Guide to NARA Collection

Social Security Textual Records in NARA II

Table of Contents

FOREWORD
Foreword

PART 1: RESEARCHING SOCIAL SECURITY
Background to Social Security & Its Records
Related Sources in Other Federal Records
NARA's Brief Overview of RG-47


PART 2: THE FEDERAL RECORDS PROCESS AND RESEARCH AT NARA
The Federal Records Process
Understanding the NARA Filing System & How to Request Records
A Brief Explanation of the NARA Finding Aids for Social Security Records


PART 3: DETAILED INVENTORY
Introduction to the Inventory
SSA's Filing Codes

Record Group 47.2 - Records of the Committee on Economic Security

Stack 130 Records

Table No. Description No. Boxes

1

Committee on Economic Security - Staff Reports, 1934-35 3 boxes

B20

Records of the Committee on Economic Security, 1934-1935 77 boxes

B21

Committee on Economic Security 5 boxes

B22

Working Papers of the Committee on Economic Security 3 boxes

Record Group 47.3 - Records of the Social Security Board

Stack 130 Records

Table No. Description No. Boxes

25

Records of the Social Security Board, Relating to Location of Field Offices, 1936 1 box

28

Records of the Office of the Commissioner-Notes of Proceedings of the Board of Social Security, the Commissioner of Social Security, and the Welfare Commissioner ("Informal Notes"), 1936-67 16 boxes

B31

Records of the Social Security Board, Central File, 1935-1947 563 boxes

B32

Records of the Social Security Board, Records of the Office of the Commissioner, Chairman's File, 1935-1942 135 boxes

B33

Records of the Social Security Board, Records of the Office of the Commissioner, Executive Director's File, 1935-1940 187 boxes

B34

Correspondence of the Executive Director and Chairman of the Social Security Board and Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, 1941-1948 456 boxes

41

Social Security Board - Policy Memorandums, 1938-1945 2 boxes

53

Records of the Social Security Board - Miscellaneous Records of the Social Security Board, 1935-47 8 boxes

54

Records of the Social Security Board, 1942-47 3 boxes

72

Social Security Board Information Service - Press Releases, 1936-48 3 boxes

79

Office of the Board - Board Minutes, 1937-49 3 boxes

Record Group 47.3.1 - General Records of the Social Security Administration

Stack 130 Records

Table No. Description No. Boxes

26

Social Security Administration, 1935-1947 30 boxes

27

Social Security Administration-Submittals for Meetings, 1935-67 133 boxes

28

Records of the Office of the Commissioner-Notes of Proceedings of the Board of Social Security, the Commissioner of Social Security, and the Welfare Commissioner ("Informal Notes"), 1936-67 16 boxes

Record Group 47.4.1 - Records of the Office of the Commissioner

Stack 130 Records

Table No. Description No. Boxes

3

SSA-Office of the Commissioner 34 boxes

4

SSA-Office of the Commissioner 9 boxes

5

Office of the Commissioner, Official Correspondence Files, Consisting of the Commissioner's Background Files, 1970 through 1972 11 boxes

9

SSA-Office of the Commissioner 5 boxes

B23

Records of the Office of the Commissioner, Speeches and Articles, 1946-50 6 boxes

B24

Office of the Commissioner, General Correspondence 1946-1950 58 boxes

28

Records of the Office of the Commissioner-Notes of Proceedings of the Board of Social Security, the Commissioner of Social Security, and the Welfare Commissioner ("Informal Notes"), 1936-67 16 boxes

65

Office of the Commissioner - Commissioner's Decisions, 1935-1963 30 boxes

66

Office of the Commissioner - Commissioner's Correspondence, 1936-1969 306 boxes

80

Commissioner's Action Minutes, January 1952-January 1963 2 boxes

83

Office of the Commissioner 6 boxes

84

Office of the Commissioner 11 boxes

Stack 170 Records

Table No. Description  

87

Office of the Commissioner 24 boxes

88

Office of the Commissioner - Ernest W. Tallman - Material Containing Regional Conference 3 boxes

91

Office of the Commissioner - Informational Service Files, 1939 through 12-31-47 115 boxes

Group 47.6 - Records of the Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance

Stack 130 Records

Table No. Description No. Boxes

19

General Correspondence of the Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance, 1936-46 24 boxes

35

Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance, 1936-45 478 boxes

36

Records of the Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance - Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Periodic Reports, 1936-40. 13 boxes

37

Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance - Correspondence of Director Victor Christgau, 1954-1963 9 boxes

39

Copies of Correspondence of the Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance, 1936-46 9 boxes

57

Bureau of Retirement Survivors Insurance - Division of Management Resources - Policy and Precedent Subject Files, 1938-1961 78 boxes

