Gordon Gilkey: A Man for All Seasons
Today’s post is written by Dr. Greg Bradsher, Senior Archivist at the National Archives at College Park, MD. At the beginning of my freshman year at Oregon State University, I went to see the Dean of...
View Article“I Am Indeed Proud to Have the Opportunity to Present These Memoranda”: The...
By Daria Labinsky, Archivist at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library & Museum Together, Mr. President, I am certain we can indeed do this one right the first time! - Ansel Adams to Jimmy Carter,...
View ArticleThe Surreal Suspect: The FBI’s Brief Investigation of Salvador Dalí
Today’s post is by Megan Dwyre, Special Access and FOIA Program Archivist at the National Archives at College Park, MD. Salvador Dalí was born 117 years ago today on May 11, 1904 in Figueras, Spain....
View ArticleSNACing with the PEPs: Discovering Henry Reuterdahl and his Compelling...
Today’s post is by Sarah Rigdon, an Archives Technician in the Research Room in the National Archives at St. Louis, MO. Like so many National Archives staff during the COVID-19 pandemic, I began...
View Article“Wait a Minute Mr. Postman” Post Offices on the National Register of Historic...
This post is part of an ongoing “road trip” featuring records from the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) and National Historic Landmarks Program Records, 2013 – 2017 (National Archives ID...
View ArticleMainbocher: Designer of the “Best Dressed Women in the World”
Mainbocher, alongside Cmdr. Aileen Griffin, arriving in Dallas, TX for the 1960 WAVES Reunion (NAID 6328623) It was July 1960 and the city of Dallas, Texas was playing host to thousands of Women...
View ArticleMeet Sgt. Eva Mirabal/Eah Ha Wa (Taos Pueblo); Women’s Army Corps Artist
Today’s post is written by Cody White, Archivist and Subject Matter Expert for Native American Related Records. In honor of both National Native American Heritage Month and Veterans Day, today I want...
View ArticleNot “the last Chilkat blanket weaver”: The Story of Annie Klaney and the...
By Rose Buchanan, Archivist and Subject Matter Expert for Native American Related Records “Chilkat Blanket.” This terse subject line is easy to miss in a nearly 100-page file of administrative...
View ArticleArt is the Answer? Records of Artists in the National Register of Historic...
President Obama in the Oval Office
View ArticleNorman Rockwell and his Dam Painting
Today’s post is written by Cody White, Archivist at the National Archives at Denver. “That’s a mechanical drawing . . . where’s some human interest?” posed the famous artist as he took in the vista of...
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