Jennifer Armstrong tells the story of the making of a classic and groundbreaking TV show. Join us in person or watch on Ustream on Monday, May 20, at noon as we present “Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted.” As the first situation comedy to employ numerous women as writers and producers, The Mary Tyler Moore Show became a guiding light for women in the 1970s and helped increase involvement, responsibility, and visibility of women in future television programs. A book signing will follow the program.
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Jennifer Armstrong tells the story of the making of a classic and groundbreaking TV show.

Join us in person or watch on Ustream on Monday, May 20, at noon as we present “Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted.”

As the first situation comedy to employ numerous women as writers and producers, The Mary Tyler Moore Show became a guiding light for women in the 1970s and helped increase involvement, responsibility, and visibility of women in future television programs.

A book signing will follow the program.

Pulitzer prize–winning author Annette Gordon Reed leads a discussion of emancipation, Lincoln, and the Civil War on Thursday, January 24, at 7 p.m. Panelists include James McPherson, Pulitzer prize–winning historian and professor emeritus at Princeton University; Edward Ayers, Civil War historian and president of the University of Richmond; Eric Foner, author and professor of history, Columbia University; and James Oakes, professor of history, City University of New York and author of Freedom National: The Destruction of Slavery in the United States, 1861–1865. A book signing will follow the program. Presented in partnership with the National Archives Afro-American History Society.
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Pulitzer prize–winning author Annette Gordon Reed leads a discussion of emancipation, Lincoln, and the Civil War on Thursday, January 24, at 7 p.m.

Panelists include James McPherson, Pulitzer prize–winning historian and professor emeritus at Princeton University; Edward Ayers, Civil War historian and president of the University of Richmond; Eric Foner, author and professor of history, Columbia University; and James Oakes, professor of history, City University of New York and author of Freedom National: The Destruction of Slavery in the United States, 1861–1865.

A book signing will follow the program. Presented in partnership with the National Archives Afro-American History Society.

Join us for a special noontime lecture on January 23. Former Senator Tom Daschle discusses his book The U.S. Senate, which explores that body’s inner workings, from historic beginnings to modern day issues. A book signing will follow the program. Image: Berryman comments on the irony of two Republicans, Senators Robert A. Taft and John Foster Dulles, arguing on the North Atlantic Treaty while the two top party leaders, Democratic Senator Thomas T. Connally and Republican Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg, agree on the issue. The North Atlantic Treaty passes the U.S. Senate on July 21, 1949 with a vote of 82 to 13. It was a defense agreement which laid the foundation for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). This was a mutual defense pact involving the United States, Great Britain, France, and Canada (ARC 306151)
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Join us for a special noontime lecture on January 23.

Former Senator Tom Daschle discusses his book The U.S. Senate, which explores that body’s inner workings, from historic beginnings to modern day issues. A book signing will follow the program.

Image: Berryman comments on the irony of two Republicans, Senators Robert A. Taft and John Foster Dulles, arguing on the North Atlantic Treaty while the two top party leaders, Democratic Senator Thomas T. Connally and Republican Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg, agree on the issue. The North Atlantic Treaty passes the U.S. Senate on July 21, 1949 with a vote of 82 to 13. It was a defense agreement which laid the foundation for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). This was a mutual defense pact involving the United States, Great Britain, France, and Canada (ARC 306151)

Researchers at the National Archives are still finding fascinating records related to President Lincoln. Our guest blogger David Gerleman of the The Papers of Abraham Lincoln just found a missing piece of Lincoln’s history—his pay and mileage records for the 30th Congress. Congressional pay was based on a per diem basis stemming from an 1818 law by which members received $8 per day and $8 per 20 miles traveled to and from their districts. However, the legislation did not specify the shortest route, a fact later prompting investigation when former member-turned-newspaperman Horace Greeley publicly reproached members for taking less-than-direct routes home You can read the whole story here: http://go.usa.gov/gJRVImage: Treasury Warrant to meet House of Representatives Expenses, National Archives
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Researchers at the National Archives are still finding fascinating records related to President Lincoln. Our guest blogger David Gerleman of the The Papers of Abraham Lincoln just found a missing piece of Lincoln’s history—his pay and mileage records for the 30th Congress.

