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Originally published 03/12/2014
National Archives Will Shutter 3 Facilities

Archives in Anchorage, Fort Worth, and Philadelphia will be closed.

Originally published 12/17/2013
A New Preamble Before the Big Show

‘Records of Rights’ at the National Archives.

Originally published 07/14/2013
Ray Begovich: How I Found Rare Footage of FDR in a Wheelchair

Ray Begovich, a journalism professor at Franklin College in Franklin, Indiana, has announced that he has discovered an eight-second clip of FDR being pushed in his wheelchair aboard the cruiser U.S.S. Baltimore in July 1944.

Originally published 05/14/2013
NARA returns Landau docs

BALTIMORE — FBI and National Archive officials are returning to their rightful owners more than 10,000 important historical documents seized during a massive theft investigation involving a well-known collector of presidential memorabilia.Barry Landau and assistant Jason Savedoff were caught stealing documents from the Maryland Historical Society almost two years ago. An investigation led authorities to a cache of thousands of stolen documents in Landau’s New York City apartment, including some containing a who’s who of American and international history. Both men pleaded guilty to their crimes and are serving prison sentences.Now, officials are returning the documents to 24 identified victims nationwide, including university libraries and historical societies in New York, Connecticut, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. On Monday, they returned 21 items to the Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore....