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Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on May 8, 2019
This Asian Pacific American History Month, join archivists, historians, and the public for a Wikipedia edit-a-thon on Wednesday, May 8, 2019 from 10 AM – 1:00 PM in the Innovation Hub at the National...
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Transcriptions Reveal Life in the Trenches
If you are familiar with our Citizen Archivist program, you know that we encourage online volunteers to transcribe digitized historical records held in the National Archives Catalog. We often say that...
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John and Charles Gordon, a Father and Son in the 49th U.S. Colored Infantry...
“Oh yes, I knew John Gordon, and his daddy too.” – a comrade of John and Charles Gordon John Gordon, later in life. National Archives ID 122162774 During the early nineteenth century, the tobacco...
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Refine Your Search by Record Group or Collection
Today’s post comes from Suzanne Isaacs, Community Manager, National Archives Catalog Researcher Reviewing Records, 3/1968 National Archives Identifier 23855361 If you’ve ever searched in the Catalog,...
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New Search Feature: Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
This post is from the September 5th issue of the National Archives Catalog Newsletter. With more than 92 million pages of digitized records available to search in the National Archives Catalog, we are...
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Digitized Records in the National Archives Catalog: How Do They Get There?
Today’s post comes from Jon Fletcher, Archives Specialist (Data Standards) in the Digital Public Access Branch of the Office of Innovation. Digital Imaging Lab, 12/2/2005 NAID 66798226 A great deal of...
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NARA’s Record Group Explorer: A New Path into NARA’s Holdings
This post was written by Pamela Wright, Chief Innovation Officer. With billions of pages of records, there’s no question that the holdings of the National Archives are vast. The breadth can be...
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Free Pop-Up Display from the National Archives
Free Pop-Up Display from the National Archives: The National Archives, in partnership with the Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission (WSCC), is providing 2,500 free Rightfully Hers pop-up displays to...
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Introducing the Presidential Library Explorer
Today’s post comes from Jason Clingerman, Acting Director of the Digital Engagement Division at the National Archives. Last fall, NARA launched the Record Group Explorer (previous blog post here),...
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Help Shape the Future of the National Archives Catalog
The National Archives Catalog is going through some exciting changes! We need your help to make sure these changes are on the right track. We are looking for feedback from interested Catalog users of...
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