What's New for Researchers
Year 2025
April 2025
Public Notice:
Effective April 28, 2025, the records within the New Deal Agencies Cluster will be temporarily closed to prepare for relocation to the National Archives at Kansas City. A list of those agencies is provided below:
| RG | AGENCY NAME |
| 9 | National Recovery Administration |
| 35 | Civilian Conservation Corps |
| 68 | U.S. Coal Commission |
| 69 | Work Projects Administration |
| 73 | President's Organization on Unemployment Relief |
| 89 | Federal Fuel Distributor |
| 119 | National Youth Administration |
| 133 | Federal Coordinator of Transportation |
| 135 | Public Works Administration |
| 150 | National Bituminous Coal Commission, 1935-1936 |
| 162 | General Records of the Federal Works Agency |
| 222 | Bituminous Coal Division |
| 223 | Office of the Bituminous Coal Consumers' Counsel |
Estimated Closure Date at the National Archives at College Park: April 28, 2025
Estimated Date Available to Researchers at the National Archives at Kansas City: September 8, 2025
Please keep in mind that the dates listed above are an estimate. If there is a significant change to this schedule we will post it in the consultation areas at the National Archives at College Park and the National Archives at Kansas City.
You can check the status of the records by contacting the National Archives at Kansas City via e-mail: kansascity.archives@nara.gov or send a letter to:
National Archives at Kansas City
400 West Pershing Road
Kansas City, MO 64108
Please contact the National Archives at Kansas City at least two business days in advance.
February 2025
Public Notice:
Effective February 10, 2025, the records within the Labor Agencies Cluster will be temporarily closed to prepare for relocation to the National Archives at Kansas City. A list of those agencies is provided below:
| RG | AGENCY NAME |
| 13 | National Mediation Board |
| 25 | National Labor Relations Board |
| 86 | Women's Bureau |
| 100 | Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
| 102 | Children's Bureau |
| 155 | Wage and Hour Division |
| 174 | General Records of the Department of Labor |
| 183 | Office of Employment Security |
| 236 | Wage Adjustment Board |
| 244 | Retraining and Reemployment Administration |
| 254 | Shipbuilding Stabilization Committee |
| 257 | Bureau of Labor Statistics |
| 271 | Office of Workers' Compensation Programs |
| 280 | Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service |
| 293 |
Wage and Salary Stabilization Boards of the Economic Stabilization Agency |
| 300 | Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training |
| 317 | Labor-Management Services Administration |
| 369 | Employment and Training Administration |
| 386 | Employees' Compensation Appeals Board |
| 433 | Mine Safety and Health Administration |
| 448 | General Records of the Employment Standards Administration |
| 455 | Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission |
| 465 | Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation |
| 470 |
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission |
Estimated Closure Date at the National Archives at College Park: February 10, 2025
Estimated Date Available to Researchers at the National Archives at Kansas City: July 1, 2025
Please keep in mind that the dates listed above are an estimate. If there is a significant change to this schedule we will post it in the consultation areas at the National Archives at College Park and the National Archives at Kansas City.
You can check the status of the records by contacting the National Archives at Kansas City in one of the following ways:
E-mail: kansascity.archives@nara.gov
or
Send a letter to:
National Archives at Kansas City
400 West Pershing Road
Kansas City, MO 64108
Please contact the National Archives at Kansas City at least two business days in advance.
Year 2024
November 2024
Public Notice:
Effective December 2, 2024, the records within the World War II Civilian Agencies Cluster will be temporarily closed to prepare for relocation to the National Archives at Kansas City. A list of those agencies is provided below:
| RG | AGENCY NAME |
| 179 | War Production Board |
| 188 | Office of Price Administration |
| 202 | National War Labor Board (World War II) |
| 211 | War Manpower Commission* |
| 245 | Solid Fuels Administration for War |
| 248 | War Shipping Administration |
| 250 | Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion |
| 253 | Petroleum Administration for War |
- Estimated Closure Date at the National Archives at College Park: December 2, 2024
- Estimated Date Available to Researchers at the National Archives at Kansas City: March 20, 2025
*Please note that RG 211 War Manpower Commission is already available in Kansas City.
Please keep in mind that the dates listed above are an estimate. If there is a significant change to this schedule we will post it in the consultation areas at the National Archives at College Park and the National Archives at Kansas City.
You can check the status of the records by contacting the National Archives at Kansas City in one of the following ways:
E-mail: kansascity.archives@
or
Send a letter to:
National Archives at Kansas City
400 West Pershing Road
Kansas City, MO 64108
Please contact the National Archives at Kansas City at least two business days in advance.
