Today's post was written by Laney Stevenson, Archives Technician at the National Archives at College Park. In honor of Women’s History Month, I’ve gathered together some registered patent labels for products created for and marketed to women. All of the labels are from Record Group 241, Records of the Patent and Trademark Office, Case Files … Continue reading What Women Want: Patent Labels of Products Marketed to Women
Today's post was written by Jackie Kilby, Archives Technician at the National Archives at College Park, MD. Oliver Pollock is a name not widely known in American History. He was an Irish immigrant who settled in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and later found work as a successful merchant and trader in Philadelphia. After the end of the … Continue reading Oliver Pollock – Supporter of the Revolution, Creator of ‘$’
Today’s post was written by David Langbart, an Archivist in the Textual Records Division at the National Archives at College Park. In an unusual move, given that the incumbent President remained in office, after winning the election of 1940, Franklin D. Roosevelt requested the formal resignation of all chiefs of U.S. diplomatic missions overseas (ambassadors … Continue reading “In the Interest of the Efficiency of the Foreign Service”: Changes in US Diplomatic Representation Abroad after the Election of 1940
Today’s post is written by Scott Ludwig, Archivist at the National Archives at College Park. The 26th of September marks the 98th Anniversary of the start of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, which was the largest operation of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) in World War I. Commanded by General of the Armies John J. "Black Jack" Pershing … Continue reading New Webpage for World War I Records on the Meuse-Argonne Offensive
Today’s post was written by David Langbart, an Archivist in the Textual Records Division at the National Archives at College Park. Part 1 discussed preliminary activities relating to the bout, including the “Zaire 74” festival. In the lead-up to the fight, Foreman's sparring partner inflicted a cut over Foreman's right eye during a training session … Continue reading The Department of State Reports on the George Foreman-Muhammad Ali Fight (“The Rumble in the Jungle”) 1974, Part II
Today’s post was written by David Langbart, an Archivist in the Textual Records Division at the National Archives at College Park. One of Muhammad Ali's signature fights, perhaps even more famous than his wins over Sonny Liston, is the world heavyweight match with George Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaire, in October 1974. Given that the fight … Continue reading The Department of State Reports on the George Foreman-Muhammad Ali Fight (‘The Rumble in the Jungle’) 1974, Part I
Today’s post was written by David Langbart, an Archivist in the Textual Records Division at the National Archives at College Park. Recently, during travels through the records, I ran across a copy of the Republican Party's national platform from 1916. It includes sections on: ♦Protection of American Rights ♦Foreign Relations ♦Mexico ♦Monroe Doctrine ♦Latin America … Continue reading Election of 1916: Republican Platform
Today’s post was written by David Langbart, an Archivist in the Textual Records Division at the National Archives at College Park. Last week's post discussed President Nixon's resignation and foreign policy. Among the countries potentially most affected by the transfer of the Presidency was the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.). President Nixon had developed and … Continue reading Foreign Reaction to President Nixon’s Resignation
Today’s post was written by David Langbart, an Archivist in the Textual Records Division at the National Archives at College Park. Forty-two years ago today, President Richard M. Nixon resigned from office. Resignation Letter of Richard Nixon August 9, 1974 NAID 302035 While generally thought of as an internal U.S. crisis, given the inter-relationship between … Continue reading President Nixon’s Resignation and Foreign Policy
Today’s post was written by David Langbart, an Archivist in the Textual Records Division at the National Archives at College Park. (c) The New York Times/Redux Noted journalist Sydney H. Schanberg died on July 9. While he is perhaps most famous for his reporting from Cambodia during the Khmer Rouge takeover in the mid-1970s, his … Continue reading Escaping the Killing Fields of Cambodia, 1975
