Highlights from our Holdings at the National Archives at Kansas City

The National Archives at Kansas City holds permanent historical records of federal agencies and the courts dating back to 1789 created or received by federal agencies in Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota, as well as records from across the country, including bankruptcy cases, court of appeals records, alien case files, and patent case files. Some of our most frequently requested records include alien case files, court records, records from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, records from the Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary, and records of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. We invite you to explore a few highlights from our record holdings in the National Archives at Kansas City by following the links below.

Brown v. Board of Education

Opinion from Brown v. Board of Education, 1951

Walt Disney

Exhibit from Laugh-O-Gram Films Bankruptcy Case, 1923

Louis Pasteur

Louis Pasteur's Patent Case File No. 141,072, Improvement in the Manufacture of Beer and Yeast, 1873

Women Ordnance Workers

Women Move into the Wartime Labor Force, 1944

Robert Stroud, The Birdman of Alcatraz

Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary Inmate Case File for Robert Stroud, 1922–1942

Sitting Bull Arrest Letter

Letter Sent by James McLaughlin, Standing Rock Indian Agent, to Lieutenant Bull Head, 1890

Treaty at the Ponca Agency

Treaty between Pawnee and Sioux, January 23, 1863

Will Rogers

Dawes Enrollment Cards for Cherokee, Citizens by blood (BB) for Will Rogers, 1900

Sister Mary John

Enemy Alien Registration Affidavit for Sister Mary John, 1918

 

Dred Scott

Compiled Proceedings in Dred Scott v. John F. A. Sandford, 1853