Tag: Center for Legislative Archives
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
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Ten years later: Handling 9/11 Commission records
This post is part of a series on September 11. As the nation’s record keeper, the National Archives holds many documents related to the events of September 11. In this series, our staff share some of their memories of the day and their thoughts on the records that are part of their holdings. Today’s blogger [...]
Posted by Hilary on September 9, 2011, under Uncategorized, Unusual documents.
Tags: 9/11, 9/11 Commission, Center for Legislative Archives, September 11, Ziad Jarrah
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Inside the Treasure Vault
The National Archives has over 3,000 employees, but not all of them are archivists. There are educators, social media writers, preservationists, security personnel, and Federal Records Center workers. Some of us handle records all day, but for many of us, our jobs do not bring us into direct contact with the records. That’s why it is so exciting [...]
Posted by Hilary on May 10, 2011, under Rare Photos, Unusual documents.
Tags: 9-11 Commission, Archivist, careers, Center for Legislative Archives, Congress, george washington, jobs, John Berryman, national archives, Pearl Harbor, Treasure Vault
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