United States government agency
The
National Archives and Records Administration
(
NARA
) is an
independent agency of the United States government
within the executive branch,
[4]
charged with the preservation and documentation of government and historical records. It is also tasked with increasing public access to those documents that make up the National Archives.
[5]
NARA is officially responsible for maintaining and publishing the legally authentic and authoritative copies of
acts of Congress
,
presidential directives
, and federal regulations. NARA also transmits votes of the
Electoral College
to Congress.
[6]
It also examines Electoral College and
constitutional amendment
ratification documents for prima facie legal sufficiency and an authenticating signature.
[7]
The National Archives, and its publicly exhibited
Charters of Freedom
, which include the original
United States Declaration of Independence
,
United States Constitution
,
United States Bill of Rights
, and many other historical documents, is headquartered in the
National Archives Building
in Washington, D.C.
Organization
[
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The mission of the National Archives is:
We drive openness, cultivate public participation, and strengthen our nation's democracy through equitable public access to high-value government records.
The work of the National Archives is dedicated to two main functions: public engagement and federal records and information management. The National Archives administers 15
Presidential Libraries and Museums
, a museum in Washington, D.C. that displays the Charters of Freedom, and 15 research facilities across the country.
[8]
The agency's online catalog makes available over 160 million records ranging from before the start of the republic to the modern government. However, the digitized records represent only a small fraction of the over 13 billion pages in the holdings of the National Archives.
[9]
The National Archives governs federal records and information policy for the executive branch and preserves and makes available the records of the judicial and legislative branches. Agencies in the executive branch are required by the
Federal Records Act
to follow approved records schedules. All records maintained by the executive branch must be properly identified by NARA and authorized for eventual destruction or appraised to be of permanent historical or legal value to be preserved and made available to the public. Only 2 to 3 percent of records created by the federal government are deemed to be of permanent value. The
Presidential Records Act
mandates that all records created by the
Executive Office of the President
are to be preserved and transferred to the National Archives at the end of a president's administration.
[10]
[3]
[11]
The
Archivist of the United States
is the chief official overseeing the operation of the National Archives and Records Administration. The Archivist not only maintains the official documentation of the passage of
amendments
to the
U.S. Constitution
by state legislatures, but has the authority to declare when the constitutional threshold for passage has been reached, and therefore when an act has become an amendment.
The
Office of the Federal Register
publishes the
Federal Register
,
Code of Federal Regulations
, and
United States Statutes at Large
, among others. It also administers the
Electoral College
.
The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC)?the agency's grant-making arm?awards funds to state and local governments, public and private archives, colleges and universities, and other nonprofit organizations to preserve and publish historical records. Since 1964, the NHPRC has awarded some 4,500 grants.
The Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) is a
Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA) resource for the public and the government. Congress has charged NARA with reviewing FOIA policies, procedures, and compliance of federal agencies and to recommend changes to FOIA. NARA's mission also includes resolving FOIA disputes between federal agencies and requesters.
History
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Originally, each branch and agency of the U.S. government was responsible for maintaining its own documents, which often resulted in the loss and destruction of records.
Congress
created the National Archives Establishment in 1934 to centralize federal record-keeping, with the
Archivist of the United States
serving as chief administrator.
R. D. W. Connor
was chosen to be the first leader of the organization.
[12]
After a recommendation by the first
Hoover Commission
in 1949, the National Archives was placed within the newly formed
General Services Administration
(GSA). NARA was officially given its independence from the GSA with the passing of the Records Administration Act of 1984, thus giving birth to the institution that exists today.
[13]
In December 1978, millions of feet of newsreels were destroyed in a
fire at an offsite location
in
Suitland, Maryland
.
[14]
The reels, made of exceptionally flammable nitrate material, had been donated previously by Universal Pictures and were stored in special vaults intended to protect against fires. In total over 12.6 million feet of film was destroyed.
