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Archive for March, 2011Women at WorkToday’s salute to Women’s History Month is written by Alfie Paul, a processing archivist who works with civilian textual records. “We didn’t want women, but now they’re here we’ve found they are just as fast and just as capable as the men. They are all right.” From “When You Hire Women,” Special Bulletin #14, 1944 [...] Posted by Alfie Paul on March 31, 2011, under Archives II, Civil Records. Navy / Maritime Records at Archives I“What records do you have here?” is a common question we are asked everyday at Archives I. This post — Part 2 of a 3-part series — provides a brief description of the Navy/maritime records one can find at our facility in Washington, DC. Part 1, Army [records at AI], was posted earlier, while Part 3, [...] Posted by Juliette Arai on March 30, 2011, under Archives I, Military Records, Reference, Researchers. The Navy Deck LogsToday’s post is written by student technician Carrie Jones. I have been with NARA for a year as a student and since I started, I have been working on the team that has been processing and consolidating the Navy deck logs in RG 24, Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, or as we call it, [...] Posted by Guest Blogger on March 28, 2011, under Archives II, Military Records, The Process. Foreign Service Friday! The AirgramToday’s post is written by archivist David Langbart who works primarily with diplomatic records. Researchers who use Department of State records may be interested to know a bit more about the types of documents used by Foreign Service Posts to communicate with the Department of State. This is the third in a series of postings [...] Posted by David Langbart on March 25, 2011, under Archives II, Civil Records, Reference. Foreign Service Friday! The TelegramToday’s post is written by archivist David Langbart who works primarily with diplomatic records. Researchers who use Department of State records may be interested to know a bit more about the types of documents used by Foreign Service Posts to communicate with the Department of State. This is the second in a series of postings [...] Posted by David Langbart on March 18, 2011, under Civil Records, Reference, Researchers. Longtime Coming: Regional Development in the DC Metro AreaToday’s post is written by M Marie Maxwell, an archives specialist who works at Archives I. Due to the unique relationship between the Federal government and the District of Columbia the National Archives holds a number of records relating to the development of the city of Washington. This not only useful for local historians but also [...] Posted by Marie Maxwell on March 16, 2011, under Archives I, Civil Records, The Process. Army Records at Archives IToday’s post is written by T. Juliette Arai, a reference archivist who works at Archives I. Along with M. Marie Maxwell, she will be joining us as a regular blogger. “What records do you have here?” is a common question we are asked everyday at Archives I. This post — Part 1 of a 3-part series [...] Posted by Juliette Arai on March 14, 2011, under Archives I, Military Records, Reference. A Piece of Women’s History in Record Group 498: “The WAC”Today’s post is written by Lopez D. Matthews, Jr., an Archives Technician in the Holdings Management Division at Archives II. Celebrate Women’s History Month and discover the the WAC! The story of women in the military is one of strength and courage in the face of discrimination and doubt. Part of the story can be [...] Posted by Guest Blogger on March 14, 2011, under Archives II, Military Records. Foreign Service Friday! The DespatchToday’s post is written by archivist David Langbart who works primarily with diplomatic records. Researchers who use Department of State records may be interested to know a bit more about the types of documents used by Foreign Service Posts to communicate with the Department of State. This is the first in a series of postings [...] Posted by David Langbart on March 11, 2011, under Archives II, Civil Records, Reference. |
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