Record Group 47.4.1.2 - Records of the Division of Actuary
Stack 130 Records

B42

Office of the Actuary, General Correspondence, 1946-1950, 41 boxes

43

Division of Actuary, General Correspondence, 1951-59 70 boxes

44

Office of the Actuary, Actuarial Studies, 1967-86 2 boxes

61

Office of the Actuary, Actuarial Studies Files, 1957 1 box

Record Group 47.5 - Records of Office of Research & Statistics

Stack 130 Records

Table No. Description No. Boxes

40

Division of Program Research, General Correspondence 51 boxes

B46

Division of Research & Statistics, General Correspondence (1946-1950) 58 boxes

47

Division of Research and Statistics, Statistical Reports Relating to Family Composition, 1941-1942 2 boxes

Stack 170 Records

 
Table No. Description No. Boxes

92

Office of Research and Statistics, Subject File - Master File, General correspondence, 1960-1964 11 boxes

93

Office of the Actuary, Actuarial Subject File - Master File, General Correspondence, 1960-1964 14 boxes

Record Group 47.7 - Records of the Office of Supplemental Security Income

Stack 130 Records

Table No. Description No. Boxes

30

Bureau of Supplemental Security Income-State Supplemental Agreements, 1974-77 25 boxes

58

Office of Supplemental Security Income - Division of Payment Policy - Supplemental Security Income State Agreement Files, 1973-74 2 boxes

Record Groups 47.8 & Misc. - Records of Welfare Organizations and Topics

Stack 130 Records

Table No. Description No. Boxes

28

Records of the Office of the Commissioner-Notes of Proceedings of the Board of Social Security, the Commissioner of Social Security, and the Welfare Commissioner ("Informal Notes"), 1936-67 16 boxes

29

Cuban Refugee Program, 1962-1966 6 boxes

48

State Emergency Welfare File, 1963-67 5 boxes

49

Organizational Planning Studies (Welfare Admin./SRS), 1967 1 box

50

AFDC Eligibility Review, 1962-64 18 boxes

51

Bureau of Public Assistance - State Letters, Policies, and Regulations Relating to Public Welfare Programs, 1942-1971 11 boxes

67

Bureau of Public Assistance - Correspondence Relating to Public Assistance Plans and Programs, 1935-1948 220 boxes

68

Bureau of Public Assistance - Regional File of Civilian War Assistance to Enemy Aliens, 1940-1948 4 boxes

69

Bureau of Public Assistance - State File of Civilian War Assistance to Enemy Aliens, 1940-1948 16 boxes

70

Bureau of Public Assistance - Master File of Civilian War Assistance to Enemy Aliens, 1940-1948 15 boxes

71

Bureau of Public Assistance - Constructive Accounting Reports, 1936-1948 3 boxes

77

Bureau of Public Assistance - Emergency Welfare Services Files, 1948-58 4 boxes

78

Bureau of Family Service - Budget Files, 1937-62 21 boxes

81

Bureau of Public Assistance - Family Services Master Subject Files, 1954-58 26 boxes

82

Bureau of Public Assistance - Family Services Regional Subject Files, 1954-58 6 boxes

Stack 170 Records

Table No. Description No. Boxes

85

Bureau of Public Assistance - Administration - Personnel & General Services, Records Section, 1935-1942 339 boxes

94

Bureau of Public Assistance - Administration - Personnel & General Services, Records Section 33 boxes

113

Bureau of Public Assistance - Administration - Personnel & General Services, Records Section 17 boxes

Group 8- Records of Other SSA Organizations

Stack 130 Records

Table No. Description No. Boxes

8

ORSI (Formerly BRSI) Claims Manual Transmittal History File Folders dated January 1975 to December 1978 34 boxes

10

The Organization Policy PLAN Records Related to District Office Programs - Records of Hugh F. McKenna, 5 boxes

11

State Books, 1968-1975 10 boxes

45

Records of the Office of Program Policy and Planning - Records Relating to the Universal Social Security Coverage Study, 1979-80 5 boxes

52

Records of the Bureau of Federal Credit Unions - Records of the Progress and Reports Branch - IBM Tabulating cards Relating to Federal Credit Unions statistics for the year ended December 31, 1949, 1950 2 flat boxes

62

Office of Systems Operations - Program Directives and Instructions Files, 1938-1976 53 boxes

63

Office of Systems Operatives - Office of Computer Processing - Contract Files, 1988 8 boxes

64

Office of Systems Operations - Systems Planning Files, 1983-1988 111 boxes

73

Office of Public Affairs - Office of Information - Publication History Files, 1967-1968 2 boxes

74

Bureau of Hearings & Appeals - Office of the Director - Professional Liaison and Briefing Files, 1929-1976 50 boxes

Stack 170 Records

Table No. Description No. Boxes

89

Office of Management - Organization Planning and Policy Records, 1938-1953 2 boxes

