Organization Descriptions from the National Archives Catalog

The Organization Authority Files data set contains a highly detailed presentation of the evolution of names and administrative histories of Federal and non-Federal organizations. It is used by the National Archives and Records Administration as a source of access points for indexing archival descriptions and/or other authority records with consistent headings.

Data and Resources

Field Value
accessLevel public
accrualPeriodicity R/P1Y
bureauCode {393:00}
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catalog_conformsTo https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
catalog_describedBy https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
describedBy https://www.archives.gov/research/arc/lifecycle-data-requirements.doc
identifier NARA-NAC-OD
issued 2002-09-16
modified 2016-02-14
old-spatial Global
programCode {000:000}
publisher National Archives and Records Administration
references {https://www.archives.gov/open/dataset-org.html}
resource-type Dataset
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source_hash 3bad5c38050a6593ca64545a4bb6c9c9f40e13a73ecf36b6d2b71d17c6117e13
source_schema_version 1.1
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • AmeriGEO
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • CKAN
  • GEO
  • GEOSS
  • National
  • North America
  • United States
  • administrative-history
  • arc
  • archival-research-catalog
  • nara
  • national-archives
  • national-archives-catalog
  • online-catalog
  • online-public-access
  • organization-authority-file
  • organization-descriptions
  • organization-names
  • organizations
isopen False
license_id notspecified
license_title License not specified
maintainer Pamela Wright
maintainer_email opendata@nara.gov
metadata_created 2025-09-24T01:23:36.182531
metadata_modified 2025-09-24T01:23:36.182541
notes The Organization Authority Files data set contains a highly detailed presentation of the evolution of names and administrative histories of Federal and non-Federal organizations. It is used by the National Archives and Records Administration as a source of access points for indexing archival descriptions and/or other authority records with consistent headings.
num_resources 2
num_tags 20
title Organization Descriptions from the National Archives Catalog