By Kristin Phillips | National Archives News
WASHINGTON, February 5, 2024 – For his bestselling book Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI, author David Grann relied on National Archives records to tell the harrowing story of a series of murders in...
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Mary Cornelius Winder's Descendants Examined Letters at National Archives at New York City By Michael Davis | National Archives News WASHINGTON, January 8, 2024 – Original copies of handwritten letters to federal government officials by Oneida Nation activist Mary Cornelius Winder...
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In January, to honor the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., we remember his contributions to the nation and his role in the civil rights movement. Additional resources about African American history can be found on the African American History special topics page and the African...
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Issue #2, April 7, 2020 A Message from the Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero As Americans stay at home to fight the spread of COVID-19, our team selected a variety of records from our holdings to help keep you connected to the nation's history in the comfort of your home....
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By Pete Lewis | National Archives News WASHINGTON, December 15, 2023 – In celebration of Bill of Rights Day, observed annually on December 15, 25 people from 25 nations were sworn in as U.S. citizens in front of the nation’s Founding Documents, the Bill of Rights, the Constitution, and the...
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Enlarge 1984 Los Angeles Olympics Torch WASHINGTON, December 8, 2023 – An Olympic Torch from the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles is now on display as part of the exhibit All American: The Power of Sports at the National Archives Museum in Washington, DC. On May 14, 1984, Kurt...
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By National Archives News Staff WASHINGTON, December 1, 2023 – Retired Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Sandra Day O'Connor died today at the age of 93. Enlarge Sandra Day O'Connor being sworn in as a Supreme Court Justice by Chief Justice Warren Burger as...
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By Angela Tudico | National Archives News WASHINGTON, November 28, 2023 — The Treaty of Medicine Lodge Creek (1867) is currently on view at the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) as part of their Nation to Nation: Treaties Between the United States and American Indian Nations...
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Enlarge Rosalynn Carter, 1993. (Photo courtesy of the Carter Center) By National Archives News Staff WASHINGTON, November 20, 2023 — Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, 96, died in Plains, GA, on November 19, 2023. She served as First Lady from 1977 to 1981 while her husband, Jimmy...
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By Angela Tudico | National Archives News Enlarge Veterans Day ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns, November 11, 1994. National Archives, Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Photo by PH2 John Sokolowski. View in National Archives Catalog WASHINGTON, November 9, 2023 — In...