October 2024
Public Notice:
Records Move of Records Relating to WWI & WWII Civilian Agencies, Labor, and the New Deal
Numerous Record Groups will be temporarily closed in Fiscal Year 2025 to prepare for relocation to the National Archives at Kansas City. Similar records are already located in the Kansas City area.
Estimated Closure Date at the National Archives at College Park will be on a rolling-basis as Record Groups are prepared for shipment to Kansas City. Notices with additional information about closure dates and estimated reopening dates will be posted as Record Groups are closed.
The National Archives will change the custodial unit to the National Archives at Kansas City, and relocated records stored at College Park to Kansas City for the following list of Record Groups:
| RG | AGENCY NAME |
| 1 | War Labor Policies Board |
| 2 | National War Labor Board (World War I) |
| 3 | U.S. Housing Corporation |
| 4 | U.S. Food Administration |
| 5 | U.S. Grain Corporation |
| 6 | U.S. Sugar Equalization Board, Inc. |
| 9 | National Recovery Administration |
| 13 | National Mediation Board |
| 14 | U.S. Railroad Administration |
| 25 | National Labor Relations Board |
| 35 | Civilian Conservation Corps |
| 61 | War Industries Board |
| 67 | U.S. Fuel Administration |
| 68 | U.S. Coal Commission |
| 69 | Work Projects Administration |
| 73 | President's Organization on Unemployment Relief |
| 86 | Women's Bureau |
| 89 | Federal Fuel Distributor |
| 100 | Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
| 102 | Children's Bureau |
| 119 | National Youth Administration |
| 133 | Federal Coordinator of Transportation |
| 135 | Public Works Administration |
| 150 | National Bituminous Coal Commission, 1935-1936 |
| 154 | War Finance Corporation |
| 155 | Wage and Hour Division |
| 158 | Capital Issues Committee |
| 162 | General Records of the Federal Works Agency |
| 174 | General Records of the Department of Labor |
| 179 | War Production Board |
| 183 | Office of Employment Security |
| 188 | Office of Price Administration |
| 190 | Bureau of War Risk Litigation |
| 194 | War Minerals Relief Commission |
| 202 | National War Labor Board (World War II) |
| 211 | War Manpower Commission |
| 222 | Bituminous Coal Division |
| 223 | Office of the Bituminous Coal Consumers' Counsel |
| 236 | Wage Adjustment Board |
| 244 | Retraining and Reemployment Administration |
| 245 | Solid Fuels Administration for War |
| 248 | War Shipping Administration |
| 250 | Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion |
| 253 | Petroleum Administration for War |
| 254 | Shipbuilding Stabilization Committee |
| 257 | Bureau of Labor Statistics |
| 271 | Office of Workers' Compensation Programs |
| 280 | Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service |
| 293 | Wage and Salary Stabilization Boards of the Economic Stabilization Agency |
| 300 | Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training |
| 317 | Labor-Management Services Administration |
| 369 | Employment and Training Administration |
| 386 | Employees' Compensation Appeals Board |
| 433 | Mine Safety and Health Administration |
| 448 | General Records of the Employment Standards Administration |
| 455 | Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission |
| 465 | Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation |
| 470 | Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission |
July 2024
Public Notice:
Records Move of Federal Communications Commission (RG 173)
Effective July 1, 2024, the records of the Federal Communications Commission (RG 173) will be temporarily closed to prepare for relocation to the National Archives at Kansas City. Similar records are already located in the Kansas City area. The relocation will facilitate more efficient archival research and public access to these records.
Estimated Closure Date at the National Archives at College Park: July 1, 2024
Estimated Date Available to Researchers at the National Archives at Kansas City: October 15th, 2024
Please keep in mind that the dates listed above are an estimate. If there is a significant change to this schedule we will post it in the consultation areas at the National Archives at College Park and the National Archives at Kansas City.
You can check the status of the records by contacting the National Archives at Kansas City in one of the following ways:
E-mail: kansascity.archives@
or
Send a letter to:
National Archives at Kansas City
400 West Pershing Road
Kansas City, MO 64108
Please contact the National Archives at Kansas City at least two business days in advance.
February 2024
- Frequently Asked Questions Related to In-Person Research (revised February 13, 2024)
- Your In-Person Research Experience Matters!
- Frequently Asked Questions Related to In-Person Research (revised February 2, 2024)
Year 2023
May 2023
-
Frequently Asked Questions Related to In-Person Research (revised May 15, 2023)
Year 2022
September 2022
- Frequently Asked Questions Related to Research Room Reopenings (revised September 6, 2022)