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Blog of the Textual Records Division at the National Archives The Text Message Menu About Policies Contact Us Order in the Court! – Records of Courthouses in the National Register of Historic Places May 7, 2024 April 25, 2024 by John LeGloahec , posted in Electronic Records , Judicial , Presidents Photograph of Supreme Court Building (National Archives Identifier 594954) There are more than thirty five thousand records with the search term courthouse” in the National Register of Historic Places records, including both the United States Supreme Court Building (National Archives Identifier 117691883), and the Oklahoma Cherokee Supreme Court Building (National Archives Identifier 86510854). The Supreme … Continue reading Order in the Court! – Records of Courthouses in the National Register of Historic Places Tagged Courthouses , John LeGloahec , National Park Service , National Register of Historic Places , NRHP Road Trip , RG 79 Leave a comment An Ugly American, 1924 May 2, 2024 May 2, 2024 by ncurrie , posted in Air Force , State and Foreign Affairs , Travel and Tourism , World War I The term ugly American” was popularized by the 1958 book of the same name by William Lederer and Eugene Burdick. It referred to certain types of behavior exhibited by some Americans in foreign lands. These included being self-absorbed, arrogant, demeaning, thoughtless, and ignorant of local customs. An early example of such behavior is found in … Continue reading An Ugly American, 1924 Tagged Brigadier General Billy Mitchell , David Langbart , RG 59 , Siam , State World Flight , Thailand , William Lederer 2 Comments Comedian in the Cross-Hairs: The FBI Investigation into Mort Sahl April 30, 2024 April 29, 2024 by ncurrie , posted in ArtsEntertainment , FBI Records , Hollywood and Film Today's post was written by Gregory Tavormina, Archivist with the Special Access and FOIA Program (RF) at the National Archives in College Park, MD. Newspaper clipping from FBI file 94-HQ-51223-8 ([FBI Headquarters] - 94-HQ-51223 [Classification - Research Matters] [Mort Sahl] (NAID 365107580). It originally appeared in the February 8, 1960 New York Times article Anyway, … Continue reading Comedian in the Cross-Hairs: The FBI Investigation into Mort Sahl Tagged comedy , Gregory Tavormina , Mort Sahl , RG 65 Leave a comment Around the World in 175 Days, 1924: Department of State Contributions to the U.S. Army Flight Around the World: Part II April 23, 2024 April 23, 2024 by ncurrie , posted in State and Foreign Affairs , Transportation , Travel and Tourism This is the second in a series of occasional blog posts. Even as the Department of State’s work on securing approval from Japan for the preliminary work on the Army’s around-the-world flight (see Part I), the Department of State was moving into the second phase of its work on the around-the-world flight: securing approval … Continue reading Around the World in 175 Days, 1924: Department of State Contributions to the U.S. Army Flight Around the World: Part II Tagged David Langbart , RG 59 , State World Flight , turkey Leave a comment How Not to Make History April 16, 2024 March 29, 2024 by John LeGloahec , posted in Civil War , Travel and Tourism The wrong way to make a mark on history Tagged Civil War , Gettysburg , John Harris , National Park Service , RG 79 , vandalism Leave a comment Water, Water, Everywhere – Hydroelectric Power Plants in the National Register April 9, 2024 March 1, 2024 by John LeGloahec , posted in Interior/Environment Hydroelectric Power is one of the largest sources of renewable energy and is a popular means of providing power, as long as there was a water source and there was the means to construct a plant to harness the water. There are more that four hundred properties in the records of the National Register (National … Continue reading Water, Water, Everywhere – Hydroelectric Power Plants in the National Register Tagged Hydroelectric Power , John LeGloahec , National Park Service , National Register of Historic Places , NRHP Road Trip , RG 79 Leave a comment Around the World in 175 Days, 1924: Department of State Contributions to the U.S. Army Aerial Circumnavigation: Part I April 4, 2024 March 29, 2024 by ncurrie , posted in State and Foreign Affairs , Transportation , Travel and Tourism This is the first in an occasional series of blog posts. In September 1924, in an aerial trip reminiscent of the voyage of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet (also known as the Great White Fleet”) around the world between December 1907 and February 1909, a team of U.S. Army airmen completed the first successful aerial circumnavigation … Continue reading Around the World in 175 Days, 1924: Department of State Contributions to the U.S. Army Aerial Circumnavigation: Part I Tagged Around the World Flight , David Langbart , Japan , RG 59 , State World Flight Leave a comment Celebrating the Centennial of the First Around the World Flight April 2, 2024 March 21, 2024 by John LeGloahec , posted in Military Records , Processing Projects , Transportation Fuselage mockup for Round the World Flight Tagged Army Air Force , Around the World Flight , RG 18 , War Department 1 Comment Escape and Evasion Reports, World War II March 26, 2024 March 28, 2024 by ncurrie , posted in Digitization Projects , Finding Aids , World War II Today's post was written by Bob Nowatski, archivist in the Basic Processing and Textual Accessioning unit at the National Archives in College Park, MD. When we think of United States airmen in the European theater during World War II, we may picture rugged veterans who flew numerous missions, or soldiers who were killed in combat … Continue reading Escape and Evasion Reports, World War II Tagged Blister Club , Bob Nowatzki , Chuck Yeager , downed aircraft , RG 498 1 Comment You Load Sixteen Tons and What Do You Get? – Coal Records in the National Register March 14, 2024 March 11, 2024 by John LeGloahec , posted in Interior/Environment "Mine America's Coal" (National Archives Identifier 515013) Tomorrow, Friday March 16, the exhibit PowerLight: Russel Lee’s Coal Survey” opens at the National Archives Building in Washington DC. It features photographs of coal communities by American documentary photographer Russell Lee. These images tell the story of laborers who helped build the nation, of a … Continue reading You Load Sixteen Tons and What Do You Get? – Coal Records in the National Register Tagged Coal , John LeGloahec , National Park Service , National Register of Historic Places , NRHP Road Trip , RG 79 Leave a 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 November 2023 October 2023 September 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 2019 May 2019 April 2019 March 2019 February 2019 January 2019 December 2018 November 2018 October 2018 September 2018 August 2018 July 2018 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018 March 2018 February 2018 January 2018 December 2017 November 2017 October 2017 September 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017 March 2017 February 2017 January 2017 December 2016 November 2016 October 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July...