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1. Thousands queue to see the Emancipation Proclamation and General Order No. 3

Author

Latson, Samantha

Subjects
United States. National Archives and Records Administration -- Exhibitions, Juneteenth, Historic documents -- Exhibitions, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Emancipation Proclamation of 1863
Abstract

Byline: Samantha Latson For the second year, thousands of people marked Juneteenth by queuing outside the National Archives' East Side Rotunda Gallery to catch a glimpse of the rarely-exhibited Emancipation [...]

Published
2023

2. The National Archives helps reveal the great myth of American sports

Author

Blackistone, Kevin B.

Subjects
United States. National Archives and Records Administration -- Exhibitions, Professional sports -- History -- Exhibitions -- United States, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Kevin B. Blackistone 'Why should a man who is trying to do what his audience expects him to do and pays for, be the target of vile abuse, all [...]

Published
2022

3. Remembering Vietnam

Subjects
United States. National Archives and Records Administration -- Exhibitions, Vietnam War, 1959-1975, Archival materials -- Exhibitions, History, Military and naval science, Regional focus/area studies
Abstract

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War, the National Archives is pulling photographs, documents and other items off its shelves and putting them on display for more than [...]

Published
2017

4. Prologue portfolio: American originals, treasures from the national archives national tour

Author

Bredhoff, Stacey

Subjects
United States. National Archives and Records Administration -- Exhibitions, Archives -- Exhibitions, History, Social sciences
Abstract

Issues concerning the 2001-2004 traveling exhibition of the National Archives' 'American Originals' exhibition are examined. Topics include the opening on Oct 5, 2001, at the New York Public Library in Manhattan; the tour schedule; and documents that will be featured in the exhibit, including the voting record of the Constitutional Convention, 1787, the Louisiana Purchase Treaty, the preliminary 1862 Emancipation Proclamation, and the draft of Pres John F. Kennedy's 1961 inaugural address.

Published
2002

5. On the road with the declaration

Author

Potter, Lee Ann

Subjects
United States. National Archives and Records Administration -- Exhibitions, Declaration of Independence (Declaration) -- Exhibitions, Historic documents -- Exhibitions
Abstract

Today, anyone can view one of our nation's most important documents for free. The original Declaration of Independence is on display in the Rotunda of the National Archives building on […]

Published
2005

6. News and Notices

Subjects
United States. National Archives and Records Administration -- Exhibitions, Archives -- Exhibitions, Presidential libraries -- Officials and employees, History, Social sciences
Abstract

Information concerning exhibits and services related to the National Archives and Records Administration is presented. Topics include the NARA's traveling exhibit 'American Originals,' which includes such items as the Louisiana Purchase Treaty; a new hands-on learning center in the National Archives Building; and the naming of a new director at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library in Austin, TX.

Published
2001

7. In Classical Athens, a market trading in the currency of ideas

Author

Fleischman John

Subjects
United States. National Archives and Records Administration -- Exhibitions, Civilization, Classical -- Exhibitions
Abstract

Athens on an August afternoon: the clear radiant light of Greece suffuses every stone and walkway. From my vantage point, I squint upward to the outcropping of the Acropolis, crowned […]

Published
1993

8. ''I have th honor to tender the resignation...''

Author

Plante, Trevor K.

Subjects
United States. Army -- Officials and employees, United States. National Archives and Records Administration -- Exhibitions, Civil war -- United States, Historic documents -- Exhibitions, History, Social sciences
Published
2010

10. They were there

Author

Kiene, Candace

Subjects
United States. National Archives and Records Administration -- Exhibitions, World War II, 1939-1945 -- Exhibitions, Pearl Harbor Attack, 1941 -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, General interest
Abstract

Many events and publications have been planned in memory of the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. One of the major traveling exhibits is 'World War II: Personal Accounts - Pearl Harbor to V-J Day' which is sponsored by the National Archives and Records Administration.

Published
1991

11. 1783: subject or citizen?

Author

Eamon, Michael and Royse, Lisa

Subjects
United States. National Archives and Records Administration -- Alliances and partnerships, United States. National Archives and Records Administration -- Exhibitions, Canada. Library and Archives Canada -- Alliances and partnerships, Canada. Library and Archives Canada -- Exhibitions, Peace treaties -- History, History, Social sciences
Published
2008

12. The insider's guide to the digital vaults

Author

Isaacs, Suzanne

Subjects
United States. National Archives and Records Administration -- Exhibitions, Web sites -- Usage, Archives -- Collections and collecting, Company Web site/Web page, History, Social sciences
Published
2008

13. Eyewitness

Author

Bredhoff, Stacey

Subjects
United States. National Archives and Records Administration -- Exhibitions, Historic documents -- Exhibitions, Political letter-writing -- Exhibitions, History, Social sciences
Published
2006

15. Spotlight on NARA: Behind the scenes with NARA's exhibits staff

Subjects
United States. National Archives and Records Administration -- Exhibitions, Archives -- Exhibitions, Genealogical libraries -- Exhibitions, History, Social sciences
Abstract

The opening of the Public Vaults component of the National Archives Experience marked the completion of one of the most important assignments ever given to a small group of National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) employees. Officials at NARA wanted visitors to begin to understand the importance of records and give them the type of 'close encounter' with the process of discovery that genealogists and others experience in NARA everyday.

Published
2004

16. 20 July 1969

Author

Bustard, Bruce I.

Subjects
United States. National Archives and Records Administration -- Exhibitions, History, Social sciences
Abstract

The National Archives has come up with a new exhibit '20 July,1969'. This will display all the events pertaining to Apollo 11, including the log book for the aircraft carrier USS Hornet, which chronicle's the ship's preparation for Apollo 11's Pacific ocean landing and its role in recovering the astronauts and their spacecraft.

Published
2003

17. Eyewitness to History

Subjects
United States. National Archives and Records Administration -- Exhibitions, Historic documents -- Exhibitions, Letters -- Exhibitions
Published
2006

18. Exhibit Explores U.S. History of 'Rights' Versus 'Privileges'

Subjects
United States. National Archives and Records Administration -- Exhibitions, Human rights -- History, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=193495492 HEADLEE: This is TELL ME MORE from NPR News. I'm Celeste Headlee. Michel Martin is away. Coming up, we'll glimpse into the [...]

Published
2013

19. The Emancipation Proclamation: A Public Document

Subjects
United States. National Archives and Records Administration -- Exhibitions, Historic documents -- Exhibitions, Abolition of slavery -- History, Slavery -- Emancipation, General interest, Emancipation Proclamation of 1863
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=168412765 CONAN: One hundred fifty years ago today, in the midst of America's deadliest war, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. To [...]

Published
2013

20. Immigration, The Gold Mountain And A Wedding Photo

Subjects
United States. National Archives and Records Administration -- Exhibitions, Photograph collections -- Exhibitions
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=156188519 At the National Archives here in Washington, D.C., a new exhibit charts the stories of 19th and early 20th century immigrants to [...]

Published
2012

21. Market review: two auction records were set for a sculpture, and the only early copy of Magna Carta in private hands was bought for the National Archives in Washington

Subjects
Sotheby's Inc. -- Company sales and earnings -- Purchasing, Christie's International PLC -- Company sales and earnings -- Purchasing, United States. National Archives and Records Administration -- Exhibitions, Magna Carta (Historic document) -- Purchasing -- Exhibitions, Auction firms -- Company sales and earnings -- Purchasing, Arts, visual and performing, Company earnings/profit, Exhibitions, Purchasing, Company sales and earnings, Donations
Abstract

December was a month of unexpected successes. While it could not be doubted that the Guennol Lioness--a diminutive yet powerful 5,000 year-old limestone figurine from ancient Mesopotamia illustrated in the [...]

Published
2008

22. A Pictorial Panorama of the 20TH CENTURY

Author

BUSTARD, BRUCE I.

