BUSINESS
August 1, 2007 | From the Associated Press
The public will be able to purchase copies of thousands of historic films and videotapes via the Internet under an agreement the National Archives has reached with Amazon.com Inc. and one of its subsidiaries. The nonexclusive arrangement allows Amazon and its CustomFlix Labs Inc. to make digitized copies of some footage and make it available in DVD form. The DVDs will sell for $19.99 on Amazon.com and will be manufactured at CustomFlix's facility in Scotts Valley, Calif.
NATIONAL
May 31, 2011 | By Robin Abcarian, Los Angeles Times
It's still unclear whether Sarah Palin's road trip is an educational family tour of historical America or a dry run for her potential Republican presidential bid. But Monday, two things became clear: She will not shy away from unscripted encounters, and she isn't going let anyone know in advance where she's going as she wends her way across the country this summer. In an impromptu news conference Monday evening in the parking lot of her Gettysburg hotel shortly after taking a four-mile run in steaming heat, Palin said she thought the current crop of Republican presidential contenders is "strong" and that any campaign she might wage "would definitely be unconventional and nontraditional, yes, knowing us, yeah, it would have to be. " And that was as far as she would go, leaving the former Alaska governor's intentions, like much of her bus tour, a mystery.
NATIONAL
April 12, 2006 | From the Associated Press
The National Archives agreed to seal previously public CIA and Pentagon records and to keep silent about the role of U.S. intelligence in the reclassification, according to an agreement released under the Freedom of Information Act. The 2002 agreement, requested three years ago by the Associated Press and released this week, shows archivists were concerned about reclassifying previously available documents -- many of them more than 50 years old -- but nonetheless agreed to keep mum.
BUSINESS
February 25, 2006 | From Bloomberg News
Google Inc. started offering films from the U.S. National Archives as part of an effort to expand the content offered on its online video service. The free clips include World War II newsreels and the Apollo 11 landing on the moon, the Mountain View, Calif., company said. The agreement, which includes a pilot program of 103 films, isn't exclusive. Google has digitized the films at no cost to the government, a National Archives spokeswoman said.
NEWS
December 5, 1987 | Associated Press
Professional archivist Don W. Wilson took over as head of the National Archives on Friday and pledged "a broader office and an expanded mission" for the agency that keeps historical records and runs presidential libraries. Wilson, who has held key posts at the Dwight D. Eisenhower and Gerald R. Ford presidential libraries, took his oath of office in a ceremony in front of the display cases holding the Constitution and Declaration of Independence in the rotunda of the Archives building.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
September 28, 2008 | Joe Holley, Washington Post
John E. Taylor, a scholar known for his encyclopedic knowledge of World War II intelligence records and his ability to find the most arcane material in the National Archives, where he worked for 63 years, died of congestive heart failure Sept. 20 at his home in Washington, D.C. He was 87. Thousands of scholars, writers, journalists and other researchers relied on Taylor's grasp of history and his familiarity with archival material. Writers who depended on his expertise included Stephen Ambrose, James Bamford and Barbara Tuchman.