This public repo is a sandbox for demos, experiments, and proofs of concept created by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Projects included here do not represent official publications or communications on the part of the National Archives.
This code is for demonstration purposes, and may not be working, maintained, or accurate—it should be assumed to be a work in progress. NARA uses this project to test potential new web pages and services which may or may not go into production.
If you see anything cool or useful being worked on, feel free to give us feedback in the issue tracker! We are happy to hear from potential audiences or users of our tools. We especially appreciate opinions on the projects that are marked below as seeking feedback—these are demos that may be ready to go live on our web site soon.
For users without GitHub accounts, feedback can be emailed to developer@nara.gov or posted on the ICN (NARA staff only).
| Demo | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Recently Scanned (Innovation Hub) | Visualize records scanned by Innovation Hub volunteers. | ✅ — Live, seeking feedback |
| Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Records Search | A portal to search digitized records from the National Archives Catalog that were made available responsive to FOIA requests. | 📋 — Seeking feedback |
| Guide to Federal Records | A version of the Guide to Federal Records that provides the most updated information from the National Archives Catalog. The demo includes a statistical summary of the holdings described in the National Archives Catalog. | 📋 — Seeking feedback |
| Digitized Records from Presidential Libraries | View digitized materials from each of the Presidential Libraries. | 📋 — Seeking feedback |
| Transcribe | Discover and transcribe untranscribed documents from the National Archives Catalog. | 🚧 — In progress |
| Digitization Project Board Search | Search our Digitization Project Board to find where specific records are in the process and if they're available in the National Archives Catalog. | 🚧 — In progress |
| Herbert Hoover Finding Aid | Our first attempt at replicating a traditional finding aid using the National Archives Catalog API. | 🚧 — In progress |
| Statistical Summary of Holdings | Provides statistical information about archival records in our custody that are currently described in the National Archives Catalog. | 🚧 — In progress |
| Hierarchical Browse | Drill-down functionality to browse our holdings according to the archival hierarchy, starting with Record Group. | 🚧 — In progress |