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National Archives
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Sunday, November 11, 2007
Friday, November 9, 2007
The talk of the Reagan library
California | Local |
November 9, 2007
A lavish gala was to kick off a display of Nancy Reagan’s ball
gowns Thursday night, but visitors to the Ronald Reagan Presidential
Library near Simi Valley were buzzing more about the landmark’s
record-keeping problems – lapses so severe that National Archives
officials are unable to say whether gifts to the Reagans have been
stolen or are lost inside the massive museum complex. Read more
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Amazon, National Archives in deal
Business |
August 1, 2007
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. Read more
Sunday, July 8, 2007
Nixon’s library to go by the book - An exhibit telling his version of Watergate is the first to go as the National Archives takes over the facility.
California | Local |
July 8, 2007
The Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace in Yorba Linda has long been
the most kicked-around of presidential libraries, and nothing invited
more ridicule than the dim, narrow room purporting to describe the
scandal that drove its namesake from office. Read more
Friday, March 16, 2007
Stolen Civil War items sold on EBay
National |
March 16, 2007
An intern with the National Archives stole about 165 Civil War
documents – including the War Department’s announcement of President
Lincoln’s death – and sold most of them on EBay, prosecutors charged Thursday. Read more
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Unable to Repeat the Past
Business |
September 13, 2006
Carter G. Walker remembers the day her memories vanished. Read more
Thursday, April 27, 2006
U.S. Wrongly Resealed Third of Files, Audit Says
National |
April 27, 2006
The government improperly sealed hundreds of previously public CIA,
Pentagon and other records by reclassifying them as secret on
questionable grounds, an internal review by the National Archives determined. Read more
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
National Archives Agreed to Documents Coverup
National |
April 12, 2006
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. Read more
Tuesday, April 11, 2006
First Federal Nixon Library Head Is Named
California | Local |
April 11, 2006
As the Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace readies itself for a shift
into federal hands, the National Archives announced Monday that it
had selected a Cold War historian and expert on presidential
recordings as the library’s first federal director. Read more
Wednesday, February 8, 2006
Nixon Library Could Get a Lift in 2007 Budget
California | Local |
February 8, 2006
The 2007 federal budget that was sent to Congress this week includes
$10.6 million for the privately funded Richard Nixon Library &
Birthplace in Yorba Linda to begin its transformation into a
presidential library run by the National Archives. Read more
Friday, April 1, 2005
Berger Expected to Plead Guilty
National |
April 1, 2005
Samuel R. “Sandy” Berger, President Clinton’s national security
advisor, has agreed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge of
removing classified documents from the National Archives, a Justice
Department official said Thursday. Read more
Saturday, March 19, 2005
Nixon Library Makeover to Add Unvarnished Truth
California | Local |
March 19, 2005
In an effort to gain legitimacy as an official presidential library,
the privately run Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace has agreed to
present exhibits that are “more strictly factual” and turn over
control of more of Nixon’s papers and tapes to the National Archives. Read more
Saturday, February 26, 2005
Nixon’s Papers Could Be Delayed
California | Local |
February 26, 2005
The transfer of Richard Nixon’s presidential papers and tapes to his
library in Yorba Linda could be delayed because the federal budget
includes no money to move or house them. Read more
Friday, November 12, 2004
Airing out the vaults
Entertainment |
November 12, 2004
There are home movies of Ronald Reagan as a lifeguard at age 16 and
Bill Clinton as a child, and immigration papers from Greta Garbo,
Alfred Hitchcock and Secretary of State Colin Powell’s father, Luther. Read more
Tuesday, October 12, 2004
Snipping at Nixon History
California | Local |
October 12, 2004
Sometime in the very near future, Bill Cowell will hunker down in
front of a bulky 25-year-old tape player in a nondescript cubicle at
the National Archives, clap on a headset and, guided by codes on a
sheet of paper, find a precise spot on a thin, brown ribbon to mark
with his grease pencil. Read more
Thursday, September 9, 2004
Constitution: The Movie
News |
September 9, 2004
The National Archives, guardian of the Constitution and other
historic originals, is opening a state-of-the-art theater as part of
an interactive museum designed to lure more visitors to the
researchers’ haven. Read more
Thursday, July 22, 2004
Storm Over Berger Intensifies on Eve of Sept. 11 Report
National |
July 22, 2004
Republicans and Democrats traded political shots Wednesday over the
disclosure that former national security advisor Samuel R. “Sandy”
Berger removed classified documents from the National Archives last summer. Read more
Friday, October 10, 2003
An Opportunity to Gaze Down the Paper Trail of American History
California | Local |
October 10, 2003
There were gasps – and some guffaws – as Los Angeles residents got
a close-up peek Thursday at historical documents that mark some of
this country’s most important moments. Read more
Sunday, September 21, 2003
Magical History Tour
Magazine |
September 21, 2003
Like many in the crowd, Kelly Bellanger could scarcely believe what
she read in the museum case. Read more
Tuesday, April 2, 2002
1930 Census Forms Give a Snapshot of History
News |
April 2, 2002
June Hall moved her finger down the page, found her grandmother’s
name and smiled. Read more
