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The original documents are located in Box 70, folder "National Archives Bicentennial Kit"
of the John Marsh Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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Digitized from Box 70 of The John Marsh Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
THE
NATIONAL ARCHIVES
CELEBRATES
THE BICENTENNIAL
OF
NATIONAL THE ARCHIVES 1934 SHIPS THE UNITED
General Services Administration
November 1975
CONTENTS
Page
Exhibits in the National Archives Building and
Other NARS Facilities
1
Participation in Other Exhibits
2
Special Events
3
Popular Publications and Reproductions
4
Conferences and Symposia
6
Center for the Documentary Study of the
American Revolution
7
Microfilm Publications
9
Guides and Technical Publications
11
The Territorial Papers of the United States
12
National Historical Publications and
Records Commission
12
Celebrations at Presidential Libraries
14
National Audiovisual Center Projects
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES CELEBRATES THE BICENTENNIAL
The celebration of the Bicentennial by the National Archives
and Records Service (NARS) reflects the rich variety of its documents
dealing with the Revolutionary War period. Highlighting its vast
assortment of Government records of this time are the Declaration of
Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights--all on per-
manent exhibition--and the Papers of the Continental Congress, the
Articles of Confederation, and the Northwest Ordinance. These and
other documents have made the National Archives Building in Washing-
ton a mecca for historical researchers and patriotic citizens alike.
Bicentennial programs, both popular and scholarly, build on the
invaluable documentary heritage in National Archives custody and
attract visitors from the United States and abroad. The celebration
continues in regional archives branches and in the six Presidential
libraries, with projects ranging from exhibits and facsimiles to
symposia and technical publications. All in all, the commemoration
of the Nation's 200th birthday is producing results of lasting impor-
tance.
Exhibits in the National Archives Building and
Other NARS Facilities
The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill
of Rights--the great documents of the founding of the Nation--are
installed permanently in the main Rotunda of the exhibition hall of
the National Archives Building, in facilities designed particularly
for protection and preservation. It is anticipated that these
Charters of Freedom will be viewed by hundreds of thousands of
visitors during the Bicentennial year.
It has long been felt that these priceless documents deserve a
more attractive setting. Consequently, as an important Bicentennial
project for all the people of this country, large-scale improvements
to the exhibition hall have been undertaken by the General Services
Administration. These include better lighting and general refur-
bishing, providing the best possible conditions for viewing the
Charters of Freedom.
During the summer of 1976 there will be a military honor guard
in the Rotunda. On July 4 and September 17 (Constitution Day) of
1976, the Washington Life Guard is scheduled to stand guard over
the Great Charters.
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Below the three charters in the Rotunda will be a new exhibit
featuring documents related to the decision for independence, its
confirmation by the Treaty of Paris, and the steps toward an enduring
Federal Government under the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
More Exhibits
In the Circular Gallery of the National Archives Building, a Bi-
centennial exhibit, "Her Infinite Variety: A 200-Year Record of Amer-
ica's Women," was officially opened by Mrs. Gerald Ford on July 10,
1975. Featuring documents showing aspects of women's lives reflected
in Government records, it is attracting a great deal of attention
during International Women's Year.
The major Bicentennial exhibit, "The Written Word Endures," will
open in March 1976. It will illustrate 200 years of American history
through such landmark documents as Marbury V. Madison, the Louisiana
Purchase Treaty, the Monroe Doctrine, the Thirteenth Amendment, and
the Japanese surrender document. Each is arranged to highlight its
background and its impact on American history. Supporting documenta-
tion includes maps, watercolors, photographs, artifacts (such as a
Confederate cipher wheel), flags, medals, glass negatives, posters,
and the like.
The exhibit "The World Turned Upside Down" features facsimiles
of six major Revolutionary War period documents, accompanied by repro-
ductions of famous paintings, portraits, and maps. "The World Turned
Upside Down" is being produced in multiple copies for display in all
regional offices of the General Services Administration.
Three Bicentennial exhibits are scheduled for circulation among
the archives branches at Federal Archives and Records Centers across
the country.
