Introduction

This project is freely available to the public, and researchers are invited to use the data in the archive and the map as well as the textual information on the Website. The following guidelines apply to the use of this material.

Copyright

The textual materials that provided material for the Archive and for the Map sections of the project were, whenever possible, original archival sources from public repositories or printed materials in the public domain. Consult About the Sources for additional information on project contents. The textual material in the History and About sections, all design elements of the Website, and all coding for the map are the intellectual property of the project author © 2024 Peter Kastor.  You can find a full list of contributors on About the Project.

Conditions of Use

This Website is Open Access, which means the contents of this website are made freely available for individual private study, scholarship and research, and educational purposes. Researchers are encouraged to use the material on federal employees, the analytical text on the Website, and the geospatial information on the map for scholarly research, academic assignments, family history and genealogy, general interest, or any other research purpose.

A CC BY-NC license applies to materials that are (1) available on the Creating a Federal Government website and (2) the intellectual property of project author Peter Kastor. You may not use the material for commercial purposes, and you must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. If you want to do something this license does not allow, please contact the author: pjkastor [AT] wustl.edu. 

Full details of the CC BY-NC license are available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/. 

Site users are responsible for any uses they make of materials on this site.

Citation

Cite this Website in any reproduction, paraphrasing, reference, or other use. Refer to the following examples for specific citation practices: 

  • Record for individual federal employee: Employment record of [First Name] [Middle Name (if any)] [Last Name], [Suffix (if any)], [Government Employee Number provided on individual record], from Peter J. Kastor, Creating a Federal Government, accessed on [Date], [record URL]. 
  • Quoting or summarizing Website text: “[page name]”, from Peter J. Kastor Creating a Federal Government, accessed on [Date], [record URL].

 

Data Requests and Other Inquiries

We welcome requests from researchers for data from this project or any other topics. Contact Peter Kastor (pjkastor [AT] wustl.edu) with any inquiries.