While our research rooms have been closed to the public, the Special Media Division has made many significant additions and updates to our online catalog. Highlights include:
Cartographic Branch
Construction and Design Drawings of Guns, Related Machinery and Parts, 1862-1921, 1862 – 1921 (NAID 569429). (8880 item descriptions)
Williams Numbers Maps , 1928 – 1957 (NAID 589230) and File Unit: Europe – World War II Target Charts (NAID 184254265). (121 file unit descriptions and 1148 item descriptions)
BUAER Numbered Plans, 1913 – 1948 (NAID 23925194). (6149 item descriptions)
Naval Intelligence Photographic Interpretation Reports (NIPI), 1940 – 1946 (NAID 68887399). (3988 item descriptions)
Railroad Valuation Maps, ca. 1915 – ca. 1920 (NAID 562366). (1281 file unit descriptions for each railroad name)
Revised Railroad Valuation Maps, ca. 1920 – ca. 1960 (NAID 587535). (1224 file unit descriptions for each railroad name)
Railroad Maps Related to the 1875 Act Granting to Railroads the Right-of-Way Through the Public Lands of the United States, ca. 1875 – ca. 1930 (NAID 565960). (247 file unit descriptions)
Railroad Right-of-Way Maps, ca. 1878 – ca. 1931 (NAID 607944). (431 file unit descriptions and 706 item descriptions)
Microfilm of Ship Engineering Drawings, 1945 – 1955 (NAID 559593). (8708 file unit descriptions for each ship name)
Portfolio Series of Ship Engineering Drawings, 1908 – 1938 (NAID 559596). (702 file unit descriptions for each ship name)
Moving Image and Sound Branch
General Radio Programs Recordings Relating to Secretaries of Agriculture, 3/8/1941 – 1/19/1993 (NAID 100989, Local Identifier 16-GENERALa) (1483 new item descriptions, no audio files)
Motion Picture Films from the “Special Film Project” Program Series, ca. 1945 – ca. 1945 (NAID 5768, Local Identifier 18-SFP) (313 new item descriptions with scanned catalog cards; 11 video files)
Sound Recordings Relating to Conservation, ca. 1939 – 1946 (NAID 101706, Local Identifier 48-GENERALa) (805 new item descriptions, 7 audio files)
Historical Films, ca. 1914 – ca. 1936 (NAID 24608, Local Identifier 111-H) (video files and scanned production files added to 450 existing item descriptions)
Sound Recordings Relating to World War II, 1942 – 1945 (NAID 653144, Local Identifier 208-GENERALa) (1234 new item descriptions, 12 audio files)
US Supreme Court Sound Recordings of Oral Arguments – Gold Series, 10/3/2005 – 5/13/2020 (NAID 175704063, Local Identifier 267-GENERALa) (847 new item descriptions; 722 sound recording files)
Iranian News Reports, ca. 1955 – ca. 1965 (NAID 607018, Local Identifier 306-IN) (350 new item descriptions with 273 video files)
Motion Picture Library Stock Shots, ca. 1953 – ca. 1959 (NAID 57921, Local Identifier 306-LSS) (402 video files added to 398 existing item descriptions)
Moving Images Relating to Military Activities, ca. 1947 – 1980 (NAID 75284, Local Identifier 428-NPC) (3861 video files added to existing item descriptions)
Still Picture Branch
Photographs Related to the Operation and Development of the Panama Canal Zone, ca. 1938 – ca. 1960 (NAID 535422; Local Identifier 185-CZ) (2,483 item descriptions and scans)
Photographs Related to Secretary of State Diplomatic Duties, 3/18/2004-11/26/2017 (NAID 85714629; Local Identifier 59-PAD) (180 file unit descriptions and 10,894 born-digital images)
Scenes of Washington, DC, 1921-1936 (NAID 520090; Local Identifier 79-LS) (405 item descriptions and scans)
Panoramic Views of Army Units, Installations, and Related Industrial Sites, 1917-1919 (NAID 533260; Local Identifier 165-PP) (first batch of 156 item descriptions and scans)
Photographs Relating to the Secretary’s Activities, and Agency Headquarters Officials and Events, 4/19/2004 – 12/18/2015 (NAID 148029685; Local Identifier 398-D) (2,254 file unit descriptions and 114,496 born-digital photographs)
Lantern Slides made for Naval Recruiting, ca. 1920 (NAID 513153; Local Identifier 24-RSB) and Hand Colored Lantern Slides Made for Naval Recruiting Purposes, ca. 1920 (NAID 513154; Local Identifier 24-RSC) (69 item descriptions and scans)
World War II Posters, 1942 – 1945 (NAID 513498; Local Identifier 44-PA) (Added 2976 high resolution scans at original size for download)
Photographs of Indian Delegates, 1875 – 1875 (NAID 516586; Local Identifier 56-ID) (14 item descriptions and scans)
“Seminoles of Florida”, ca. 1913 – ca. 1913 (NAID 519343; Local Identifier 75-SS) (53 item descriptions and scans)
General Erwin Rommel’s Campaigns in France, 5/1940 – 12/1941 (NAID 540146; Local Identifier 242-EAPC) (Seized records that also include Africa. 16 file unit descriptions and 3,402 scans)
Photographs taken by John K. Hillers during the Powell Survey and other Geological Surveys, ca. 1879 – ca. 1900 (NAID 517734; Local Identifier 57-PS) (Added 529 high resolution scans)
Normandy Invasion Albums from the series U.S. Army Signal Corps Photographs Of Military Activity During World War II and The Korean Conflict, 1941 – 1954 (NAID 531473; Local Identifier 111-SCA) (583 item descriptions and scans)
Kennedy Space Center Central Photographic Files, 1958 – 12/1995 (NAID 76193940; Local Identifier 255-KSC) (135,963 item level descriptions added to the catalog)
Official Portraits of U.S. Army Air Force Pilots, Tuskegee, Alabama, 1943 – 1946 (NAID 512885; Local Identifier 18-T) (717 item level descriptions)
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