Citizen Archivist Missions

We've curated these missions to help you jump in and contribute! Click on a topic that interests you, and it will bring you right to those records in our Catalog where you can begin transcribing or tagging. New missions are added and updated regularly, so check back often to see what’s new.

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Citizen Archivist Road Trip

We're traveling the country this summer to bring you a series of citizen archivist missions from each National Archives field office. Join us for each stop on our Road Trip to discover incredible records from across the National Archives. Check back each week as we feature a different location.

Eleventh stop: New York!

The National Archives at New York holds the permanent records created by Federal agencies and courts in the following states: New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

This week, you can help us tag and transcribe records relating to fugitive slaves, passenger arrival records, criminal case files, and much more!

Ponca

Help transcribe the records of deceased Ponca allottees. The cards include the name, sex, birth and death dates, tribal information, and marriage data.

Records of Divisions, 1917 - 1920

Transcribe unit histories, station lists, operations reports, messages, field orders, correspondence, general orders, special orders, bulletins, and memorandums that document the service of each American Expeditionary Forces combat division during its participation in World War I.

Road Trip Memories

For the past few weeks we've been visiting National Archives field offices. As we move to each new location, there are still records left to transcribe. Join us by transcribing the remaining records from past stops on our virtual road trip.

Alger Hiss

Transcribe papers filed with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in the criminal proceedings of United States of America v. Alger Hiss.

The Hesse Crown Jewels Case

Help us transcribe transcripts and other records of the courts-martial of Kathleen Nash Durant, David F. Watson, and Jack W. Durant relating to the theft of the Hesse Crown Jewels.

Nuremberg Trials

Transcribe pretrial interrogation transcripts, summaries and other pertinent records for nearly 200 individuals who were questioned by the Interrogation Division of the U.S. Chief of Counsel for the Prosecution of Axis Criminality (OCCPAC). These interrogations were for the benefit of the U.S. prosecution staff at Nuremberg. The persons questioned included not only defendants before the Tribunal but also friendly and unfriendly witnesses.

1970s America

Tag details and features in photographs taken for the EPA's Documerica program.

 

Amnesty Papers

Transcribe these case files of application from former Confederates for pardon and amnesty in response to President Andrew Johnson's proclamation of May 29, 1865. The individual files often contain considerable information on a pardon applicant's background, his activities during the war years, and his attitude in defeat.

Don't Leave Us Hanging

Help us complete these records that have not been fully transcribed.

 

World War I Missions

As we commemorate the U.S. entry into the Great War, we ask for your help tagging and transcribing a rotating offering of records.  All of these contributions help make the records of the National Archives more discoverable. Visit the National Archives' World War I Centennial page to learn more about the war.

Training the Soldier

Tag details and features in these photographs of soldiers training for war.

Casualties of the American Expeditionary Forces

This mission contains lists of WWI casualties from each state. Can you help transcribe your state?

 

Featured Records

Jump in and help us transcribe these individual records. Documenting events throughout United States history, you are sure to find something new and interesting in these featured records!​

• Deposition of William Newby from the case of United States v. Daniel Benton, alias William Newby., 1/4/1892 Transcribe this record.
• Official Military Personnel File of Marvin Pentz Gay Jr. Transcribe this record.
• Interagency Craft Committee  Transcribe this record.
• Annual Report of the Provost Marshal General, November 15, 1864  Transcribe this record.
• 1342885 - Method of Receiving High Frequency Oscillations - Edwin Armstrong  Transcribe this record.
• Program Planning Report, Project 1794 Extension Program, 4/1957  Transcribe this record.
• Printed Copy of Documents Entered into Evidence in the Case of People of the State of Illinois v. Illinois Central Railroad Company and City of Chicago, 6/2/1887  Transcribe this record.
• Final Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce, 8/31/1951   Transcribe this record.
• Oswald, Lee Harvey - Post Russian Period - 5 Employment Jan 1964-  Transcribe this record.
• Wed: Wedge, D. THRU Weizard, Hester  Transcribe this record.
• Point Hope, Alaska Transcribe this record.
• 501 German Consultants-Education Branch Librarians, 1946-1949 Transcribe this record.
• CCC - Safety, R-10  Transcribe this record.
• Space Medals 12/17/97  Transcribe this record.
• 1203495 - Vacuum Tube - William D. Coolidge  Transcribe this record.
• Printed Copy of Documents Entered into Evidence in the Case of People of the State of Illinois v. Illinois Central Railroad Company and City of Chicago, 6/2/1887 Transcribe this record.
• Brief History of the Kischineff Petition together with Classification, Analysis, and List of Signatures by the Independent Order B'nai B'rith, 1903 Transcribe this record.
• USCG Point Glover, 02/01/1967 - 02/28/1967   Transcribe this record.
• 206-01 Combat Artist Team I 1966  Transcribe this record.