At a time when dubious information runs rampant, we need more — not less — access to our history.

The National Archives at Chicago is a resource for residents and researchers including historians, genealogists and librarians.

Teachers, rangers, and historians holding the line on American memory

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Immigration records from Angel Island — the “Ellis Island of the West” that was the first stop for the ancestors of many San Franciscans — will be harder to examine if a Trump administration plan to c...

The closure of the South Side center will take place “over the next few years.” The records and documents will be relocated, but it’s unclear where and how many employees are affected.

Archivist Rachel Howse Binnington tells us what to do with our 'old stuff'.

The latest controversy over how to tell the story of George Washington’s involvement in slavery is the latest iteration of Americans’ centuries-long struggle to understand slavery’s place in Washingto...

A detective investigating a killing stumbled onto a “case within a case,” as he called it, involving long-lost siblings who hadn’t seen each other for 62 years.

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Earlier this year, visitors to the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg, noticed something missing. Two panels honoring Black American soldiers who fought and served in World War ...

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Search the BIRLS Database - over 19.5 million records about deceased US veterans, from the US Department of Veterans Affairs, now online and FREE from Reclaim The Records

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Last week I had great pleasure doing several hours of research in the National Archives Building in Washington, DC. My research took me into specialized War of 1812 and Civil War records that are n…

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) signed an agreement on June 3, 2009, to make the Alien Files (A-Files) a perma...

The White House and Congress are proposing to fund record-keeping like it’s still 1999.

The White House and Congress are proposing to fund record-keeping like it’s still 1999.

No nation can be democratic, transparent, or accountable without trustworthy and accessible records of its past.

Our new reality stokes our city’s inferiority complex.

Critics say new limit to trove of information sounds knell for independent research

DC Council Provides Full Funding for DC Archives Project at UDC in FY 2026 Budget

The Amistad Research Center, one of largest repositories of Black history, cut half its staff after the Trump administration ended four federal grants.

We need to stop framing this ongoing “review,” ordered by the Trump administration of the National Park Service’s interpretive assets, as a disagreement over history.

We hold permanent records created by Federal agencies that include: Textual records from civilian agencies Army unit records dating from WW1 Navy unit records dating from WW2 Still pictures Electroni...

We hold permanent records created by Federal agencies that include: Textual records from civilian agencies Army unit records dating from WW1 Navy unit records dating from WW2 Still pictures Electroni...

We hold permanent records created by Federal agencies that include: Textual records from civilian agencies Army unit records dating from WW1 Navy unit records dating from WW2 Still pictures Electroni...