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Re: CSC Records 1944-1960
Alan WalkerMar 30, 2016 8:59 AM (in response to Arrenda Tarkington-Moore)
2 people found this helpfulHi 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!
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Re: CSC Records 1944-1960
Rebecca CollierMar 30, 2016 8:59 AM (in response to Arrenda Tarkington-Moore)
2 people found this helpfulIf 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.
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Re: CSC Records 1944-1960
Cara Moore LebonickMar 30, 2016 9:46 AM (in response to Arrenda Tarkington-Moore)
2 people found this helpfulHi 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
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Re: CSC Records 1944-1960
Arrenda Tarkington-Moore Mar 31, 2016 8:13 AM (in response to Cara Moore Lebonick)Cara,
Thank you for making this suggestion. I formulated the email, but it came back returned with the following:
Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently:Technical details of permanent failure:
Google tried to deliver your message, but it was rejected by the server for the recipient domain nara.govby aspmx.l.google.com. [2607:f8b0:4001:c1b::1b].
Is there something missing from the address?
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Re: CSC Records 1944-1960
Rebecca CollierMar 31, 2016 8:33 AM (in response to Arrenda Tarkington-Moore)
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Re: CSC Records 1944-1960
Arrenda Tarkington-Moore Mar 31, 2016 10:16 AM (in response to Rebecca Collier)Thank you!
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Re: CSC Records 1944-1960
Cara Moore LebonickMar 31, 2016 2:39 PM (in response to Arrenda Tarkington-Moore)
1 person found this helpfulI do want to clarify for the sake of future requests: The National Archives
at St Louis Archival Department does not process reference requests for
OPFs with federal service after 1951. Those request are handled by
Valmeyer, IL's reference branch.
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Re: CSC Records 1944-1960
Arrenda Tarkington-Moore Mar 31, 2016 8:13 AM (in response to Arrenda Tarkington-Moore)Thank you to all who have responded thus far. I know that the OPM file has been requested multiple times over the course of 9 years, but it only comes as the 201 file, which is military. I've been told this is his complete file, but this just doesn't seem right. I am emailing as Cara Moore suggested so that a search can be performed again and I can be more distinctive about the difference between the two types of files. I just want to confirm that the OPM file is NOT his 201 file, correct? They wouldn't be intermingled--right? One is military, one is civilian.
Could there be any inhibition to retrieving the file since he resigned in 1960 (after 1952)? I know there have been requests including FOIA and my father is deceased...I'm just not sure whether I am hitting brick walls?
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Re: CSC Records 1944-1960
Rebecca CollierMar 31, 2016 9:06 AM (in response to Arrenda Tarkington-Moore)
1 person found this helpfulArrenda--
The OPF (Official Personnel File) should be different than his OMPF (Official Military Personnel File, sometimes called a 201 file). Since he resigned in 1960, his OPF will be still in the agency's legal custody but can be access by the employees of the NPRC. When you requested his OPF before, did you use a GSA Form 180? If so, that form should only be used for requesting OMPFs and may explain why you kept getting his "201 File" instead of his Civilian OPF.
Becky
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Re: CSC Records 1944-1960
Cara Moore LebonickMar 31, 2016 9:20 AM (in response to Rebecca Collier)
3 people found this helpfulArrenda/Becky,
The OPFs (civilian federal employee folders) also can contain 201 files. A
201 is just information relating to an individual's information rather than
a project. I received Arrenda's email and will start searching for the OPF
today and will respond privately to her for the remainder of the search.
Thank you!!
Cara
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