90

Office of Regulations, History Files of published Rulings, in numerical sequence from Social Security Ruling (SSR) SSR-1 to SSR-27, plus history files for quarterly January and April 1984, July and October 1984 2 boxes

101

DHEW, BOASI, SSA - Management Planning & Service - Administrative Management, 1943-1950 4 boxes

Group 9- Miscellaneous Topics

Stack 130 Records

Table No. Description No. Boxes

6

Social Security Handbook, Sixth Edition, History Files, 1978 2 boxes

12

Policy Procedure Records, 1974-1975 9 boxes

13

[47-89-002] (Materials for project to automate notice-generation, 1987) 11 boxes

38

Scripts for Radio Broadcasts, 1950-51 2 boxes

55

Non-record material relating to group 47 - Finding Aids and Annual Reports, 1935-1948 24 boxes

114

Selected records related to the John F. Kennedy Assassination 1 box

Group 10- Agency Internal Instructional Manuals and Related Materials

Stack 170 Records

Table No. Description No. Boxes

86

SSA Regulation and Notice Records Dated 1978 1 box

96

SSA-OPD, History Files, April 1978-April 1980 25 boxes

97

SSA-OPD, [47-89-0102] (Transmittals, drafts of transmittals, correspondence relating to transmittals for SSA's Program Operations Manual System) 18 boxes

98

SSA-OPD, [47-89-0104] (Transmittals, drafts of transmittals, correspondence relating to transmittals for SSA's Program Operations Manual System) 80 boxes

100

History Folders 28 boxes

103

Agency: OOPP, OIP, PMB 11 boxes

104

Agency: OPO, OOSC, Division of Instructions 8 boxes

105

SSA-OPD, History Files 21 boxes

106

47-89-0101 (Transmittals, drafts of transmittals, correspondence relating to transmittals for SSA's Program Operations Manual System) 46 boxes

107

SSA-DP, PDS, PPB 41 boxes

108

SSA-OPD 14 boxes

109

SSA-OPD 7 boxes

110

[47-89-0105] (Transmittals, drafts of transmittals, correspondence relating to transmittals for SSA's Program Operations Manual System) 11 boxes

111

SSA-OPD 5 boxes

112

SSA-OPD [47-89-0093] 44 boxes

Group 11- Health Insurance and Disability Insurance Organizations & Topics

Stack 130 Records

Table No. Description No. Boxes

7

History Files for the Office of Disability, 1960-1980 68 boxes

14

Bureau of Health Insurance, Intermediary-Carrier Contract Files (174 boxes) 174 boxes

15

Disability Advisory Council - Records Relating to Meetings/Field Hearings, 1987 22 boxes

16

Disability Advisory Council - Reports and Related Records, 1987-1988 14 boxes

17

Disability Advisory Council - Records Relating to the History of the DAC, 1985-1985 5 boxes

18

Disability Advisory Council - Subject Files 12 boxes

56

Bureau of Health Insurance - Division of Contractor Operations - Intermediary-Carrier Contract Files, 1966-1975 16 boxes

60

Bureau of Disability Insurance - Division of Disability Policy and Procedure - Disability Program Policy Files, 1938-1967 12 boxes

75

Bureau of Health Insurance - Division of Program Review - Policy Precedent Files, 1965-1974 64 boxes

Stack 170 Records

Table No. Description No. Boxes

99

Office of Disability, Division of Disability Process Policy, Policy Support Branch, Issuances Background Files, January 1984 through December 1985 23 boxes

Group 12- Administration & Personnel

Stack 130 Records

Table No. Description No. Boxes

2

Agency and Administration organizations, functional and position charts, 1936-48 2 boxes

59

Office of Management & Personnel Liberty Service & Information Branch - Identical Memoranda, 1938-1969 11 boxes

76

SSA / Federal Security Agency - Admin. Orders, 1935-56; Agency Circulars, 1939-43; Federal Sec. Agency Orders, 1948-49; Admin. Bulletins, 1945-56; SSA Plans, 1941-58 2 boxes

Stack 170 Records

Table No. Description No. Boxes

95

Administration - Administrative Surveys Division Reports, 1937-1941 7 boxes

102

The "WHY" Survey of existing operations and activities of the Bureaus during years 1940 to 1942 1 box


PART 4: SSA ORGANIZATIONAL CHARTS
Chart 1- Organization of the Social Security Board in 1937
Chart 2- Organization of the Social Security Board in the Federal Security Agency, November 1939
Chart 3- Organization of the Social Security Administration, Federal Security Agency, July 1946
Chart 4- Organization of the Social Security Administration, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, March 1969
Chart 5- January 1979 SSA Reorganization
Chart 6- May 1983 SSA Reorganization
Chart 7- July 1987 SSA Reorganization

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