Undoubtedly, the archives, inscriptions, and unwritten traditions and practices of the ancient states are the main basis for establishing strong ties between their past and present and directing their future and tradition by accepting the past as a reference. Each of the societies and states living on earth has its own traditions, customs, and practices. The transfer of possessions of states or societies to later periods is through written records, pictures, drawings, clothes, architectural works, traditions, and customs practices. For this reason, all countries, especially developed countries, build and restore archives, museums, excavation sites, and libraries in order to introduce their cultures to other cultures or countries. One of the most basic elements that keep nations together and brings them closer to each other is that nation's historical and national consciousness. The thing that shapes this consciousness, keeps it alive, and transmits it from generation to generation is the archives where historical documents and documents belonging to the state are recorded and kept. In addition, archival documents are also documents that reveal the achievements of states in their practices, their conceptions of civilization, and their diplomatic relations in the historical process. Ottoman bureaucracy is immensely sophisticated on account of its structure and layers. The recording tradition of this bureaucracy composes one of the few archives in the world. This includes the documents about the waqf institute. Today, the Records Archive of Waqf is the most important archive that contains the registries and documents related to waqfs. The Archives of the General Directorate of Foundations, with a total of 7268 registries and over 2,000,000 Ottoman documents, are related to the Seljuk, Anatolian Turkish Lordships, and Ottoman periods; It is an archive containing the most important resources for those who will work on religion, education, health, social services, and cultural institutions. In this study, information will be given about the structure and content of the Archives of the General Directorate of Foundations.