The following post is by guest bloggers Rebecca Warlow, Description and Digitization Supervisor, and Ann Cummings, Supervisory Archivist for Textual Records.
At the DC-Area Researchers Forum in November we announced that some records
would be moving from the National Archives at College Park to the National
Archives at St. Louis in 2012. The time has come for the move to St. Louis to
begin.
The records listed below are being transferred to St. Louis and
will be unavailable for research while they are being
transferred:
Records being transferred to St. Louis
| Records | Current Location | Cubic Feet | |
| 1 | Army General Courts Martial Case File 1918-1938 (RG 153 Entry 15-B) | College Park | 3,615 |
| 2 | 20th Century Military “Burial Case Files” 1915-1939 (RG 92 NM-81 Entry 1942) *Proposed for digitization | College Park | 2,730 |
| 3 | 20th Century Military Apps. For Headstones 1925-1963 (RG 92 A1 Entry 2110-C) *Currently being digitized | College Park | 288 |
| 3A | Department of Memorial Affairs; Applications for Headstones and Markers, 1965-1985 (RG 15 A1 Entry 52) *Proposed for digitization | College Park | 466 |
| 3B | Interim Control Forms (RG 92 A1 Entry 2110-B) *Currently being digitized | College Park | 113 |
| 3C | Office of the Chief of Support Services – Memorial Division; Cemetery Branch; Application for Headstones and Markers, 1964-1970 (RG 92 A1 Entry 1942A) *Proposed for digitization | College Park | 226 |
| 4 | Deceased and War Casualty Seaman’s Records, 1937-1950 (RG 26 A1 Entry 426) | DC | 145 |
| 5 | Old USMC Enlisted OMPFs “Service Records of Enlisted Men,” 1867-1904 (RG 127 A1 Entry 76-A) *Proposed for digitization | DC | 158 |
| 6 | Panama Canal Railroad Company Official Personnel Files, 1896-1920 (RG 185 A1 Entry 162) | College Park | 16 |
| 7 | American Citizen Official Personnel Folders, 1904-1920 (RG 185 A1 Entry 176) | College Park | 640 |
| 8 | Panama Canal Official Personnel Folders, 1903-1920 (RG 185 A1 Entry 163) | College Park | 8 |
| 9 | German Civilian Personnel Files, European Command (RG 531 UD Entry 999) | College Park | 26 |
| 10 | Officer Orders & Officer Personnel Jackets, South Pacific Force (RG 313 UD Entry 1062) | College Park | 2 |
| 11 | Merchant Vessel Personnel Division; Card Records of Licenses Issued to Merchant Marine Officers, 1910-1946 | DC | 60 |
| 12 | 201 Chaplain Files, 1917-1950 (RG 247 NM-3 Entries 484-B; 484-C; 484-D; 484-E; 484-F; 484-G) | College Park | 1,106 |
The schedule for closing the records to prepare for transfer to St. Louis:
|
Series Title |
Closure Date at College Park or |
Estimated Date Available for |
| Burial Case Files (College Park) | June 22, 2012 (Files A-J) | October 1, 2012 |
| Burial Case Files (College Park) | July 6, 2012 (Files K-Z) | October 1, 2012 |
| Burial Case Files (College Park)201 Chaplain Files (College Park) | July 20, 2012 | October 1, 2012 (Burial Files) |
| 201 Chaplain Files (College Park)General Courts Martial Case Files (College Park) | August 3, 2012 | October 1, 2012 (201 Chaplin Files)December 1, 2012 (General Courts Martial Case Files) |
| General Courts Martial Case Files (College Park) | August 17, 2012 | December 1 , 2012 |
| General Courts Martial Case Files (College Park) | August 31, 2012 | December 1, 2012 |
| General Courts Martial Case Files (College Park)20thCentury Military Applications for Headstones, 1925-1963 (College Park)Department of Memorial Affairs; Applications for Headstones and Markers, 1965-1985 (College Park) | September 14, 2012 |
December 1, 2012 (General Courts Martial Case Files)December 15, 2012 (20thCentury Military Applications for Headstones, 1925-1963)December 15, 2012 (Department of Memorial Affairs; Applications for Headstones and Markers, 1965-1985) |
| Department of Memorial Affairs; Applications for Headstones and Markers, 1965-1985 (CollegePark)Internment Control Forms (College Park)Office of the Chief of Support Services – Memorial Division; Cemetery Branch; Applications for Headstones and markers, 1964-1970 (College Park)Officer Orders & Officer Personnel Jackets, South Pacific Force (College Park)German Civilian Personnel Files, European Command (College Park)American Citizen Official Personnel Folders, 1904-1920 (College Park) | September 28, 2012 |
December 15, 2012 |
| American Citizen Official Personnel Folders, 1904-1920 (College Park)Panama Canal Official Personnel Folders, 1903-1920 (College Park)Panama Canal Railroad Company Official Personnel Files, 1896-1904 (College Park)Old USMC Enlisted OMPFs “Service Records of Enlisted men, 1867-1904” (Washington, DC)Deceased and War Casualty Seaman’s Records, 1937-1950 (Washington, DC)Merchant Vessel Personnel Division: Card Records of Licenses Issued to Merchant Marine Officers, 1910-1946 (Washington, DC) |
October 12, 2012 | January 1, 2013 |
The dates listed above are estimates. We don’t anticipate
closing the materials at the College Park or Washington DC facilities any
earlier than the dates listed. If there is a significant change to this
schedule we will post it in the consultation areas at College Park and
Washington DC and here on NARAtions. You can also check the status of the
records at St. Louis at the following website:
http://www.archives.gov/st-louis
To request records at the National Archives at St. Louis, please contact
that office one of the following ways:
National Archives at St.
Louis
Attention: RL-SL
P.O. Box 38757
St. Louis, MO
63138-0757
Or
stlarr.archives@nara.gov
For more
information please visit:
http://www.archives.gov/dc-metro/researcher-forum/2011-nov-18-personnel-records-move.pdf