According to the Government Printing Office blog, Government Book Talk, books about NASA are among their top three best-selling categories of government produced publications. The other two are Civics and Citizenship and, perhaps unsurprisingly...
Welcome to the final post of a seven-part blog series! If you need to catch up, here’s the introduction with links to all the blog posts.
Even after the Certificates of Identity were created, travel to the mainland for Hawaiian-born individuals...
Welcome to Part Six of a seven-part blog series! If you need to catch up, here’s the introduction with links to all the blog posts.
Similar to the return application forms, certificates of identity were developed in response to grieva...
Welcome to Part Five of a seven-part blog series! If you need to catch up, here’s the introduction with links to all the blog posts.
Under the provisions of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, as amended, all persons of Chinese ancestry, whether...
Welcome to Part Four of a seven-part blog series! If you need to catch up, here’s the introduction with links to all the blog posts.
Ratified in 1894, the Gresham-Yang Treaty repealed the Scott Act, enabling Chinese laborers to once again obtai...
May is a time to celebrate the diverse cultures and contributions of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) communities. And we're excited to share the launch of our new webpages featuring Asian American and Pacific Islander R...
Welcome to Part Three of a seven-part blog series! If you need to catch up, here’s the introduction with links to all the blog posts.
As the first photographic identification document widely required of non-citizens, Certificates of Residence a...
Welcome to Part Two of a seven-part blog series! If you need to catch up, here’s the introduction with links to all the blog posts.
Although the 1882 Act prevented Chinese laborers from immigrating to the U.S., it permitted those already residi...
Welcome to Part One of a seven-part blog series! If you need to catch up, here’s the introduction with links to all the blog posts.
While the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act (22 Stat. 58) prevented Chinese workers from immigrating to the United...
Researchers interested in Chinese American genealogy often seek out identification documents, especially those containing photographs. These weren't just simple papers – they were part of a changing system for managing immigration. While th...
Several factors can make researching NASA records a challenge. First, the agency is still in operation and continues to generate records. Second, it exists in multiple centers, offices, and facilities throughout the country. Compare...
Subject Matter Expert (SME) - Civil Rights Blog #11:
Department of Justice’s Classification 144 - Civil Rights Records (Part 2)
Ray Bottorff Jr
This is the second part of a blog about civil rights case files in the Department of Justice record...
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 governan...
Subject Matter Expert (SME) - Civil Rights Blog #7:
Records Regarding American Anti-Semitism in the National Archives
Ray Bottorff Jr
Anti-semitism, the act of discrimination or hatred towards people of Jewish decent, can be traced in Europe...
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 Islan...
Subject Matter Expert (SME) - Civil Rights Blog #4:
Matters Involving Housing Rights in Federal Records
Ray Bottorff Jr
Matters concerning housing and property ownership have been an integral part of the United States since its founding. After Ameri...
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...