Tag Archives: Richard Nixon

Foreign Reaction to President Nixon’s Resignation

Posted on August 16, 2016 by

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 … Continue reading →

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President Nixon’s Resignation and Foreign Policy

Posted on August 9, 2016 by

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.

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The Best Prophet of the Future is the Past: September 11 – 1970, 1981, and 2001

Posted on May 11, 2015 by

Today’s post is written by Chris Naylor, Director of the Textual Records Division. I recently opened a fortune cookie that contained a saying with special significance to me.  This phrase, “The best prophet of the future is the past,” originally … Continue reading →

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From a researcher’s perspective

Posted on February 21, 2012 by

Today’s post is written by  Aaron Mannes, a citizen researcher from the University of Maryland’s Laboratory of Computational Cultural Dynamics. He is a doctoral candidate at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy who is writing a dissertation on … Continue reading →

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Uncle Walt, Papa, and The Prom Queen of Soul

Posted on December 14, 2011 by

What do Walt Disney, Ernest Hemingway, and Whitney Houston have in common? They all served with the American Red Cross! Disney served as a Red Cross ambulance driver in France during World War I. Likewise, Hemingway served as an ambulance … Continue reading →

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