The National Archives is the holding area of the most valuable records and remarkable documents of the U.S. government. In the Exhibition Hall, of the archives building, are the U.S. Constitution, the original Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, and other historical documents dating from 1774 to 1790 on permanent display. It also hold other records such as treaties, laws, presidential proclamations and executive orders, military reports, records of Native American affairs, census schedules, historically significant maps and charts, sound recordings, motion pictures, and still pictures; the most dignitary are the valuable collection of American civil war photographs by Mathew Brady. The National Archives reflects and recorded more than two hundred years of American development. Its thirty-four facilities hold about 2.9 million cubic feet of original text materials; that would be more than eight million pieces of paper from the Federal Government, which are the legislative, executive, and judicial branches. Also, the National Archives' multimedia accumulation includes more than ninety-three thousand motion picture films, more than five million maps, charts, and architectural drawings; more than two-hundred and seven thousand sound and video recordings; eighteen million aerial photographs and approximately thirty-five million still pictures and posters; and electronic records containing about four billion logical data records.
The records in the National Archives document the government's policies and define how these policies are carried out. The records also offer insights into the experiences of individual Americans. In addition, they show the nation's enlargement westward, the land settlement, and the crisis peri...
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...tial days, maintained the significance of literacy and education not just for the privileged but for all Americans. So by recognizing, protecting, and aiding people to use the invaluable records of America's past, the National Archives and Records Administration plays a distinctive and essential role in sustaining our democratic traditions and national heritage for all Americans now and in the future.
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On the east coast people were also being taken advantage of by the government. As a result of the building of the Transcontinental Railroad, the government began giving out land grants ‒through the Homestead Act of 1862‒ for Americans to live on and farm; the only problem was that another culture was already living on the land: the Sioux Nation. After the S...
The late 1800’s was a watershed moment for the United States, during which time the Industrial Revolution and the desire for expansion brought about through Manifest Destiny, began to run parallel. Following the end of the Spanish-American war, the United States found itself with a wealth of new territory ceded to it from the dying Spanish empire. The issue of what to do with these new lands became a source of debate all the way up to the U.S. Congress. Men like Albert J. Beveridge, a Senator from Indiana, advocated the annexation, but not necessarily the incorporation of these new l...
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The collection that I researched was called the Soule Family Papers, and the author was Matthew Soule, whom collected all the family papers. The collection of the Soule Family papers is being housed at the NDSU archive. Matthew Soule did a great job of collecting important documents, and ledgers. The contents of this source was a lot of letters back and forth between Matthew Soule and Archivists, then there were a few ledgers including George’s and Amose’s. Then there were some hand written letters from George Soule’s daughters; Ada and Ruth. All these are very important documents to the whole collection because they really paint a picture to how life really was back then and different point of views of family members. The intended audience for the diary of Ada...
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Many people see history as a set of facts, or as a collection of stories. The reality, however, is that history is a fluid timeline. Each act of an individual or a group has an effect on others. Each moment in history is a building block that, good or bad, contributes to the stability of the next. This can be seen clearly in American history, as there have been several developments since the 1800’s that have played major roles on the growth of the nation.
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