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DoS Records at the National Archives and Records Administration
(NARA)
Record Groups
The National Archives and Records Administration maintains the permanent
historical records of the Federal government in numbered record groups.
Listed below are the major record groups containing State Department records.
NARA
holdings lists information on all of NARA's records groups.
| Group |
Description |
| RG
59 |
General
Records of the Department of State. Includes Central files, Lot
files and numerous special collections. |
| RG
84 |
Records
of the Foreign Service Posts of the Department of State. |
| RG
43 |
Records
of International Conferences, Commissions, and Expositions. Particularly
valuable for conferences and foreign ministers’ meetings
in the W.W.II and postwar periods. |
| RG
76 |
Records
of Boundary and Claims Commissions and Arbitrations. |
| RG
256 |
Records
of the American Commission to Negotiate Peace. A single item of
unique importance, this RG pertains to the Paris Peace Conference
of 1919. |
Additional Record Groups
The following are additional record groups for other foreign affairs
agencies or organizations which may contain significant State Department
material.
| Group |
Description |
| RG
169 |
Records
of the Foreign Economic Administration. |
| RG
217 |
Records
of the Accounting Officers of the Treasury Department. |
| RG
220 |
Records
of Temporary Boards, Commissions and Committees. |
| RG
273 |
Records
of the National Security Council. |
| RG
286 |
Records
of the Agency for International Development. |
| RG
306 |
Records
of the U.S. Information Agency. |
| RG
353 |
Records
of the Department of State, Interdepartmental and Intradepartmental
Committees. [Among items of special importance in this Group are
certain records of the State-War-Navy Coordinating Committee (1944-1949)
and of the Central Intelligence Group (1946-1947).] |
| RG
364 |
Records
of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. |
| RG
383 |
Records
of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. |
| RG
466 |
Records
of the U.S. High Commission for Germany. |
| RG
475 |
Records
of the American Institute in Taiwan. |
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