[14]
In March 2006, it was revealed by the Archivist of the United States in a public hearing that a memorandum of understanding between NARA and various government agencies existed to "reclassify", i.e., withdraw from public access, certain documents in the name of national security, and to do so in a manner such that researchers would not be likely to discover the process (the
U.S. reclassification program
).
[15]
An audit indicated that more than one third withdrawn since 1999 did not contain sensitive information.
[16]
The program was originally scheduled to end in 2007.
In 2008 the NARA announced that they would not be archiving government websites during
transition
, after carrying out such crawls in 2000 and 2004. The
End of Term Web Archive
was established in response to this.
[17]
[18]
In 2010,
Executive Order 13526
created the National Declassification Center
[19]
to coordinate
declassification
practices across agencies, provide secure document services to other agencies, and review records in NARA custody for declassification.
A 2022 report by the
National Security Archive
revealed that the National Archives budget (when adjusted for inflation) has not increased since 1991 despite the exponential growth of electronic records created by the federal government.
[20]
Trump Administration
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Under the
Trump Administration
, the National Archives had significant difficulty maintaining historical records as the President would often rip, flush, and otherwise discard records,
[21]
[22]
[23]
which would then have to be reconstructed and reclaimed by White House and NARA archivists. Additionally, according to multiple former staff the President would ask to keep certain records that otherwise would be returned.
[24]
[25]
As part of its role in receiving and authenticating
Electoral College
votes, the agency intercepted and rejected forged certificates of ascertainment from Trump allies in seven states who were strategizing
to overturn the 2020 presidential election
.
[26]
[27]
Upon leaving office in 2021,
Donald Trump
delayed providing material to the National Archives in accordance with the Presidential Records Act. In February 2022, U.S. Attorney General
Merrick Garland
announced that the National Archives had notified the
Justice Department
that it found classified documents within boxes provided to them from the former-president
Donald Trump's
residence at
Mar-a-Lago
.
[28]
After further investigation, the
Federal Bureau of Investigation
executed a warrant for a
search of the residence
in August 2022.
[29]
[30]
List of Archivists
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Records
[
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]
NARA's holdings are classed into "record groups" reflecting the governmental department or agency from which they originated.
[31]
Records include paper documents,
microfilm
, still pictures, motion pictures, and electronic media.
Archival descriptions of the permanent holdings of the federal government in the custody of NARA are stored in the National Archives Catalog.
[32]
The archival descriptions include information on traditional paper holdings, electronic records, and artifacts.
[33]
As of December 2012,
[update]
the catalog consisted of about 10
billion
logical data records describing 527,000 artifacts and encompassing 81% of NARA's records.
[34]
There are also 922,000 digital copies of already digitized materials.
[34]
Most records at NARA are in the
public domain
, as works of the federal government are excluded from
copyright
protection. However, records from other sources may still be protected by copyright or donor agreements.
[35]
Executive Order 13526
directs originating agencies to declassify documents if possible before shipment to NARA for long-term storage,
[36]
but NARA also stores some
classified documents
until they can be
declassified
. Its
Information Security Oversight Office
monitors and sets policy for the U.S. government's security classification system.
Genealogical requests
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Most people who access records at NARA are
genealogists
or family historians.
[37]
While many records are available online through the
National Archives Catalog
, individuals can also request paper copies and microfilm scans. When applicable, the catalog will indicate a document's physical location in a
National Archives facility
.
Census
records are among the most frequently requested at NARA, with the oldest entries from 1790.
[38]
These records often contain information such as addresses and names of family members. However, all pieces of
personal data
are restricted for 72 years after collection; prior to then,
federal agencies
can only access statistical data.
[39]
The newest unrestricted census is from 1950 and was released to the general public in April 2022. The subsequent census from 1960 will be released in April 2032.
NARA has also collaborated with
Ancestry.com
,
Fold3.com
, and
Familysearch.org
to scan microfilms and documents of genealogical interest.
