Today’s post is by Rachael Salyer, Subject Matter Expert for Modern Military Records at the National Archives in College Park, MD. Photograph of WAC Officers Inspecting the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion – NAID 531249 In early 1945, the 6888th… Read More »The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion and the Women’s Army Corps (WACs) in World War II
For an overview of Military Personnel Photographs, please see our website https://www.archives.gov/research/still-pictures/military-personnel-photographs. This post was written in collaboration with Heather Sulier, Archives Specialist. The Still Picture Branch has multiple indexes to search for various branches of the U.S. Military. Our… Read More »How to Search Still Photographs for Air Force Personalities
It’s National Donut Day! While we hope you celebrate with a few tasty glazed treats, maybe refrain from celebrating with donut hole target practice. That’s right, the National Dunking Association celebrated the donut and its all-important hole at their October… Read More »Do-Nut Try This At Home: Celebrate Donut Day with the National Dunking Association
Earth observation views of Chesapeake Bay taken from Endeavour, Orbital Vehicle (OV) 105, during STS-99 Mission. Date Taken: February 15, 2000.(Local ID: 255-STS-sts099-727-043, NAID: 75742345) Happy Chesapeake Bay Awareness Week! This week was established by the Chesapeake Bay Commission in… Read More »Happy Chesapeake Bay Appreciation Week!
Photograph of Air Mail Display in Manteca, California (Local ID: 28-MS-3B-5) This week marks the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States Postal Service (USPS), which the Second Continental Congress established on July 26, 1775. The service was… Read More »Special Delivery! – 250 Years of the United States Postal Service
This week marks eighty years since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima (August 6th, 1945) and Nagasaki (August 9th, 1945). We would like to reflect back on previous Unwritten Record posts that highlight records documenting the destruction. Photograph of Hiroshima after… Read More »Link Roundup: The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Today’s post is by Nathaniel S. Patch, Reference Archivist at the National Archives in College Park, MD and Subject Matter Expert for Navy Records. This fall I am going to be presenting a paper on the Navy’s development of the… Read More »What Could Possibly Go Wrong… Searching for new roles for Submarines at the Dawn of the Cold War
Today’s post was written by David Langbart, archivist in Research Services at the National Archives at College Park, MD. In January 1942, shortly after the United States was thrust into World War II by the December 7, 1941, Japanese attack… Read More »Tell Us What You Really Think Mr. Secretary [Poison Gas Warfare], 1942
Today’s post was written by David Langbart, archivist in Research Services at the National Archives at College Park, MD. An earlier post discussed the collapse of the French attempt to initiate a film festival at Cannes in 1939, due to… Read More »The Show Must Go On. Take 2 At Cannes, 1946.
Today’s post was written by David Langbart, archivist in Research Services at the National Archives at College Park, MD. In late 1948, the Women’s Club of McKeesport, Pennsylvania, decided to devote one of its programs to developments in the field… Read More »A View of Telecommunication in 1948: Past, Present, and Future