We hope you will be able to join us at the next DC-area researcher meeting when we will also be joined by David Ferriero, Archivist of the United States. The meeting will be on Monday, May 23rd at 10 AM at the National Archives in College Park, Maryland in lecture rooms B/C.  Please note that the [...]

The following is a guest post from Susan Cummings, Director of Access Programs. At the last couple of Researcher Users Group meetings we discussed the need for NARA to periodically move records out of Archives I and II to make room for new accessions to be processed by the DC area staff.  Subsequently, we posted for [...]

The minutes from the Researcher Users’ Group meeting on February 18th (PDF) are now available on the Archives.gov page for the Researcher Users Group at the National Archives in the Washington, DC Area. Topics covered in the meeting included: – NARA’s Transformation Plan – The 1940 Census – An update on the Archives I renovation [...]

Have you marked your calendar to join us for the next DC-area Researchers Group meeting on Friday, February 18th?  We will meet at 1 PM in room G-24 of the National Archives Building in Washington, DC. The agenda includes: 1. A discussion of NARA’s Transformation Plan (read more on the Archivist’s blog) 2. An update [...]

The next DC-area researchers meeting will be held on Friday, February 18th at 1 PM.  We’ll meet in room G-24 in the National Archives Building in Washington, DC. Already requested for the agenda: an update on NARA’s plans for the 1940 Census. If you have suggestions for additional agenda items, please send them to Diane Dimkoff at diane.dimkoff@nara.gov. We [...]

On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall along the Gulf Coast of the United States, displacing thousands of residents and causing billions of dollars in damage. Less than a month later Hurricane Rita caused further damage when it made landfall in Texas and Louisiana.  Pictures from these storms and others are captured in over [...]

At the last DC-Area Researchers Group meeting, a researcher asked which records from the Washington, DC, and College Park Textual Services Division had been sent to off-site storage. We have posted a list of the records sent to off-site storage online at http://www.archives.gov/research/order/textual-records-dc.html (look for the link to the list on the right side of the [...]

DC-Area Researchers - We hope you will mark your calendars for the 2011 quarterly Researcher Group meetings. February 18, 1 pm - The National Archives in Washington, DC, room G-24 May 20, 1 pm - The National Archives in College Park, lecture rooms B/C August 19, 1 pm - The National Archives in Washington, DC, room G-24 November 18, 1 pm - The [...]

The minutes from the meeting on November 19th are posted below. The minutes will be posted on the web after the new redesign of Archives.gov is launched next week. Handouts Agenda The Text Message — The Blog of the Textual Archives Services Division at Archives II I. Welcome Director, Access Programs Susan Cummings welcomed everyone [...]

We hope you will join us for the last DC-Area Users Group Meeting of 2010, this Friday, November 19th at 1 pm at the National Archives in College Park, Maryland, in lecture room B. The agenda for the meeting includes 1. a discussion of the Archives II Saturday pull pilot 2. an update on the [...]