This was posted to H-West and overland-trails lists. It has a lot of value to a wider audience as well, so I thought I would share it here: > The Center for Electronic Records of the U.S. National Archives and > Records Administration (NARA) has updated the 'Title List: A Preliminary > and Partial Listing of the Data Files in the National Archives and Records > Administration.' The 'Title List' is current as of July 18, 1997, and now > has entries for approximately 13,000 of the over 34,000 electronic > records files in the custody of NARA. > > The 'Title List' is available via the NARA information server. The general > URL is http://www.nara.gov/ with information about the electronic > records program and holdings available at > http://www.nara.gov/nara/electronic. We also recently > restructured/updated the Center?s homepage to improve access to our > information and direct researchers more effectively to information about > our holdings. Also now included on the homepage is a description of the > various Securities and Exchange Commission data in our custody. See > below for information about access to the Title List directly and via FTP. > > Among the other new entries to the 'Title List' are: > > 1) Records of the Bureau of the Census (Record Group 29): Decennial > Census of Population and Housing, 1990: Summary Tape File 4C. > > 2) Records of the Bureau of the Census (Record Group 29): Current > Population Survey, 1991 data files. > > 3) Records of the Internal Revenue Service (Record Group 58): Statistics > of Income (SOI): Partnership Sourcebook Data File, Form 1065, > 1957-1983. > > 4) Records of the United States Naval Academy (Record Group 405): > Naval Academy Student Records files, Class of 1991-Class of 1993 > (restricted). > > 5) Records of the National Institute for Education (Record Group 419): > Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), 1965-1978 > > 6) General Records of the Department of Education (Record Group 441): > National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), Year 13, Age 13 > (1981-82); Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), > 1979-1985, and the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System > (IPEDS), 1986-1992. > > The full 'Title List' file and/or 19 extract files are available > electronically. > There is one extract file for each executive branch department, > presidential offices, independent establishments and government > corporations, temporary committees, commissions and boards, and the > legislative and judicial branches. Entries are arranged in each extract file > numerically by NARA Record Group and thereunder alphabetically by > series title. The direct URL is: > > http://gopher.nara.gov:70/11/inform/dc/electr/titlelst > > Alternatively, the Title List files are available on an FTP site. Anonymous > FTP (password 'guest') to FTP.CU.NIH.GOV, directory > NARA_ELECTRONIC. A READ.ME file on the FTP site provides further > information about the 'Title List' and Title List extract files. Note that > the > full 'Title List' file has 21,056 lines and is approximately 1.5 megabytes in > size. > > Sincerely, > > > THEODORE J. HULL > Archives Specialist > Center for Electronic Records > National Archives > (301) 713-6645 > [log in to unmask] Mike Polk Sagebrush Consultants, L.L.C. Ogden, Utah