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Archive for 'Outside NARA'The Marines and Japanese Souvenirs on Guadalcanal August-October 1942Today’s post is written by Dr. Greg Bradsher. On the morning of August 7, 1942, the Marines landed on Guadalcanal, relatively near an airfield that the Japanese had begun constructing, and the relatively small number of Japanese on the island melted into the jungle. The following day the Marines began collecting Japanese souvenirs near the airfield. [...] Posted by Guest Blogger on December 10, 2012, under Outside NARA. The Travels of two 16th Century Books from Germany to California, to Washington, D.C., and Back to Germany, 1945-2009Today’s post is written by Dr. Greg Bradsher. Three years ago, on October 9, 2009, a former member of General Patton’s Third Army, in Room 105 of the National Archives Building in Washington, D.C. returned to the German Ambassador two 16th Century books he had taken from a German mine during April 1945. The story how [...] Posted by Guest Blogger on November 27, 2012, under Archives I, Outside NARA. An American Archivist at Ascona, Switzerland, October 1997Today’s post is written by Dr. Greg Bradsher. One clear, chilly evening this week fifteen years I was alone in the foothills above the town of Ascona, Switzerland, wondering “how in the world did I end up here?” The answer begins in December 1996, in the wake of revelations about Switzerland having dormant bank accounts of [...] Posted by Guest Blogger on October 26, 2012, under Outside NARA, Policy and Procedures. The National Gallery of Art, the National Archives, and Art Provenance ResearchToday’s post is written by Dr. Greg Bradsher. Nancy Yeide, head of the Department of Curatorial Records at the National Gallery of Art (NGA) in Washington, D.C., in December 1997, began doing provenance research on the NGA’s holdings to ascertain whether any of the works of art had provenance problems. In the wake of the revelations [...] Posted by Guest Blogger on September 25, 2012, under Archives II, Outside NARA, Reference, Researchers. The Travels of the Bill of Rights, Emancipation Proclamation, and other National Archives Holdings on the Freedom Train, 1947-1949Today’s post is written by Dr. Greg Bradsher. Some sixty-five years ago, in September 1947 the Freedom Train, carrying key documents of American history, including the Bill of Rights, began its journey across the United States. At each stop visitors had an opportunity to see the documents, many of them from the National Archives. The idea [...] Posted by Guest Blogger on September 14, 2012, under Outside NARA. Happy Mother’s Day to All, Past and PresentAs we make our brunch reservations, choose the perfect greeting card, and make the rest of our preparations for Mother’s Day this Sunday, let’s not forget the women, the mothers of our nation, who took a stand for women’s rights and blazed the trail for future movements. Men such as George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas [...] Posted by Monique Politowski on May 11, 2012, under Archives I, Civil Records, Outside NARA. Publius says “Trick or Treat!”Today’s post is written by Monique Politowski, and is part of her ongoing series on the Federalists. It must have been weird for the readers of the New York Independent Journal to see an essay supposedly written by a long since dead Roman. Hamilton, Jay, and Madison all used the pseudonym “Publius,” intentionally becoming the [...] Posted by Monique Politowski on October 31, 2011, under Archives I, Civil Records, Outside NARA. From College Park to Edinburgh: 30 Days with the National Collection of Aerial PhotographyToday’s post is written by Tom McAnear, a processing archivist in College Park. Tom is participating in the Archival Development Program, an in-house multi-year training course for all of NARA’s archivists. As part of my Archival Development Program (ADP) training I recently completed a 30-day rotation in June at the National Collection of Aerial Photography [...] Posted by Guest Blogger on October 11, 2011, under Digital Projects, Outside NARA, The Process. Brad Meltzer’s NARA Top TenSome months ago I attended a book signing at Archives I by author and History Channel star, Brad Meltzer. It was on the occasion of his new book The Inner Circle, which has at its core an archivist and the National Archives. Brad is a big fan of NARA, archivists, and the records we keep. [...] Posted by Guest Blogger on October 5, 2011, under Archives I, Archives II, Outside NARA. |
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