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  • National Archives Hosts Canadian Library and Archives Delegation

    By Victoria Macchi | National Archives News WASHINGTON, April 7, 2023 — Acting Archivist of the United States Debra Steidel Wall welcomed Librarian and Archivist of Canada Leslie Weir to the National Archives this week. Enlarge Acting Archivist of the United States Debra Steidel Wall,...

  • Fellowship Recipient Explores History of Women’s Conscription

    By Angela Tudico | National Archives News Enlarge 2021 Cokie Roberts Women's History Fellow Kara Dixon Vuic, PhD. WASHINGTON, March 29, 2023 — Kara Dixon Vuic has spent the last year traveling to the National Archives at College Park and Presidential Libraries around the country,...

  • Sunshine Week: 15 National Archives Stories About Making Access Happen

      By Angela Tudico | National Archives News WASHINGTON, March 16, 2023 — The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) marked Sunshine Week 2023 with a program about the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) at NARA and videos that share how the agency advances this year’s theme, “...

  • We Make Access Happen: FOIA Q&A with OGIS Director Alina M. Semo

    By Victoria Macchi | National Archives News WASHINGTON, March 14, 2023 — Sunshine Week (March 12-18) marks the moment every year when researchers, journalists, non-profit groups, and the people who make access to federal records happen spread the word about the importance of open access to...

  • March Madness Comes to the National Archives

    By Angela Tudico | National Archives News Enlarge NCAA Basketball Championship trophies, 2002 and 2006, on display at the National Archives Museum in Washington, DC. Photo by Susana Raab. WASHINGTON, March 10, 2023 — Two NCAA Basketball Championship trophies are now on view at the National...

  • Civic Learning Week Forum Explores Why Civics Matter

    By Mary Ryan | National Archives News WASHINGTON, March 10, 2023 — The first national Civic Learning Week got off to an enthusiastic start with the opening forum on Tuesday, March 7. The National Archives and National Archives Foundation joined iCivics to co-sponsor Civic Learning Week...

  • Civic Learning Week Debuts at National Archives

    By Mary Ryan | National Archives News WASHINGTON, February 28, 2023 — The National Archives will host the opening forum for Civic Learning Week on March 7 in Washington, DC. The forum will be held in the William G. McGowan Theater in the National Archives Building and will bring...

  • Social Media Series Highlights Women’s Achievements at National Archives

    Enlarge Divisions of Cataloging and Classification, National Archives Building, January 15, 1937. Pictured are Josephine Cobb (foreground, center), Evangeline Thurber (foreground, right), Dorothy Hill (far left, at desk next to Cobb), Helen Beach (at desk behind Hill), and Bess Glenn (behind...

  • Bisa Butler Quilts Harlem Hellfighters into History

    Enlarge The 1919 photo of the Harlem Hellfighters, a record held by the National Archives (NAID 26431282), is juxtaposed with quilt artist Bisa Butler's interpretation of the image, "Don't Tread on Me, God Damn, Let's Go! — The Harlem Hellfighters," on display at the Renwick Gallery in...

  • New Exhibit Opens at Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum

    By Angela Tudico | National Archives News (Slideshow editing URL https://www.archives.gov/node/76440/edit/) Church Winter Scene. Painted by Fred Waring, famed bandleader of Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians. From the collection of the Eisenhower...
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