Category Archives: – Cold War
Protecting the Bill of Rights: the Mosler Vault
In April 1952 Congress ordered the Library of Congress to transfer the Declaration of Independence and Constitution to the National Archives. The two documents were to go on public display in the National Archives Building along with the Bill of … Continue reading
Was Ike a secret New Dealer?
Today’s post is from Jim Worsham, editor of Prologue magazine, the quarterly of the National Archives. Was Dwight D. Eisenhower—the architect of the allied victory over the Nazis in World War II and our President during the peaceful 1950s—a secret New Dealer? … Continue reading
Posted in - Cold War, - Presidents, Prologue Magazine
Tagged Chynoweth, Congress, Democrats, Eisenhower, FDR, Ike, new deal, Prologue, Republicans
Ernest Hemingway and the JFK Library
October is American Archives Month! We’re celebrating the work of archivists and the importance of archives with a series of blog posts about the Presidential libraries. The records created by Presidents while in office will become part of the National … Continue reading
Monuments Men Coming to the National Archives
A new movie due for release next month tells the story of a special unit of Allied soldiers in Europe at the end of World War II. They were charged with finding and savings works of art and other cultural … Continue reading
It’s why I do what I do
Today’s blog post in honor of Memorial Day comes from Michael Pierce, preservation technician at the National Archives at Saint Louis. It’s called “the Forgotten War.” But like any conflict, the Korean War is always remembered by the men and … Continue reading
Merry Christmas from Space!
Once upon a time, space was quiet. This was before satellites had cluttered the orbit of the earth, beaming TV shows and text messages and GPS coordinates. Before 1958, space was very quiet. On December 18, 1958, the Air Force … Continue reading
Posted in - Cold War, - Presidents, - Space Race, Letters in the National Archives, Pennsylvania Avenue
Tagged 1958, Christmas, Eisenhower, satellite, SCORE, space, Sputnik
Korean War exhibit in Seoul features National Archives images
When Harry S. Truman Library Director Mike Devine flew to Seoul, South Korea, the last thing he expected to see was an enormous outdoor exhibit featuring photos from the holdings of the National Archives. “In the last decade or so, … Continue reading
Posted in - Cold War, News and Events
Tagged Harry S. Truman Presidential Library, Korea, Korean War, national archives, Republic of Korea, Seoul, South Korea
From Our Film Archives: “The March”
This Sunday is the anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington. To commemorate the event, the National Archives is displaying a program from the march in the East Rotunda Gallery and screening The March on August 27 and 28. But if you … Continue reading
The Berlin Wall, now a vital piece of history
Today’s post comes from Gregory Marose, an intern in the National Archives Office of Strategy and Communications. Americans often associate the month of August with family vacations and the summer heat, but that was not the case in 1961. Fifty … Continue reading
