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James Reese Europe: America’s Jazz Ambassador

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Robert is an Archives Technician in Research Services at the National Archives at College Park. military as a lieutenant during World War I in the all-Black 369th Infantry Regiment (known as the “Harlem Hellfighters”), in which he served as a band leader. National Archives and Records Administration. February 12, 1919.

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Life-Saving Stations of Maryland: Drawings from RG 26, Maps and Plans for Lifesaving Stations

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The Cartographic Branch of the National Archives at College Park holds records for the life-saving stations in Ocean City, North Beach, and Green Run Inlet. Coast Guard, 1785-2005. Coast Guard, 1785-2005. More information on this series is available in the National Archives Catalog at [link]. NAID: 179020573. North Beach.

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Gov and Basketball

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Using these happenings as inspiration, I decided to take a dive through the National Archives Catalog to see what kinds of cool basketball related images I could unearth. on Feb 26, 2005. For those interested in doing their own basketball related research in the National Archives Catalog, this link is a great place to get started.

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Animatics and Anti-Communism: Payut Ngaokrachang Animates Hanuman for the USIA

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Some were made for military service members. Available to borrow from the Internet Archive.). We work on a lot of cartoons in the Motion Picture Preservation Lab. Some were made to illustrate the dangers of drug use. Title card for The New Adventures of Hanuman (Source: 306.2091). Indiana University Press, 2001), p.

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Boston, 1775: A City Under Siege!

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RG 77: Records of the Office of the Chief of Engineers, 1789-1999, Fortifications Map File Plans of Military Forts, 1818-194, Arc Identifier 17369895. Record Group 64: Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, 1789 – ca. iii] McCullough, David (2005). ii] Frothingham, Jr, Richard (1851). Pp 95-97. [iv]

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Remembering President George Herbert Walker Bush

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Bush and Barbara Bush stand during a ceremony honoring US military personnel killed during the World War II fight for southern Italy in 1943-44.” ” Date: 7/26/2005. ” Date: 11/8/2005. Credit National Archives (photo no. Courtesy National Archives, photo no. National Archives (111-SC-202199).