Participation in Other Exhibits
The National Archives has moved to meet the tremendous additional
demand from Bicentennial exhibitors throughout the Nation for loans
from the Papers of the Continental Congress and other Revolutionary
War records among its holdings. In doing so, the agency has sought
to give the most thorough consideration to each request, weighing the
protective measures available in each case against the desire to
make its holdings as available as possible.
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Documentary loans made for the Bicentennial celebration by the
National Archives during the years 1974-75 have included 30 documents
and artifacts to the National Museum of History and Technology as
part of its Bicentennial "We the People" exhibit; 2 Revolutionary War
era letters to the National Portrait Gallery for the "Dye Is Cast"
exhibit; 4 western exploration paintings to Expo '74 at Spokane; the
Alaska Purchase Treaty for the opening of the Alaska State Archives;
and several loans, including the Treaty of Alliance of 1778 and the
original design for the Great Seal of the United States, to the
Library of Congress for major Bicentennial exhibits.
Other loans have included 6 western expedition artworks for the
"Frontier America" exhibition at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts; 10
documents to the Supreme Court for a continuing exhibition of land-
mark Court records; the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and 3 recent doc-
uments to the Oakland Museum in California; a Theodore Roosevelt
letter for exhibit at the Old Mint in San Francisco; the Treaty of
Greenville of 1795 to the city of Greenville, Ohio, for a short an-
niversary commemoration; 20 customs documents from the Federal period
for display in a Bicentennial Customs Service exhibit in Alexandria,
Va.; and 12 western expedition artworks for a special showing at the
Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth.
The National Archives has granted additional Bicentennial loans.
The Denver Public Library was given a copy of the Louisiana Purchase
Treaty and several documents from the Bureau of the Mint for a Bi-
centennial-Colorado Centennial exhibit; the New Jersey State Museum
received the discharge certificate of Oliver Cromwell, black Revolu-
tionary War soldier; the National Museum of History and Technology
and the National Portrait Gallery were granted material for additional
Bicentennial exhibits.
The National Archives cooperated fully with the American Freedom
Train Foundation. At the press conference on December 19, 1974, when
President Ford spoke from the platform of the Preamble Express, he
promised to lend to the Foundation, from the holdings of the National
Archives, George Washington's copy of the first draft of the Consti-
tution. Ten other documents were also lent for exhibit on the train.
Special Events
The U.S. Army chose the Rotunda of the National Archives as the
setting for one part of the celebration of the Army's 200th birthday
on April 13, 1975. Men of the Washington Life Guard, in the uniform
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of the Continental Army, executed parade drill in accordance with
Baron von Steuben's original 1778 manuscript instructions that are
on exhibit there.
The President has been invited to pay a ceremonial visit to the
Rotunda during the July 4, 1976, weekend. Other celebrities will be
invited during the Bicentennial year, and other events will be sched-
uled.
At the invitation of the National Archives and Records Service
and the Society of American Archivists, about 1,000 archivists from
many countries are expected in Washington for the quadrennial Congress
of the International Council on Archives, September 27-October 1,
1976. Taking note of the Bicentennial year, the theme of the Congress
will be "The Archival Revolution of Our Time." It will focus world*
archival attention on the preservation and use of official records for
historical scholarship.
Popular Publications and Reproductions
The following popular publications and reproductions are being prepared
specially for the Bicentennial:
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A 100-page, hardcover, illustrated catalog-book, The Written Word
Endures: Milestone Documents In American History, is being prepared
as a companion piece to the Bicentennial exhibit of the same name.
Beginning with the Declaration of Independence, this publication
will illustrate 200 years of American history through such land-
mark documents as the Louisiana Purchase Treaty, the Monroe Doc-
trine, the Thirteenth Amendment, the Homestead Act, and the Jap-
anese surrender document. Each major document will form the
center of a cluster that includes explanatory text, satellite doc-
uments, maps, drawings, and photographs. Conceived as more than
an exhibit catalog, the publication will include considerable
material that is not part of the exhibit. Available in June 1976.
*
A 32-page booklet, The Declaration of Independence: The Adventures
of a Document. This illustrated and carefully researched publi-
cation follows the history of America's most famous document from
its conception and various printings, through its travels, to its
permanent home in the National Archives.
