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Sunday, 21st November 2004

New Databses Available from National Archives (United States)

National Archives--United States--Databases
Four New Resources Added to Access to Archival Databases Collection
+ Records of Awards and Decorations of Honor During the Vietnam Conflict, 10/1968 - 12/1972
The AWADS series contains information about 80,701 awards and decorations of honor processed by Headquarters, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV) and awarded to U.S. military officers, soldiers, and sailors, and to allied foreign military personnel. The records in this series are a subset of the U.S. awards and decorations received by personnel who served in Southeast Asia during the Vietnamese War.
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+ Files from the Defense Contract Action Data System (DCADS), 7/1/1975 - 9/30/2002
The DCADS records describe the logistics activities of contracts for goods and services between the private sector and the military services and agencies of the Department of Defense. Department of Defense (DD) Forms DD 350 and DD 1057 are the sources of the data. There is a record for each contract with information derived from DD Form 350, the Individual Contracting Action Report. We have recently added DCADS data for FY 2001 and 2002.
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+ Records About Wage Increases, 11/14/1971 - 4/30/1974
The Wage Case History File series contains data extracted from reports of wage increases and requests to increase wages from business establishments subject to wage controls. Each record corresponds to a report or request submitted by an establishment, and shows how the Cost of Living Council (CLC) categorized and responded to the submission. Each record contains the establishment's case number and address, the name of the company to which the establishment belonged, the number of employees affected by the report or request, and information about the wages and benefits paid and requested.
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+ Records of Corporate and Quarterly Financial Information on Thrift Institutions, 1984-1998
This Thrift Financial System series was created from financial reports (OTS Form 1313) filed by Savings and Loan Associations. The record types in AAD are B, C, D, and I1. Record types B, C, and D contain universe (corporate structure) information including business names and addresses. Financial data for 1984 -1988 and the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd quarters of 1989 are now accessible in AAD.

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