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National Register Bulletins
All available National Register Bulletins can be obtained in either HTML or PDF at http://www.nps.gov/nr/publications/. A list of all bulletins available on the NPS site are listed below.
The Basics
- How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation
- How to Complete the National Register Registration Form
- How to Complete the National Register Multiple Property Documentation Form
- How to Prepare National Historic Landmark Nominations
- Researching a Historic Property
Property Types
- Historic Residential Suburbs: Guidelines for Evaluation and Documentation for the National Register of Historic Places
- Guidelines for Evaluating and Registering Archeological Properties
- Guidelines for Evaluating and Documenting Historic Aviation Properties
- Guidelines for Evaluating and Nominating Aids to Navigation
- Guidelines for Identifying, Evaluating, and Registering America's Historic Battlefields
- Guidelines for Evaluating and Registering Cemeteries and Burial Places
- How to Evaluate and Nominate Designed Historic Landscapes
- Guidelines for Identifying, Evaluating and Registering Historic Mining Properties
- Guidelines for Evaluating and Nominating Properties That Have Achieved Significance Within the Past Fifty Years
- How to Apply the National Register Criteria to Post Offices
- Guidelines for Evaluating and Documenting Rural Historic Landscapes
- Guidelines for Evaluating and Documenting Properties Associated with Significant Persons
- Guidelines for Evaluating and Documenting Traditional Cultural Properties
- Nominating Historic Vessels and Shipwrecks to the National Register of Historic Places
Technical Assistance for Preparing Nominations
- Defining Boundaries for National Register Properties (with Appendix, Definition of National Register Boundaries for Archeological Properties)
- How to Improve the Quality of Photographs for National Register Nominations (and Photo Policy Update)
- Telling the Stories: Planning Effective Interpretive Programs for Places Listed in the National Register of Historic Places
- Using the UTM Grid System to Record Historic Sites
General Guidance
- Guidelines for Local Surveys: A Basis for Preservation Planning
- Code of Federal Regulations: 36 CFR Part 60 National Register of Historic Places