*
A gold-stamped folder containing a copy of the Declaration of
Independence and a certificate signed by the Archivist of the
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United States. The certificate attests that the holder viewed the
original Declaration during the Nation's Bicentennial celebration.
An elegantly mounted and framed 15- by 19-inch copy of the Decla-
ration of Independence (after the Stone engraving).
*
A specially printed poster-sized (34- by 43-inch) copy of the Dec-
laration of Independence (after the Stone engraving).
*
To commemorate the Bicentennial, Prologue: The Journal of the
National Archives is inaugurating an annual prize of $250 to be
awarded for the best scholarly article in a selected field. The
competition will be cosponsored each year by a different organi-
zation concerned with American history. The American Association
of State and Local History is cosponsor during the 1975-76 inau-
gural year. Called the Charles Thomson Prize, the award honors
the Secretary of the Continental Congress--the first official
recordkeeper of the United States.
Also available from the National Archives are:
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Charters of Freedom. A 16-page, 11- by 14-inch booklet printed
in two colors. It contains reproductions of the three documents
that laid the political foundations of the United States--the
Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of
Rights.
*
Formation of the Union. An 80-page, 9- by 11-inch booklet that
reproduces excerpts from 38 original documents, tracing the
step-by-step movement toward independence and nationhood. It
includes photographs of the Declaration of Independence, the
Constitution, and the Bill of Rights.
*
Formation of the Union Facsimile Packet. In an 11- by 14-inch
format, this collection contains the complete text of the 38
documents described in the Formation booklet. The reproductions
range from the 1774 Declaration of Rights to New York's ratifi-
cation of the Bill of Rights in 1790.
These and other reproductions from the National Archives are described
in a free pamphlet entitled Documents From America's Past.
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Conferences and Symposia
In 1967 the National Archives held the first of its invitational
conferences designed to introduce scholars and educators to the rich
resources of Federal records. As early as 1973 the National Archives,
looking ahead to the Bicentennial year, devoted its 13th conference in
this series to the broad themes of the Revolutionary era. "The Amer-
ican Revolution: Frames of Reference" dealt in traditional historical
terms with the War's historical antecedents, its political and economic
implications for the new Nation, and the cultural heritage it left to
the 19th century.
In May 1975, NARS convened a conference on local history, a topic
whose traditional popularity has been heightened by Bicentennial activ-
ity and one that is increasingly viewed by academic historians as a
resource for the writing of history. Michael Kammen, chairman of the
Department of History at Cornell University, delivered a keynote ad-
dress, "On the Writing of Local History," to 200 scholars, archivists,
historical preservationists, museum curators, and educators. Archivists
and representatives of universities and State and city preservation
commissions reported on resources available here and elsewhere in the
country for preserving the Nation's historic heritage.
The May 1976 National Archives Conference on Women's History will
recognize another fact of the Nation's past; namely, that historians
have traditionally divided Americans into groups and subgroups, elite
and non-elite, and that the experiences and contributions of these
groups have been different. The Bicentennial-year conference will
engage scholars established in and new to the field of women's history
in discussion of the 200-year social and political experience of women
in America.
Papers from these three conferences will be published in book
form.
Regional Archives
A similar pattern is being followed in the 11 regional archives
branches of the National Archives. As early as September 1974, the
regional archives branch located in Waltham, Mass., in cooperation
with the Massachusetts Bicentennial Commission and the Society of New
England Archivists, convened a symposium, "1774: Watershed of the
Revolution," for historians, teachers, librarians, and interested
members of the public on the critical events of the year that saw the
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port of Boston closed, British troops quartered in that city, and the
promulgation of the Suffolk Resolves.
In October 1974 the regional archives branch in Atlanta cospon-
sored, with the Bicentennial Commissions of eight States and the
Kentucky Department of Library and Archives, a symposium on the Amer-
ican Revolution in the South.
In November 1974 the regional archives in Chicago, with the New-
berry Library, offered a conference on early American history, "Men and
Motives in Early and Revolutionary America."
At least one 1975 regional conference has touched on local and
non-elite history. On October 12 the regional archives in San Bruno,
Calif., cooperating with Stanford University, convened historians,
National Archives staff, and members of the general public to discuss
historical perspectives on the family and society. The conference
touched on the history of the family in America as viewed by women,
blacks, communitarians, immigrants, and others whose experiences
varied from those in the mainstream of social organization. A few
days later, the same conference met at the University of Washington
in Seattle with scholars, educators, and the general public in that
area.
In January 1976 the regional archives branch in Los Angeles,
with the University of Southern California and the Los Angeles Bi-
centennial Commission, will hold a conference on the American Revo-
lution.
In April 1976 the Philadelphia archives branch, with Bloomsburg
State College and the Columbia County Historical Society, will exam-
ine the American Revolution in a world context.
Center for the Documentary Study
of the American Revolution
In 1971 the National Archives and Records Service, to ensure
maximum availability of its resources pertaining to the American Rev-
olution, established the Center for the Documentary Study of the Amer-
ican Revolution. In its offices, in readily available form, are
copies of many of the surviving official records of the pre-Federal
government, copies of contemporary documents and imprints, background
information, and archives finding aids. The Center, which is staffed
by archivists who specialize in the history and documentation of the
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period, is the funnel through which substantive reference inquiries
about the American Revolution and the pre-Federal period are handled.
The staff is providing, as nearly as possible, a thorough one-stop
service within NARS for scholars and others interested in the period
predating 1789, particularly as it involves significant records, such
as the Papers of the Continental Congress. These records have been
described by one historian as "one of the most precious bodies of
records possessed by any government."
The creation of the collection began in September 1774 when Charles
Thomson, elected Secretary by the delegates from 12 Colonies meeting
in Philadelphia, recorded the day's proceedings in a journal. In 1789
Thomson delivered the official journals, as well as tens of thousands
of other records created or received during the intervening 15 years,
to the newly established Federal Government. These records, accumu-
lating day by day, followed the Continental and Confederation Con-
gresses from Philadelphia to Baltimore, back to Philadelphia, to
Lancaster, to York, to Philadelphia again, to Princeton, to Annapolis,
to Trenton, and to New York. They have survived to this day, remark-
ably complete.
The papers of these Congresses are unique. Other great revolu-
tions have occurred within existing nations, but the First Continental
Congress and its successors created a central government where none
had existed before, declared independence, waged a war, drafted and
adopted articles of government, made alliances, and devised a whole
political and military machinery that carried the new Nation through
a decade and a half.
Then--a remarkable achievement in the history of governments--
the last pre-Federal Congress approved its own dissolution and passed
along to its successor not only records but also patterns of govern-
ment, some of which have served ever since.
The pre-Federal government's unique collection of seminal docu-
ments, known formally as Records of the Continental and Confederation
Congresses and the Constitutional Convention, is comprised of some
50,000 documents or approximately 200,000 pages of documentation.
The major part of the record group consists of documents that were
divided in 1835 into 194 series by William A. Weaver, a clerk in the
State Department. The numbers 195 and 196 were assigned to two
series after the papers were transferred to the custody of the Li-
brary of Congress in 1903.
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As official records of the Federal Government, the papers were
transferred to the National Archives in 1952. In addition to the
main body of documentation, there are unnumbered series of records of
the Continental and Confederation Congresses (referred to as Miscel-
laneous Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789), and the Records
of the Constitutional Convention of 1787.
Publications
Finding aids or indexes for the numbered papers (which are
bound into 200 volumes comprising 518 bindings) have been started
several times in the past two centuries but were never completed by
the scholars or institutions that initiated them. There are eight
bound manuscript finding aids and three card lists that are useful
but not comprehensive; they apply to selected numbered series of
records and are essentially only annotated lists of the senders of
documents.
Because of the complex organization of these records and the
limitations of existing finding aids, NARS sought and received a grant
from the Ford Foundation to prepare a detailed computer-assisted sub-
ject and name index and a descriptive chronological listing of the
Papers of the Continental Congress (including the unnumbered series
and the Records of the Constitutional Convention). The index will
include references to the series, volume, and page numbers of the
original records and to the roll numbers of the three National Ar-
chives microfilm publications of the papers.
The Center is also preparing a consolidated published index
to the 15 indexes of the 34-volume publication Journals of the
Continental Congress, 1774-1789, edited by Worthington Chauncey Ford
et al. (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1904-37). It is
anticipated that the multivolume published indexes and the reference
services provided by the Center will facilitate scholarly research
in these and other significant records during and following our
Nation's Bicentennial observance.
