State Archives
Contact information for state archives and historical societies as of January, 2006
Alabama
Department of Archives & History
624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, AL 36130
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 300100, Montgomery, AL 36130
Phone: Reference: (334) 242-4435
Phone: Records Center: (334) 242-4306
Fax: (334) 240-3433
TDD: (334) 242-3433
E-mail: reference@archives.alabama.gov
Alaska
State Archives
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 110525, 141 Willoughby Avenue, Juneau, AK 99801
Phone: (907) 465-2270
Fax: (907) 465-2465
E-mail: archives@eed.state.ak.us
Arizona
State Library, Archives and Public Records
Arizona History and Archives Division
Mailing Address: State Capitol, Suite 342, 1700 West Washington, Phoenix, AZ 85007
Phone: (602) 542-4159
Fax: (602) 542-4402
E-mail: See contact form at http://www.lib.az.us/archives/email.asp
Arkansas
History Commission
Mailing Address: One Capitol Mall, Little Rock, AR 77201
Phone: (501) 682-6900
California
State Archives
Mailing Address: 1020 "O" Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: Reference Desk: (916) 653-2246
Phone: General Information: (916) 653-7715
Fax: (916) 653-7363
E-mail: ArchivesWeb@ss.ca.gov or see the form at http://www.ss.ca.gov/cgi-bin/print_form.cgi
Colorado
State
Archives
Mailing Address: 1313 Sherman Street, Room 1B-20, Denver, CO 80203
Phone: (303) 866-2358
Fax: (303) 866-2257
E-mail: archives@state.co.us or see form at http://www.archives.state.co.us/forms/request.htm
Connecticut
State Archives
Mailing Address: Connecticut State Library, 231 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT 06106
Phone: (860) 757-6595
Phone: History and Genealogy Unit: (860) 757-6580
Fax: (860) 757-6542
Delaware
Public Archives
Mailing Address: 121 Duke of York Street, Dover, DE 19901
Phone: (302) 744-5000
Fax: (302) 739-6710
E-mail: archives@state.de.us
Florida
Bureau
of Archives & Records Management,
Division of Library & Information Services
Mailing Address: 500 South Bronough Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399
Phone: (850) 245-6700
E-mail: barm@dos.state.fl.us
Georgia
Archives
Mailing Address: 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260
Phone: (678) 364-3700
E-mail: See contact page at http://www.georgiaarchives.org/menu/contact_us/default.htm
Hawaii
Historic Records Branch
Mailing Address: Kekauluohi Building, Iolani Palace Grounds, Honolulu, HI 96813
Phone: Reference Desk: (808) 586-0329
Fax: (808) 586-0330
E-mail: archives@hawaii.gov
Idaho
State Historical Society Library & Archives
Mailing Address: Public Archives and Research Library, 2205 Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, ID 83712
Phone: History & Genealogy: (208) 334-3356
Phone: Oral History: (208) 334-3863
Phone: Archives: (208) 334-2620
Fax:(208) 334-3198
Email:Reference: sbarrett@ishs.state.id.us
Illinois
State Archives
Mailing Address: Norton Building, Capitol Complex, Springfield, IL 62756
Phone: (217) 782-4682
Fax: (217) 524-3930
E-mail: See form at https://www.ilsos.gov/GenealogyMWeb/refform.html
Indiana
State Archives
Mailing Address: 6440 East 30th Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46219
Phone: (317) 591-5222
Fax: (317) 591-5324
E-mail: arc@icpr.in.gov or see form at http://www.in.gov/icpr/contact/
Iowa
State Library of Iowa
Mailing Address: Ola Babcock Miller Building, 1112 E. Grand Ave., Des Moines, IA 50319-0233
Phone: (515) 281-4105 or 1 (800) 248-4483
Fax: (515) 281-6191
E-mail: See forms at http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org/services/askalibrarian
Kansas
State Historical Society
Mailing Address: 6425 Southwest Sixth Avenue, Topeka, KS 66615
Phone: (785) 272-8681 ext. 117
Fax: (785) 272-8682
TTY: (785) 272-8683
E-mail: information@kshs.org or see form at http://www.kshs.org/contact/emailref.php