Subjects
United States. National Archives and Records Administration -- Exhibitions, Photography -- Exhibitions, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Exhibitions
Abstract

Photographs from the National Archives and Records Administration freeze vivid images of a turbulent century in stunning pictures of humanity and inhumanity, triumph and tragedy, and famous and ordinary people. [...]

Published
1999

23. Dude Looks Like A Lady, And Other Civil War Tales

Subjects
United States. National Archives and Records Administration -- Exhibitions, United States Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Portrayals -- Exhibitions, Soldiers -- Portrayals, United States history -- Civil War, 1861-1865, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126455120 GUY RAZ, host: Welcome back to ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Guy Raz. During the Civil War, a soldier named [...]

Published
2010

24. Amending America

Author

Slade, Stephanie

Subjects
United States. National Archives and Records Administration -- Exhibitions, Constitutional amendments -- Exhibitions, Humanities, Philosophy and religion, Political science
Abstract

Attempts to amend the U.S. Constitution have a success rate of just 0.2 percent, according to a new temporary exhibit at the National Archives. Over 11,000 changes have been proposed [...]

Published
2016

25. For New Space, Archives Plans Exhibition on Rights

Author

Lee, Felicia R.

Subjects
United States. National Archives and Records Administration -- Exhibitions, Historic documents -- Exhibitions, Archival materials -- Exhibitions, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

The National Archives in Washington, D.C., a vast repository of documents related to the country's history, will significantly expand in November with a new permanent exhibition called ''Records of Rights,'' [...]

Published
2013

26. 'A Little Bugging!'

Subjects
United States. National Archives and Records Administration -- Exhibitions, Watergate Affair, 1972-1974 -- Exhibitions, Ex-presidents -- Exhibitions, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

President Richard Nixon stage-directed White House aides on how to deny the conspiracy to undermine the 1972 presidential election. ''Just say this is a comedy of errors, without getting into [...]

Published
2010

27. There Are No Small Parts in This American History Lesson

Author

Rothstein, Edward

Subjects
United States. National Archives and Records Administration -- Exhibitions, United States history -- Exhibitions
Abstract

The new exhibition opening on Friday at the National Archives here is meant to be a big deal. And so, in a way, it is. 'Big!,' as it is emphatically […]

Published
2009

28. Exhibit offers peeks into presidents' pasts

Author

Stone, Andrea

Subjects
United States. National Archives and Records Administration -- Exhibitions, Student records -- Exhibitions, Exhibitions, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Andrea Stone Report cards, letters home draw distinct portraits of young men who would one day lead the United States WASHINGTON -- Harry Truman was a terrible speller. John [...]

Published
2007

29. American History Through the Eyes and the Letters of the People

Author

Rothstein, Edward

Subjects
United States. National Archives and Records Administration -- Exhibitions, Archives -- Exhibitions, Exhibitions
Abstract

There is a hush of awe in the rotunda of the National Archives when tour and school groups file past the founding constitutional documents of the United States. In the […]

Published
2006

30. Founding Documents Back on Better Display Than Ever

Author

Govindarajan, Shweta

Subjects
United States. National Archives and Records Administration -- Exhibitions, Washington, D.C. -- Exhibitions, Declaration of Independence (Declaration) -- Exhibitions, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, United States Constitution. 1st-10th Amendments, United States Constitution
Published
2003

32. The National Archives exhibit 'Part Two: Consequences,' which follows up on an earlier 'Discovering the Civil War' display, opened on November 10 and runs until April 17, 2011

Subjects
United States. National Archives and Records Administration -- Exhibitions, Historic documents -- Exhibitions, History
Abstract

THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES exhibit 'Part Two: Consequences,' which follows up on an earlier 'Discovering the Civil War' display, opened on November 10 and runs until April 17, 2011. Visitors can [...]

Published
2011

33. Taking the public out of 'public art.'(Column)

Author

Boyte, Harry C. and Kari, Nancy N.