[40]
These digitization partners have expanded the number of genealogical sources on their respective websites, such as ship passenger lists and military records. NARA will eventually offer free access to all digitized sources through the National Archives Catalog.
[41]
However, many file collections are not available for public viewing either through NARA or affiliate websites. This includes
naturalization
records and
vital records
that reveal extensive personal data. Depending on a requestor's verifiable relation to a subject of interest, restricted files may be obtainable under the
Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA).
[42]
Since 2005, NARA has held annual Genealogy Fairs with guest speakers and research workshops.
[43]
These events are free of charge and are designed for interested individuals of any skill level. Materials from past Genealogy Fairs are available on the National Archives website.
Founders Online
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In 2010, the Archives, in a cooperative agreement with the
University of Virginia Press
, created
Founders Online
, a website for providing free public access to the papers and letters of seven of the nation's most influential founders:
John Adams
,
Benjamin Franklin
,
Alexander Hamilton
,
John Jay
,
Thomas Jefferson
,
James Madison
, and
George Washington
.
[44]
[45]
Launched three years later, in 2013, the website currently provides access to a database of 185,000 digitized documents that have been annotated through founding fathers papers projects at five university presses over the past 50 years.
[46]
In addition to the University of Virginia's, the presses include those at
Columbia
,
Harvard
,
Princeton
, and
Yale
.
[47]
Archival Recovery Team
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In 2006, the NARA's Office of the Inspector General created the
Archival Recovery Team
to investigate thefts and recover records stolen from the archive's collections.
[48]
Responsibility for non-law enforcement recovery activities has since been transferred to the NARA Office of the Chief Operating Officer.
[49]
Facilities and exhibition spaces
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The most well-known facility of the National Archives and Records Administration is the
National Archives Building
(informally known as "Archives I"), located north of the
National Mall
on
Constitution Avenue
in
Washington, D.C.
A sister facility, known as the
National Archives at College Park
("Archives II") was opened in 1994 near the
University of Maryland, College Park
. The
Washington National Records Center
(WNRC), also located in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, is a large warehouse facility where federal records that are still under the control of the creating agency are stored. Federal government agencies pay a yearly fee for storage at the facility. In accordance with federal records schedules, documents at WNRC are transferred to the legal custody of the National Archives after a certain time; this usually involves a relocation of the records to College Park. Temporary records at WNRC are either retained for a fee or destroyed after retention times have elapsed. WNRC also offers research services and maintains a small research room.
Across the United States, the National Archives maintains both research facilities and additional federal records centers (FRCs). In many cases, the research rooms of regional archives are located at the same site as the federal records center, which is inaccessible to the public.
In April 2019 an unknown person set fire to an exterior wall of the archives building using a homemade incendiary device before firefighters were able to extinguish the flames.
[50]
Public?private partnerships
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In an effort to make its holdings more widely available and more easily accessible, the National Archives began entering into public?private partnerships in 2006. A joint venture with
Google
will digitize and offer NARA video online. When announcing the agreement, Archivist Allen Weinstein said that this pilot program is
... an important step for the National Archives to achieve its goal of becoming an archive without walls. Our new strategic plan emphasizes the importance of providing access to records anytime, anywhere. This is one of many initiatives that we are launching to make our goal a reality. For the first time, the public will be able to view this collection of rare and unusual films on the Internet.
[51]
On January 10, 2007, the National Archives and Fold3.com (formerly Footnote)
[52]
launched a pilot project to digitize historic documents from the National Archives holdings. Allen Weinstein explained that this partnership would "allow much greater access to approximately 4.5 million pages of important documents that are currently available only in their original format or on microfilm" and "would also enhance NARA's efforts to preserve its original records."
