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Archive for September, 2012The National Gallery of Art, the National Archives, and Art Provenance ResearchToday’s post is written by Dr. Greg Bradsher. Nancy Yeide, head of the Department of Curatorial Records at the National Gallery of Art (NGA) in Washington, D.C., in December 1997, began doing provenance research on the NGA’s holdings to ascertain whether any of the works of art had provenance problems. In the wake of the revelations [...] Posted by Guest Blogger on September 25, 2012, under Archives II, Outside NARA, Reference, Researchers. Are you down with the PCC? (every name, every place, every subject)In 1971, the National Archives established the Center for the Documentary Study of the American Revolution through its American Revolution Bicentennial Administration (Records of the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration: RG 452), at Archives I in Washington, DC. As one of the major Bicentennial projects, the center was a sort of “one stop” location for the [...] Posted by Monique Politowski on September 18, 2012, under Archives I, Civil Records, Reference. Elbridge Gerry and the Constitutional Convention, the Constitution, and the Bill of RightsToday’s post is written by Dr. Greg Bradsher. This September 17th is the 225th birthday of the Constitution. Undoubtedly thousands of people will visit the Rotunda of the National Archives to see the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, as well as the Articles of Confederation. If they look up at the murals [...] Posted by Guest Blogger on September 17, 2012, under Archives I, Civil Records. The Travels of the Bill of Rights, Emancipation Proclamation, and other National Archives Holdings on the Freedom Train, 1947-1949Today’s post is written by Dr. Greg Bradsher. Some sixty-five years ago, in September 1947 the Freedom Train, carrying key documents of American history, including the Bill of Rights, began its journey across the United States. At each stop visitors had an opportunity to see the documents, many of them from the National Archives. The idea [...] Posted by Guest Blogger on September 14, 2012, under Outside NARA. “Thank you very, very much J. Edgar Hoover”Today’s post is written by Dr. Greg Bradsher. On May 10, 1966 J. Edgar Hoover, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, wrote Alex Rosen, head of the Bureau’s General Investigation Division, thanking him for a gift certificate to a Washington, D.C. nursery. The gift was in honor of Hoover’s anniversary as director. “I shall derive [...] Posted by Guest Blogger on September 10, 2012, under Archives II, Civil Records. The Office of Military Government for Greater Hesse and “Operation Bodysnatch”Today’s post is written by Dr. Greg Bradsher. On September 7, 1946, the OMG (Office of Military Government) for Greater Hesse informed OMGUS (Office of Military Government, U.S.) that the Marburg Central Collecting Point closed its career on August 19, when the military guard was relieved following transfer to the church of its last charge, the [...] Posted by Guest Blogger on September 5, 2012, under Archives II, Military Records. |
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