National History Education Clearinghouse

National Resource Centers

National Archives and Records Administration

Website: http://www.nara.gov

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) holds more than 10 billion items addressing the social, economic, political, and cultural history of the U.S.

Educators and Students is a gateway to online resources and professional development opportunities for teachers. Links to the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, and the Bill of Rights with accompanying instructional materials are among the highlights.

Digital Vaults is an interactive resource enabling visitors to manipulate digitized archive holdings to create historical scrapbooks and narratives.

Visit Presidential Libraries is a gateway to the holdings, programs, and events of Presidential libraries across the country.

Regional Archives maps the locations of branches of the archives by state and territory and describes their holdings, events, and activities.

Or search NARA's catalog through the Archival Research Catalog (ARC). ARC offers approximately 78,000 digital images of governmental textual records, photographs, and maps. Materials date from the colonial period to the recent past. To access digitized materials only, check the box marked "Descriptions of Archival Materials linked to digital copies."