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  • Archivist Explores History of 1950 Census Indian Reservation Schedule

    By Victoria Macchi | National Archives News Enlarge A blank example of the Form P8 Indian Reservation Schedule. In April 2022, nearly 33,000 of these schedules from nearly 100 reservations across the lower 48 states will be released along with the general population schedules from the 1950...

  • Release of 1950 Census Will Increase Access to Records

    By Cara Moore Lebonick | National Archives News Enlarge NAID 131922380 - 1940 Census Population Schedules - Illinois - Macoupin County - ED 59-62 View in National Archives Catalog ST. LOUIS, February 1, 2022 — The National Archives at St. Louis is uniquely positioned to...

  • Explore 1950 Census Resources on New Archives.gov Page

    By Victoria Macchi | National Archives News Enlarge Visit the 1950 Census resource page. WASHINGTON, January 21, 2022 — The public can visit a newly launched 1950 Census web page on Archives.gov for information and resources to help prepare for the April 1 release of the 1950 Census...

  • Standout Census Stories: An Archives Executive Discovers His “Huckster” Grandfather

      By Editorial Staff | National Archives News WASHINGTON, January 20, 2022 — Editor’s note: The National Archives is scheduled to release the records of the 1950 Census on April 1. In anticipation, National Archives News will publish a series of stories in the coming months about what can be...

  • 1950 Census Release Will Offer Enhanced Digital Access, Public Collaboration Opportunity

    By Victoria Macchi | National Archives News Enlarge Unused Form 17Fld-1, Portfolio Control Label for the 17th Decennial Census, 1950. The document was folded in half, and due to adhesive on the blank reverse side, the two halves adhered together. View in National Archives Catalog...

  • Utah Honor Flight Veterans Visit National Archives

    By John Valceanu | National Archives News WASHINGTON, Sept. 22, 2021— A group of 74 veterans visited the National Archives in Washington, DC, on September 18, 2021, where they viewed the original Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, and the Bill of Rights....

  • 9/11 Archives: “In our New York office: A day like no other”

    By Victoria Macchi and Jessie Kratz | National Archives News Enlarge The October 2001 National Archives employee newsletter. The caption reads: "Carol Savo of the New York Office looks back at the burning towers of the World Trade Center from a ferry crossing the Hudson River." WASHINGTON...

  • Remembering 9/11

    Remembering 9/11 (Slideshow editing URL https://www.archives.gov/node/74222/edit/) Smoke rises from the site of the World Trade Center in New York City, September 11, 2001. (Photo by Paul Morse; National Archives Catalog ID 5997250...

  • National Archives Joins Forces With Federal Agencies to Prepare for Nation’s 250th Anniversary Celebration

    By Victoria Macchi | National Archives News WASHINGTON, August 4, 2021 — The National Archives and Records Administration joined an agreement with 20 federal agencies to support the celebration of the U.S. semiquincentennial, which in five years will mark the country's 250th anniversary....

  • Diplomatic Records Archivist Receives Foreign Policy Prize

    By Miriam Kleiman | National Archives News WASHINGTON, July 30, 2021 — As archivists go, senior archivist David Langbart is straight from central casting: serious, intellectually curious, erudite, bespectacled and bearded, with a razor-sharp knowledge of the records and a wicked, dry sense of...
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