1968.
Dates of records: 1789-1900
Size: 6" x 9"
(51) Early Business
Statistical Operations of
the Federal Government, by
Meyer H. Fishbein (1973),
35 pp.
Explores the statistics kept
before the development of
modern statistics.
Prepared for the National
Archives conference on Statistical
Reporting, May 27-28, 1968.
Dates of records: 1789-1890
Size: 6" x 9"
(52) National Crime
Reporting, 1930-1967, by
Dorothy H. Gersack (1973),
10 pp.
Details the development of
statistical systems for reporting
crimes.
Prepared for the National
Archives conference on Statistical
Reporting, May 27-28, 1968.
Size: 6" x 9"
(53) Commerce Data
Among State Department Records,
by Milton O. Gustafson (1973),
8 pp.
Prepared for the National
Archives conference on Statistical
Reporting, May 27-28, 1968.
Dates of records: 1789-1946
Size: 6" x 9"
(55) Statistical Data
on the National Wealth and
Money Supply To Be Derived
From Internal Revenue Records,
by Hope K. Holdkamper (1973),
5 pp.
Prepared for the National
Archives conference on Statistical
Reporting, May 27-28, 1968.
Dates of records: 1798-1913
Size: 6" x 9"
(56) The Valuation
Records of the Interstate
Commerce Commission as a
Source of Statistical Data
Relating to American Railroads
During the 19th Century,
by Joseph B. Howerton (1973),
36 pp.
Prepared for the National
Archives conference on Statistical
Reporting, May 27-28, 1968.
Size: 6" x 9"
(58) Economic and
Social Data Among Pre-Federal
Records, by Kathryn M. Murphy
(1973), 10 pp.
Covers a variety of records.
Prepared for the National
Archives conference on Statistical
Reporting, May 27-28, 1968.
Dates of records: Pre-1789
Size: 6" x 9"
(59) Statistics and
Statistical Materials in
the Records of the War Relocation
Authority, by James Paulauskas
(1973), 6 pp.
The War Relocation Authority
was responsible for relocating
Japanese-Americans from the
West Coast. They kept statistical
information on individual
evacuees.
Prepared for the National
Archives conference on Statistical
Reporting, May 27-28, 1968.
Dates of records: 1942-1946
Size: 6" x 9"
(60) Statistical Records
Concerning National Forest
Timber Sales, 1908-37, by
Harold T. Pinkett (1973),
7 pp.
Prepared for the National
Archives conference on Statistical
Reporting, May 27-28, 1968.
Size: 6" x 9"
(62) Cost Determination
Data for World War I Naval
Vessels, by Harry Schwartz
(1973), 12 pp.
Prepared for the National
Archives conference on Statistical
Reporting, May 27-28, 1968.
Dates of records: 1917-1919
Size: 6" x 9"
(68) Cartographic
Records in the National Archives
of the United States Useful
for Urban Studies, by Ralph
E. Ehrenberg (1973), 14 pp.
Includes thematic maps, city
plans, enumeration district
maps and description, real
property surveys, and aerial
photography.
Size: 6" X 9"
(70) Audiovisual
Records in the National Archives
of the United States Relating
to World War II, comp.
by Barbara Burger, William
Cunliffe, Jonathan Heller,
William T. Murphy, and Les
Waffen (rev. 1992), 92 pp.
Size: 6" x 9"
(71) Cartographic
Records in the National Archives
of the United States Relating
to American Indians, comp.
by Laura E. Kelsay (1974),
35 pp.
Describes groups of cartographic
records pertaining to explorations
in the Indian country, locations
of Indian tribes, the settlement
of Indians on reservations
and their loss of land, and
population, transportation,
and industry on the reservations.
Dates of records: 1804-1959
Size: 6" x 9"
(72) Records
and Policies of the Post
Office Department Relating
to Place-Names, comp.
by Arthur Hecht and William
J. Heynen (1975), 16 pp.
Size: 6" X 9"
(75) Agricultural
Maps in the National Archives
of the United States, ca.
1860-1930, comp. by William
J. Heynen (1976), 25 pp.
Discusses Federally produced
maps that may be useful in
researching agricultural
history, historical geography,
and the history of mapping.
Size: 6" x 9"
(78) Records
Relating to Personal Participation
in World War II: "The American
Soldier" Surveys, comp.
by Ben DeWhitt and Heidi
Ziemer (rev. 2007), 34 pp.
Describes a large set of
opinion surveys conducted
among Army personnel during
the war by the Army Research
Branch of the Army Service
Forces.
Size: 6" X 9"
(79) World War II
Records in the Cartographic
and Architectural Branch
of the National Archives (13.74 MB),
comp. by Daryl Bottoms (1992),
87 pp.
Primarily relate to World
War II military activities.
Some other records are included.
Dates of records: 1939-1945
Size: 6" X 9"
(80) Records Relating
to Personal Participation
in World War II: American
Prisoners of War and Civilian
Internees, comp. by Ben DeWhitt
and Jennifer Davis Heaps
(rev. 2008), 181 pp.
Covers records pertaining
to both American military
personnel who were captured
by Axis forces and American
civilians who were detained
by the Axis forces during
World War II.
Size: 6" X 9"
(82) Records
Relating to Personal Participation
in World War II: American
Military Casualties and Burials, comp. by Ben DeWhitt
(1993), 61 pp.
Covers records pertaining
to individuals serving in
the U.S. military services
or contracted by the services
as civilian employees who
were casualties of World
War II. The term casualties
refers both to those who
were wounded and recovered
and those who died.
Size: 6" X 9"
(83)Records in the National Archives—Pacific Sierra Region for the Study of Ethnic History, Out of stock. Available only online.
