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400 West Pershing Road

Kansas City, MO 64108

Phone: 816-268-8000

Fax: 816-268-8038

Email: kansascity.archives@nara.gov

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The research room at the National Archives at Kansas City is closed due to an increase in COVID-19 cases in Jackson County, MO. Once public health conditions improve and we are able to reopen the research room we will update our website with additional information.

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RESEARCHER NOTICE:

Records Transferred to the Custody of the National Archives at Kansas City
Effective June 25, 2021, custody of the attached series of records will transfer from the National Archives at New York City to the National Archives at Kansas City. All future reference requests will be handled by the staff in Kansas City. Any requests to use the records in person will be conducted in the research room in Kansas City and require two business days advance notice.* Reference requests should be submitted to: kansascity.archives@nara.gov

The affected records have been stored in the Kansas City area for over 15 years and Kansas City staff have been assisting with reference requests on the records for the past 10 years. The change in custody ensures that all necessary records accessioning, processing, description, preservation, and reference services can take place at the location where the records are housed.

*In person use of records in the research room is dependent upon the re-opening of the research room which is currently closed due to the COVID-19 public health emergency.

Closed Records at the National Archives at Kansas City
U.S. Navy and Coast Guard deck logs related to the Vietnam Era will be closed for research due to a digitization agreement with the Department of Veterans Affairs.

The following records at the National Archives at Kansas City will close on October 28, 2019:

RG 26, Logbooks of U.S. Coast Guard Stations and Vessels, 1960-1975

Individual deck logs will be made available for research as soon as possible after they are digitized. NARA expects the digitization to be complete in early 2020. The digitization is necessary to support the processing of claims by veterans and will also support greater public access.

Records Move of RG 276 from Chicago to Kansas City
Records Move of RG 276 to Kansas City: Staff at the National Archives at Chicago are moving approximately 10,364 cubic feet of Court of Appeals records to the Kansas City area. The records from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit are now completely relocated to the National Archives at Kansas City. The records from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit will remain at the National Archives at Chicago until further notice. Learn more

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