Subject Matter Expert (SME) - Civil Rights Blog #10:
Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division (Part 1)
Ray Bottorff Jr
This is part one of a two part blog that covers civil rights records in the Department of Justice. Part one covers the h...
The National Archives hold most of its aerial photography in the Cartographic Branch and the Still Pictures Branch, but field sites (Field Records Division) and presidential libraries across the country also hold aerial photography.
Some highli...
The 1975 Apollo Soyuz Test Project - by Shane Bell (RRFA)
Researchers interested in the 1975 Apollo Soyuz Test Project have several resources available to them within the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and the Nat...
Subject Matter Expert (SME) - Civil Rights Blog #9:
Civil Rights Court Cases at the National Archives at Atlanta
Ray Bottorff Jr
During the Civil Rights Era (from the 1940s to the 1970s), many cases worked their way through the U.S. courts concernin...
While the Cartographic Branch holds the majority of aerial photography held at the National Archives, the Still Pictures Branch also holds a large amount of aerial photography. The Still Picture holdings are particularly strong on Air Force bombing a...
**Written with the assistance of Nathaniel Patch and Jacob Haywood, archivists at the National Archives at College Park***After World War II, early members of the United Nations (U.N.) played a pivotal role in the discussions on the future governance...
Subject Matter Expert (SME) - Civil Rights Blog #7:Records Regarding American Anti-Semitism in the National ArchivesRay Bottorff Jr Anti-semitism, the act of discrimination or hatred towards people of Jewish decent, can be traced in Europe as f...
The Cartographic Branch holds approximately 1.9 million U-2 and similar reconnaissance photographs. These photographs, from Record Group 263: Records of the Central Intelligence Agency, 1894 - 2002, can be found in the series Reconnaissance Photograp...
The Records of the Government of American Samoa (Record Group 284) are a valuable resource for those interested in studying the history of American colonialism in the Pacific. Like other Pacific territories, American involvement in the Samoan Islands...
Subject Matter Expert (SME) - Civil Rights Blog #4:Matters Involving Housing Rights in Federal RecordsRay Bottorff JrMatters concerning housing and property ownership have been an integral part of the United States since its founding. After American ...
The National Archives holds 35 million aerial photographs. Navigating all of the different Record Groups and series can be a challenge. The Cartographic Branch, who holds the majority of the aerial photography at the National Archives, wanted to make...
Navy photographer, PH1 Greg McCreash, downloads a Kodak DCS 420 digital camera into the Electronic Imaging Center (EIC) while deployed to Zagreb, Croatia in support of Operation Joint Endeavor. Local Identifier: 330-CFD-DD-SD-99-03481.jpeg, NAID: 650...
Aquarius Plateau. J.K. Hillers at work (as photographer). Local Identifier: 57-PS-809, NAID: 517983. This image is cropped from the original.When you think of photographic negatives today, perhaps you imagine flexible, plastic-like film. However, som...
Aerial photographs for the Forest Service are held in a series in Record Group 95, Aerial Photographs, 1932 - 2011. The search for these photographs begins with Special List 25, which provides information on all available domestic photography. This l...
Photograph of Researcher in the Central Search Room of the National Archives Building. 64-PR-20-1, NAID: 74228254In this edition of Visual Cues and Clues, let’s step outside the box and explore photographs from a different angle. Instead of loo...
Subject Matter Expert (SME) - Civil Rights Blog #3A Guide for Researchers Accessing Records of the U.S. Commission on Civil RightsRay Bottorff JrOn September 9, 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed into law the Civil Rights Act of 1957 (Public...
Photograph of Josephine Cobb holding a Mathew Brady photograph. Local Identifier: 64-NA-1595, NAID: 12169321.Finding a specific photograph on the internet can be easy. Finding a specific photograph within the holdings of the National Archives can be ...
Subject Matter Expert (SME) - Civil Rights Blog #2: Matters Concerning Elder Rights within Federal RecordsRay Bottorff JrElder rights, in the United States, is not recognized as a constitutionally protected class. However, the rights of older people ...
The National Archives Cartographic Branch holds aerial photographs of the United States covering the years 1935 - 2011. Domestic photography can be found in several different series of records. This post will cover aerial photographs in Record Group ...
It gets such a bad rap, red tape. But it's been around for a long time. The National Archives' own Howard Wehmann weighed in on the subject, in a letter to the local paper. ...
The 21,655 photographs in this series depict all aspects of Sandia National Laboratories' unclassified work on nuclear weapons testing between 1972 through 1992 at the Nevada Test Site (NTS). Photographs reflect Sandia National Laboratories' mission ...
The National Archives at College Park (Archives II) will undergo temporary closures in the Researcher Registration Room 1000 and part of the ground floor security entrance to the research complex between December 8, 2017 and January 22, 2018.Research...
PLEASE NOTE: The following blog post describes upcoming changes to the records pull times and consultation hours for Archives 1 (Washington DC) and Archives 2 (College Park, MD) only. All changes went into effect on MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2017. The Natio...
You’ve visited the Textual Research room and submitted a pull request only to get back a yellow paper saying your request is available on Microfilm.Don’t Panic! That means you don’t have to wait for another pull time. Instead you ca...
The home front directed factory production, agricultural output, and local community energies to the war effort in World War I. President Woodrow Wilson stated that ‘it is not only an army we must shape and train, but also a nation.’ Nati...
