Regional Archives, Varanasi
Regional Archives at Varanasi was established in the year 1976. The total holdings are 48.60 linear meters a shelf. These comprise records of Commissioner's office, Varanasi & the Collectorate records of Jaunpur, Varanasi, Balia and Ghazipur.
Total Holdings
| 1 | Files | 6965 |
| 2 | Volumes | 78 |
| 3 | Private papers | 1139 |
| 4 | Books | 410 |
| 5 | Gazetteers | 75 |
Record Holdings of Regional Archives, Varanasi
The total holdings are 48.60 linear meters on shelf. These records comprise of Commissioner's office , Varanasi, Collector's offices of Varanasi, Jaunpur, Gazipur, and Ballia.
Commissioner, Varanasi
| Different Department Records | 1901-1929 | |
| Miscellaneous Records | 1876-1918 | |
| Agency Records | 1906-1960 | |
| Collectorate, Varanasi | ||
| Different Department Records | 1880-1950 | |
| Collectorate, Jaunpur | ||
| Pre-Mutiny Records | 1846-1857 | |
| Collectorate, Gazipur | ||
| English Records | 1859-1930 | |
| Collectorate, Ballia | ||
| English Records | 1911-1945 | |
Private Archives
The Private Archives collected at the Regional Archives throw light on personal, political and cultural activities of eminent peersons like Dr. Sampurnanand, Sri Prakash, Maithili Sharan Gupta, Kamta Prasad Vidhyarthi, Rai Krishnadas, Munshi Premchand, Madan Mohan Malviya etc.
Oral Archives
Reminiscenses of some freedom fighters regarding their activities connected with the national struggle for freedom have also been recorded.
Record Holdings of Regional Archives, Varanasi
| Name of Department | Period | No. of files/Volumes | ||
| Varanasi Division Different department Records | 1901-1929 | 1983 | ||
| Varanasi Collectorate (Miscellaneous records) | 1876-1923 | 1650 | ||
| Varanasi Collectorate department Records | 1880-1923 | 308 | ||
| Varanasi Collectorate department Records | 1893-1915 | 351 | ||
| Varanasi Collectorate department Records | 1901-1927 | 256 | ||
| Varanasi Collectorate department Records | 1913-1923 | 243 | ||
| Varanasi Collectorate Records (Banaras State) | 1910-1950 | 152 | ||
| Varanasi Collectorate Records (Immigration) | 1893-1910 | 70 Volumes | ||
| Varanasi Collectorate Records (Criminal) | 1930-1931 | 296 | ||
| Varanasi division Records (Agency) | 1906-1947 | 197 | ||
| Varanasi division Records (Agency) | 1925-1958 | 207 | ||
| Varanasi division Records (Agency) | 1921-1960 | 120 | ||
| Jaunpur Collectorate (Pre-Mutiny records) | 1787-1880 | 08 Volumes | ||
| Collectorate Ballia Records | 1911-1921 | 49 | ||
| Collectorate Ballia Records | 1921-1929 | 21 | ||
| Collectorate Ballia Records | 1933-1945 | 143 | ||
| Collectorate Ghazipur Records | 1839-1937 | 418 | ||
| Total no. of files - 6965 | ||||
| Total no. of Volumes - 78 | ||||