Archival Research Catalog (ARC)

What are "Record Groups?"

 

A Record Group is:

A grouping created by NARA that comprises the records of a large organization, such as a Government bureau or independent agency.

For example, Record Group 21, Records of District Courts of the United States, is a grouping of the records of the U.S. district courts, U.S. territorial courts, U.S. circuit courts, and Confederate States of America district courts.
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