Online Finding Aids for Archival Holdings at Central Plains Region (Kansas City)
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ARC Identifier: 283523, Shopping district and parking lot. St. Louis (?). Color, 1956
Reference Information
- Guide to Archival Holdings at NARA's Central Plains Region.
Record group level descriptions of archival holdings including agency administrative history; dates and volume; narrative description of source, content, and types of records; list of finding aids and related microfilm; restriction statements.
Entries provide details not available in the Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States, 1995. - Archival Research Catalog (ARC)
Selected information in ARC pertains to records at the Kansas City facility. Learn how to find descriptions of selected records from the facility's archival holdings in this searchable database.
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The National Archives' Central Plains Region (Kansas City) has a variety of guides, reference information papers, lists, and other finding aids. The small percentage that are available online are listed below.
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African-Americans:
African-American Resources on microfilm at the Central Plains Region
Aliens:
Alien Personal History and Statements, Iowa 1942-1946 (Record Group 147),
Records of the Selective Service System in NARA's Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO)
Alien Personal History and Statements, Minnesota 1942-1946 (Record Group 147), Records of the Selective Service System in NARA's Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO)
Alien Personal History and Statements, Missouri 1942-1946 (Record Group 147), Records of the Selective Service System in NARA's Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO)
Alien Personal History and Statements, Nebraska 1942-1946 (Record Group 147),
Records of the Selective Service System in NARA's Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO)
Alien Personal History and Statements North Dakota, 1942-1946 (Record Group 147), Records of the Selective Service System in NARA's Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO)
Alien Applications for Permission to Depart, 1919-1920, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas
Chinese Immigration:
Chinese Immigration and Chinese in the United States: Records in the Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration, RIP 99, 1996. Selected information pertains to records at the Kansas City facility.
Labor/Employment:
Committee on Fair Employment Practice (RG 228) Missouri
Kansas City Closed Cases, Committee on Fair Employment Practice, RG 228, ca. 1941-1946
National Labor Relations Board (RG25)
Subject Correspondence File, Kansas City Regional Office, ca.1933-40 
Case Files, Kansas City Regional Office, ca.1934-37
Subject Correspondence File, St. Louis Regional Office, ca.1933-35
Land/Environment:
Bureau of Land Management (Record Group 49)
Kansas
Name Index to Cancelled, Rejected, and Relinquished Land Entry Files, Dodge City, Kansas and Topeka, Kansas Land Offices, ca. 1905-1937
Kansas and Missouri
RG 49, Land Tract Volume List for Kansas and Missouri, ca. 1821-1920
Nebraska
Name Index to Cancelled, Rejected, and Relinquished Land Entry Files, Alliance, NE ca. 1869-1950
Name Index to Cancelled, Rejected, and Relinquished Land Entry Files, Broken Bow, NE ca. 1902-1918
Name Index to Cancelled, Rejected, and Relinquished Land Entry Files, Lincoln, NE ca. 1905-1933
Name Index to Cancelled, Rejected, and Relinquished Land Entry Files, North Platte, NE ca. 1902-1922
Name Index to Cancelled, Rejected, and Relinquished Land Entry Files, O'Neill, NE ca. 1900-1918
Name Index to Cancelled, Rejected, and Relinquished Land Entry Files, Valentine, NE ca. 1907-1918
Farmers Home Administration (Record Group 96)
Farm Ownership Case Files Index for Region 7, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota 1937-1947, Records of the Farmers Home Administration, Rural Rehabilitation Division
Name Index to Rural Rehabilitation Loan Case Files for Region 7, Farmers Home Administration
War Assets Administration (Record Group 270)
Region
VIII, War Assets Administration, Real Property Disposal Case Files, ca.1941-55 (Includes
the following states: IA, KS, MO, MN, NE, and SD)
Department of Energy (RG 434)
Weldon Springs Remedial Action Project, Public Involvement Records Folder List, 1986-2002, Department of Energy, RG 434
Weldon Springs Remedial Action Project, Public Involvement Records Photographs and Audiovisual Records 1986-2002, Department of Energy, RG 434
Weldon Springs Remedial Action Project, Public Involvement Records Moving Images List, 1986-2002, Department of Energy, RG 434
Leavenworth Penitentiary Inmates:
Name Index to Inmate Case Files, 1895-1931 (Record Group 129)
National Parks:
Folder List, National Parks and Monuments, ca. 1934-1952, Records of Region II, Records of the National Park Service (RG79)
Folder List, Recreation, Land Use, and State Cooperation, ca. 1936-1952, Records of Region II, Records of the National Park Service (RG79)
Folder List, Regional Administration Files, ca. 1936-1952, Records of Region II, Records of the National Park Service (RG79)
Folder List, Regulations and Instructions, ca. 1934-1943, Records of Region II, Records of the National Park Service (RG79)
Folder List, Roosevelt National Park, ca. 1947-1953, Records of Region II, Records of the National Park Service (RG79)
Native Americans:
Name Index to Pipestone Indian School Student Files, 1910 - 1954, Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (Record Group 75)
Naturalizations:
A Quick Guide to Federal Naturalization Records at the National Archives-Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO)
Iowa
Creston Naturalizations, Name index to naturalization records, including declarations and petitions, 1930-1951, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa, Southern (Creston) Division. Record Group 21.
