Articles tagged as National Archives

This law set the forced removal of Native Americans in the American Southeast into motion.

The Indian Removal Act is on display at the National Archives through June 14

May 12, 2017

President Herbert Hoover (center right) plays a rousing game of Hooverball on the South Lawn of the White House.

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Newly Discovered Color Movies Show Herbert Hoover’s Softer Side

From Hooverball to White House frolics, you’ve never seen the staid president quite like this

March 23, 2017

This once-secret memo lays out methods for secret writing once used by intelligence agencies.

The National Archives wants you…to make documents more accessible to future generations

March 13, 2017

This image, entitled "Doing Their Share, Too," celebrated the war work of black women.

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This African American Artist’s Cartoons Helped Win World War II

Charles Alston knew how to turn art into motivation

February 27, 2017

Score was a tiny communications satellite attached to a really big rocket.

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Celebrate Christmas With the First Voice Ever Broadcast in Space

Eisenhower kicked off the space race with a goodwill wish

December 22, 2016

Today, America's founding documents reside in the Rotunda for the Charters of Freedom in the National Archives.

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What Happened to America’s Most Precious Documents After Pearl Harbor?

Librarians and archivists made sure the nation’s records didn’t become casualties of World War II

December 6, 2016

A statue of the people present at the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention can be seen at the Women's Rights National Historical Park in Seneca Falls.

Women Who Shaped History

Five Things to Know About the Declaration of Sentiments

From seating to suffrage, here’s why the document is relevant today

June 8, 2016

Front and back of the letter written by Charles Darwin to Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden on May 2, 1875

A Letter Written by Charles Darwin, Twice Stolen, Returns to the Smithsonian

After being snatched by an intern in the mid 1970s, the missive written by the scientist returns to Washington

June 3, 2016

Chester Medicine Crow (Apsáalooke, Crow) and his grandfather Joe Medicine Crow (Apsáalooke, Crow)

Remembering Dr. Joe Medicine Crow

He showed us we are capable of great things when we look within ourselves, says scholar Nina Sanders

April 6, 2016

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After 36 Years, Archivists Finally Found the Wright Brothers’ Airplane Patent

The missing patent was found safe and sound in a Kansas storage facility

April 4, 2016

Walt Whitman spent much of the Civil War in hospitals, cheering up wounded soldiers and writing letters on their behalf.

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A Rare Walt Whitman Letter Was Found in the National Archives

The poet wrote the letter on behalf of a dying soldier

March 11, 2016

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This Unfinished Film Highlights the Daily Lives of Black Americans in the 1960s

‘The American Negro’ shares stories of black surgeons, mothers and workers

February 15, 2016

Visitors wait in line at the National Archives to view the Declaration of Independence (against the wall, center right), preserved under glass and special lighting, ahead of the Fourth of July Independence Day holiday in Washington, July 3, 2013.

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The National Archives Wants to Put Its Whole Collection on Wikimedia Commons

The National Archives and Records Administration plans to upload everything it can

July 3, 2014

Michael Jackson: Singer, Songwriter, American Inventor

The King of Pop invented more than just amazing dance moves

March 25, 2014