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Archive for 'The Process'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. 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. From Rabaul to Stack 190: The Travels of a Famous Japanese Army PublicationToday’s post is written by Dr. Greg Bradsher. During the first days of August 2012, at Archives II, I looked at three archival boxes that were labeled as Captured Korean Documents. They were Japanese documents, bound together in small groups of pages by the Allied Translator and Interrogator Section (ATIS) of MacArthur’s General Headquarters, [...] Posted by Guest Blogger on August 10, 2012, under Archives II, Military Records, The Process. Know Your Records: USAID, RG 286, Part IISo, what is in the RG 286 records and how should researchers approach diving in to world of USAID? Most important is for researchers to have as much specific information as possible depending on how specific your research needs are. Knowing specific offices, project names, beneficiary countries or regions, or any other relevant data that [...] Posted by Alfie Paul on June 6, 2012, under Archives II, Civil Records, Reference, Researchers, The Process. Know Your Records: USAID, RG 286, Part IThe National Archives has a program of presentations called Know Your Records through which archivists, volunteers, and others share their knowledge of our records with you, the public. It is a great way for interested individuals to learn what we have and how to use what we have to their advantage. The Text Message, in [...] Posted by Alfie Paul on May 15, 2012, under Archives II, Reference, The Process. Finding AliceSeveral months ago, as part of a processing project relating to Record Group 516: Records of the Federal Judicial Center, 1967 – 1994, I did a little research on a woman named Alice L. O’Donnell. In the Archives Research Catalog, also known as ARC, a researcher can, according to the Archives.Gov website, search by a [...] Posted by Marie Maxwell on March 15, 2012, under Archives I, Civil Records, Reference, The Process. Transferring recordsToday’s post is written by Amber Thiele, a processing archivst with civilian textual records in College Park. Sometimes while processing textual records you find something that makes you think, “hmmm…this would get more use if it was in another part of the National Archives and Records Administration.” Usually in the Textual Archives Services Division, [...] Posted by Guest Blogger on March 13, 2012, under Archives II, Civil Records, NARA beyond DC/MD, Presidential Libraries, The Process. Launch of new web pages on Foreign Affairs recordsTo assist researchers interested in records of the Department of State and other foreign affairs agencies, the most heavily used records in the National Archives, the Textual Archives Services Division has launched a newly revamped set of pages on the Archives’ website for providing an introduction to foreign affairs records. The conduct of foreign affairs [...] Posted by David Langbart on March 5, 2012, under Civil Records, Digital Projects, Reference, Researchers, The Process. That Cognac Can Get You Into Very, Very Bad Trouble!As Black History Month draws to a close, nothing illustrates the great progress of the civil rights movement more than a glimpse at a bleaker era. The work we do every day at the National Archives is for the express purpose of preserving historical context, even the disturbing parts, as exemplified in today’s post, written by [...] Posted by Guest Blogger on February 29, 2012, under Archives II, Military Records, The Process. Browsing, Serendipity, and a Titanic DiscoveryToday’s post is by Alan Walker, a processing archivist at Archives II. As a kid I was captivated by the sinking of the RMS Titanic. The drama of such a man-made behemoth falling victim to an iceberg and the scope of the human tragedy conspired to trigger the imaginations of this impressionable youth. I read [...] Posted by Guest Blogger on February 27, 2012, under Archives II, Civil Records, Reference, The Process. |
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