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  • National Archives Celebrates Elimination of Pandemic-Related Veterans Records Request Backlog

    By Cara Moore Lebonick | National Archives News WASHINGTON, March 6, 2024 – Archivist of the United States Dr. Colleen Shogan joined staff at the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) on February 27, 2024, to celebrate the elimination of the pandemic-related backlog of military personnel...

  • National Archives Remembers America’s First Ladies

    By Pete Lewis | National Archives News WASHINGTON, March 7, 2024 – First Ladies have always been prominent figures in the political and social life of the United States. In celebration of Women’s History Month, Archivist of the United States Dr. Colleen Shogan led a panel discussion at the...

  • National Archives and Arlington National Cemetery host discussion on Freedman’s Village

    By Pete Lewis | National Archives News WASHINGTON, February 29, 2024 – On February 28, the National Archives and Arlington National Cemetery welcomed a panel of historians and archivists to discuss Freedman’s Village, a community of formerly enslaved African Americans established in 1863 in...

  • Conservators Clean National Archives Rotunda Following Vandalism Incident

    By Pete Lewis | National Archives News Dozens of National Archives conservators and other workers conducted a painstaking cleanup for more than two days following a February 14 vandalism attack. Following the cleanup, the Rotunda reopened to the public on February 17. Enlarge Conservation...

  • New Fulbright Scholar Joins National Archives Heritage Science Research and Testing Laboratory

    By Kristin Phillips | National Archives News WASHINGTON, February 28, 2024 — A new Fulbright Fellow has joined the National Archives’ Heritage Science Research and Testing Laboratory with the intent to explore the degradation of modern textiles. Laís Feltrin Sidou, will spend the 2023–24 academic...

  • National Archives at Kansas City Reopens Exhibits to Public

    By Kristin Phillips | National Archives News WASHINGTON, February 23, 2024 — The National Archives at Kansas City reopened its permanent exhibit gallery to the public on February 20. The gallery on the main level, featuring the exhibit We the People, will be open Tuesday through Friday, from 9 a.m...

  • National Archives Supports Efforts to Digitize Important Records from Puerto Rico

    By Kristin Phillips | National Archives News WASHINGTON, February 21, 2024 – The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) will help provide access to important records related to Puerto Rican history. NARA will work together with the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña (ICP/Institute of...

  • National Archives Celebrates 10th Anniversary of David M. Rubenstein Gallery

    By Pete Lewis | National Archives News WASHINGTON, February 14, 2024 - The National Archives and Records Administration celebrated the 10th anniversary of the opening of the David M. Rubenstein Gallery and its permanent Records of Rights exhibit February 12 at the National Archives in...

  • Records Help Honor Legacy of Trailblazing Black Physician

    Dr. Joseph Ward Served as Director of the Tuskegee VA Hospital By Cara Moore Lebonick | National Archives News WASHINGTON, February 12, 2024 - The National Archives at St. Louis recently helped the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) celebrate the 100th anniversary of Tuskegee Hospital using...

  • National Archives Resumes Family Sleepover Event

    By Jenna Edwards | National Archives News WASHINGTON, February 7, 2024 - More than a hundred guests from as far as Colorado and Georgia poured into the National Archives Museum for a fun and historic sports-themed sleepover during the first weekend in February.  Enlarge Guests get...
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