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On this day in history, Warner Brothers’ classic film -...

Tue, 14 May 2013 09:38:51 -0700

On this day in history, Warner Brothers’ classic film - the Adventures of Robin Hood - debuted 75 years ago in 1938. It was the most expensive film that Warner Brothers had produced to-date with extravagant sets and costumes, multiple film locations, and the utilization of a new color movie-making process called Technicolor. The Adventures of Robin Hood tells the legendary tale of the Sherwood Forest bandit who fought oppression against a tyrannical government with good-cheer and principled determination. Starring Errol Flynn as Robin Hood and Olivia de Havilland as Maid Marian, it became an instant hit and arguably remains the most definitive cinematic version of Robin Hood ever filmed.

The National Archives at Riverside celebrates the 75th anniversary of the movie’s release by showcasing Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland’s naturalization records from Record Group 21 – Records of the U.S. District Courts. Errol Flynn was born in Hobart, Australia in 1909 while Olivia de Havilland was born in Tokyo, Japan to British parents in 1916. The U.S. District Court of Los Angeles granted Flynn and de Havilland U.S. citizenship in the early 1940s. Aside from the Adventures of Robin Hood, Flynn and de Havilland made eight other movies together, including Captain Blood in 1935 and Santa Fe Trail in 1940.

The National Archives at Riverside maintains thousands of naturalization records for foreign-born residents who attained U.S. citizenship in southern California, Arizona, and Clark County, Nevada through the year 1991. For more information on our holdings, please feel free to contact us!

ucsdspecialcollections: Young boy carrying goat at Rancho...

Tue, 14 May 2013 09:32:38 -0700

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Young boy carrying goat at Rancho Represito, March, 1967, Harry Crosby Collection, MSS 333

What a wonderful image! You can’t go wrong with a cute kid and baby animals!

todaysdocument: The Prime Crew for the NASA’s First Manned...

Tue, 14 May 2013 09:11:08 -0700

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The Prime Crew for the NASA’s First Manned Skylab Mission Meet the Press in a Final Briefing Prior to Isolation for the Coming Launch of Skylab II, 05/01/1973

Skylab, the first American space station, was launched unmanned on May 14, 1973. This photo is of the prime crew for the first manned Skylab mission at a final briefing prior to isolation for the coming launch, which occurred on May 24, 1973. The astronauts are (L. to R.) Charles Conrad Jr., Commander, Paul J. Weitz, Pilot, and Dr. Joseph P. Kerwin, Science Pilot.

Kaiser shipyards, Richmond, California. Miss Eastine Cowner, a...

Tue, 07 May 2013 18:20:40 -0700

Kaiser shipyards, Richmond, California. Miss Eastine Cowner, a former waitress, is helping in her job as a scaler to construct the Liberty Ship SS George Washington Carver launched on May 7, 1943.

From the series: Negro Activities in Industry, Government, and the Armed Forces from the Records of the Office of War Information.

todaysdocument: It’s always Teacher Appreciation Week at the...

Tue, 07 May 2013 18:17:40 -0700

Murch Elementary School, Washington, D.C. Catherine M. Rooney, 6th grade teacher instructs her alert pupils on the way and how of War Ration Book Two., ca. 02/1943. NARA ID 196400

Participants at Primarily Teaching in Chicago

Participants at Primarily Teaching in Boston

"The National Archives Partners with the National Park Service in NYC," Ellis Island in a photograph as seen in 1910, from the Records of the Public Health Service.

Our free eBook “Baseball: The National Pastime in the National Archives,” available for iPad or as an ePub for iPhone, Android, or eReaders

DocsTeach.org - featuring primary sources for engaging students. Map of the United States highlighting the Louisiana Purchase.

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It’s always Teacher Appreciation Week at the National Archives!

Our Education Specialists work year-round to provide teachers with free resources for teaching with primary sources. From DC to our National Archives and Presidential Library locations around the country, we create and share lesson plans, learning activities, field trip and professional development opportunities, and multimedia and web content. Our new blog is the best way to stay up-to-date on our latest resources. So far we’ve included posts about the Common Core Standards, document spotlights, online tools, partner organizations, professional development, free programs, research tips, and of course teaching activities and lesson plans from our online site for teaching with documents, DocsTeach.org.

Find our Education Updates Blog at http://blogs.archives.gov/education/ and subscribe via email.

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In celebration of Teacher Appreciation Day, enjoy this image of...

Tue, 07 May 2013 00:01:00 -0700

In celebration of Teacher Appreciation Day, enjoy this image of a teacher at the Navajo Nation, c. 1945, looks pretty interesting!

