Seeking records of Army newspapers at Fort Belvoir

Dear Ms. Steele,

Thank you for posting your request on History Hub!

Records regarding military unit and installation periodicals are typically temporary and the National Archives has only limited records on this topic. We searched the National Archives Catalog and located Newspaper Files, 1972 and “Belvoir Castle” Newspaper Files, 1965-1966 in the Records of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (Record Group 553). For more information about these records, please contact the National Archives at College Park - Textual Reference (RDT2) via email at archives2reference@nara.gov.

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You may wish to contact the Fort Belvoir Library, Fort Belvoir Public Affairs, the US Army Corps of Engineers History Office, and the Belvoir Eagle.

We hope this is helpful. Best of luck with your research!

Hi Margaret -

According to the catalog records for The Castle and the Belvoir Eagle in the University of Wisconsin library catalog, The Castle ceased publication on 20 March 1992 and the first issue of the Belvoir Eagle appeared 27 March 1992.

All the best and feel free to contact us if we can be of further assistance.

Reference Staff
Manuscript Division
Library of Congress