Records of Boundary and Claims Commissions and Arbitrations (RG 76)

This record group includes records relating to:

• international boundary commissions relating to the U.S. boundary;
   
• international claims in which the United States was a party;
   
• international arbitrations in which the United States acted as arbitrator; and
   
• international arbitrations in which the United States was a party in the dispute.

You can search the National Archives Catalog for entries from RG 76 or see the description in the Guide to Federal Records.  The following finding aids include detailed information and are available in the Research Room.  Finding aids for the small volume of records accessioned after preparation of these finding aids are also in the Research Room.

?RECORDS RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARIES (PI-170)

?RECORDS RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATIONS (NC-155)

?RECORDS RELATING TO CIVIL WAR CLAIMS, UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN (PI-135)

?RECORDS OF UNITED STATES AND MEXICAN CLAIMS COMMISSIONS (PI-136)

?RECORDS RELATING TO UNITED STATES CLAIMS AGAINST THE CENTRAL POWERS (PI-143)

?RECORDS RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS [All others] (PI-177)

Since World War II, most claims by the U.S. Government and by American citizens against foreign countries have been handled by the War Claims Commission (WCC), the International Claims Commission (ICC), and the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission (FCSC).  The records of those organizations are found in RG 299.  For more information, see this reference paper.