This image is from our holdings of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (RG 75)

To our Wednesday volunteers…Thanks for putting up with...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:59:33 -0700

To our Wednesday volunteers…
Thanks for putting up with us,
Survey all 60,000 feet without making any fuss.
Court dockets, land files and Naval records plus,
helping us whenever - caring for records covered in schmutz.
To Melissa and Gloria,
you are appreciated and your presence calms our historia.

…in the spirit of Volunteer Appreciation Week (April 21-27, 2013)

newyorker: Two border-patrol officers attempt to keep a...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:41:50 -0700

newyorker:

Two border-patrol officers attempt to keep a fugitive in the U.S. in this photo from National Geographic’s archive (Luis Marden/National Geographic). Click through to see more.

fdrlibrary: Day 68: April 23 A Bold and Persistent Staff The...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:40:15 -0700

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Day 68: April 23

A Bold and Persistent Staff

The renovation project that began at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in 2010 is the first renovation of the Library building since it opened to the public on June 30, 1941. It is also the first complete renovation of any presidential library. While it will not change the historic exterior of the building, the project brings its infrastructure up to National Archives standards for the long-term preservation of historic collections. The renovation also includes an exciting new permanent museum exhibit that delivers “A New Deal to a New Generation”. From the beginning of the project, our two major goals were that we always had something interesting and significant for our visitors to see and that we never close down researcher operations.

As wonderful and exciting as the renovation has been, the work has placed enormous challenges on the Library’s entire staff. We relocated staff and we moved 35,000 museum objects and 17 million pages of documents multiple times to accommodate renovation phasing. We moved research room operations into our Visitor Center and never closed to researchers and there were always museum exhibits for the visitor to see in the midst of demolition. We continued to loan museum artifacts and never missed a deadline on our many obligations to internal and external customers. And we tweeted, facebooked, and blogged about our adventures.

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mypubliclands: Ocotillo Wind Project Receives Outstanding...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:37:59 -0700

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Ocotillo Wind Project Receives Outstanding Environmental Analysis Award

The Ocotillo Express Wind Project located on public lands in renewable-energy rich Imperial County, California, has received an Outstanding Award from both the National Association of Environmental Professionals and the California Association of Environmental Professionals. The award was presented April 2 at the NAEP annual conference in Los Angeles.

The award recognized the Bureau of Land Management’s environmental analysis, management of the complex multi-agency approval process, extensive public outreach, and the use of innovative analytic techniques including state-of-the-art radar systems for monitoring avian, bighorn sheep and other wildlife activity at the site. The BLM was the lead federal agency for NEPA review of the project, which was approved in May 2012 and came online in December. Imperial County led the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) compliance review and Pattern Energy is the project’s proponent.

The 265-MW Ocotillo Wind Project provides clean energy to San Diego and Southern California, with 94 operational turbines and18 more to be installed on public lands this year. The project provides enough renewable energy to power nearly 125,000 homes and offset more than 288,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions per year. It is the first renewable energy project to use the Sunrise Powerlink Transmission line connecting San Diego with the Imperial Valley.

Construction employed as many as 500 workers, many as subcontractors from the local area. Ocotillo Wind will generate significant tax revenues over the next 30 years, benefiting Imperial County and local schools.

The Ocotillo Wind Project on BLM lands in California Received an Outstanding Environmental Analysis Award in April. Photo ©2013 by Jamey Stillings, http://www.jameystillingsprojects.com

To our Tuesday volunteers… Thank you for your...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:51:00 -0700

To our Tuesday volunteers…

Thank you for your support,
Dealing with complicated government agencies
never seems like bad sport.
Describing the Customs Service - determining which port,
Providing Customer Service - responding to each report
To Jeannette and Chole,
you are appreciated and always super swell-a!

…in the spirit of Volunteer Appreciation Week (April 21-27, 2013)

To our Monday volunteers…Thank you all for us lending a...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:57:00 -0700

To our Monday volunteers…
Thank you all for us lending a hand,
with your skills and talents - preserve the history of your land.
Never fear’d of staple, or fastener, or band,
or researcher’s trees - sewn in foreign stands.
To Pamela, Johnathan, Melissa and Nancy
you are appreciated and certainly fancy-dancy!

…in the spirit of Volunteer Appreciation Week (April 21-27, 2013)

mypubliclands: Murray Spring Clovis Site National Historic...

