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Archive for July, 2011Old Glory and the Representation of U.S. TerritoriesOur guest blogger today is Allison Walsh, an Archives Technician at Archives I who works with Navy / Maritime records. She is proud to display the Stars and Stripes every Flag Day, which also happens to be her birthday. The Star Spangled Banner as we know it today, with fifty stars shining on a field of [...] Posted by Guest Blogger on July 27, 2011, under Archives I, Military Records, Reference. Wikimedia and the new collaborative digital archivesFor today’s post we are thrilled to open our blog space to NARA’s Wikipedian-in-Residence, Dominic McDevitt-Parks. Everyone knows about Wikipedia (though there is certainly a lot of room for clarification of how it works in practice and why it is valuable for public history), so for this first post, I want to spotlight Wikisource, a [...] Posted by Guest Blogger on July 25, 2011, under Digital Projects, Reference, Researchers, The Process. 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. Researching Forts at Archives IA common research topic concerns information on military installations, i.e., forts, camps, depots, barracks, etc. Generally, the bulk of the records we have relate to permanent installations, but we do have a few records pertaining to some temporary posts. Records relating to military installations can be found in a number of different record groups in [...] Posted by Juliette Arai on July 15, 2011, under Archives I, Military Records, Reference. RIP Betty Ford, April 8, 1918 – July 8, 2011In honor of the passing of former First Lady Betty Ford, we thought we would find her in the records. Obviously, there is more to be found in the Ford Presidential Library but she can be found in our corner of NARA as well. Elizabeth Ann Bloomer Warren Ford, Betty, was First Lady of the United [...] Posted by Alfie Paul on July 14, 2011, under Archives II, News, Reference. …And Germany in Ruins Surrendered UnconditionallyToday’s post is written by Lopez D. Matthews, Jr., an Archives Technician in the Holdings Management Division at Archives II. Occasionally, as we work with records we come across a document that completely catches our attention. This was the case as we began describing the documents held in Record Group 498, the records of the European [...] Posted by Guest Blogger on July 11, 2011, under Archives II, Military Records. Music at the Archives – John Philip SousaToday’s guest blogger is Trevor Plante, a supervisory archivist at Archives I. Following up on two recent blog posts from our office by Juliette Arai and Mark Mollan I thought it would be a great opportunity to blog about one of my favorite Marine Corps documents that I often show Marines when we have them here for [...] Posted by Guest Blogger on July 8, 2011, under Archives I, Military Records, Reference. Before "Your Show of Shows": Sid Caesar and the Coast GuardToday’s guest blogger is Mark Mollan, a reference archivist specializing in records of the U.S. Navy and Maritime agencies. Not long ago, an Archives I reference staff member came across a Muster Roll for the USCG unit “Tars and Spars”–a touring entertainment troupe created to bolster the morale and support of World War II USCG [...] Posted by Guest Blogger on July 1, 2011, under Archives I, Military Records, Reference. |
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