Records of Boundary and Claims Commissions and Arbitrations (RG 76)
This record group (RG) includes records relating to:
- international 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 about the records and are available in the Research Room and online at the following links.
- 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) [In process.]
- 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 about that record group, see this reference paper.
The following are two claims programs handled by the Department of State outside the frameworks of the FCSC: