Tag Archives: RG 208

Captain Alfred Parker on Jaluit Atoll, March – April 1937

Posted on July 20, 2017 by

Today’s post is written by Dr. Greg Bradsher, Senior Archivist at the National Archives at College Park. Jaluit Atoll in the Marshall Islands has recently been in the news regarding the possibility that Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan were captured … Continue reading →

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Records of the Foreign Affairs Agencies in the National Archives Bearing on the History of United States Relations with Africa-III: Records of Agencies Other Than the Department of State

Posted on February 23, 2017 by

Today’s post is written by David Langbart, an Archivist in the Textual Records Division at the National Archives at College Park. At the 1969 National Archives Conference on the National Archives and Foreign Relations Research, the proceedings of which were … Continue reading →

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“Terry and the Pirates” Spreads the Word on Security During World War II

Posted on November 24, 2015 by

Today’s post is written by David Langbart, Archivist at the National Archives at College Park. From August 28, 1943 to February 6, 1944, the plot line of one of America’s most popular daily comic strips, “Terry and the Pirates” by … Continue reading →

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Milton Caniff Explains “Terry and the Pirates”

Posted on November 10, 2015 by

In early 1945, “Terry and the Pirates” was one of the most popular daily comic strips printed in U.S. newspapers. The strip, launched in October 1934, and written by Milton Caniff (1907-1988), was a serial action-adventure strip set in China … Continue reading →

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Boston Tea Party Etiquette Lesson 2: Swallowing the Bitter Draught in Rhode Island

Posted on January 6, 2012 by

In 1774, British Parliament implemented the Coercive Acts in response to the destruction of British property by colonists during the Boston Tea Party.  Paul Revere reproduced an engraving from a London newspaper that depicted the relationship between the British government … Continue reading →

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