Highlights from our Holdings at the National Archives at San Francisco

The National Archives at San Francisco holds permanent historical records dating back to the 1850s, created by federal agencies and courts in northern and central California, Nevada (except for Clark County), Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, Navy bases in the Pacific, and the former Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Our records are a major primary resource for the study of Asian-Pacific immigration, environmental and natural history, naval and military activity in the Pacific, the Native American experience, and many other aspects of U.S. history.

We invite you to explore a few highlights from our record holdings in the National Archives at San Francisco by following the links below.

Opinions of Judges Lorenzo Sawyer and Matthew P. Deady, 1884

Civil Case No. 2900, Edwards Woodruff v. North Bloomfield Mining Company

Warrant of Arrest for Archy Lee, March 17, 1858

Stovall v. Archy, a Slave, U.S. Commissioner (San Francisco)

Bruce Lee's Application for Preinvestigation, March 5, 1931

Return Certificate Application Case File of Chinese Departing (12017/53752)

Certificate of Residence for Lee Kam Ngan, 1901

Duplicate Chinese Certificates of Residence, June 13, 1901

USS Arizona, Man Emerging from Turret #3, October 24, 1942

U.S. Navy Salvage Photographs, December 1, 1941-1946

Chuckachancy Woman and her Child, ca. 1920

Survey of Fresno and Madera Counties by L. D. Creel, ca. 1920-ca. 1930

Departure Statement of Wong Kim Ark, 1894

U.S. Admiralty Case, “In the matter of Wong Kim Ark for a writ of habeas corpus”

George B. "Machine Gun" Kelly (AZ-117) 

Alcatraz Warden's Notebook Page, 1934-1963

Application and Receipt for Certificate of Identity for Tyrus Wong

Look, Tai Yow - Case Number: 19817/3-19 - Ship of Arrival: CHINA

"U.S. Mint at Frisco Makes Coins for China," ca. 1935

San Francisco Mint Photographs, ca. 1885-ca. 1938

Motion to Vacate and Dismiss, Fred T. Korematsu, 1983

United States v. Korematsu and Korematsu v. United States

Yeomanettes at their Barracks, Mare Island Naval Yard, ca. 1918

Subject Files, ca. 1854-ca. 1996.

Jiggs Community Watershed Map, Elko County, NV, 1956

Report Submitted by Dean M. Sachs, Range Conservationist, September 7, 1956

Letter from Luis W. Alvarez to his Son Walter, August 6, 1945

Describing the bombing of Hiroshima, Japan from the Luis W. Alvarez Papers