The National Archives holds millions of cubic feet of permanently valuable records relating to the Federal Government. Laid end to end, the papers in our holdings would circle the Earth more than 57 times. But they are not kept in one place. Instead, we have archives in different regions of the United States. The records held there … Continue reading Archives Spotlight: National Archives in Boston
We had a hard time choosing a caption for last week's photograph. How can you choose between captions that poke gentle fun at fortune cookies, "rags to riches" stories, and the IRS? We turned to a guest judge who knows paper records really, really well. Paul Palermo is the Director of Records Center Operations at … Continue reading Thursday Photo Caption Contest–February 2
Congratulations to John W, who has won 15% off at our eStore! It was a tough choice between Stepford babies, "a head" puns, Hamlet, and Oprah references. But our guest judge Diane LeBlanc, Regional Adminstrator for NARA's Northeast Region, thought that your caption captured a curious moment between man and and doll. Our guest judge is based at our … Continue reading Thursday Photo Caption Contest