Microfilm Publications
To facilitate research in its records, the National Archives
about 30 years ago launched a microfilming program that has as its
goal greater distribution and use of rare or unique documents. Over
100,000 rolls of microfilm are now available and listed in the Cat-
alog of National Archives Microfilm Publications. A considerable
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number of these rolls relate to the Revolutionary War and the pre-
Federal era, but a new program will round out this coverage so that
most of the significant material in the National Archives relating
to the Revolution will be available on microfilm.
Among those records now being filmed or readied for filming in
order to be available for distribution during the Bicentennial cel-
ebration are the Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in
the American Army During the Revolutionary War and the Index to Compiled
Service Records of Revolutionary War Soldiers Who Served With the
American Army in Connecticut Military Organizations.
Already on microfilm are:
M162 The Revolutionary War Prize Cases: Records of the Court of
Appeals in Cases of Capture, 1776-1787
M246 Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783
M247 Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789
M257 Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who
Served During the Revolutionary War in Organizations From the
State of North Carolina
M332 Miscellaneous Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789
T515 General Index to Compiled Military Service Records of Revolu-
tionary War Soldiers
T516 Index to Compiled Military Service Records of Revolutionary
War Naval Personnel
M804 Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land-Warrant Application
Files
M805 Selected Records From Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-
Land-Warrant Application Files
T842 Records of the Vice-Admiralty Court of the Province of New York
M847 Special Index to Numbered Records in the War Department Collec-
tion of Revolutionary War Records, 1775-1783
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M853 Numbered Record Books Concerning Military Operations and Serv-
ice, Pay and Settlement of Accounts, and Supplies in the War
Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records
M859 Miscellaneous Numbered Records (The Manuscript File) in the War
Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records, 1775-1790's
M866 Records of the Constitutional Convention of 1787
M880 Compiled Service Records of American Naval Personnel and
Members of the Departments of the Quartermaster General and the
Commissary General of Military Stores Who Served During the
Revolutionary War
M910 Virginia Half Pay and Other Related Revolutionary War Pension
Application Files
M913 Personnel Returns of the 6th Massachusetts Battalion, 1779-1780,
and Returns and Accounts of Military Stores for the 8th and 9th
Massachusetts Regiments, 1779-1782
M922 Orders, Returns, Morning Reports, and Accounts of British Troops,
1776-1781
M926 Letters, Returns, Accounts, and Estimates of the Quartermaster
General's Department, 1776-1783, in the War Department Collec-
tion of Revolutionary War Records
M927 Letters, Orders for Pay, Accounts, Receipts, and Other Supply
Records, Concerning Weapons and Military Stores, 1776-1801
Additional microfilm publications include numerous records re-
flecting governmental and other activities preceding the ratification
of the Constitution.
The Microfilm Catalog referred to above and individual rolls or
complete sets of specified microfilm publications can be ordered from
the Publications Sales Branch, National Archives Building, Washington,
DC 20408.
Guides and Technical Publications
To make these records more significant and useful to the re-
searcher, finding aids, as well as pamphlets to accompany the micro-
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film publications, are being produced. NARS also intends to prepare
special guides that will describe diverse records, thus facilitating
the researcher's task by covering the entire span of source material
available to him. In addition to a one-volume subject guide to pre-
Federal records in the National Archives, special lists will be
produced.
The Territorial Papers
of the United States
The National Archives plan for observance of the Bicentennial
encompasses the Territorial Papers of the United States project, a
longstanding program devoted to the publication of original documents.
The American territorial system, an original and unique contri-
bution to political philosophy, was one of the most significant cre-
ations of the American Revolutionary period. The Northwest Ordinance
was adopted in 1787 by the Congress under the Articles of Confedera-
tion and readopted in 1789, with procedural changes, by the Congress
under the Constitution. In administering western lands, the Congress
encountered the same problems King George and Parliament faced with
the Thirteen Colonies: how to extend authority over these areas
while still ensuring citizens' rights. The Congress, by the Ordinance
of 1787, honored its revolutionary dedication to representative self-
government by the people and formulated orderly procedures to guide
newly settled regions to eventual admission to the Union on a basis
of perfect equality.
