Seeking list of Garrison Command Sergeants Major at Fort Belvoir

Dear Ms. Steele,

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We searched the National Archives Catalog and located the series Organizational History Files, 1964-1971 for Fort Belvoir, Virginia in the Records of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (Record Group 553) that may contain some relevant information. The series "Belvoir Castle" Newspaper Files, 1965-1966 and the series Newspaper Files, 1972 in Record Group 553 may be useful as well. We located 21 additional series for Fort Belvoir in Record Group 553 that include organizational planning files, general orders, publication files, management files, and more. Although these series are primarily textual records, there may be photographs interfiled with the other documents. These records have not been digitized. Please contact the National Archives at College Park - Textual Reference (RDT2) at archives2reference@nara.gov for assistance with these records.

Next, we located the series Records of Post Headquarters, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, 1912-1947, the series Records of Headquarters, the Engineer Centers and Fort Belvoir, Virginia, 1950-1951, the series Records of Headquarters, USAEC, Fort Belvoir, 1960-1967, and the series Records of Headquarters, USAEC, Fort Belvoir, 1965-1967 in the Records of the Office of the Chief of Engineers (Record Group 77) that may include the information you are seeking. In addition, we located the series General Records, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, 1916-1951, the series Fort Belvoir Records, 1968-1969, the series Records of Fort Belvoir, 1972, and the series Fort Belvoir, Virginia Records, 1984 that might also be of interest to you. We located 19 other series related to Fort Belvoir in Record Group 77 as well. There may be photographs interfiled with these textual documents. These records have not been digitized. Please contact RDT2 for access to these and similar records.

Plus, photographs of various U.S. Army activities dating from World War I to 2007 are in the custody of the National Archives at College Park - Still Picture (RDSS). For example, we located 1 photographic series, 52 file units, and 92 items related to Fort Belvoir in various record groups. Many of these images have been digitized and may be viewed online using the Catalog. For more information about the non-digitized records, please contact RDSS at stillpix@nara.gov. Please include as much information as possible in your inquiry, such as names and dates of interest.

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Photographs of U.S. Army subjects (2008 to present) are in the custody of the DoD Visual Information Archives. Please contact DVIA via email at dvicustomerservice@defense.gov.

Finally, if you have not done so already, we suggest that you contact the US Army Center of Military History for further assistance.

We hope this is helpful. Best of luck with your research!