At the National Archives and Records Administration, we care for our nation's most beloved documents. The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, and the Bill of Rights are our most well known national treasures, but in the stacks there are many others, some of them not yet discovered. At a researcher meeting … Continue reading Citizen Archivist Discovers National Treasure in the Stacks
Month: May 2010
Discover the Civil War
In our new exhibit, "Discovering the Civil War," you can examine the hospital muster roll card of Christianna Batts, who was one of at least 2,000 African American women who worked in U.S. hospitals. Identified on the record as an "adult female contraband," she was most likely a runaway slave seeking safety behind Union lines. … Continue reading Discover the Civil War
Redefining Transparency in a Digital Age
If you're reading this, the following statistic from a recent Pew Internet report applies to you: Fully 82% of internet users (representing 61% of all American adults) looked for information or completed a transaction on a government website in the previous twelve months. It probably doesn't surprise you that increasingly Americans are relying on the … Continue reading Redefining Transparency in a Digital Age