National Archive-www.archives.gov The National Archives was established in 1934 by President Franklin Roosevelt, but its major holdings date back to 1775.They capture the sweep of the past: slave ship manifests and the Emancipation Proclamation; captured German records and the Japanese surrender documents from World War II; journals of polar expeditions and photographs of Dust Bowl farmers; Indian treaties making transitory promises; and a richly bound document bearing the bold signature "Bonaparte"—the Louisiana Purchase Treaty that doubled the territory of the young republic.

NARA keeps only those Federal records that are judged to have continuing value—about 2 to 5 percent of those generated in any given year. By now, they add up to a formidable number, diverse in form as well as in content. There are approximately 9 billion pages of textual records; 7.2 million maps, charts, and architectural drawings; more than 20 million still photographs; billions of machine-readable data sets; and more than 365,000 reels of film and 110,000 videotapes. All of these materials are preserved because they are important to the workings of Government, have long-term research worth, or provide information of value to citizens.

Physical Locations

Alaska

* Anchorage - NARA's Pacific Alaska Region (Anchorage)
(Archival Research Room, Microfilm Research Room, Records Center Research Room - requires originating agency approval)

Arkansas

* Little Rock - William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum

California

* Laguna Niguel - NARA's Pacific Region (Laguna Niguel)
(Archival Research Room, Microfilm Research Room)
* Riverside - NARA's Pacific Region (Riverside, CA)
(Records Center Research Room - requires originating agency approval)
* San Francisco (San Bruno) - NARA's Pacific Region (San Francisco)
(Archival Research Room, Microfilm Research Room, Records Center Research Room - requires originating agency approval)
* Simi Valley - Ronald Reagan Library
* Yorba Linda - Richard Nixon Library

Colorado

* Denver - NARA's Rocky Mountain Region
(Archival Research Room, Microfilm Research Room, Records Center Research Room - requires originating agency approval)

District of Columbia (See also Maryland)

* National Archives Building
(Archival Research Room, Microfilm Research Room)
* The Federal Register
(Research Room for Federal Register documents only)
* HABS/HAER Division, National Park Service
(A NARA Affiliated Archives with an Archival Research Room)
* Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division
(A NARA Affiliated Archives with an Archival Research Room)

Georgia

* Atlanta - NARA's Southeast Region
(Archival Research Room, Microfilm Research Room, Records Center Research Room - requires originating agency approval)
* Atlanta - Jimmy Carter Library and Museum

Illinois

* Chicago - NARA's Great Lakes Region (Chicago)
(Archival Research Room, Microfilm Research Room, Records Center Research Room - requires originating agency approval)

Iowa

* West Branch - Herbert Hoover Library

Kansas

* Abilene - Dwight D. Eisenhower Library
* Lenexa - NARA's Central Plains Region (Lenexa)
(Records Center Research Room - requires originating agency approval)

Maryland (See also District of Columbia)

* Annapolis - William W. Jeffries Memorial Archives, U.S. Naval Academy
(A NARA Affiliated Archives with an Archival Research Room)
* College Park - National Archives at College Park
(Archival Research Room, Microfilm Research Room)
* College Park - Nixon Library
* Suitland - Washington National Records Center
(Records Center Research Room - requires originating agency approval)

Massachusetts

* Boston - John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library
* Pittsfield - NARA's Northeast Region (Pittsfield)
(Microfilm Research Room, Records Center Research Room - requires originating agency approval)
* Waltham - NARA's Northeast Region (Boston)
(Archival Research Room, Microfilm Research Room, Records Center Research Room - requires originating agency approval)

Michigan

* Ann Arbor - Gerald R. Ford Library
* Grand Rapids - Gerald R. Ford Museum

Missouri

* Independence - Harry S. Truman Library
* Kansas City - NARA's Central Plains Region (Kansas City)
(Archival Research Room, Microfilm Research Room, Records Center Research Room - requires originating agency approval)
* Lee's Summit - NARA's Central Plains Region (Lee's Summit)
(Records Center Research Room - requires originating agency approval)
* St. Louis - National Personnel Records Center

New Mexico

* Santa Fe, NM - State Records Center & Archives
(A NARA Affiliated Archives with an Archival Research Room)

New York

* Hyde Park - Franklin D. Roosevelt Library
* New York - NARA's Northeast Region (New York City)
(Archival Research Room, Microfilm Research Room)
* West Point, NY - U.S. Military Academy Archives
(A NARA Affiliated Archives with an Archival Research Room)

Ohio

* Dayton - NARA's Great Lakes Region (Dayton)
(Records Center Research Room - requires originating agency approval)

Oklahoma

* Oklahoma City, OK - Oklahoma Historical Society
(A NARA Affiliated Archives with an Archival Research Room)

Pennsylvania

* Harrisburg - Pennsylvania State Archives, Bureau of Archives & History
(A NARA Affiliated Archives with an Archival Research Room)
* Philadelphia - NARA's Mid Atlantic Region (Center City Philadelphia)
(Archival Research Room, Microfilm Research Room)
* Philadelphia - NARA's Mid Atlantic Region (Northeast Philadelphia)
(Records Center Research Room - requires originating agency approval)

Texas

* Austin - Lyndon Baines Johnson Library
* College Station - George Bush Library
* Fort Worth - NARA's Southwest Region
(Archival Research Room, Microfilm Research Room, Records Center Research Room - requires originating agency approval)

Washington (State)

* Seattle - NARA's Pacific Alaska Region (Seattle)
(Archival Research Room, Microfilm Research Room, Records Center Research Room - requires originating agency approval)

Wyoming

* Yellowstone National Park Archives
(A NARA Affiliated Archives with an Archival Research Room)