Kentucky
Department for Libraries & Archives
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 537, Frankfort, KY 40602
Phone: (502) 564-8300
Fax: (502) 564-5773
Louisiana
State Archives
Mailing Address: 3851 Essen Lane, Baton Rouge, LA 70809
Phone: (225) 922-1000
E-mail: archives@sos.louisiana.gov
Maine
State Archives
Mailing Address: 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084
Phone: (207) 287-5788
Fax: (207) 287-5739
E-mail: anthony.douin@maine.gov
Maryland
State Archives
Mailing Address: 350 Rowe Boulevard, Annapolis, MD 21401
Phone: (410) 260-6400
Tollfree MD only: 1-800-235-4045
Fax: (410) 974-2525
E-mail: archives@mdsa.net
Massachusetts
Archives
Mailing Address: Secretary of Commonwealth, Massachusetts Archives, 220 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125
Phone: (617) 727-2816
Fax: (617)288-8429
E-mail: archives@sec.state.ma.us
Michigan
Department of History, Arts and Libraries
Michigan Historical Society
Mailing Address: Archives of Michigan, 702 Kalamazoo Street, P.O. Box 30740
Phone: (517) 373-1408
Fax: (517) 241-1658
TDD: (517) 373-1592
E-mail: archives@michigan.gov
Minnesota
State Archives
Mailing Address: Minnesota Historical Society, 345 Kellogg Boulevard West, St. Paul, MN 55102
Phone: (651) 297-4502
Fax: (651) 296-9961
E-mail: archives@mnhs.org
Mississippi
Department of Archives & History
Mailing Address:P.O. Box 571, Jackson, MS 39205-0571
Phone: Archives and Library: (601) 576-6964
Phone: General Information: (601) 576-6850
Phone: Historic Preservation Division: (601) 576-6955
Fax: (601) 576-6975
E-mail: refdesk@mdah.state.ms.us. Please read the guidelines before sending email.
Missouri
State Archives
Mailing Address: 600 W. Main, P.O. Box 1747, Jefferson City, MO 65102
Phone: (573) 751-3280
Fax: (573) 526-7333
E-mail: archref@sos.mo.gov or see form at http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/email.asp
Montana
Historical Society
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 201201, 225 North Roberts Street, Helena, MT 59620
Phone: (406) 444-2694
Fax: Main: (406) 444-2696
Fax: Library: (406) 444-5297
E-mail:mhslibrary@mt.gov
Nebraska
Library/Archives Division
Mailing Address:Nebraska State Historical Society, P.O. Box 82554, 1500 R Street, Lincoln, NE 68501
Phone: (402) 471-4751
Fax: (402) 471-3100
E-mail: lanshs@nebraskahistory.org
Nevada
State Library & Archives
Mailing Address: 100 North Stewart Street, Carson City, NV 89701
Phone: (775) 684-3310
Fax: (775) 684-3311
E-mail: sesearcy@clan.lib.nv.us or see for at http://nevadaculture.org/docs/email/archivesform.htm
New Hampshire
Archives & Records Management
Mailing Address: 71 South Fruit Street, Concord, NH 03301
Phone: (603) 271-2236
Fax: (603) 271-2272
New Mexico
State Records Center & Archives
Mailing Address: 1205 Camino Carlos Rey, Santa Fe, NM 87505
Phone: Historical Services Division: (505) 476-7908
Phone: State Records Center: (505) 476-7903
Fax: Historical Services Division: (505) 476-7909
Fax: State Records Center: (505) 476-7910
E-mail:archives@state.nm.us
New Jersey
Public Records and Archives
Mailing Address: State Archives: 225 West State Street-Level 2, P.O. Box 307, Trenton, NJ 08625-0307
Mailing Address: State Records Center: 2300 Stuyvesant Avenue, P.O. Box 307, Trenton, NJ 08625-0307
Phone: State Archives: (609) 292-6260
Phone: State Records Center: (609) 530-3200
Fax: State Archives:(609) 396-2454
Fax: State Records Center: (609) 530-6121
E-mail: State Archives:archives.reference@sos.state.nj.us
E-mail: State Records Center:records.management@sos.state.nj.us
New York
State Archives
Mailing Address: New York State Education Department, Cultural Education Center, Albany, NY 12230
Phone: Archives Reference Information: (518) 474-8955
E-mail: Archives Reference Information: archref@mail.nysed.gov
North Carolina
State Archives
