The Regional Archives at
NARA’s Northeast Region (Boston) is:

® Part of the National Archives and Records Administration
(NARA), the Federal agency that, by law, preserves and
provides access to permanently valuable, noncurrent
Federal records with historical, legal, or fiscal value.

H One of 14 regional NARA facilities where the public
has access to Federal archival records.

A depository and center for research in historical records
from Federal agencies and courts in Maine, New Hampshire,
Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.

@ Acenter for genealogical research.

® A sponsor of programs that educates the public about

archives, history, genealogy, and related subjects.

@ A partner with colleges and universities, historical and
genealogical societies, museums, and other archives.

@ A host for student interns, school groups, and others
who want to learn more about archives.

A national resource in a local setting.

We have:

& More than 28,000 cubic feet of historical records dating
from the 1780s to the 1970s, among them photographs,
maps, and architectural drawings, created or received by
nearly 90 Federal agencies, including Federal courts.

We serve:

®@ Anyone who needs historical information created or
received by the Federal Government —historia:
genealogists, lawyers, scholars, Government officials,
environmentalists, students, and others.

Our records are:

Diverse in content, covering proceedings of Federal
courts in civil, criminal, admiralty, equity, land-taking,
and bankruptcy cases, including case files relating to the
Sedition Act of 1798, and War of 1812 and Civil War prize
cases; New Deal and World War II civilian agencies;
immigration and naturalization; flood control and harbor
improvements; and the development of radar. Of particular
note are materials related to maritime history (whaling,
fishing, and merchant marine activities), including
manifests, crew lists, passenger lists, wreck reports,
vessel logbooks and journals, and records from lifesaving
stations, naval shipyards, and coastal defense sites.

& Filled with the names of notable people and places, among
them Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams,
Supreme Court Justices Joseph Story, Oliver Wendell

Holmes, and Louis Brandeis, author Herman Melville,
statesman Daniel Webster, naval hero Stephen Decatur,
inventor Samuel Slater, singer Maria von Trapp and
numerous Nobel Prize winners; the Cape Cod Canal,
Springfield Armory, Watertown Arsenal, and the
Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project.

Unique evidence of the impact of Federal policies and
programs in the New England States.

If you plan to do research in original records:

lH Call before visiting to ensure that records are available —
866-406-2379 (toll free)

Bring identification such as a driver's license, passport, or
student ID so that we can issue you a researcher's card.

Plan on leaving your personal belongings in convenient
lockers. Laptop computers are permitted.

Our microfilm holdings are:

Of genealogical and local interest — Federal population
censuses for all States, 1790-1930; Revolutionary War
military service records; pension and bounty land warrant
applications; passenger arrival records for Boston, New
York, and other East and Gulf Coast ports; extensive
Freedmen’s Bureau records; selected records relating to
the Eastern Cherokee and the Five Civilized Tribes;
Canadian border entry records, 1895-1954; and records
relating to the appointment of certain Federal officials.

@ Of general historical interest — Territorial papers; the Mathew
Brady Collection of Civil War photographs; German
records captured at the end of World War II; records of
the Salem-Beverly Customs District; the American State
Papers, 1789-1838; and records of U.S. diplomatic
missions, the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, the
Government's administration of Indian affairs,
and the U.S. Supreme Court.

If you plan to do microfilm research:
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Expect to use our self-service microfilm research room
with the aid of volunteers and staff.

@ You may need to visit more than once since research is
time-consuming.
Prepare for your visit by reviewing our web site:

Our home page ~ www.archives.gov/fa
boston. html

ilities/ma/

m NARA home page ~ www.archives.gov
Basics for researchers ~ www.archives.gov/research_room

Guide to our archival holdings ~ www.archives.gov/
facilities/ma/boston/holdings.html

& NARA-wide guide to archival holdings ~
www.archives.gov/ research_room/are/

& NARA-wide guide to microfilm holdings ~
www.archives.gov/research_room/alic/research_tools/
search_microfilm_catalog.html

We welcome your inquiries:

@ Addr NARA-Northeast Region
Frederick C. Murphy Federal Center
380 Trapelo Road
Waltham, Massachusetts 02452-6399
E-mail: waltham.archives@nara.gov

Phone: 866-406-2379 (toll free) Fax: 781-663-0156

We welcome your v

TM Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Wednesdays and Thursdays, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.

lm First and third Saturday of each month, subject to
change due to holidays, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Call or
check our website for specific dates.

Closed Sundays and Federal holidays.
We are located:

@ On Trapelo Road in Waltham, about 11 miles from
downtown Boston.

@ From the Massachusetts Turnpike (Route 90) take

xit 15. Go north on Route 128/I-95 to Trapelo Road,
Exit 28A - Belmont. Follow Trapelo Road for 2.8 miles.
The facility is on the right.

@ From the north take Route 128/1-95 south to Exit 28.
Turn left onto Trapelo Road for 2.8 miles. The facility
is on the right.

@ Take the MBTA commuter rail (Fitchburg line) or
the MBTA bus from Harvard Square, Cambridge
to Waverly Square, Belmont. Take a city bus (runs
hourly) or cab, or walk one mile west on Trapelo Road
to the facility.

If you need photocopies:
Fora fee, our staff will make or arrange for copies of
records and provide certified copies for legal use.

You can use self-service copiers for a fee to make paper

copies from microfilm.
We encourage you to volunteer:
@ To assist genealogical researchers.

