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Tag: RG 306Yugoslavia 1970: The Writing on the WallFrom time to time while working in the records, NARA staff find documents that provide new perspectives on events through which they lived. I recently had that experience. I remember well the terrible humanitarian disaster that befell local populations as Yugoslavia ripped itself apart during the 1990s. I remember, too, how many commentators expressed surprise [...] Posted by David Langbart on January 23, 2013, under Archives II, Civil Records, History, The Process. Croatia and the Voice of AmericaToday’s post is written by Ashby Crowder. A few days ago the Washington Post ran a story about the recent closing of the Voice of America’s (VOA) Croatian language radio broadcast service. If you’re interested in the history of Voice of America in the former Yugoslavia, the National Archives at College Park has some records [...] Posted by Ashby Crowder on January 4, 2012, under Archives II, Civil Records. One Small StepToday’s post is written by Alfie Paul, a processing archivist at Archives II. On July 20, 1969 the world watched as the first human beings landed on the moon. That day 42 years ago was the culmination of a race to the moon that President John F. Kennedy began in 1961 saying he believed “that [...] Posted by Alfie Paul on July 20, 2011, under Archives II, Civil Records, Reference. Fun with OPAA couple of weeks ago I overheard a converstation between some colleagues discussing OPA. “Try finding it in OPA,” one said. They went on to discuss OPA functionality and benefits and use. I assumed OPA was one of those things above my pay-grade about which I did not need to know. As it turns out, [...] Posted by Alfie Paul on May 6, 2011, under Archives II, Civil Records, Reference, Researchers. If I Was in Charge…We want to hear from our researchers! Here’s your chance to tell us what record groups you would like to see us working on…if you were in charge! In the last few years, the archivists working in the Textual Archives Services Division at Archives II have been involved in several large-scale processing projects. Archivists working with [...] Posted by Denise Henderson on February 8, 2011, under Civil Records, Military Records, Researchers. U.S. Information Agency (USIA) Research Report Document Files ConsolidatedToday’s post is written by Tom McAnear, a processing archivist who works with civilian textual records. The Research Report document files from the Office of Research and Media Reaction in RG 306 (Records of the U.S. Information Agency) are important for researching both foreign and domestic opinion about key events, important issues, and the actions of [...] Posted by Guest Blogger on January 19, 2011, under Civil Records. |
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