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 Rights
Ray Bottorff Jr
On September 9, 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed into law the Civil Rights Act of 1957 (Pub...
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 Records
Ray Bottorff Jr
Elder rights, in the United States, is not recognized as a constitutionally protected class. However, the rights of older peop...
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...
Noticed anything new about the Microfilm Research Room lately? This spring, we took care of some housekeeping, checked (and re-checked) our open access holdings, and gave the room a total overhaul! So head on up to the fourth floor of our Colle...
If you’re a regular visitor to the History Hub, you’ll notice frequent suggestions to contact a particular reference office at the National Archives. As you can imagine, since the vast majority of the National Archives&...
I cringe every time I hear a story about a researcher spending money to travel to a National Archives facility only to find out the records they seek aren’t at that location, are unavailable for research, or that the reference staff are unable ...
Are you researching a topic related to environmental studies? If so, you can find many useful resources among these collections at the National Archives. Listed here are some of the many record groups that provide information about environmental issu...
Food is essential to life and civilization. Countless struggles and conflicts can be traced to the availability and access to food, making it an absolute necessity. In war, the logistics required to feed the armed forces was ...
The mobilization of European armies in the opening months of World War I revealed the sheer size that the war would take. Armies numbering hundreds of thousands with the latest military technology were about to clash across E...
Securing lines of communication are vital in every war and on every battlefield. If the enemy broke this security, they can quickly learn of impending attacks, logistical situations, and thwart their opponents at every opport...
In World War I, the Meuse-Argonne was the scene of bloody fighting inflicted and sustained by the American Expeditionary Forces in France. Nearly two hundred-thousand casualties were suffered by the Allies, making it one of t...
Are you researching a topic related to business, trade, patents, advertising, etc.? If so, then you’ll find many useful resources at the National Archives. Some of our record groups and series that relate to these topics include:RG 241: Records...
Are you looking for records about the history of housing, lending, and development in American cities? The National Archives hold many records related these issues, and you can find valuable information in a number of our record groups, including:Rec...
Are you a researcher who relies on public transportation to get to Archives II? This notice is for you!Metro Surge #14 will close the College Park station from April 15-29. The C-8 bus line runs out of the College Park station and is the only line th...
April 6, 2017 marked the 100th anniversary of the U.S. entry into World War I. As the largest repository of American World War I records, the National Archives holds a wealth of records and information documenting the U.S. experience in this conflict...
In our previous #ResearcherProTip post, Making Reproductions of Records, we detailed what equipment is available for researchers to use for reproductions in the research rooms at both our College Park and Washington D.C. locations. But what if the r...