Keokuk Naturalizations, Name index to miscellaneous records pertaining to naturalization, 1840-1888, U.S. District Court, District of Iowa, Southern (Keokuk) Division. Record Group 21. (The records indexed here include declarations submitted to the court as part of the petition process, a list of persons naturalized in the court, and other documents. We have no naturalization petitions from this court.)
Mason City Naturalizations, Name index to naturalization records, including petitions and declarations, 1942-1961, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Iowa, Central (Mason City) Division. Record Group 21.
Ottumwa Naturalizations, Name index to naturalization records, including petitions and declarations, 1916-1951, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa, Ottumwa Division. Record Group 21.
Kansas
Fort Scott Naturalizations, Name index to naturalization records, including petitions and declarations, 1915-1967, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas, Fort Scott Division. Record Group 21.
Kansas City Naturalizations, Name index to naturalization records, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas, 1948-1970, Kansas City Division. Record Group 21.
Kansas Indian Naturalizations, Name index to Indians naturalized in Kansas, ca. 1865-1874, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas. Record Group 21.
Topeka Declarations 1852-1942 Name index to declarations of intention to naturalize ("first papers"), 1852-1942, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas, Topeka Division. Record Group 21.
Topeka Overseas Naturalizations, Name index to overseas naturalization petitions, 1943-1954, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas, Topeka Division. Record Group 21.
Topeka Petitions 1868-1984, Name index to naturalization petitions, 1868-1984, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas, Topeka Division. Record Group 21.
Minnesota
Fergus Falls Petitions, Name index to petitions ca. 1897-1944, U.S. District Court and U.S. Circuit Court, Sixth Division of Minnesota, Fergus Falls, MN, Record Group 21.
St. Paul Name Index to Naturalization Records (1859-1916), U.S. District and U.S. Circuit Courts, District of Minnesota
Minneapolis Naturalizations, 1890-1965 - Part 1
Minneapolis Naturalizations, 1890-1965 - Part 2
This index contains naturalization petitions filed in the U.S. Circuit Court and U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, 1890-1965 and the declarations of intention filed in the U.S. Circuit Court, 1890-1911.
Winona Naturalizations, Name index to petitions and declarations of intention 1895-1924, U.S. District Court and U.S. Circuit Court, First District of Minnesota, Winona, MN, Record Group 21.
Missouri
Cape Girardeau Petitions, Name index to naturalization petitions ca. 1908-1979, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, Southeast Division, Cape Girardeau MO, Record Group 21.
Hannibal Petitions, Name index to naturalization petitions ca. 1907-1973, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, Northern Division, Hannibal MO, Record Group 21.
Jefferson City Petitions, Name index to naturalization petitions ca. 1938-1982, U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri, Central Division, Jefferson City MO, Record Group 21.
Joplin Petitions, Name index to naturalization petitions ca. 1931-ca. 1969, U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri, Southwest Division, Joplin MO, Record Group 21.
Springfield Petitions, Name index to naturalization petitions ca. 1911-ca. 1983, U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri, Southern Division, Springfield, MO, Record Group 21
St. Joseph Petitions, Name index to naturalization petitions ca. 1908-1976, U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri, Northern Division, St. Joseph MO, Record Group 21.
Kansas City
The Central Plains Region has a WPA card index to naturalizations (1848-1950) covering the greater Kansas City area, much of Kansas and Missouri, and parts of Oklahoma, we also have a certificate stub index to naturalizations in the U.S. District Court, Kansas City, Missouri (1914-1985). You can request a search online.
St. Louis
The Central Plains Region has a card index for U.S. District Court and U.S. Circuit Court naturalization petitions filed in St. Louis (1890-1991). East St. Louis, Illinois records do not appear in this index. You can request a search online.
Name Index to Naturalizations, 1846 - 1890, U.S. Circuit and U.S. District Courts, Eastern District of Missouri, Eastern Division (St. Louis) in NARA's Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Record Group 21.
Nebraska
Name Index to Naturalization Records, Including Declarations and Petitions, U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska, McCook Division, in NARA's Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO)
Name Index to Naturalization Records, Including Declarations and Petitions, U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska, Chadron Division, in NARA's Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO)
North Dakota
Name Index to North Dakota Naturalization Records, U.S. District and U.S. Circuit Courts, District of North Dakota
South Dakota & Dakota Territory
Name Index to Naturalization Records from Dakota Territory and South Dakota
New Deal/Great Depression Era:
Folder List, Records of Region VII, ca. 1933-1936, Records of the National Recovery Administration (Record Group 9)
Correspondence of the Regional Youth Administrator, Folder Title List ca.1939-1943, National Youth Administration, RG 119
Veterans:
Leavenworth Soldiers Home, Leavenworth, Kansas. Sample Case Files of Veterans Temporarily at the Branch (Record Group 15),
Records of the Veterans Administration in NARA's Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO)
Leavenworth Soldiers Home, Leavenworth, Kansas. Sample Case Files of Veterans (Record Group 15),
Records of the Veterans Administration in NARA's Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO)
NARA's Kansas City Facility Main Page
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