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In commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Marvin Kalb used film, audio, and photographic records from the National Archives and the Newseum to illustrate the wa…

Former Reagan, Nixon, and Ford administration secretaries and other cabinet officials on labor and domestic initiatives talked about the Nixon administration’s relationship with labor unions…

A panel of historians and Central Intelligence Agency personnel talked about the Berlin crisis of 1961. Their discussion revolved around the confrontation between Soviet and U.S. tanks at Ch…

Three former White House chefs discussed their experiences working in the White House and what it was like to cook for the presidents and their families. They responded to questions from mem…

Archivist of the United States David Ferriero moderated a discussion with architect Frank Gehry and his collaborator, theater artist Robert Wilson, on the design of the national memorial to …

Timothy Naftali moderated a discussion among eyewitnesses to the impromptu debate between Vice President Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khruschev on July 24, 1959, at the American National …

Former first lady Laura Bush joined Archivist of the United States David Ferriero for an evening of conversation at the National Archives. Mrs. Bush spoke about her time in the White House, …

Archivist of the United States David Ferriero showed some of his favorite documents from the holdings of the National Archives. They showed the range and depth of the national holdings, sinc…

Panelists, who were Nixon-era legal experts from the White House, Justice Department, and Congress, spoke on President Nixon’s work with Congress to enact sweeping bipartisan anti-crime legi…

Four former members of Congress and one former member of the Bush administration discussed the relationship between Congress and the executive branch through the September 11, 2001, terroris…

The Richard Nixon Foundation hosted a discussion on President Nixon’s foreign policy. Topics included how President Nixon regarded America’s role in the world, his pursuit of détente at the…

Participants talked about the Obama administration’s efforts to have a more open government and expedite Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. According to a National Security Archive …

All repositories of historical records and artifacts are faced with the challenge to keep those holdings secure. Panelists discussed the methods and processes used to prevent the theft of ar…

Two congressional committees held a joint hearing focusing on the mission and future of the nation’s presidential libraries. They reviewed the relationship between the federal government and…

Representatives of public and private presidential libraries and museums gathered for a congressional symposium on their mission and future. Among the topics discussed were funding, current …

The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library launched its “Access to a Legacy” Digital Archive Initiative. This online archive contains thousands of documents, photographs, audio recordings, an…