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Guides to Major Archives
There are two major archival collections of Social Security-related
documents and audio-visual materials. The largest collection is that of
the National Archives in College Park, Maryland; followed by the SSA History
Archives at Social Security headquarters in Baltimore, Maryland. These Guides are SSA-produced catalogs
of the Social Security holdings of each of these archives.
