Category Archives: Uncategorized
Caleb Brewster
Today’s post is written by Jackie Kilby, Archives Technician at the National Archives at College Park, MD. After the end of the American Revolutionary War numerous veterans were disabled, or invalid, and petitioned for pensions to the United States Congress … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Benjamin Tallmadge, Caleb Brewster, George Washington, Jackie Kilby, Pension, RG 93, Spy Ring
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Hunting Hitler Part VIII: The Search Ends, September-November 1945
Today’s post was written by Dr. Greg Bradsher, Archivist at the National Archives at College Park. This concludes the 8-part series on Hunting Hitler. The person Brigadier Dick White, head of counter-intelligence in the British Zone, would turn to in … Continue reading
Posted in Archives II, History, Military Records, Uncategorized
Tagged Adolf Hitler, Greg Bradsher, Hugh Trevor-Roper, Hunting Hitler, Last Days of Hitler, RG 226, RG 238, RG 242, RG 319, RG 331, RG 498, RG 59, World War II
The Harrison Report, President Truman, and General Eisenhower
Today’s post was written by Dr. Greg Bradsher and Dr. Sylvia Naylor, Archivists at the National Archives at College Park. The Jewish community in the United States expressed many complaints during April and May 1945 about how displaced persons, particularly … Continue reading
Posted in Archives II, Civil Records, History, Uncategorized
Tagged Displaced Jews, Displaced Persons, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Earl G. Harrison, Greg Bradsher, Harry Truman, Holocaust, Jews, refugees, RG 59, RG 84, Sylvia Naylor, World War II
A Tale of Two Memos
Morgan Fox was a summer intern in the Archives 1 Processing Section in Washington, DC. During my internship in the Archives 1 Processing Section, I had the opportunity to work on various projects to help make records more accessible to … Continue reading
Posted in Archives I, History, Military Records, The Process, Uncategorized
Tagged Morgan Fox, Pearl Harbor, RG 313, U.S. Navy, World War II
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Hunting Hitler Part V: The Garden (Evening, April 30)
Today’s post is written by Dr. Greg Bradsher, Archivist at the National Archives at College Park. This is the fifth post in a multi-part series. It was now shortly after 4pm, April 30, 1945. Both Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun were … Continue reading
Posted in Archives II, Military Records, Uncategorized
Tagged Berlin, Greg Bradsher, Hunting Hitler, RG 153, RG 165, RG 238, RG 319, The Bunker, WWII
Miscellaneous Records: Pest Control
Alyssa Tou was a summer intern in the Archives 1 Reference Section in Washington, DC. Most recently, I have been working on compiling a box list for a little-perused but quite interesting series in the Records of the U.S. Naval … Continue reading
Posted in Archives I, History, Military Records, Reference, Uncategorized
Tagged Alyssa Tou, Department of the Navy, RG 78
The Monuments Men in September and October 1945: Restitutions
Today’s post was written by Dr. Greg Bradsher, Archivist at the National Archives in College Park On September 13, General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower (the Military Governor of the American Zone of Germany and Commander of U.S. Forces … Continue reading
The Monuments Men in July: The Treasures Stored at Bad Wildungen
Today’s post is written by Dr. Greg Bradsher, Archivist at the National Archives in College Park In Aachen, Germany, during mid-November 1944, American soldiers found a document from the Suermondt Museum that indicated that the Germans were storing cultural treasures … Continue reading
Posted in Archives II, History, Monuments Men, Reference, Uncategorized