Mailing Address: 4614 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-4614
Phone: (919) 807-7310
Fax: (919) 733-1354
E-mail: archives@ncmail.net
North Dakota
State Archives & Historical Research Library
Mailing Address: 612 East Boulevard Avenue, Bismarck, ND 58505-0830
Phone: (701) 328-2091
Fax: (701) 328-2650
E-mail: archives@state.nd.us
Ohio
Historical Society, Archives/Library
Mailing Address: Research Services Department, 1982 Velma Avenue, Columbus, OH 43211
Phone: (614) 297-2510
E-mail: reference@ohiohistory.org or see contact form at http://www.ohiohistory.org/contact.html
Oklahoma
State Archives
Mailing Address: 200 Northeast Eighteenth Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73105-3298
Phone: (405) 522-3579
Fax:(405) 522-3583
Email: See staff listing at http://www.odl.state.ok.us/oar/contacts/index.html
Oregon
State Archives
Mailing Address: 800 Summer Street NE, Salem, OR 97310
Phone: (503) 373-0701
Fax: (503) 373-0953
E-mail: reference.archives@state.or.us
Pennsylvania
State Archives
Mailing Address: 350 North Street, Harrisburg, PA 17120-0090. Also, see mail reference form at http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah.dam/mailreflet.html
Phone: (717) 783-3281
Rhode Island
State Archives
Mailing Address: 337 Westminster Street, Providence, RI 02903
Phone: (401) 222-2353
Fax: (401) 222-3199
E-mail: reference@sec.state.ri.us
South Carolina
State
Archives & History Center
Mailing Address: 8301 Parklane Road, Columbia, SC 29223
Phone: General Information: (803) 896-6100
Phone: Reference Services: (803) 896-6104 or (803) 896-6105
Fax: (803) 896-6198
E-mail: See contact form at http://www.state.sc.us/scdah/refquery.htm
South Dakota
State Archives
Mailing Address: 900 Governors Drive, Pierre, SD 57501-2217
Phone: (605) 773-3804
Fax: (605) 773-6041
E-mail: archref@state.sd.us
Tennessee
State Library & Archives
Mailing Address: 403 Seventh Avenue North, Nashville, TN 37243-0312
Phone: (615) 741-2764
Fax: (615) 532-2472
E-mail: reference.tsla@state.tn.us
Texas
State Library & Archives Commission
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 12927, Austin, TX 78711
Phone: State Archives: (512) 463-5480
Phone: Reference: (512) 463-5455
E-mail: State Archives: archinfo@tsl.state.tx.us
Email: Reference: reference.desk@tsl.state.tx.us
Utah
State Archives
Mailing Address: Utah State Archives and Records Service,
346 S Rio Grande, Salt Lake City, UT 84101-1106
Phone: (801) 531-3848
Fax: (801) 531-3854
E-mail: See contact form at http://historyresearch.utah.gov/question.htm
Vermont
State Archives
Mailing Address: Office of the Secretary of State, 26 Terrace Street, Montpelier, VT 05609-1101
Phone: (802) 828-2308
Fax: (802) 828-1135
E-mail: archives@sec.state.vt.us
Virginia
Archives Research Services
Mailing Address:Library of Virginia, 800 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23219
Phone: Archives: (804) 692-3888
Fax: Archives: (804) 692-3556
E-mail: See contact form at http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwedo/archemailform.asp
Washington
State Archives
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 40238, Olympia, WA 98504
Phone: Research: (360) 586-1492
E-mail: State Archivist: archives@secstate.wa.gov or Research Requests and Information on Public Records: research@secstate.wa.gov
West Virginia
State Archives
Mailing Address: Archives & History Library, The Cultural Center, 1900 Kanawha Boulevard East, Charleston, WV 25305-0300
Phone: (304) 558-0230
Wisconsin
State Historical Society
Mailing Address: Archives Reference, 816 State Street, Madison, WI 53706
Phone: (608) 264-6460
Fax: (608) 264-6472
E-mail: See contact form at http://wisconsinhistory.org/libraryarchives/reference_form.asp?program=ar
Wyoming
State Archives
Mailing Address: Barrett Building, 2301 Central Avenue, Cheyenne, WY 82002
Phone: (307) 777-7826
Fax: (307) 777-7044
E-mail: wyarchive@state.wy.us
