Online Publications
At this time, due to the magnitude of the task, we cannot provide all NARA publications online. We continually add online publications to this list.
Guides
- Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives
- Guide to the Holdings of the Still Picture Branch
- Holocaust-Era Assets
- Guide to the Records of the U.S. House of Representatives at the National Archives, 1789-1989
- Guide to the Records of the U.S. Senate at the National Archives
General Information Leaflets (GIL)
- (GIL 3) Select List of Publications of the National Archives and Records Administration
- (GIL 17) Citing Records in the National Archives of the United States *
- (GIL 26) Cartographic and Architectural Records *
- (GIL 34) National Archives Gift Collection Acquisition Policy: Motion Pictures and Sound and Video Recordings *
- (GIL 35) National Archives Gift Collection Acquisition Policy: Still Pictures
- (GIL 44) National Archives Regional Archives: Rocky Mountain Region
- (GIL 45) National Archives Regional Archives: New York City
- (GIL 48) National Archives Regional Archives: Great Lakes Region
- (GIL 49) National Archives Regional Archives: Central Plains Region
- (GIL 50) National Archives Regional Archives: Southwest Region
- (GIL 52) National Archives at Seattle
- (GIL 55) Using the Census Soundex [1995], 11 pp. (Note: This GIL is out of print. But you can use The Soundex Indexing System for information based on this leaflet.)
- (GIL 57) Rules for Using Historical Records in the National Archives
- (GIL 60) National Archives at Anchorage
- (GIL 67) Research in the Land Entry Files of the General Land Office
- (GIL 71) The National Archives in the Nation's Capital -- Information for Researchers
Microfilm Catalogs
- Microfilm Resources for Research: [Search this catalog online.]
- The 1790-1890 Federal Population Censuses
- The 1900 Federal Population Census
- The 1910 Federal Population Census
- The 1920 Federal Population Census
- American Indians
This publication is available through our online Microfilm Catalog:- From the main Microfilm Catalog page, click Advanced Search (next to the Search button)
- In the righthand column, under Subject Catalog, select "American Indians"
- Enter any related Subject Terms in the line above, such as a territory name
- Hit "Search"
- Black Studies
This publication is available through our online Microfilm Catalog:- From the main Microfilm Catalog page, click Advanced Search (next to the Search button)
- In the righthand column, under Subject Catalog, select "Black Studies"
- Enter any related Subject Terms in the line above, such as "freedmen"
- Hit "Search"
- Diplomatic Records
This publication is available through our online Microfilm Catalog:
- From the main Microfilm Catalog page, click Advanced Search (next to the Search button)
- In the righthand column, under Subject Catalog, select "Diplomatic Records"
- Enter any related Subject Terms in the line above, such as a country name
- Hit "Search"
- Federal Court Records
This publication is available through our online Microfilm Catalog:
- From the main Microfilm Catalog page, click Advanced Search (next to the Search button)
- In the righthand column, under Subject Catalog, select "Federal Court Records"
- Enter any related Subject Terms in the line above, such as a district name
- Hit "Search"
- Genealogical and Biographical Research
- Immigrant & Passenger Arrivals
This publication is available through our online Microfilm Catalog:
- From the main Microfilm Catalog page, click Advanced Search (next to the Search button)
- In the righthand column, under Subject Catalog, select "Immigrant & Passenger Arrival"
- Enter any related Subject Terms in the line above, such as a city name
- Hit "Search"
- Military Service Records
This publication is available through our online Microfilm Catalog:
- From the main Microfilm Catalog page, click Advanced Search (next to the Search button)
- In the righthand column, under Subject Catalog, select "Military Service Records"
- Enter any related Subject Terms in the line above, such as a state name
- Hit "Search"
Reference Information Papers
- 70. Audiovisual Records in the National Archives of the United States Relating to World War II
- 72. Records and Policies of the Post Office Department Relating to Place Names
- 78. Records Relating to Personal Participation in World War II: The "American Soldier" Surveys
- 82. Records Relating to Personal Participation in World War II: American Military Casualties and Burials
- 83. Records in the National Archives Pacific Sierra Region for the Study of Ethnic History
- 90. Records Relating to American Prisoners of War and Missing in Action from the Vietnam War, 1960-1994
- 91. Records Relating to North American Railroads
- 99. Chinese Immigration and Chinese in the United States: Records in the Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration
- 100. Records in the National Archives Pacific Region for the Study of Science, Technology, Natural Resources, and the Environment
- 101. Records in the National Archives Pacific Sierra Region for the Study of Labor and Business History
- 107. Records Relating to the Cold War
- 108. Black Family Research: Using the Records of Post-Civil War Federal Agencies at the National Archives
- 112. Federal Records Relating to Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954)
Special Lists
Records Management Publications
Select Audiovisual Lists
- Select Audiovisual Records: Captured German Sound Recordings
- Contemporary African Art from the Harmon Foundation *
- Select Audiovisual Records: The Crucial Decade: Voices of the Postwar Era, 1945-54
- Photographs of the American West, 1861-1912 *
- Pictures of Indians in the United States *
- Pictures of African Americans During World War II *
- Pictures of the American City *
- Pictures of the Civil War*
- Pictures of the Revolutionary War *
- Pictures of United States Navy Ships, 1775-1941 *
- Pictures of World War II *
- Sound Recordings: Voices of World War II, 1937-1945
Technical Information Papers
- 6. Preservation of Archival RecordsTechnical Information Paper Number 6, by Mary Lynn Ritzenthaler (1990)
- 8. A National Archives Strategy for the Development and Implementation of Standards for the Creation, Transfer, Access, and Long-Term Storage of Electronic Records of the Federal Government
- 12. Digital Imaging and Optical Digital Data Disk Storage Systems: Long-term Access Strategies for Federal Agencies
- 13. Archives II, National Archives at College Park: Using Technologies to Safeguard Archival Records
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