1.A Presentation ByPaul Ament-Gjenvick21 November 2011

2. Interesting Facts NARA Established in 1934 by Congress to CentralizeFederal Record Keeping under President FranklinRoosevelt NARA keeps only about 2-5 percent of all Federalrecords generated each year Holdings include over 9 billion pages of textualrecords; 7.2 million maps, charts, and architecturaldrawings; more than 20 million still photographs;more than 365k reels of film and 110k videotapes 3. NARA Southeast Branch 4. Accessions Last 10 Years Annually, NARA accessions approximately 50,000cubic feet of records in the Washington, DC area andabout 36,000 cubic feet into the 13 regional archives Record Group 21: Records of District Courts of theUnited States (AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN) isthe largest in terms of Total Cubic Feet and Numberof Accessions over the last decade (1 July 2001 31July 2011) 5. Top 6 Record Groups Based onNumber of Accessions 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 Basedon Cubic Feet of AccessionsNARA Accessions Based on Total CFRG 21: Records of District Courts of the United StatesRG 147: Records of the Selective Service System, 1940RG 142: Records of the Tennessee Valley AuthorityRG 181: Records of Naval Districts and ShoreEstablishmentsRG 255: Records of the National Aeronautics andSpace AdministrationRG 578: Records of the United States BankruptcyCourtsAll Others 7. Genealogical Research 8. NARA SE Genealogy Atlanta Federal Penitentiary WWI Draft Registration Cards (1917-1918) Tennessee Valley Authority (The GreatDepression) The Tuskegee Study (1930s-1972) Civil War Documents Womens Work in War Industries U.S. Censuses (Microfilm) Passenger Lists (Microfilm) 9. Research NARA Online 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 atwww.ArchivalStudies.com Copyright 2011. All Rights Reserved.