(90) Records
Relating to American Prisoners
of War and Missing in Action
from the Vietnam War, 1960-94., comp.
by Charles E. Schamel (1996),
127 pp.
Dates of records: ca. 1950-1993
Size: 6" x 9"
(91) Records
Relating to North American
Railroads, comp by David
E. Pfeiffer (2000), 200 pp.
Covers documentation concerning
the railroads and their interaction
with the U.S. Government
from the beginning of railroading
to 1996.
Size: 6" x 9"
(92) Records Relating
to Personal Participation
in World War II: Military
Awards and Decorations, comp.
by Benjamin L. DeWhitt (rev. 2007),
52 pp.
Covers records pertaining
to individuals serving in
the U.S. military services
who received awards and decorations
from those services.
Dates of records: 1941-1945
Size: 6" X 9"
(99) Chinese
Immigration and Chinese in
the United States: Records
in the Regional Archives
of the National Archives
and Records Administration
(1996), 33 pp.
Primarily concerned with
enforcement of the various
Chinese exclusion laws.
Contact NARA's Pacific Region
(San Francisco) for a copy
of this Reference Information
Paper.
Dates of records: ca. 1882-1943
Size: 8 1/2" x 11"
(100) Records
in the National Archives—Pacific
Region for the Study of Science,
Technology, Natural Resources,
and the Environment (1996),
34 pp.
Contact NARA's Pacific Region
(San Francisco) for a copy
of this Reference Information
Paper.
Size: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2"
(101) Records
in the National Archives — Pacific
Sierra Region for the Study
of Labor and Business History
(1996), 20 pp.
Contact NARA's Pacific Region
(San Francisco) for a copy
of this Reference Information
Paper.
(102) Records Relating
to American Prisoners of
War and Missing-in-Action from the Korean Conflict
and During the Cold War Era, comp. by Tim Wehrkamp
(1997), 158 pp.
Includes textual, electronic,
and audiovisual records.
Dates of records:
ca. 1945-1991
Size: 6" X 9"
(More info:
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(103)
The Korean War,
compiled by Rebecca L. Collier (2004) 260 pp.
Dates of Records: 1950-1953
Size: 6" x 9"
(104) Presidential
Libraries Holdings Relating
to Prisoners of War and Missing
in Action, comp. by Dale
C. Mayer (rev. 2007), 114 pp.
Covers World War II, Korea,
The Cold War, the Vietnam War
era, and the Pueblo incident.
Includes personal papers
of the Presidents and Presidential
records.
Size: 6" X 9"
(105) Records of Military Agencies Relating
to African Americans from the Post-World War I Period
to the Korean War(602K), comp. by Lisha B. Penn (2000), Revised 2006,
168 pp.
Size: 6" x 9"
(107)
National Archives Records Relating
to the Cold War, comp. by
Tim Wehrkamp (1998), 36 pp.
Representative records, not
intended to be inclusive.
Dates of records: 1945-91
Size: 6" x 9"
(108) Black Family
Research: Using the Records
of Post-Civil War Federal
Agencies at the National
Archives, comp. by Reginald
Washington (2010), 26 pp.
Describes records of the
Freedmen's Bureau, the Freedman's
Savings and Trust, and the Commissioners of Claims.
Dates of records: 1865-80
Size: 6" x 9"
(109) Military Service Records at the National Archives,
comp. by Trevor K. Plante (2009), 130 pp.
Describes military service records held at the National Archives and Records Administration.
The National Archives is the official repository for records of military personnel who have been discharged from the U.S. Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Navy, and Coast Guard.
Size: 6" x 9"
(110) Using Civilian Records for
Genealogical Research in the National Archives,
Washington, DC, Area, comp by Constance Potter (2004) 34 pp.
Describes records available and how to use them, including
both commonly used and less well known record series.
Dates of records: N/A
Size 6" x 9"
(111) A Guide to Records of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
at the National Archives and Records Administration Pacific Region--San Francisco,
comp by Bill Greene, Bob Glass, and Daniel Nealand, (2004) 48 pp. Describes records
relating to groups and individuals from throughout the Far East. Also describes records documenting
Federal programs and policies.
Dates of Records: 1850–1960
Size 8.5" x 11"
Contact NARA's Pacific Region
(San Francisco) for a copy
of this Reference Information
Paper.
(112)
Federal Records Relating to Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954),
comp. by Walter B. Hill, Jr. and
Trichita M. Chestnut (2004), 34 pp.
Describes records that relate to or assist in the understanding of the landmark 1954
Supreme Court decision that prohibited segregation in public schools.
Dates of records: 1896–1977
Size 6" x 9"
(113) Federal Records Relating to Civil Rights in the Post-World War II Era.
comp. by Walter B. Hill., Jr., and Lisha B. Penn (2006), 390 pp.
Describes textual records of Federal agencies, commissions, and courts that formulated civil rights guidelines, programs, and judicial decisions; housed in NARA's Washington, DC, facilities, regional archives, and Presidential libraries.
Dates of records: 1945–1981
Size: 6" x 9"
(114) Research in the Land Entry Files of the General Land Office (7.81MB).
comp. by Kenneth Hawkins (rev. 2009), 24 pp.
Describes records that document the transfer of public
lands to private ownership.
Dates of records: 1812-1950
Size: 6" x 9"
(115)
The Mauthausen Concentration Camp Complex: World War II and Postwar Records (7.36MB).
comp. by Amy Schmidt and Gudrun Loehrer (2008), 376 pp.
Identifies and describes records developed through wartime intelligence and reconnaissance,
captured during the liberation of the camp, and generated through postwar military investigations
and tribunals.
Dates of Records: 1938–1945
Size: 6" x 9"
(116) Records Relating to Railroads in the Cartographic Section of the National Archives, comp. by Peter F. Brauer (2010), 159 pp.