Learn Genealogy from the Comfort of Your Own Home: The 2014 Virtual Genealogy Fair, October 28–30, 2014 Today’s post comes from Rebecca K. Sharp, Archives Specialist at the National Archives in Washington, DC. Was your ancestor a drayman (cart driver), a hod carrier (a laborer who carried supplies to stone masons or bricklayers), a huckster (peddler), … Continue reading Virtual Genealogy Fair, October 28–30, 2014
In celebration of American Archives Month, the National Archives is teaming up with the Academy of American Poets. Throughout the month we’ll be publishing original poems inspired by the holdings of the National Archives. To view the poets performing their original work, visit the National Archives YouTube Channel. Today we have three poems by Eric … Continue reading Three Mathew Brady Photographs
Continuing our celebration of American Archives month, today’s post comes from Christina James, intern in the National Archives History Office. Since it opened and began accepting records in 1935, the National Archives has had to face the issue of space. Housing the records of the Federal Government is no small task, even when only 1-3 … Continue reading Making Room for Records
In celebration of American Archives Month, the National Archives is teaming up with the Academy of American Poets. Throughout the month we’ll be publishing original poems inspired by the holdings of the National Archives. To view the poets performing their original works, visit the National Archives YouTube Channel. Today’s poem, "A Carpapalooza: An American Anthem" by … Continue reading “A Carpapalooza: An American Anthem”
In celebration of American Archives Month, the National Archives is teaming up with the Academy of American Poets. Throughout the month we’ll be publishing original poems inspired by the holdings of the National Archives. To view the poets performing their original work, visit the National Archives YouTube Channel. Today’s poem, “Much Tattooed Sailor Aboard USS … Continue reading “Much Tattooed Sailor Aboard USS New Jersey”
In celebration of American Archives Month, the National Archives is teaming up with the Academy of American Poets. Throughout the month we'll be publishing original poems inspired by the holdings of the National Archives. To view the poets performing their original works, visit the National Archives YouTube Channel. Today's poem, "Catawba Cotton Mill" by … Continue reading “Catawba Cotton Mill”
In celebration of American Archives Month, the National Archives is teaming up with the Academy of American Poets. Throughout the month we'll be publishing original poems inspired by the holdings of the National Archives. To view the poets performing their original works, visit the National Archives YouTube Channel. Today’s poem, “The Buttonhook” by Mary Jo … Continue reading “The Buttonhook”
Continuing our celebration of American Archives Month, today’s post comes from Christina James, an intern in the National Archives History Office. As the inscription on the west side of the National Archives Building reads, the National Archives is home to “the chronicles of those who conceived and builded the structure of our nation.” Primarily thought … Continue reading “The Posner Affair”
Concluding our celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month, this post comes from Idaliz Marie Ortiz Morales, intern in the National Archives Office of Strategy and Communications. English Version: Rita Moreno has inspired many people throughout her celebrated career as an actress and stage performer. As the first Hispanic actress to win an Academy Award in 1961, … Continue reading Rita Moreno, first Hispanic actress to win the Academy Award
Almost 220 years ago, representatives of the United States and more than 1,600 people from Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy (Six Nations—Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk, and Tuscarora) gathered together near Canandaigua, New York (the Finger Lakes region) to discuss peace and friendship. On November 11, 1794, more than 50 chiefs and sachems, including Cornplanter and Red … Continue reading Indian Treaties at the Museum of the American Indian
