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  • By Victoria Macchi | National Archives News Enlarge Joseph “Zeke” Rupnick, Chairman of the Prairie Band, Potawatomi Nation, inspects the 1829 Prairie du Chien Treaty on November 9, 2022. On loan from the National Archives and Records Administration, this treaty will be on display at the...
  • More so than almost any other sporting category, snow sports are the nexus of sports, recreation, and transportation. From snowboards to skis to snowmobiles, there are so many ways to traverse and enjoy the snow. And all of them are represented in the National Archives Catalog. You can learn about...
  • Water (Slideshow editing URL https://www.archives.gov/node/76251/edit/) A Naval Academy water polo player rockets out of the water to stop an incoming shot at the Naval Academy pool on January 1, 1998. Photo by Journalist, Petty Officer First Class Robert...
  • Unsure which sport to commit to? Here's a smattering of other options, including:   Archery Handball Weightlifting   (Slideshow editing URL https://www.archives.gov/node/76244/edit/) U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Trenton "Iron Mike" Wade...
  • Whether under the Friday night lights or on any given Sunday, throughout the fall sports fans are glued to the gridiron all weekend long. Football-related records from patents to practice dummies to parade floats can be found in the National Archives Catalog. You can learn about the impact of...
  • More than a century before an ice skater would land a historic quadruple axel jump in 2022, people across the U.S. and the Alaska Territory strapped on their skates and scritched their way across frozen ponds. The National Archives has skating-related photos and patents dating back to the 19th...
  • By Angela Tudico | National Archives News Enlarge New microfilm scanners ready to digitize the 41,000 rolls of the 1960 Census. Photo courtesy of Denise Henderson. WASHINGTON, November 28, 2022 — Though genealogists and other researchers are still busy researching the 1950 U.S....
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  • Most U.S. Presidents stay active while in office: the golfing, the basketball games, the White House bowling alley. Their dogs, though—they take their sports even more seriously. There are the tennis balls, sure, and also swimming, hiking, and being exhaustingly adorable. You can learn about the...
  • By Angela Tudico | National Archives News Enlarge NASA launch coverage, January 2014. National Archives, Electronic Records of the Office of the President Obama Administration (NAID 231832267). View in National Archives Catalog WASHINGTON, November 21, 2022 — A new, modernized National...
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