Read more National Archives stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/17877/national-archives.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:03:04 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71221/wwii-gi-returns-looted-16th-century-german-books.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRetired optometrist Robert Thomas handed a pair of books he filched as an 18-year-old GI 64 years ago to the German ambassador in a ceremony at the National Archives this week. Thomas, 83, found the 400-year-old legal volumes stashed among millions of others in a salt mine while inspecting recently...http://www.newser.com/story/71221/wwii-gi-returns-looted-16th-century-german-books.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 08 Oct 2009 3:19:22 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65486/plan-could-divine-missing-watergate-minutes-csi-style.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Watergate hobbyist has a plan to discover what was discussed during the 18½ minutes erased from a taped conversation between President Nixon and his chief of staff after the break-in. Phil Mellinger doesn’t want to examine the tape itself; that's been done without success. He says the answer lies...http://www.newser.com/story/65486/plan-could-divine-missing-watergate-minutes-csi-style.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 28 Jul 2009 16:08:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60973/decades-of-us-immigration-history-comes-to-light.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe US is sending the files on some 21 million immigrants to the National Archives, revealing volumes of early 20th-century history, USA Today reports. The documents tell the stories of celebrities like Salvador Dali as well as the successes and tribulations of ordinary people, from refugees to “enemy aliens.” “As...http://www.newser.com/story/60973/decades-of-us-immigration-history-comes-to-light.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 04 Jun 2009 12:55:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60426/lost-and-found-letter-shows-lincolns-terse-side.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA handwritten note dated just a few days before Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address has finally made its way back to the National Archives, the Washington Post reports. The terse communication from the president to Treasury Secretary Salmon P. Chase addressed corruption charges against a Lincoln appointee. "Even though this item...http://www.newser.com/story/60426/lost-and-found-letter-shows-lincolns-terse-side.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 29 May 2009 10:59:53 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/48389/judge-cheney-wont-dump-records.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA federal judge yesterday rejected historians’ and nonprofits’ complaint that Vice President Dick Cheney planned to illegally dump some of his papers, the Washington Post reports. The judge instead took the word of a White House aide that the documents would go to the National Archives as required. The ruling...http://www.newser.com/story/48389/judge-cheney-wont-dump-records.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 20 Jan 2009 8:00:24 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47928/white-house-ordered-to-find-missing-emails.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs current White House employees pack their bags, a federal judge today ordered the president's executive office to find and properly archive missing e-mails written by senior Bush appointees. At issue are communications that date to the period between 2003 and 2005, specifically documents that relate to the invasion of...http://www.newser.com/story/47928/white-house-ordered-to-find-missing-emails.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 14 Jan 2009 14:29:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/45924/lawsuits-tech-glitches-keep-bush-emails-under-wraps.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTechnical snags and lawsuits are holding up the release of hundreds of millions of Bush White House emails to the National Archives, the Washington Post reports. Historians and nonprofits are in a legal battle with the White House, as administration officials sift through backup tapes to recover lost documents. "We...http://www.newser.com/story/45924/lawsuits-tech-glitches-keep-bush-emails-under-wraps.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 21 Dec 2008 9:56:48 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44713/obama-job-applications-headed-for-national-archives.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagYou know how they say your Facebook page will come back to haunt you? Now imagine if it weren’t just on the Internet, but in the National Archives. That’s the likely destination of personal information submitted by applicants to Barack Obama’s administration, reports Politico. Not to fear, though: A spokeswoman...http://www.newser.com/story/44713/obama-job-applications-headed-for-national-archives.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 08 Dec 2008 9:41:44 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/39029/that-is-the-end-of-this-broadcast.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA radio script that the British government planned to broadcast to survivors of a nuclear attack has been made public for the first time, the BBC reports. The script, written in the 1970s and released by the National Archives, warns listeners to stay in hiding for 14 days and to...http://www.newser.com/story/39029/that-is-the-end-of-this-broadcast.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 03 Oct 2008 7:55:07 CDT