Archive for February, 2012
History Crush: Charles Sumner
Valentine’s Day is the perfect time to launch our new “History Crush” series. Staff from across the National Archives will share which historic person in our holdings makes their heart beat a little faster! Our inaugural guest post comes from Natalie Rocchio, who is an archives specialist at the Center for Legislative Archives in the National Archives. Since [...]
Posted by Hilary on February 14, 2012, under - Civil Rights, - Civil War, History Crush.
Tags: African Americans, Andrew Butler, Center for Legislative Archives, Charles Sumner, Crime Against Kansas, Free Soil party, Harvard Law School, Natalie Rocchio, Preston Brooks, Sumner Civil Rights bill, Ulysses S. Grant, Valentine's Day
Comments: 5
Thursday Photo Caption Contest–February 9
Who knew that the “LB” in LBJ stood for “light bulb”? Apparently, quite a few of you! We were buzzing with excitement after reading your captions, and we needed to ground ourselves. So we turned to our guest judge, Liza Talbot, who is an archivist at the Johnson Presidential Library and the mastermind behind the [...]
Posted by Hilary on February 9, 2012, under - Presidents, Photo Caption Contest.
Tags: Austin American-Statesman, campaigning, electricity, eStore, Johnson, LBJ, LBJ timemachine, lobsters, Lyndon B. Johnson, Mattie Malone, texas
Comments: 12
RMS Titanic: Letters from a Lost Liner
A detail from the claim submitted by Florence Gwinn, the widow of William Gwinn. Today’s guest post was written by William B. Roka, a longtime volunteer at the National Archives in New York City. You can follow them on Facebook as they launch “Titantic Tuesdays” in the weeks leading up to the 100th anniversary of the [...]
Posted by Hilary on February 7, 2012, under Unusual documents.
Tags: disaster, J. B. Williamson, Jago Smith, John S. March, mail, maritime disaster, new york city, Ocean Steam Navigation Company, Oscar S. Woody, post office, RMS Titanic, sinking, Titanic, White Star, White Star Line, William L. Gwinn, William Roka
Comments: 5
Football Friday: Presidents and the Pigskin
With Super Bowl Sunday just two days away, we’ve decided to call an audible and make today’s “Facial Hair Friday” into a “Football Friday.” When the New England Patriots and New York Giants collide in this year’s Super Bowl, the two teams will be competing for more than just a National Football League championship. The winner [...]
Posted by Gregory Marose on February 3, 2012, under - Presidents, Uncategorized.
Tags: Bush, Eisenhower, Ford, Kennedy, New England Patriots, New York Giants, Nixon, Pennsylvania Avenue, Reagan, Super Bowl, Vince Lombardi, washington Redskins, White House
Comments: none
Thursday Photo Caption Contest–February 2
We had a hard time choosing a caption for last week’s photograph. How can you choose between captions that poke gentle fun at fortune cookies, “rags to riches” stories, and the IRS? We turned to a guest judge who knows paper records really, really well. Paul Palermo is the Director of Records Center Operations at [...]
Posted by Hilary on February 2, 2012, under Photo Caption Contest.
Tags: IRS, Massachusetts, Mt. Holyoke, paper mill, Paul Palermo, Records Operations Center, recycling, Waltham
Comments: 14
