NARA

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  1/31/20
  

  It wasn’t just the National Archives. The Library of Congress also balked at a Women’s March photo.

  The library’s decision is the second-known instance of a federal government institution acting to prevent images it determined to be critical of Trump from being shown to the public. 

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• SOURCE: AHA
  1/19/20
  

  AHA Sends Letter to NARA Archivist about Altered Women's March Photo

  The AHA sent the following letter to the Archivist of the United States objecting to the alteration of a photograph on exhibition and praising NARA staff for acknowledging this serious lapse in judgement.

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• SOURCE: CNN
  1/20/20
  

  The National Archives' dangerous corruption of history

  by David Perry

  While the National Archives issued an apology and vowed to undergo "a thorough review" of its policies after the Washington Post first reported on the alteration, having discovered it by chance, as a historian I worry about how many other altered documents the Trump administration has buried in our records. Will we ever know?

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  1/18/20
  

  National Archives says it was wrong to alter images

  “This photo is not an archival record held by the @usnatarchives, but one we licensed to use as a promotional graphic,” it said in another tweet. “Nonetheless, we were wrong to alter the image.”

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  1/17/20
  

  National Archives exhibit blurs images critical of President Trump

  A placard that proclaims “God Hates Trump” has “Trump” blotted out so that it reads “God Hates.” A sign that reads “Trump & GOP — Hands Off Women” has the word Trump blurred out.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  5/22/19
  

  The American GI in WWII, uncensored

  by Edward Gitre

  The novel idea of surveying GIs reflected the growing prestige of opinion polling and social surveying and democratic virtue. 

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• SOURCE: Storify
  11-18-14
  

  Nixon Library -- 3 years running and still no director

  by Anthony Clark

  Critics charge the Nixon foundation with interference with federal control of the institution. 

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• SOURCE: National Coalition for History
  5-2-14
  

  Historians want more funding for NARA

  by Lee White

  The Obama administration's $500,000 proposed increase is modest.

• SOURCE: LA Times
  3-1-13
  

  Jon Wiener: Another Watergate Gap

  The Nixon Presidential Library and Museum opened a new exhibit in Yorba Linda and online Feb. 15, "Patriot, President, Peacemaker." It covers Richard Nixon's entire life, like the permanent installation there, and claims to present "a fuller picture" than ever before.