CFR > Title 36 - Parks, Forests, and Public Property > CHAPTER XII—NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION > SUBCHAPTER C—PUBLIC AVAILABILITY AND USE (parts 1250 to 1258) > PART 1254—USING RECORDS AND DONATED HISTORICAL MATERIALS > SUBPART A—General Information (§1254.1 to §1254.14) > 1254.6—Do I need a researcher identification card to use archival materials at a NARA facility?

1254.6—Do I need a researcher identification card to use archival materials at a NARA facility?

(a) Yes, you need a researcher identification card to use original archival materials at a NARA facility. See §§ 1254.8 and 1254.10 for information on obtaining a card.
(b) You also need a researcher identification card if you wish to use only microfilm copies of documents at NARA's Washington, DC, area facilities and in any NARA facility where the microfilm research room is not separate from the textual research room.
(c) If you are using only microfilm copies of records in some regional archives where the microfilm research room is separate from the textual room, you do not need an identification card but you must register as described in § 1254.22.

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[69 FR 39314, June 30, 2004, as amended at 75 FR 10415, Mar. 8, 2010]