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Yesterday, the editors of this blog had the honor of being among the recipients of the Archivist’s Awards for Outstanding Achievement. We were thrilled to be recognized for our work on The Text...
View ArticleA Georgetown, DC Building in 1994 and 2012
By M. Marie Maxwell RG 66, entry A1-23 Old Georgetown Act Numbered Case Files, folder OG94-88 (ARC 559486) Last time I wrote here on the Text Message blog, I had written about the Old Georgetown Act...
View ArticleFinding Alice
By M. Marie Maxwell Several months ago, as part of a processing project relating to Record Group 516: Records of the Federal Judicial Center, 1967 - 1994, I did a little research on a woman named Alice...
View ArticleRosslyn Skyline
By Marie Maxwell Recently, the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC), a federal agency charged with planning for the Washington, DC area, released a draft study regarding the height of buildings...
View ArticleNAACP vs the Washington DC Police Department: A 1957 hearing before the DC...
By M. Marie Maxwell Earlier this month millions of Americans voted. Voting is one of the hallmarks of our democracy, and one method to make their elected officials accountable to the people. Government...
View ArticleThe National Archives, the Fireman’s Insurance Building, and the Carter G....
By M. Marie Maxwell RG 64, entry NA-273A. Center Market, looking southwest on 9th St., 1928 What do these three have in common? They all are properties within the District of Columbia, properties that...
View ArticleA Record of Protest
Today’s post is written by M Marie Maxwell, an archives specialist who works at Archives I. Recently, as a citizen, I attended a local community meeting regarding a contentious proposal, hosted by a...
View ArticleThe Rent is Too Darned High
Today’s post is written by M Marie Maxwell, an Archives Specialist in Textual Processing who works at Archives I, in Washington, DC. Recently I rehoused a few series, moving documents from old boxes...
View ArticleApril is National Poetry Month! Let’s enjoy some USCG poems
Today's post was written by me, M. Marie Maxwell, an Archives Specialist at the National Archives in Washington, DC. Although normally I work in Textual Processing, I am engaged in a short detail with...
View ArticleNAACP vs the Washington DC Police Department
Today's post is a reposting of an earlier article written by M Marie Maxwell, an Archives Specialist in the Archives Processing & Holdings Security Branch in Washington, DC. This was originally...
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