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Archive for 'Civil Records'Yugoslavia 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. Follow the money: the origins of the Secret ServiceToday’s post is by National Archives Volunteer Bill Nigh. This is the sequel to his earlier post. _____ In my first post, I briefly described the volunteer project based on the records of the U.S. Secret Service (Record Group 87). I stated that this organization began its presidential security mission following a presidential assassination, but its [...] Posted by Guest Blogger on January 17, 2013, under Archives II, Civil Records, History. The U.S. Secret Service: It Took 42 Years to Protect the PresidentToday’s post (part one in a two-part series) is by National Archives Volunteer Bill Nigh. When I was assigned my first volunteer project, one associated with the U.S. Secret Service (Record Group 87), I wasn’t sure what to expect. Like many my age, I picture the Secret Service agent climbing on the rear deck of [...] Posted by Guest Blogger on January 10, 2013, under Archives II, Civil Records, The Process. Remembering Dave BrubeckJazz great Dave Brubeck died on December 5, one day short of his 92nd birthday. Since then, there have been many retrospectives – in print, on television, on radio, and on line. Almost all of those remembrances mention the goodwill tour of Poland and the Far East that Brubeck and his quartet made in 1958 [...] Posted by David Langbart on December 13, 2012, under Archives II, Civil Records, News. Thanksgiving around the worldThanksgiving is considered by many to be the quintessential American holiday. As Thanksgiving 1918 approached, American had more reason than the usual to give thanks. On November 11, 1918, Germany signed the armistice that brought World War I to an effective end. In the wake of that event, the United States made an attempt to [...] Posted by David Langbart on November 20, 2012, under Civil Records, History. A Brief History of the Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Records Interagency Working Group (IWG)Today’s post is written by Dr. Greg Bradsher. I would wager that few NARA staff members, especially those hired during the past five years, and most researchers are familiar with the Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Records Interagency Working Group (IWG) nor its website: www.archives.gov/iwg. The website contains a wealth of valuable information not [...] Posted by Guest Blogger on November 19, 2012, under Archives II, Civil Records, Military Records, Reference. Allen Dulles and No. 23 Herrengasse, Bern, Switzerland, 1942-1945Today’s post is written by Dr. Greg Bradsher. Seventy-years ago, on November 9, 1942, forty-nine year old Allen W. Dulles arrived in Bern, Switzerland to head up the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) operations in Switzerland. Dulles was lucky to be in Switzerland. His train passed from Vichy France into Switzerland only minutes before the Germans [...] Posted by Guest Blogger on November 9, 2012, under Archives II, Civil Records. Plumage of Pomp: The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935The past Saturday, I was visiting the Florida Keys and took a bike tour of parts of Islamorada, a village which spans several islands. The meeting place for the tour was a memorial to the victims of the 1935 Labor Day hurricane located near mile marker 82 of U.S. Route 1. Our guide was very knowledgeable [...] Posted by Jason Clingerman on November 5, 2012, under Archives II, Civil Records, History. Halloween at the Tule Lake Relocation Center70 years ago today, Japanese Americans at the Tule Lake Relocation Center celebrated a harvest festival by wearing costumes. At the Tule Lake Relocation Center, later the Tule Lake Segregation Center, over 24,000 Japanese Americans were imprisoned because of suspected disloyalty to the U.S. government under Executive Order 9066. Starting in 1943, Tule Lake became a [...] Posted by Jason Clingerman on October 31, 2012, under Archives II, Civil Records, History. The Challenge of Federal Bureau of Investigation Records: Abbreviations and EuphemismsToday’s post is written by Dr. Greg Bradsher. The National Archives holds a substantial quantity Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) records. And in the forthcoming years even more records will be accessioned. The FBI case files contain a variety of documentation, including FBI agent reports; teletype-messages; prosecutive summaries; accounts of interviews and physical surveillance; letters; memorandums; [...] Posted by Guest Blogger on October 10, 2012, under Archives II, Civil Records, Reference, Researchers. |
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