Great Lakes Region, Chicago and Dayton

Federal Agencies Services

This is the first stop for records after they no longer are actively used by the agency of origin. Learn More

With offices in Chicago, Illinois and Dayton, Ohio, we store, preserve, and make available inactive Federal agency and court records from:

  • Illinois
  • Indiana
  • Michigan
  • Minnesota
  • Ohio
  • Wisconsin

Agency records stay in the Federal Records Center, where they are tracked through an automated database until they are either destroyed through recycling or accepted by the Regional Archives as permanent records. Learn More

A Summary of our Services

Records Management

Federal Records Center

  • Access to all records stored at the facility is controlled by the agency of origin.

All Federal agency records management and interaction with the facility is governed by the Code of Federal Regulations as it relates to records management. Read the Regulations

The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001
Telephone: 1-86-NARA-NARA or 1-866-272-6272