In July 2007, the National Archives announced it would make copies of its collection of
Universal Newsreels
from 1929 to 1967 available for purchase through
CreateSpace
, an
Amazon.com
subsidiary. During the announcement, Weinstein noted that the agreement would "... reap major benefits for the public-at-large and for the National Archives." Adding, "While the public can come to our College Park, Maryland, research room to view films and even copy them at no charge, this new program will make our holdings much more accessible to millions of people who cannot travel to the Washington, D.C. area." The agreement also calls for CreateSpace partnership to provide the National Archives with digital reference and preservation copies of the films as part of NARA's preservation program.
[54]
Social media
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The National Archives currently utilizes
social media
and
Web 2.0
technologies in an attempt to communicate better with the public.
[55]
On June 18, 2009, the National Archives announced the launching of a YouTube channel "to showcase popular archived films, inform the public about upcoming events around the country, and bring National Archives exhibits to the people."
[56]
Also in 2009, the National Archives launched a Flickr photostream to share portions of its photographic holdings with the general public.
[57]
A new teaching-with-documents Web site premiered in 2010 and was developed by the education team. The site
[58]
features 3,000 documents, images, and recordings from the holdings of the Archives. It also features lesson plans and tools for creating new classroom activities and lessons.
In 2011, the National Archives initiated a WikiProject on the English Wikipedia to expand collaboration in making its holdings widely available through Wikimedia.
Controversies
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In December 2019, the National Archives approved record schedules for federal records created by
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
which documented detainee sexual abuse and assault, death review files, detention monitoring reports, detainee escape reports, detainee segregation files, and Detention Information Reporting Line records. The schedules permitted ICE to destroy the records when they were no longer needed for business use.
[59]
The schedules were approved without changes despite public outcry when they were first proposed in the
Federal Register
.
[60]
A lawsuit was brought against the National Archives by several plaintiffs,
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
, the
American Historical Association
, and the
Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations
. In March 2021, a federal judge for the
District Court for the District of Columbia
ruled against the National Archives that the records must be preserved stating, "NARA's approval of the schedule was arbitrary and capricious on the grounds that NARA failed to evaluate the research value of the ICE records and that NARA failed to address significant and relevant public comments."
[61]
[62]
In January 2020, a
Washington Post
reporter noticed blurred protest signs in an image of the
2017 Women's March
at the Archives' public exhibit. Some of the edited signs contained potentially offensive language, and some mentioned president
Donald Trump
. Besides censoring language, the changes altered the meaning of some protest signs. The agency defended the edits and said they were made "so as not to engage in current political controversy", but admitted it "made a mistake
... we were wrong to alter the image."
[63]
[64]
[65]
Notable thefts
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- In 1963, Robert Bradford Murphy and his wife, Elizabeth Irene Murphy were arrested and sentenced to ten years in prison for stealing documents from several federal depositories, including the National Archives.
[66]
- In 1987,
Charles Merrill Mount
was arrested and sentenced to five years in prison for stealing 400 documents from the National Archives.
[67]
- In 2002, Shawn Aubitz pleaded guilty to stealing dozens of documents and photographs from the National Archives during the 1990s.
[68]
- In 2005,
Sandy Berger
was charged with an unauthorized removal of documents from the National Archives; sentenced to 100 hours of community service and fined $50,000.
- In 2005, Howard Harner was sentenced to two years in prison and fined $10,000 after stealing 100 documents from the National Archives.
[69]
- In 2006, Denning McTague was sentenced to 15 months in prison and fined $3,000 after stealing 164 documents from the National Archives.
[70]
- In 2011, Leslie Waffen was sentenced to 18 months in prison after stealing 955 recordings from the National Archives.
[71]
- In 2011,
Thomas Lowry
was permanently banned from the National Archives after he confessed to altering the date on a presidential pardon signed by
Abraham Lincoln
.
[72]
- In 2011,
Barry Landau
and Jason Savedoff were arrested and sentenced to
7
+
1
⁄
2
years in prison for stealing ten thousand documents from the National Archives.
[73]
[74]
- In 2018, Antonin DeHays was arrested for multiple thefts of military artifacts and records from the National Archives during the mid to late 2010s.
[75]
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