To work on archival preservation and other historical
records projects.


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EB Document from Law Sue's Chinese Exclusion Act case file, 1910. RG 85

EE] Oliver Wendell Holmes’ endorsement of Louis D. Brandeis for
admission to the bar, 1880. RG 21

BZ National Youth Administration training, State Teachers College,
Framingham, Massachusetts, 1940. RG 119

HB Notebook used by Edward Mills Purcell, 1952 Nobel Prize winner and a
pioneer in the development of radar at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology's Radiation Laboratory during World War Il. RG 227

[Bl Maria von Trapp’s declaration of intention to become
aU.S.citizen, 1944. RG21

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Records Administration

ensures, for citizens and Federal officials, ready access to
essential evidence that document: hts of American
citizens, the actions of Federal officials, and the national
experience. We establish policies and procedures for
managing U.S.Government records and assist Federal

agencies in documenting their activities, administering
cords management programs, scheduling
fetiring noncurrent records. We appraise, accession,

arrange, describe, preserve, and provide access to the
essential documentation of the three branches of

Government; manage the Presidential Libraries system; and
publish the laws, regulations, and Presidential and other
public documents.

We also administer the Information
Security Oversight Office, which manages Federal
classification and declassification policies, and the National
Historical Publications and Records Commission, which
makes grants nationwide to help nonprofit organizations
to materials that

identify, preserve, and provide act
document American history.

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Archival Holdings at NARA’s Northeast Region
(Boston) include records of the:

Adjutant General's Office, 1917— .........- Record Group 407
. RG 439
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Agricultural Marketing Service . ...

American Revolution Bicentennial

Advunistion: (5. ear a RG 482
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» IOOI-1942 eee RG 392
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1S. (World War II and Thereafter) . . . - RG 338

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RG 118
RG 304
RG 26
RG 381
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RG 21
RG 396
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Army Staff
Attorneys, U.S. . . ao
Civil and Defense Mctiliesdon: Office ce

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Courts of Appeals, U.S.
Customs Service, U.S.

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Emergency Preparedness, Office of .

Employment and Training Administration .

Engineers, Office of the Chief of .

Environmental Protection Agency RG 412
Fair Employment Practice, Committee on RG 228
Farm Credit Administration ....... RG 103
Farm Service Agenc . RG 145
Farmers Home Administration ... .. RG 96
Federal Aviation Administration RG 237

Federal Communications Commission . RG 173

Federal Emergency Management Agency RG 311
Federal Highway Administration sesss RG 406
Federal Property Resources Service .... ties REDON
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Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. ....... RG 22
Food Administration, U.S. ....... RG 4

RG 462
RG 95

Food and Consumer Services . .

Forest Service

General Services Administration ...........

Geological Survey, U.S ae,
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Immigration and Naturalization Service

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Interior, Office of the Secretary of the .
Internal Revenue Service
Marine Corps, U.S.

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National Labor Relations Board 25
National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration ...... RG 370
National Park Service +e2Ge RG 79
National Recovery Administration ......6.-+200e00++ RG 9
National Resources Planning Board ... RG 187
National War Labor Board (World War II) - RG 202
National Youth Administration . RG 119
Natural Resources Conservation Service RG 114

Naval Districts and Shore Establishments .
Naval Operations, Office of the Chief of

Naval Personnel, Bureau of
Ordnance, Office of the Chief of

Petroleum Administration for War ...

RG 156
RG 253
RG 28
RG 188
RG 121

Post Office Department .. .

Price Administration, Office of .

Public Buildings Service

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Public Health Service, 19 facie RG 90
Public Roads, Bureau of ......... a RG 30
Quartermaster General, Office of the eS eee RG 92
Reconstruction Finance Corporation .... : RG 234

RG 414

Regional Committees and Commissions .
Research and Special Programs

Administration (Transportation) ©... 66. 6.00+++ RG 467
Scientific Research and Development,

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Selective Service Syren (World War I) . : .. RG 163
Selective Service ee ee res RG 147
Shipping Board, U.S. .... =. RG 32
Signal Officer, Office of the Chief ........ Tes cunts eee net
Small Business Administration .... : RG 309
Solid Fuels Administration for War ...... SPREE EES (ee |
Surgeon General (Army), Office of the / RG 12
Thrift Supervision, Office of . Tere ee
Transportation, Office of the Chief of ...........+... RG 336
Veterans Administration -RG 15
Wage and Hour Division .....0..0.0e0eeeereeeeees RG 155
Wage and Salary Stabilization Boards

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War Department General and Special Staf

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Yards and Docks, Bureau of

Donated Materials Group
Naturalization Records of Non-Federal Courts
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Boston

Frederick C. Murphy Federal Center
380 Trapelo Road
Waltham, Massachusetts 02452-6399

“Park Street Church, Boston,” linocut by Stanley Scott
for the Federal Art Project, 1939. RG 69

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Boston

Frederick C. Murphy Federal Center
380 Trapelo Road
Waltham, Massachusetts 02452-6399

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Mediterranean passport, signed by President Thomas Jefferson,
guaranteeing safe passage forthe vessel Mount Hope, 1804. RG 36



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captured British vessel and its goods, in Massachusetts, 1815. RG 21

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uttering and publishing certain false, scandalous and seditious libels.
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Rhode Island, 1823. RG 21
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