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  • NARA Makes Access Happen in the Digital Decade

    By Victoria Blue | National Archives News WASHINGTON, November 19, 2019 —  The past 10 years have seen rapid changes in how records are accessed and consumed. With the rise of electronic communications and digital records, the National Archives worked to be at the forefront of the digital...

  • Historian Examines How 13 Documents Defined ‘America’s Exceptional Idea’ 

    By Jonathan Marker | National Archives News WASHINGTON, November 18, 2019 — Liberty is a concept that requires constant care and maintenance to persist, according to Richard Brookhiser, award-winning historian and author of Give Me Liberty: A History of America’s Exceptional Idea. Enlarge...

  • How ‘Suffragents’ Helped Women Get the Vote

    By James Worsham | National Archives News WASHINGTON, November 14, 2019 —The drive for women's suffrage in the early 20th century got a big boost from men who were sympathetic to the cause—“suffragents”—a panel of authors told an audience at the National Archives recently. Enlarge Women and...

  • Filmmaker Explores ‘Just Like Me’ Experiences of Vietnam War

    By Jonathan Marker | National Archives News WASHINGTON, November 12, 2019 — In Just Like Me: The Vietnam War—Stories From All Sides, filmmaker Ron Osgood presented a multiperspective documentary on the conflict, featuring personal accounts from all sides. Enlarge Journalist, author, and...

  • Marking the 30th Anniversary of the Berlin Wall's Fall

    “There are some who say that Communism is the wave of the future. Let them come to Berlin.”           —President John F. Kennedy, Berlin, Germany, June 26, 1963 “Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate!  Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”    ...

  • ‘Undaunted’ Congresswoman Jackie Speier Recounts Jonestown Massacre Survival

    By Jonathan Marker | National Archives News WASHINGTON, November 4, 2019 — The massacre of 918 women, men, and children in and near Reverend Jim Jones’s Peoples Temple compound in Jonestown, Guyana, on November 18, 1978, was the largest single loss of American civilian lives as the result of a...

  • FOIA Ombudsman Helps DHS Improve Process

    By James Worsham | National Archives News WASHINGTON, November 1, 2019 — The Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) helped the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) improve its Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) practices through assessments and recommendations, OGIS Director Alina Semo...

  • Archives Audience Among First to See ‘Summoned,’ Story of Frances Perkins

    By Jonathan Marker | National Archives News WASHINGTON, October 29, 2019 — Ninety years ago today, the United States plunged into the Great Depression on Black Tuesday—the fourth trading day of a devastating decline in stock market share prices on the New York Stock Exchange. Enlarge...

  • Former Members of Congress, Journalists Examine Evolving Free Press

    By Jonathan Marker | National Archives News WASHINGTON, October 25, 2019—In the era of social media, the competition to be the first to report on a new event challenges the information-authentication processes that make journalism not only responsible but also ethical. The continuing trend of...

  • Children Enjoy National Archives Sleepover

    By Jonathan Marker | National Archives News WASHINGTON, October 22, 2019 — History came alive at the National Archives for 57 children and their guardians on October 12  as they took part in a night of historical fun and games during a National Archives Sleepover. Enlarge Sleepover...
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