Subjects
United States. National Archives and Records Administration -- Exhibitions, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, Washington, D.C. -- Exhibitions, New Deal, 1933-1939 -- Portrayals, Public art -- Criticism and interpretation, Business, Business, general
Published
1997

35. Written history.

Author

Satzman, Darrell

Subjects
Public libraries -- Exhibitions -- Social aspects, United States history -- Exhibitions -- Social aspects, Los Angeles County, California -- Social aspects, United States. National Archives and Records Administration -- Exhibitions, Los Angeles, California. Public Library -- Exhibitions
Abstract

LIVING out West has its rewards, of course, but one thing Angelenos and other Left Coasters miss out on is a day-to-day connection with American history that residents of say, [...]

Published
2003

36. Quick takes

Author

Fritz, Anne Louise

Subjects
United States. National Archives and Records Administration -- Exhibitions, Beaches -- Fairs and festivals, Consumer news and advice, Family and marriage
Abstract

Calling all mermaids: The Virginia Beach Neptune Festival celebrates its 30th year this September, culminating in the Boardwalk Festival September 26 to 28 ... All four pages of the Constitution [...]

Published
2003

37. Political cartoons at National Archives; Accountants as collectors of American art

Author

Ingalls, Zoe

Subjects
United States. National Archives and Records Administration -- Exhibitions, Photography -- Exhibitions, Prints -- Exhibitions, Political cartoons -- Exhibitions, Education, The University of Arizona. Center for Creative Photography -- Exhibitions, DePaul University -- Exhibitions
Published
1991

38. Archives offer eclectic display of 'American Originals'

Author

Goldstein, David

Subjects
United States. National Archives and Records Administration -- Exhibitions, United States history -- Exhibitions
Abstract

WASHINGTON _ From the first issue of Mad Magazine in 1952 to the 1955 police report on Rosa Parks' refusal to move to the back of the bus to George […]

Published
1998

39. Saga of a priceless document

Author

David, Lester

Subjects
United States. National Archives and Records Administration -- Exhibitions, United States. Declaration of Independence, General interest
Published
1983

40. Free show displaying artists from Great Depression at National Archives in Washington

Author

Cannon, Angie

Subjects
United States. National Archives and Records Administration -- Exhibitions, Great Depression, 1929-1934 -- Portrayals, United States history -- 1933-1945
Abstract

WASHINGTON _ Like millions of Americans, artists were hard hit by the Great Depression. One observer told how they traded 'a canvas for a wedding ring, a watercolor for a […]

Published
1997

43. Keeping the dreams of a nation

Author

Lingo, Karen

Subjects
United States. National Archives and Records Administration -- Exhibitions, Constitutions -- History, General interest, Home and garden
Published
1987

44. Archival photography

Subjects
United States. National Archives and Records Administration -- Exhibitions, Photography -- Exhibitions, Arts, visual and performing, Literature/writing, Political science
Published
1979

47. Local celebration centers on Archives

Author

Worden, Amy

Subjects
United States. National Archives and Records Administration -- Exhibitions, United States Constitution Bicentennial, 1987-1991 -- Exhibitions, Constitutions -- History, United States Constitution
Published
1987

48. A lot of people listen to Nixon in Washington, D.C., these days

Author

Adams, Caroline R.

Subjects
United States. National Archives and Records Administration -- Exhibitions, Washington, D.C. -- Social aspects, Presidents -- Public relations, Travel industry -- Washington, D.C., Business, Business, general
Published
1982

49. U.S. Constitution - 5,900 yea, 1,000 nay

Subjects
United States. National Archives and Records Administration -- Exhibitions, Scholastic Corp. -- Public relations, United States Constitution Bicentennial, 1987-1991 -- Exhibitions, Business, Business, general
Abstract

U.S. CONSTITUTION -- 5,900 YEA, 1,800 NAY WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Two hundred years after its signing, the Constitution continues to win Americans' favor. As of today, a [...]

Published
1987

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