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Tag: J. Edgar HooverThe U.S. Secret Service: It Took 42 Years to Protect the PresidentToday’s post (part one in a two-part series) is by National Archives Volunteer Bill Nigh. When I was assigned my first volunteer project, one associated with the U.S. Secret Service (Record Group 87), I wasn’t sure what to expect. Like many my age, I picture the Secret Service agent climbing on the rear deck of [...] Posted by Guest Blogger on January 10, 2013, under Archives II, Civil Records, The Process. Remembering Pearl HarborIn the aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 71 years ago today, agencies of the U.S. government swung into action. The Army and Navy immediately went on a war footing as did American diplomats in the Department of State and at embassies and consulates around the world. Since the formal outbreak of war [...] Posted by David Langbart on December 7, 2012, under History, NARA beyond DC/MD, Presidential Libraries. The Challenge of Federal Bureau of Investigation Records: Abbreviations and EuphemismsToday’s post is written by Dr. Greg Bradsher. The National Archives holds a substantial quantity Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) records. And in the forthcoming years even more records will be accessioned. The FBI case files contain a variety of documentation, including FBI agent reports; teletype-messages; prosecutive summaries; accounts of interviews and physical surveillance; letters; memorandums; [...] Posted by Guest Blogger on October 10, 2012, under Archives II, Civil Records, Reference, Researchers. “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. |
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