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Exploring History with the National Archives Special Media Division The Unwritten Record Menu About The Unwritten Record About the Bloggers Policies National Nurses Day and World Red Cross Day with the Home Nursing Series May 7, 2024 May 6, 2024 by Rachael Brittain , posted in Archives , Films , Motion Pictures , Nurses Today's post was written by Rachael Brittain and Ken Myers. In celebration of National Nurses Day and World Red Cross Day, the National Archives would like to commemorate the work and sacrifices nurses and Red Cross staff make to contribute to our nation’s health and safety. We invite you to celebrate their contributions with the … Continue reading National Nurses Day and World Red Cross Day with the Home Nursing Series Leave a comment Celebrating the 221st Anniversary of The Louisiana Purchase with Special Media May 2, 2024 May 3, 2024 by Alexis Durante , posted in Archives , Cartographic Records , Digitization , Electronic Records , Maps , Motion Pictures , Photographs , Preservation , Still Pictures To celebrate the 221st anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase on April 30, let’s use the catalog to see related records! On April 30, 1803, 828,000 square miles of land were purchased by the United States from the then-owner of its territory, France, for $15 million, which today would be about $342 million. Napoleon Bonaparte famously … Continue reading Celebrating the 221st Anniversary of The Louisiana Purchase with Special Media Tagged Cartographic Branch , Louisiana , louisiana purchase , maps , Motion Pictures , NARA , National Archives , radio broadcast , Still Pictures 3 Comments Irrigation Records from Bureau of Indian Affairs Now Digitized April 24, 2024 April 24, 2024 by Amanda Pritchard , posted in Architectural and Engineering Drawings , Bureau of Indian Affairs , Cartographic Records , Digitization , Maps The records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Irrigation Division held by the Cartographic Branch are fully digitized and available to view and download from the National Archives Catalog. The records of the BIA Irrigation Division consist of maps showing Indian reservations and irrigation projects and plans for the construction of irrigation facilities and … Continue reading Irrigation Records from Bureau of Indian Affairs Now Digitized Tagged American Indian , Bureau of Indian Affairs , Cartographic Records , Drawings , maps Leave a comment All Things Parks: National Parks Link Roundup April 21, 2024 April 19, 2024 by Bethany Greenho , posted in Cartographic Records , Motion Pictures , National Park Service , Photographs This past Saturday kicked off National Park Week, an annual event put on by the National Park Service (NPS) to celebrate the more than 400 national parks in the United States and the NPS programs and partners that work to preserve these sites of American natural and cultural heritage. Two Medicine Lake, Glacier National Park,” … Continue reading All Things Parks: National Parks Link Roundup Tagged National Park Service , National Park Week , National Parks Leave a comment Celebrating Jackie Robinson Day with Universal Newsreels April 15, 2024 April 12, 2024 by Rachael Brittain , posted in African American History , Motion Pictures , Sports , Universal News Collection On April 15, 1947 Jackie Robinson became the first black major league player, ending racial segregation in professional baseball. April 15, 2024 marks the 20th year that Major League Baseball celebrates Jackie Robinson Day, remembering and honoring his career as an athlete and activist. Starting as a first baseman Robinson played 10 seasons for the … Continue reading Celebrating Jackie Robinson Day with Universal Newsreels Tagged African American History , Baseball , Motion Pictures , sports , Universal News Leave a comment Celebrating National Submarine Day with a Dive into Drawings of the USS Holland (SS-1) April 9, 2024 April 9, 2024 by Amy H Edwards , posted in Cartographic Records , Digitization , Military , Ship Plans , U.S. Navy , Uncategorized Residing in Record Group 19 in the holdings of the Cartographic Branch are three drawings of a very early submarine owned by United States Navy. Though the USS Holland was not the first submarine owned by the Navy, she was the first to be commissioned and is the reason that we observe National Submarine Day. … Continue reading Celebrating National Submarine Day with a Dive into Drawings of the USS Holland (SS-1) Tagged Cartographic Branch , Ship Plans , submarine , US Navy Leave a comment In Full Bloom: Still Photographs of Cherry Blossoms March 29, 2024 March 29, 2024 by Heather Sulier , posted in Photographs , Still Pictures , Washington D.C. For more than a hundred years, we have celebrated cherry blossoms blooming along the Tidal Basin. First planted in 1912, the cherry trees were a gift of friendship to the People of the United States from the People of Japan. Here in the Still Picture Branch at the National Archives, we have many photographs within our holdings that show the beauty of the cherry trees throughout the years. Tagged Still Pictures Leave a comment Christine Jorgensen: America’s First Transgender Celebrity March 26, 2024 March 26, 2024 by Frankie Witzenburg , posted in Archives , Films , Motion Pictures , Uncategorized , Video Recordings , womens history , World War II Clip from Universal Newsreel Volume 26, Release 440 (Local ID: UN-UN-26-440-1-4) Please Note: Primary source documents used in this post may contain harmful language. See NARA’s Statement on Potentially Harmful Language. The scenes shown in this 1953 Universal Newsreel footage are some of the first moments pioneering transgender woman Christine Jorgensen would spend in the … Continue reading Christine Jorgensen: America’s First Transgender Celebrity Tagged LGBTQ+ , transgender , Transgender Day of Visibility , Universal Newsreel , veterans 3 Comments PowerLight: Russell Lee’s Coal Survey Exhibit March 20, 2024 by wwade , posted in African American History , Coal Mining , Photographs , Rural Communities , Uncategorized I’m pleased to announce the recent opening of a new exhibit at the National Archives Building, PowerLight: Russell Lee’s Coal Survey, which will run until July 6, 2025. The creation of the exhibit was a collaborative effort between our Museum staff and the Still Picture Branch. The exhibit features photographs from the series … Continue reading PowerLight: Russell Lee’s Coal Survey Exhibit Tagged Russell Lee , Still Picture Branch , Still Pictures Leave a comment Filming the Far North: Louise Arner Boyd’s Arctic Travels March 18, 2024 March 18, 2024 by Audrey Amidon , posted in Arctic , Motion Pictures When the San Rafael Elks purchased Maple Lawn, the estate formerly owned by California Gold Rush heiress Louise Arner Boyd, they also acquired 150 reels of 35mm nitrate film stored on the grounds. Boyd shot the reels over nearly two decades, from travels in the early 1920s, to a 1941 trip to West Greenland, with … Continue reading Filming the Far North: Louise Arner Boyd’s Arctic Travels Tagged Arctic exploration , Greenland , Louise Arner Boyd , Women's History Month 1 Comment Posts navigation Older posts Search for: Subscribe to Email Updates Archives Archives Select Month May 2024 April 2024 March 2024 February 2024 January 2024 December 2023 October 2023 August 2023 July 2023 June 2023 May 2023 April 2023 March 2023 February 2023 January 2023 December 2022 November 2022 October 2022 September 2022 August 2022 July 2022 June 2022 May 2022 April 2022 March 2022 February 2022 January 2022 December 2021 November 2021 October 2021 September 2021 August 2021 July 2021 June 2021 May 2021 April 2021 March 2021 February 2021 January 2021 December 2020 November 2020 October 2020 September 2020 August 2020 July 2020 June 2020 May 2020 April 2020 March 2020 February 2020 January 2020 December 2019 November 2019 October 2019 September 2019 August 2019 July 2019 June...