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Finding Aids for Archival Holdings
This is a list of selected finding aids for archival holdings maintained in the Archives Division of the Rocky Mountain Region (Denver).
- We have a variety of guides, reference information papers, lists, and other finding aids.
- Guides and finding aids provide detailed information on general and selected subjects documented in the holdings of the National Archives.
Online Guides
- Guide to
Archival Holdings at NARA's Rocky Mountain 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 - Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States
This comprehensive guide describes the Federal archival holdings held by the National Archives in the Washington, DC area, Regional Archives and Presidential Libraries.
- Last Name Index to Naturalization Records
(New Mexico), 1860-1963
- List of Frequently
Requested Archival Holdings at NARA's Rocky Mountain Region
- 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 Denver facility.
Offline Guides
The following guides are available upon request:
Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the Wind River Agency of the Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Preliminary Inventory of the Pueblo Records Created by the Field Offices of the Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Preliminary Inventory of Records related to Pueblo Day School
- Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the Navajo Agency
- Preliminary Inventory of the Records of Southern Ute Agency, 1877 to 1952
- Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the Ute Agency
- Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the Mescalero Indian Agency
- Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the Blackfeet Agency
- Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the Jicarilla Indian Agency
(Note: Does not include the General Correspondence File yet.) - Preliminary Inventory of Records related to Santa Fe Indian School
- Preliminary Inventory of Records related to the Flathead Irrigation Project
- Preliminary Inventory of Records related to the Albuquerque Indian School
Other Records
- Box List for Bureau of Reclamation Civilian Conservation Corps Records
- Box list for the Records of the Bureau of Land Management Grazing Service - Civilian Conservation Corps
- Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the Bureau of Land Management - Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming
- Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the District Courts of the United States District of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming
How to Search our Materials
The Archival Research Catalog (ARC) contains selected information pertaining to records at our facility.
- Search Hints for the Rocky Mountain Regional Archives
- Search Hints for the Regional Archives
- Learn how to search the Rocky Mountain Region Declarations of Intention and Petitions for Naturalization
To find descriptions of Rocky Mountain Region records in this searchable database:
- Go to the ARC Basic Search
- Click on the Advanced Search link.
- Limit results to 2000.
- Scroll down and click on the link for Location of Archival Materials, click Deselect All, and select NARA's Rocky Mountain Region (Denver, CO).
(Note: You can further limit your search by using the Keywords box.) - Press the "Search" button. ARC will display 10 hits per page as a default but can be reset to show up to 50 results per page.
- To see a full search result description, click on any title link.
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