I’m happy to announce that the National Archives is partnering with Wikimedia D.C. on Wikimania 2012, which is being held in Washington D.C this year, July 12-14. We are thrilled to be able to work together with Wikimedia D.C. on its conference in order to promote our common values: citizen engagement, collaboration, innovation, and … Continue reading The National Archives is an official Wikimaniac
June 18, 2012--the anniversary of the U.S. declaration of war against Great Britain--marked the official start of the bicentennial of the War of 1812. To help celebrate that anniversary and bring attention to one of America's lesser known conflicts, let's take a look at some of the records of that war, starting with an essential … Continue reading Family Tree Friday: War of 1812 Pension Files Online
This post was written by Ryan Butler, a student intern with the Social Media Team at the National Archives. "Photograph of fireworks going off in the night sky by the Washington Monument, during ceremonies celebrating the 175th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence., 07/04/1951." ARC ID 200339 Summer is upon us and Americans across the nation are … Continue reading The Fourth on Foursquare!
The following post is by guest bloggers Rebecca Warlow, Description and Digitization Supervisor, and Ann Cummings, Supervisory Archivist for Textual Records. At the DC-Area Researchers Forum in November we announced that some records would be moving from the National Archives at College Park to the National Archives at St. Louis in 2012. The time has … Continue reading Records Heading West to St. Louis
Today's post comes from National Archives at Kansas City staff members, Archivist Elizabeth Burnes and Exhibit Specialist Dee Harris. Photograph, Improvement Missouri River in Vicinity of Glasgow, MO, August 1881. RG 77, Records of the Office of the Chief of Engineers, Omaha District. (National Archives at Kansas City) The National Archives at Kansas City welcomed … Continue reading National Archives at Kansas City hosts Wikipedians
We know that you must be wondering when the dust will settle in the Archives I research center. So far, the classroom, finding aids room, and microfilm research room have been reconfigured. The cork floor and the new wood paneling are beautiful. The floor in the research commons (lobby) remains a work in progress. When … Continue reading Progress Report on Construction Activities in the Archives I Research Center
Today's post is written by Katie Dishman, of the National Archives at Chicago. “The following program is brought to you in living color by CBS.” Wait. That’s not right. But it might have been if the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) had its way back in 1950. The variation of the long-used advertising slogan by the … Continue reading Communications Commission Creates Confrontational and Cacophonic Court Case
A couple of weeks ago John Deeben wrote a post about the Federation of Genealogical Society's (FGS) efforts to digitize the War of 1812 Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Applications in partnership with the National Archives and Fold3.com. FGS is raising money to support this effort to digitize over 7 million documents and you can … Continue reading Help Digitize the War of 1812 Pensions and Bounty Land Warrant Applications
On Friday, the National Archives released the updated Open Government Plan that will guide our efforts in transparency, participation, and collaboration for 2012-2014. Over the past two years, we’ve implemented most of the 70 tasks we set out to accomplish in our 2010 Open Government Plan, including major initiatives in records management, declassification, and FOIA, … Continue reading NARA’s Open Government Plan for 2012-2014
The National Mall is just days away from an influx of thousands of Girl Scouts for Girl Scouts Rock the Mall: 100th Anniversary Sing-Along. I hope they shipped in enough Thin Mints for the party! The National Archives has some great events planned coinciding with the Girl Scouts' centennial celebration - including exhibits, a film, … Continue reading Tagalong Tuesday! Celebrating Girl Scouts
