CSC Records 1944-1960

Hi Arrenda,

First off, have you requested a copy of your father's Official Personnel File (OPF)?

This may contain much of the information you're asking about. Click on the link below for more information:

Official Personnel Folders (OPF),Federal (non-archival) Holdings and Access

There are several series of Civil Service Commission photographs at our College Park, MD facility

in Record Group 146, but specific employees are rarely identified in them.

Here is a listing from the National Archives Catalog of various series of CSC records in our holdings:

https://catalog.archives.gov/search?q=*:*&f.parentNaId=475&f.level=series&sort=naIdSort%20asc

Hope this helps!

If you haven't already done so, we suggest contacting the National Personnel Records Center. There are two separate addresses depending on the time period needed:

Official Personnel Files (OPFs) and medical information for individuals who worked for the U.S. government in a civilian capacity prior to 1952 are in the custody of the National Archives at St. Louis, P.O. Box 38757, St. Louis, MO 63138. Please include full name used during Federal employment, date of birth, Social Security Number (if applicable), name and location of employing Federal agency, beginning and ending dates of Federal Service. For more information, the web site is http://www.archives.gov/st-louis/archival-programs/civilian-personnel-archival/index.html.

Official Personnel Files (OPFs) and medical information for individuals who worked for the U.S. government in a civilian capacity since 1952 are in the custody of NARA's National Personnel Records Center. Written requests may be mailed or faxed to National Personnel Records Center Annex, 1411 Boulder Boulevard, Valmeyer, IL 62295. The fax number is 618-935-3014. Please include full name used during Federal employment, date of birth, Social Security Number (if applicable), name and location of employing Federal agency, and beginning and ending dates of Federal service. Certain information in the OPF may not be available to the general public without the written consent of the individual. For more information, please check their web site at http://www.archives.gov/st-louis/civilian-personnel/index.html.

Hi Ann,

You can send an email with your father's biographic information (full name, date of birth, location of work, federal agency for which he worked and any other identifying information) to st.archives@nara.gov and we will perform a search. If he worked into the 1960s then his record will be non archival and the request will be processed by our Valmeyer, IL Annex but we at NARA St Louis will perform the search first. Thanks!

Cara Moore

Archives Technician