Congressional pay was based on a per diem basis stemming from an 1818 law by which members received $8 per day and $8 per 20 miles traveled to and from their districts. However, the legislation did not specify the shortest route, a fact later prompting investigation when former member-turned-newspaperman Horace Greeley publicly reproached members for taking less-than-direct routes home


You can read the whole story here: http://go.usa.gov/gJRV

Image: Treasury Warrant to meet House of Representatives Expenses, National Archives

On July 20, 1969, President Richard Nixon used this green telephone in the Oval Office to talk to the Apollo 11 astronauts while they were on the surface of the moon.

Now you can see this same phone on display in the National Archives. This morning at 11 a.m., we will host a ribbon cutting ceremony to officially open the mini-exhibit “Nixon and the U.S. Space Program,” which will feature rarely seen documents, photographs, and artifacts that represent milestones in manned spaceflight during President Nixon’s administration.

It’s also 100th anniversary of the birth of Richard Nixon. Stop by during this centennial year and learn about Nixon’s support for the lunar program and his efforts to improve Cold War relations through a cooperative space exploration program.

The telephone is part of the holdings of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum.

Find your family at the National Archives in Boston with this free genealogy workshop “Census, Passenger Lists & Naturalization Records” on Tuesday, January 8, at 2 p.m. The presentation is intended for novice and experienced family historians, and is one of the most popular workshops. After the lecture, the public is invited to use the resources of the National Archives with assistance from the Archives staff and volunteers. To register for  “Census, Passenger Lists, & Naturalization Records,” please call toll free 866-406-2379, local 781-663-0130, or email boston.archives@nara.gov. Image: Declaration of Intention of Anna Stuart Burnett Rankin, 11/19/1941. ARC 5730593.
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Find your family at the National Archives in Boston with this free genealogy workshop “Census, Passenger Lists & Naturalization Records” on Tuesday, January 8, at 2 p.m.

The presentation is intended for novice and experienced family historians, and is one of the most popular workshops.

After the lecture, the public is invited to use the resources of the National Archives with assistance from the Archives staff and volunteers.

To register for  “Census, Passenger Lists, & Naturalization Records,” please call toll free 866-406-2379, local 781-663-0130, or email boston.archives@nara.gov.

Image: Declaration of Intention of Anna Stuart Burnett Rankin, 11/19/1941. ARC 5730593.

On New Year’s Eve, over 4,000 people saw this important document. Then, on January 1, 2013, the National Archives celebrated the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation with special guests, songs, and a stamp.

If you didn’t see it this time, stay tuned. Although its display time is limited each year, the document does travel to other venues, and it will be on display here again.

You can learn more about the Emancipation Proclamation and related documents in our free eBook, available to download for iPad, iPad, Android, and other eReaders: http://www.archives.gov/publications/ebooks/

And…it’s over! After three whirlwind days, the Emancipation Proclamation is safely back in the vault, waiting for the next time it goes on display. But on January 1, 2013, it was the center of attention, with special guests celebrating its 150th anniversary. But if you didn’t see it this time, stay tuned. Although its display time is limited each year, the document does travel to other venues, and it will be on display here again.You can learn more about the Emancipation Proclamation and related documents in our free eBook, available to download for iPad, iPad, Android, and other eReaders: http://www.archives.gov/publications/ebooks/
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And…it’s over! After three whirlwind days, the Emancipation Proclamation is safely back in the vault, waiting for the next time it goes on display. But on January 1, 2013, it was the center of attention, with special guests celebrating its 150th anniversary.

But if you didn’t see it this time, stay tuned. Although its display time is limited each year, the document does travel to other venues, and it will be on display here again.

You can learn more about the Emancipation Proclamation and related documents in our free eBook, available to download for iPad, iPad, Android, and other eReaders: http://www.archives.gov/publications/ebooks/