Term Paper presentation, limited to 5 minutes, of an overview of the National Archives and Records Administration, including details of the collections of the NARA Southeast Regional Branch.

1. A Presentation By
Paul Ament-Gjenvick
21 November 2011

2. Interesting Facts NARA
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 Established in 1934 by Congress to Centralize
Federal Record Keeping under President Franklin
Roosevelt
 NARA keeps only about 2-5 percent of all Federal
records generated each year
 Holdings include over 9 billion pages of textual
records; 7.2 million maps, charts, and architectural
drawings; more than 20 million still photographs;
more than 365k reels of film and 110k videotapes

3. NARA Southeast Branch
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4. Accessions Last 10 Years
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 Annually, NARA accessions approximately 50,000
cubic feet of records in the Washington, DC area and
about 36,000 cubic feet into the 13 regional archives
 Record Group 21: Records of District Courts of the
United States (AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN) is
the largest in terms of Total Cubic Feet and Number
of Accessions over the last decade (1 July 2001 – 31
July 2011)

5. Top 6 Record Groups Based on
Number of Accessions
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RG 21: Records of District Courts of the United
States (AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN)
RG 142: Records of the Tennessee Valley
Authority
RG 255: Records of the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
RG 442: Records of the Centers for Disease
Control
RG 100: Records of the Occupational Safety and
Health Administration
RG 121: Records of the Public Buildings Service
All other records

6. Top 6 Record Groups Based
on Cubic Feet of Accessions
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NARA Accessions Based on Total CF
RG 21: Records of District Courts of the United States
RG 147: Records of the Selective Service System, 1940–
RG 142: Records of the Tennessee Valley Authority
RG 181: Records of Naval Districts and Shore
Establishments
RG 255: Records of the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
RG 578: Records of the United States Bankruptcy
Courts
All Others

7. Genealogical Research
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8. NARA SE Genealogy
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 Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
 WWI Draft Registration Cards (1917-1918)
 Tennessee Valley Authority (The Great
Depression)
 The Tuskegee Study (1930s-1972)
 Civil War Documents
 Women’s Work in War Industries
 U.S. Censuses (Microfilm)
 Passenger Lists (Microfilm)

9. Research NARA Online
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 Archival Research Catalogue (ARC)
 Access to Archival Databases (AAD)
 Federal Records Guide
 Microfilm Catalogue
 Online Public Access

10. This has been a production of Paul Ament-
Gjenvick. Read the complete Term Paper at
www.ArchivalStudies.com
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