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Author Elizabeth Mitchell talked about her book, Liberty’s Torch: The Great Adventure to Build the Statue of Liberty, in which she looks at the challenges faced by French sculptor Frederic A…

National Book Award-winning author Kevin Boyle provided a social and political history of the United States during the 1960s. This was a virtual event hosted by the National Archives in Wash…

Robert Watson talked about his book, George Washington’s Final Battle: The Epic Struggle to Build a Capital City and a Nation. He explained why Washington saw the creation of a successful ca…

This newsreel includes stories about Vice President Richard Nixon’s trip to the Soviet Union and Hawaii’s first election as a state.

This newsreel contains stories about the United Nations sending troops to the Congo, and a look back 25 years to the invention of flexible glass, a 1935 anti-nazi rally in New York City, and…

This newsreel includes stories about the Congolese government demanding Belgium military withdrawal from their former colony, Presidential candidate Senator John F. Kennedy returning to Mass…

Historian Susan Ware talked about some of the 19 lesser-known suffrage leaders profiled in her book, Why They Marched: Untold Stories of the Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote. This Nati…

Author Victor Brooks talked about his book, 1967: The Year of Fire and Ice. Mr. Brooks focused on rapid changes in popular culture, the problems of the generation gap, and the growing politi…

Stephen Puleo talked about his book, American Treasures: The Secret Efforts to Save the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Gettysburg Address.

Professor Tammy Ingram talked about her book, The Wickedest City in America: Sex, Race, and Organized Crime in the Jim Crow South. In her book, she looks at the Senate Special Committee to I…

Mr. Schoen talked about his book On the Campaign Trail: The Long Road of Presidential Politics, 1860-2004, published by Regan Books. He discussed the images and memorabilia that have defined…

Professor Margaret O’Mara talked about her book, Pivotal Tuesdays: Four Elections That Shaped the Twentieth Century. She spoke about the elections of Teddy Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Wo…

Kathleen Ernst, author of A Settler’s Year: Pioneer Life through the Seasons, described a year in the life of 19th century immigrants in rural Wisconsin. In her book, Ms. Ernst uses photogra…

Harlow Giles Unger talked about his book, Henry Clay: America’s Greatest Statesman.

Joe Urschel talked about his book The Year of Fear: Machine Gun Kelly and the Manhunt That Changed the Nation, in which he recalls the failed kidnapping attempt of an Oklahoma oilman in 1933…

Arthur Downey, author of The Creole Affair: The Slave Rebelllion that Led the U.S. and Great Britain to the Brink of War, detailed the incident and the legal and diplomatic battle that ensue…

Panelists talked about how the late 19th and early 20th century temperance and suffrage movements complemented each other and led to increased economic, social, and political activity by wom…

This 1953 documentary explained the activities of the National Archives and Records Administration, including how documents are cleaned, how records are organized, and what kinds of records …

Washington Parade: The Archives was a Columbia Pictures short subject documentary detailing the activities of the National Archives a few years after the building on Pennsylvania Avenue was …

Journalist Nicholas Basbanes talked about his book, On Paper: The Everything of Its Two-Thousand-Year History. In his book he discusses the origin of paper in China, and explores how paperma…