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Research Room Closures

There may be temporary Research Room closures through May 2009.

There may be temporary Research Room closures through May 2009. If you are planning to conduct research at the Regional Archives in Chicago, Illinois anytime in the near future, please contact us prior to your arrival to confirm that the research rooms will be open on the day you want to visit. Thanks you for your understanding and cooperation.


To bring the Regional Archives into compliance with updated security guidelines, we will begin several weeks of construction work in our research rooms. While construction is underway, we will make every effort to find alternate locations for researchers. However, it may be necessary to temporarily close the Microfilm Research Room for several days.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

Upcoming Programs

Using Court Records to Find Local and Family History

These programs are held at our Chicago, Illinois facility.


Records Management News

Great Lakes Wave NewsletterSpring 2009
Read about on-line records management training, the Federal Records Center's new electronic software for managing your records stored there, upcoming workshops, and more.

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TVA postcard A postcard book containing 21 postcards with photographs from the early years of the TVA now on sale.

Also available is the book,
Great Plains Originals

The Regional Archives in Chicago, Illinois
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The Federal Records Center on Springboro Road in Dayton, Ohio
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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