National Archives at Fort Worth

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Contact Information
E-mail: [mailto:ftworth.archives@nara.gov ftworth.archives@nara.gov]

Address:


 * Textual Research 1400 John Burgess Drive Fort Worth, Texas 76140


 * Microfilm Research 501 West Felix Street, Building 1 Fort Worth, Texas 76115-3405

Telephone: Textual research: 817-551-2051  Microfilm Research:  817-831-5620 Fax:  Textual Research: 817-551-2034  Microfilm Research: 817-551-2034

Hours and holidays: Monday through Friday - 6:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.  Closed weekends and holidays.

Directions to Textual Research:

Internet sites and databases:


 * Southwest Region (Ft. Worth) Internet site about the Regional Archives, public services and collections, genealogy, history, bankruptcy, court records, for teachers, and for federal agencies.
 * Genealogy and Historical Research page for the National Archives Southwest Region (Ft. Worth).
 * National Archives Online Microfilm Catalog allows you to identify microfilms at Fort Worth. Search by microfilm publication number, or keywords.
 * Access to Archival Databases (AAD) a search engine into some of NARA's holdings of electronic records. Search by person, geographic areas, organizations, or dates.
 * Archival Research Catalog (ARC) the online catalog of over 63% of NARA's nationwide holdings. Searches by keywords, by location, organization, person, or topics, and for digitized images.
 * Archives Library Information Center (ALIC) American history and government, archival administration, information management, and government documents for archivists, librarians, and the public.

Collection Description
Serves Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas. Includes federal censuses of all states, 1790-1930 (and indexes for 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920); military service records, pension and bounty land warrant applications; passenger arrivals; Dawes Commision for the Five Civilized Tribes in Oklahoma. Manuscripts, photos, maps received from federal district and bankruptcy courts and 85 federal agencies in four states. Subjects emphasized are regional and national history, westward expansion and Southwest settlement, American Indians (especially Cherokees, Choctaws, Chickasaws, Creeks, and Seminoles), Revolutionary War, American Civil War and Recontruction, slavery, Chinese exclusion, segregation, World War I, World War II, economic development, oil, U.S. space program, public administration, political science, law, ethnology, and U.S. diplomacy.

Tips
A researcher I.D. card is required. To obtain it you must show photo identification, and fill out a form showing your name, address, telephone number, and a brief description of the proposed research topic.

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