Online Publications

At this time, due to the magnitude of the task, we cannot provide all NARA publications online. We continually add online publications to this list.

Guides

 

• Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives
   
• Guide to the Holdings of the Still Picture Branch
   
• Holocaust-Era Assets
   
• Guide to the Records of the U.S. House of Representatives at the National Archives, 1789-1989
   
• Guide to the Records of the U.S. Senate at the National Archives
   

 

General Information Leaflets (GIL)

 

• (GIL 3) Select List of Publications of the National Archives and Records Administration
   
• (GIL 17) Citing Records in the National Archives of the United States *
   
• (GIL 26) Cartographic and Architectural Records *
   
• (GIL 34) National Archives Gift Collection Acquisition Policy: Motion Pictures and Sound and Video Recordings *
   
• (GIL 35) National Archives Gift Collection Acquisition Policy: Still Pictures
   
• (GIL 44) National Archives Regional Archives: Rocky Mountain Region
   
• (GIL 45) National Archives Regional Archives: New York City
   
• (GIL 48) National Archives Regional Archives: Great Lakes Region
   
• (GIL 49) National Archives Regional Archives: Central Plains Region
   
• (GIL 50) National Archives Regional Archives: Southwest Region
   
• (GIL 52) National Archives at Seattle
   
• (GIL 55) Using the Census Soundex [1995], 11 pp. (Note: This GIL is out of print. But you can use The Soundex Indexing System for information based on this leaflet.)
   
• (GIL 57) Rules for Using Historical Records in the National Archives
   
• (GIL 60) National Archives at Anchorage
   
• (GIL 67) Research in the Land Entry Files of the General Land Office
   
• (GIL 71) The National Archives in the Nation's Capital -- Information for Researchers
   

 

Microfilm Catalogs

 

• Microfilm Resources for Research: [Search this catalog online.]
   
• The 1790-1890 Federal Population Censuses
   
• The 1900 Federal Population Census
   
• The 1910 Federal Population Census
   
• The 1920 Federal Population Census
   
• American Indians
   
• This publication is available through our online Microfilm Catalog:

 

1. From the main Microfilm Catalog page, click Advanced Search (next to the Search button)
2. In the righthand column, under Subject Catalog, select "American Indians"
3. Enter any related Subject Terms in the line above, such as a territory name
4. Hit "Search"

• Black Studies
   
• This publication is available through our online Microfilm Catalog:
  1. From the main Microfilm Catalog page, click Advanced Search (next to the Search button)
  2. In the righthand column, under Subject Catalog, select "Black Studies"
  3. Enter any related Subject Terms in the line above, such as "freedmen"
  4. Hit "Search"
• Diplomatic Records

  This publication is available through our online Microfilm Catalog:

  1. From the main Microfilm Catalog page, click Advanced Search (next to the Search button)
  2. In the righthand column, under Subject Catalog, select "Diplomatic Records"
  3. Enter any related Subject Terms in the line above, such as a country name
  4. Hit "Search"
• Federal Court Records

  This publication is available through our online Microfilm Catalog:

  1. From the main Microfilm Catalog page, click Advanced Search (next to the Search button)
  2. In the righthand column, under Subject Catalog, select "Federal Court Records"
  3. Enter any related Subject Terms in the line above, such as a district name
  4. Hit "Search"
• Genealogical and Biographical Research
   
• Immigrant & Passenger Arrivals

  This publication is available through our online Microfilm Catalog:

  1. From the main Microfilm Catalog page, click Advanced Search (next to the Search button)
  2. In the righthand column, under Subject Catalog, select "Immigrant & Passenger Arrival"
  3. Enter any related Subject Terms in the line above, such as a city name
  4. Hit "Search"

• Military Service Records

  This publication is available through our online Microfilm Catalog:

  1. From the main Microfilm Catalog page, click Advanced Search (next to the Search button)
  2. In the righthand column, under Subject Catalog, select "Military Service Records"
  3. Enter any related Subject Terms in the line above, such as a state name
  4. Hit "Search"

Reference Information Papers

 

• 70. Audiovisual Records in the National Archives of the United States Relating to World War II
   
• 72. Records and Policies of the Post Office Department Relating to Place Names
   
• 78. Records Relating to Personal Participation in World War II: The "American Soldier" Surveys
   
• 82. Records Relating to Personal Participation in World War II: American Military Casualties and Burials
   
• 83. Records in the National Archives Pacific Sierra Region for the Study of Ethnic History
   
• 90. Records Relating to American Prisoners of War and Missing in Action from the Vietnam War, 1960-1994
   
• 91. Records Relating to North American Railroads
   
• 99. Chinese Immigration and Chinese in the United States: Records in the Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration
   
• 100. Records in the National Archives Pacific Region for the Study of Science, Technology, Natural Resources, and the Environment
   
• 101. Records in the National Archives Pacific Sierra Region for the Study of Labor and Business History
   
• 107. Records Relating to the Cold War
   
• 108. Black Family Research: Using the Records of Post-Civil War Federal Agencies at the National Archives
   
• 112. Federal Records Relating to Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954)

 

Special Lists

 

• 29. List of Selected Maps of States and Territories

 

Records Management Publications

Select Audiovisual Lists

• Select Audiovisual Records: Captured German Sound Recordings
   
• Contemporary African Art from the Harmon Foundation *
   
• Select Audiovisual Records: The Crucial Decade: Voices of the Postwar Era, 1945-54
   
• Photographs of the American West, 1861-1912 *
   
• Pictures of Indians in the United States *
   
• Pictures of African Americans During World War II *
   
• Pictures of the American City *
   
• Pictures of the Civil War*
   
• Pictures of the Revolutionary War *
   
• Pictures of United States Navy Ships, 1775-1941 *
   
• Pictures of World War II *
   
• Sound Recordings: Voices of World War II, 1937-1945

Technical Information Papers

• 6. Preservation of Archival Records: Holdings Maintenance at the National Archives
   
• 8. A National Archives Strategy for the Development and Implementation of Standards for the Creation, Transfer, Access, and Long-Term Storage of Electronic Records of the Federal Government
   
• 12. Digital Imaging and Optical Digital Data Disk Storage Systems: Long-term Access Strategies for Federal Agencies
   
• 13. Archives II, National Archives at College Park: Using Technologies to Safeguard Archival Records