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• SOURCE: NPR
  12/9/19
  

  Internet Historians Mourn Loss Of Cultural Record As Yahoo Prepares To Delete Groups

  At one time, there were 10 million Yahoo Groups with more than 100 million users - from neighborhood organizations to amateur astronomers. On Saturday, the archives disappeared.

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• SOURCE: Irish Times
  12/5/19
  

  Irish Archive Recreates Documents Lost in in 1922 fire

  Four Courts fire at start of Civil War destroyed centuries of historic documents.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  11/20/19
  

  Between the Lines of the Xinjiang Papers

  by James A. Millward

  The Chinese Communist Party is devouring its own and cutting itself off from reality.

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• SOURCE: The National Archives AOTUS Blog
  11/18/19
  

  Making Access Happen: NARA’s Leadership in the Digital Decade

  by David Ferriero

  Ferriero discusses how the National Archives has advanced their digital access for their records through collaboration, innovation, and learning.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  10/30/19
  

  The priceless history inside the Reagan Library, narrowly saved from a fast-moving wildfire

  by Gillian Brockell

  The article includes tweets and quotes from historians Glenda Gilmore, Douglas M. Charles, Peter A. Shulman, and Kevin Kruse. 

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  10/27/19
  

  Steal This Archive? Abbie Hoffman’s Papers Become a College Collection

  Thousands of letters and other artifacts from the life of the radical prankster of the counterculture are sold to the University of Texas at Austin.

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• SOURCE: 60 Minutes
  10/20/19
  

  Who's stealing Christopher Columbus letters from libraries around the world?

  Copies of a letter written by Christopher Columbus describing his first impressions of the Americas have become so rare and valuable, they're being stolen and replaced with forgeries at some of the world's most prestigious libraries.

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• SOURCE: National Security Archive
  10/2/19
  

  National Security Archive, CREW, Historians Ask Federal Judge to Preserve Head of State Records

  by Tom Blanton

  Government agrees to preserve White House records.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  9/30/2019
  

  Why historians are fighting to save Thomas Cook’s enormous archive

  by Stephanie Decker

  With this 178-year-old firm, its heritage is about to be lost and a number of business historians – myself included – are fighting to save it.

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• SOURCE: The National Archives
  9/25/19
  

  Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero Interviews Justice Gorsuch about the Constitution

  by James Worsham

  Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero spoke with Gorsuch in a conversation about his new book.  

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• SOURCE: Perspectives on History
  9/16/19
  

  Making a People's History: Community Archives and Movement Activism in Arkansas

  by Acadia Roher

  How the Arkansas People’s History Project utilizes public history and engagement. 

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• SOURCE: Stat News
  9/12/19
  

  Historians push to create public archive of documents from massive opioid litigation

  Featuring historians Antoine Lentacker and Rachel Taketa.

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• SOURCE: African American Intellectual History Society
  9/6/19
  

  Ownership and Access: The Ebony and Jet Magazines Archive

  by Jessica Parr

  The sale of The Ebony and Jet Magazines have raised concerns among historians, archivists, and the Black community.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  9/9/19
  

  What Happens to Those Heartbreaking Tributes at the 9/11 Memorial

  The expressions of mourning left behind at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum are cleared nightly and preserved.

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• SOURCE: The Japan Times
  9/9/19
  

  At meeting in Kyoto, global body debates how to define and protect museums

  At the heart of the debate is determining the role museums should play in the 21st century, and the extent to which they should engage the public.

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• SOURCE: Texas Observer
  8/30/19
  

  The Houston Flood Museum and the Harvey Memories Project Gather Harvey Memories for Historians of the Future

  They’re a time capsule of the destruction wrought by the deadliest storm to hit Texas since 1919.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  8/19/19
  

  Historians' archival research looks quite different in the digital age

  by Ian Milligan

  Our society’s historical record is undergoing a dramatic transformation. Think of all the information that you create today that will be part of the record for tomorrow. 

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• SOURCE: American Association for State and Local History
  8/21/19
  

  The Way We Do the Things We Do: Making History-Making Visible

  by Benjamin Filene

  Three museums in Stockholm demonstrate how can historians “pull back the curtain” and reveal the process of history-making in action. 

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• SOURCE: Wall Street Journal
  8/19/19
  

  New Documents Show Japan's Wartime Emperor Showed Remorse Over Nanjing Massacre

  The notes, taken by former Imperial Household Agency chief Michiji Tajima, were released Monday by public broadcaster NHK, which aired a documentary on the subject Saturday.

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• SOURCE: AP
  8/17/19
  

  Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum gets grants to help publish Abraham Lincoln papers

  The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum has received more than $400,000 in grants for a project that aims to publish every document written by the nation's 16th president.