Welcome to 2023! Take a ride with us through the new Catalog as we explore some recently added records. Our Catalog contains more than 200 million digitized pages of records, with new records and descriptions added each week! What records are you most looking forward to accessing online this year?
This series held at the National Archives Cartographic Branch consists of target dossiers of the British Isles. Each dossier consists of a map, overprinted aerial photograph, and a site description. This partially digitized series contains 1,166 items with a total of 4,626 digital objects currently online and ready to view.
Captured German Documents and Related Records, 1942–1945
Microform Publication M2088: Selected German Documents From the Records of Headquarters, European Theater of Operations, United States Army, 1942-1945.
Record Group 498: Records of Headquarters, European Theater of Operations, United States Army (World War II). National Archives Identifier 5950221
This fully digitized series consists of copies of captured German documents. Included are 900 pages of selected World War II-era German military records that were captured by the U.S. Army forces. Also included in the series are background records providing information discussing the delivery of these records to Germany.
This architectural drawing is from the Series: Blueprints, Drawings, and Maps from Record Group 22: Records of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service held at the National Archives at Seattle.
Utility Patent Drawings, 1837–1911
Record Group 241: Records of the Patent and Trademark Office
This series consists of patent drawings illustrating proposed inventions of various types of equipment containing mechanical components. This partially digitized series contains 39,807 items, with more than 92,000 digital objects online and ready to view.
This series held at the National Archives at Riverside contains case files involving complaints of discrimination based upon race, religion, country of origin against private employers and labor unions involved in war-related industries, such as shipbuilding and aircraft manufacturers; and Federal government agencies which had not been satisfactorily resolved nor dismissed for lack of merit by the local office. Files include the formal complaint, memoranda documenting investigation, correspondence with both parties and investigator's notes.
Want to stay up to date about the most recently added records to the Catalog? Check out our What's New in the National Archives Catalog web page! Each month, we update this page to help you quickly see at a glance the most recent data imported into the Catalog.
Looking back on 2022, we added more than 50 million digital objects to the Catalog throughout the year! In case you missed it, here are some highlights from last year’s newsletters, introducing some of the latest records online.
Start your year as a virtual volunteer! In the spirit of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service, consider joining us as a Citizen Archivist. Visit our missions page for the latest selection of records to tag and transcribe. We update our missions page regularly, so check back often to see what’s new!
Our latest transcription missions include: Background Records for Audio Visual Files, 1989-1993; Records of the 1976 Campaign to Elect Jimmy Carter; Indian Arts and Crafts Board Correspondence, 1935-1983; Escape and Evasion Reports; Franklin D. Roosevelt Message Files; and Confidential Cablegrams, 1917-1919.
Interested in tagging photographs with keywords to make them more searchable in our Catalog? Try one of our tagging missions! We have two tagging missions currently available on our Citizen Archivist dashboard: FDR Library Public Domain Photographs, and West Point Military Academy. To learn more about tagging, check out our “What Makes a Good Tag?” tutorial.
Have a question? Find your answer on History Hub! What were people wondering about last year? Keep reading to see some of 2022’s top questions on History Hub!
