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News from the National Archives

News, Events and Press Releases from the National Archives and Records Administration

1. Federal Register announces the launch of a new Electronic Public Inspection Desk.
2. Enjoy activities and a movie at Treaty of Paris Family Day on November 15, in Washington, DC.
3. Learn about the National Archives' role in the Electoral College
4. Brothman-Moskowitz Grand Jury transcripts and three additional Rosenberg Grand Jury testimony transcripts are available online
5. Fall issue of Prologue magazine is now available.
6. Rosenberg Grand Jury transcript (Harry Gold testimony).
7. National Archives Experience welcomed its millionth visitor in FY 2008.
8. Emancipation Proclamation on exhibit at the Ronald Reagan Library September 19-23.
9. National Archives has opened Rosenberg Grand Jury transcripts.
10. Presidential Libraries hosted National Issues Forums.
11. National Archives has published a new guide to World War II records.
12. LBJ Library and Museum celebrates Lyndon B. Johnson's centennial birthday.
13. October 7-8, conference addressing the challenges of preserving electronic records was held in College Park, MD.
14. Beginning August 11, Record Group 110 records temporarily unavailable.
15. Film about President Nixon's historic trip to China in 1972, was shown in Washington, DC, August 6.
16. Born to Play Ball exhibit is open at the Ford Museum.
17. National Archives and the Library of Congress form a World Digital Library partnership.
18. The 1858 Harris Treaty was on display in Washington, DC, through July 31.
19. The Summer issue of Prologue magazine is available.
20. Natural Disasters, a collection of films from the National Archives, is available on DVD.
21. National Archives announces the successful completion of a major milestone of the Electronic Records Archives System.
22. The Information Security Oversight Office has released its Report to the President for Fiscal Year 2007.
23. The National Archives launches an Audio Archives series on CD
24. Advice about recovering wet records after a flood is available on our Disaster Response and Recovery page
25. Dora Costa and Robert Fogel discussed using military records.
26. The National Archives establishes the Controlled Unclassified Information Office.
27. The National Archives announces a digitizing agreement with the Generations Network.
28. The Homestead Act, signed by President Lincoln on May 20, 1862, is on exhibit at the North Dakota Heritage Center through November 10, 2008.
29. National Archives has published its Strategy for Digitizing Archival Materials, 2007-2016
30. Electoral College debate in Washington, DC, on May 21
31. National Archives announces a plan for online access to Founding Fathers Papers
32. Cokie Roberts joined the Archivist in an "American Conversation" on May 7 in Washington, DC.
33. National Archives issues statement on web harvest of Federal records
34. The first two U.S. treaties with Japan are featured in -The Perry & Harris Exhibition at the Edo Tokyo Museum
35. Karl Weissenbach is the new director of the Eisenhower Library
36. Digital Vaults was nominated for a Webby Award
37. Our Genealogy Fair was held in Washington, DC, on April 23
38. National Archives partner iPHOTOART launches new web site
39. 1862 Morrill Act established the land grant system for U.S. colleges and was on exhibit
40. Footnote.com and the National Archives launched an interactive Vietnam War Memorial
41. First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton's schedules open at Clinton Library
42. Magna Carta has returned to the National Archives
43. Extended spring/summer hours begin at the National Archives museum in Washington, DC
44. Public Interest Declassification Board held an open meeting on March 17 in Washington, DC
45. Ted Leonsis introduced a screening of his film "Nanking" in Washington, DC, on March 5
46. National Archives has published a new guide to records of the American West
47. U.S. Constitution is back on display in the Rotunda of the National Archives Building in Washington, DC.
48. Oscar nominated documentaries and short films were shown at the National Archives in February
49. National Archives held its 22nd Annual Preservation Conference on March 10 in Washington, DC
50. Exhibit -Running for Office: Candidates, Campaigns, and the Cartoons of Clifford Berryman- in Washington, DC
51. National Archives announced extended research room hours in Washington, DC, and College Park, MD
52. Primary Reform, the People, and the Press panel discussion January 31
53. Former First Lady Barbara Bush joined the Archivist in an -American Conversation- January 25
54. Winter issue of Prologue magazine is available
55. "Eyes on the Prize", the landmark civil rights series, was shown on Tuesdays and Fridays throughout January and February in Washington
56. Public Interest Declassification Board has issued its first report to the President
57. "Genealogy in 2020" lecture in January

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