Archive for May, 2012
The Iron Lady was not always so steely
Today’s guest post comes from Miriam Kleiman of the National Archives Public Affairs Office. The National Archives and Hollywood again converge, this time in a lengthy Foreign Service cable, declassified in 2006. Dated October 15, 1975, and sent from the U.S. Ambassador Elliot Richardson (of Watergate fame) in London to the U.S. Secretary of State [...]
Posted by Hilary on May 30, 2012, under Uncategorized.
Tags: Conservative Party, Elliot Richardson, Margaret Thatcher, State Department cable
Comments: 2
Homestead Act still stirs excitement 150 years later
In the wake of the 150th anniversary of the Homestead Act, the Exhibits Division’s senior registrar, Jim Zeender, and archivist Greg Bradsher flew out to America’s heartland to share a document that made it all possible. Last month, they visited the Homestead National Monument of America, four miles west of Beatrice, NE, to install the [...]
Posted by Victoria on May 25, 2012, under News and Events.
Tags: Homestead Act of 1862, Homestead National Monument of America, National Archives at Kansas City
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Thursday Photo Caption Contest–May 23
Trying to choose a winner from last winner’s caption contest got us all tangled up! How could we choose between balloon references, Air Force One, and the horrors of flying coach? Eventually we had to hand over our judging duties over to Natalie Rocchio, archives specialist in the Center for Legislative Archives. Natalie knows how to [...]
Posted by Hilary on May 23, 2012, under Photo Caption Contest.
Tags: 1918, Atlantic, balloons, caption contest, Congress in the Archives, eStore, Natalie Rocchio, scouting, U-Boat
Comments: 15
Can we say Happy International Museum Day?
Last year, I tried to get a discount on my entrance fee to the Metropolitan Museum of Art by explaining that I worked at the National Archives. The woman at the counter frowned at me. “The National Archives,” she said. “What’s there?” The Constitution, a copy of the Magna Carta, I told her. It’s open [...]
Posted by Hilary on May 18, 2012, under News and Events, Pennsylvania Avenue.
Comments: 1
Reagan Library puts 900 goats to work
For the next month or so, more than 900 goats will be calling the Ronald Reagan Library and Museum home. “Last year, the Ventura County Fire Department broached the idea with us,” said Reagan Library Director and Herder-in-Chief Duke Blackwood. “We’ve partnered with them for more than 10 years with brush clearance. We’d bring in teams of [...]
Posted by Victoria on May 16, 2012, under - Presidents.
Tags: baby goats, brush clearing, fire safety, goats, Ronald Reagan Library and Museum, sheep herder
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