Citizen Archivist Missions

Ready to start tagging and transcribing? We've curated these topical missions to help you jump in and contribute! Click on a topic that interests you, and it will bring you right to those historical records in our Catalog. Tagging and transcribing makes these records more accessible to everyone. New missions are added and updated regularly, so check back often to see what’s new.

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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.

Witness Depositions in Support of Seamen's Protection Certificates

Newly digitized! Help transcribe these handwritten witness depositions, filed in 1832 for the port of Newport, Rhode Island. These depositions were created to establish a seamen's American citizenship and provided the basis for issuance of a Seamen's Protection Certificate.

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.

Radium Girls

Transcribe records created and accumulated by the United States Radium Corporation (USRC) and its predecessor the Radium Luminous Material Corporation (RLMC) including records relating to litigation by former employees and the families of former employees seeking compensation for injuries, illnesses, and deaths attributed to exposure to radium and other radioactive substances during employment.

America's Scenic Byways

Tag details in features you find in these photographs of 150 roads located throughout the United States designated as National Scenic Byways or All-American Roads.

 

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!​

• Tupac Amaru Shakur v. City of Oakland, et al.  Transcribe this record.
• Report No. 1: September 10, 1944 - September 16, 1944  Transcribe this record.
• STUDENT AGITATION, 5/9/1967  Transcribe this record.
• Executive Session Hearing of the Subcommittee on Investigations, 7/26/1950  Transcribe this record.
• Businesses in Support of Universal Coverage  Transcribe this record.
• 1987 Seney NWR   Transcribe this record.
• Preliminary Report  Transcribe this record.
• Memorandum Regarding Attached Newspaper Article, 8/29/1975  Transcribe this record.
• United States Marshals Service - Operations Plan 76-2 - Phase II, Boston School Desegregation - Operation Quarterback, 8/1975   Transcribe this record. 
• S. 6873, A Bill to Amend the Act Making Appropriations to the Department of Agriculture for the Fiscal Year Ending June Thirtieth, Nineteen Hundred and Seven, Approved June Thirtieth, Nineteen Hundred and Six, 12/1906 Transcribe this record.
• Tagore and America by J. L. Dees, 1961   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.
• Oswald, Lee Harvey - Post Russian Period - 5 Employment Jan 1964-  Transcribe this record.
• Propaganda Mailed to Brazil from Exiles in Algeria, 12/3/1970   Transcribe this record.
• 501 German Consultants-Education Branch Librarians, 1946-1949 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.
• Activities Reports Transcribe this record.
• USCG Point Glover, 02/01/1967 - 02/28/1967   Transcribe this record.