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 11:44:12 -0700

Tia Bellew; Dr. Barbara Mills, National Parks Advisory Board and University of Arizona; Lane Baker, Nationall Park Service Superintendent; Dr. Vance Haynes; Jane Childress, BLM archaeologist; Ray Suaz

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced his designation of the Murray Springs Clovis Site as a National Historic Landmark, which are nationally significant historic places, on October 17, 2012

Dr. Vance Haynes displayed Clovis points that were recovered at the nearby Naco Site at the dedication. (Diane Drobka/BLM)

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Murray Spring Clovis Site National Historic Landmark Dedication

More than 80 volunteers, visitors, and BLM staff celebrated the dedication of the Murray Spring Clovis Site National Historic Landmark on March 23. The dedication took place at the site, which is located within the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area near Sierra Vista, Arizona.

The two-hour event included speeches, the unveiling of a plaque noting the designation, exhibits of Clovis (distinctive spear) points and mammoth fossils, and docent-led tours. Dr. C. Vance Haynes and Dr. Peter Mehringer, both from the University of Arizona, discovered this internationally important site in 1966. Haynes led the excavation and research from 1967 to 1971. This Ice Age site yielded a multiple bison kill, a mammoth kill, and possibly a horse kill. See the link to read the full article: http://www.blm.gov/az/st/en/info/spots.html#murray-dedi

With the 2013 baseball season underway, take a look at a bit...

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 11:32:00 -0700

With the 2013 baseball season underway, take a look at a bit of baseball from our holdings! During World War II, Camp Ross was used by the Army as a cantonment area for U.S. troops at the Los Angeles Port of Embarkation. In 1945, the baseball team was integrated.

This photo, found in the Records of the Office of the Chief of Transportation at the National Archives at Riverside is featured in our latest eBook: “Baseball: The National Pastime in the National Archives.” It is available at http://www.archives.gov/publications/ebooks/index.html#baseball for iPad, iPhone, Android, or eReader.

todaysdocument: Photograph of Raccoon in Tree, 05/1967 From...

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 19:03:49 -0700

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Photograph of Raccoon in Tree, 05/1967

From the Historic Photographs series of the National Forest Service

Another raccoon grateful for this year’s National Wildlife Week theme: “Branching Out for Wildlife.”

What a great image from the holdings of the National Archives at Chicago!

life: Michael Rougier’s powerful photographs of the conditions...

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 18:27:38 -0700

life:

Michael Rougier’s powerful photographs of the conditions endured by migrant workers and their families all across the United States.

Pictured: Migrant farm workers sprayed with unidentified chemical after day’s work, USA, 1959

(Michael Rougier—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)

Powerful.

todaysdocument: Plaintiffs’ Proposed Plan for March from Selma...

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 18:26:37 -0700

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Plaintiffs’ Proposed Plan for March from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, 1965

This plan submitted to the court pertains to the march from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery, Alabama in support of voting rights in 1965. In association with this lawsuit, the marchers submitted a plan for the court’s approval defining their proposed route, number of participants, distance covered per day, and other details.

via DocsTeach

The records of the United States District Courts (RG 21) can often be filled with fabulous material! This is an excellent example.

nprradiopictures: aquaticwonder: Lost Astronaut By...

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 18:24:47 -0700

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aquaticwonder:

Lost Astronaut

By performance artist Alicia Framis and photographer Nacho Alegre

preservearchives: Have you ever wanted professional guidance on...

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 21:36:15 -0700

Audiovisual Preservation Specialist Jessica Sims with a colorful array of audio and video samples at last year’s Preservation EXPOsed!.

At last year’s Preservation EXPOsed!, Paper Conservator Yoonjoo Strumfels advises Ken Hawkins on the care of his 1850 engraving.

At last year’s Preservation EXPOsed!, a Paper Conservator shows Ed McCarter what the conservator sees.

preservearchives:

Have you ever wanted professional guidance on how to care for your family archives? Here’s your chance! Join us for Preservation EXPOsed!, a free event on Thursday, March 14th from 11 am to 2 pm at the National Archives in Washington, DC. Browse display booths at the preservation fair and talk with our knowledgeable staff. Attend free lectures for a behind-the-scenes look at special preservation projects. If you make an appointment, you can even bring in your favorite family treasure for a consultation with a National Archives conservator. For more information, see http://www.archives.gov/preservation/exposed-2013.html.

todaysdocument: A very animated dog sled team, just in time the...

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 21:25:38 -0700

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A very animated dog sled team, just in time the finish of this year’s Iditarod Trail race, courtesy of Admiral Byrd’s Third Antarctic Expedition.