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What's New?

• Read our new E-Newsletter
  
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• National Archives has gone cashless! We accept only credit or debit cards, personal or travelers or cashier checks for payment of reproductions. We encourage researchers to bring digital cameras or personal scanners to make free copies of records. Please remember that all electronic devices must be inspected and approved by a NARA staff member prior to use.
• Schedule Announcement for Relocation of Public Services in Philadelphia.
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• Researching Slavery and
  Freedom:
  Discover actions by ordinary and extraordinary people along the long road to freedom at the National Archives at Philadelphia.
  

Online Exhibits

• Archives Alchemy
• Allegheny Arsenal Explosion and the Creation of Public Memory
• The Red Star Line: Changing America's Face and Place in the World
• Finding Franklin: Uncovering the Legacy of a Founding Father in the Records of the National Archives at Philadelphia
  
  
• The Deadly Virus: The Influenza Epidemic of 1918, featuring holdings from the National Archives at Philadelphia.
  
  

Affiliated Archives in the Mid Atlantic

• Pennsylvania State Archives, Bureau of Archives and History
  Harrisburg, PA
  
• United States Naval Academy
• HABS / HAER holdings at the Library of Congress
• Learn more about NARA's
  Affiliated Archives