Search Hints for the Northeast Region (New York City)

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ARC ID 595420, Batman Comic Book, No. 1, Spring Issue, 1940

The National Archives (NARA) Northeast Region (New York City) in New York, New York, is part of one of the National Archives' 11 Regional Archives. The Archival Research Catalog (ARC) includes descriptions of records held by the Regional Archives. The online catalog allows you to filter your search results by location. The search hints below highlight the Northeast Region (New York City) records available in ARC. The Northeast Region (New York City) holds federal records from New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

ARC is a work in progress, and NARA staff add new descriptions to ARC all the time. More than 68% of the Regional Archives records are currently described in ARC at the series level. If you do not find the records you are seeking, please contact the Northeast Region (New York City) staff.

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The featured topics are a sample of subjects covered by records held by the Northeast Region (New York City) and described in ARC. Follow the search instructions, or customize your search with your own keywords.

Go to http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/.
Press the yellow Search button to go to the Basic search screen.
Enter keywords (use some of the sample keywords below or your own) in the Keywords box.
Select the limit results radio button for 2000.
(Optional step:) Select the box marked Descriptions of Archival Materials linked to digital copies to retrieve digitized documents and photographs.
Select the Location filter for NARA's Northeast Region (New York City) .
Press the Go button.
When hits are returned for your search, view the full result of your hit by selecting the Title link.

Topics	Sample ARC Keyword Searches	Sample Digitized Documents
Susan B. Anthony (Women's Rights Activist)	Susan B. Anthony	Larger Version ARC ID 278295, U.S. vs. Susan B. Anthony, Indictment for Illegal Voting, 01/24/1873
Baseball	Baseball Yankees Babe Ruth	Larger Version ARC ID 278322, Judgment of the Court in favor of the defendants St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Yankees dismissing the fifth cause of action, 04/27/1970
Cities	New York City Brooklyn Buffalo Rochester Newark Jersey City	Larger Version ARC 278716, Letter from the Buffalo, New York Chinese Inspector ... to the Brooklyn, New York Inspector ..., 10/05/1903
Coast Guard	Coast Guard Lighthouses Merchant ships Ships' logs
Courts and Court Cases	Criminal case Civil case Admiralty case Appeals case Equity case Prize law Bankruptcy Docket or dockets Court and [state name]	Larger Version ARC 278432, The United States vs. Thomas H. Byrnes: Indictment
Economics	Trade or trading or trader or merchant or customs Bonds
Albert Einstein (Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist)	Albert Einstein	Larger Version ARC ID 596270, Declaration of Intention for Albert Einstein, 10/01/1940
Engineering	Engineers or engineering
Immigration and Naturalization	Immigra% Naturalization Naturalization and [state name, ex. New York] Chinese Chinese Exclusion Act Ellis Island	Larger Version ARC ID 278704, Application for Preinvestigation of Status [for Louie Jock Sung], 04/29/1921
Navy	Naval or Navy Navy Yard Merchant ships Ships' logs
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg (American Communists Convicted of Espionage)	Julius Rosenberg or Ethel Rosenberg	Larger Version ARC ID 596909, Ethel Rosenberg Arrest Photograph, 08/08/1950
Slavery	Fugitive slave or fugitive slaves Slave trading Slave or slaves or slavery	Larger Version ARC ID 278369, In the Matter of Edmund Dye a Fugitive from Service & Labor from the State of Georgia: Power of Attorney, ca. 11/05/1858 - ca. 11/09/1858
States and Territories	New Jersey New York Puerto Rico
Titanic	Titanic	Larger Version ARC ID 278330, Exhibit C … an Excess Luggage Ticket from a Titanic passenger …, 04/10/1912
World War II	World War II or {World War, 1939-1945}

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