For most States the Northwest Ordinance represents a direct link
with the Revolutionary period. Through publication, in book form and
on microfilm, of historical records in the National Archives, the
Territorial Papers project chronicles the progress of each Territory
from creation to statehood in the manner prescribed by the Northwest
Ordinance. Volumes have been published to date on all Territories
east of the Mississippi River and on Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri;
the remaining Territories will be taken up in the order in which they
were created as separate political entities.
National Historical Publications and Records Commission
The NHPRC was created to encourage the collection, preservation,
and, where appropriate, editing and publication of papers of outstand-
ing Americans and other documents important in U.S. history. Under
the leadership of the Archivist of the United States as chairman, the
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Commission has in recent years assisted in many documentary letter-
press and microfilm projects dealing with themes and individuals
prominent during the period of the American Revolution. All of these
projects have received advice, encouragement, and professional aid
from the Commission. The Administrator of General Services has granted
federally appropriated funds to many of them on recommendation of
the Commission. In still other cases, private funds have been granted
directly by the Commission.
These projects, sponsored by prestigious historical institutions
and noted for exacting standards in editorial work, include The Papers
of Thomas Jefferson, Princeton University; The Papers of Benjamin
Franklin, Yale University; The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, Columbia
University; The Adams Family Papers, Massachusetts Historical Society;
The Papers of James Madison, University of Virginia; The Papers of
Henry Laurens, South Carolina Historical Society; The Papers of John
Marshall, College of William and Mary; The Papers of George Washington,
University of Virginia; The Papers of Robert Morris as Superintendent
of Finance, City University of New York; The Papers of Jonathan Trum-
bull, Sr., Connecticut State Library; The Papers of Nathanael Greene,
Rhode Island Historical Society; The Papers of the Marquis de Lafayette,
Cornell University; The Tench Coxe Papers, Historical Society of Penn-
sylvania; and the Panton-Leslie and Co. Records, University of West
Florida.
In addition, in 1973 the Commission received from the American
Revolution Bicentennial Administration a matching grant of $200,000
to be used to fund Bicentennial-related projects. From this grant
the Commission has generated financial support for such projects as
The Papers of Haym Salomon, The Papers of the Sheftall Family, and
The Papers of Aaron Lopez, Jewish Historical Society; The Papers of
William Livingston, New Jersey Historical Commission; The Plymouth
Court Records, Pilgrim Society; The Papers of Josiah Bartlett, New
Hampshire Historical Society; The Papers of Henry Bouquet, Pennsy1-
vania Historical and Museum Commission; and a documentary study of
the impact of the American Revolution on the British West Indies,
Island Resources Foundation, U.S. Virgin Islands.
On December 22, 1974, President Ford signed Public Law 93-536,
which changed the name of the National Historical Publications Com-
mission to the National Historical Publications and Records Commission,
provided for the addition of two members on the Commission from both
the Society of American Archivists and the American Association for
State and Local History, and increased the authorization for Federal
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appropriations from $2 million to $4 million. The new Commission,
with increased funding and an expanded mandate to support projects in
the States in the general areas of collection, preservation, and re-
habilitation of records, will make other valuable contributions to the
Nation's Bicentennial celebration.
Celebrations at Presidential Libraries
The six Presidential libraries administered by the National Ar-
chives and Records Service are also involved in Bicentennial activities.
An exhibit containing Revolutionary War prints and ship models
from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Naval Collection is on display at the
Roosevelt Library in Hyde Park, N.Y. The library is planning to display
in 1976 a series of 38 miniature watercolors by Arthur Szyk that depict
most of the famous battles of the Revolution. The exhibit will be
titled "George Washington and His Times."
Because Herbert Hoover was chairman of the celebration of the Amer-
ican Revolution Sesquicentennial in 1926, the Hoover Library in West
Branch, Iowa, is presenting an exhibit on that event. It is also co-
operating with the National Park Service to commemorate the beginnings
of Chautauqua 100 years ago.
A Bicentennial theme was chosen for the October 1975 ceremonies
opening the Eisenhower Center in Abilene, Kans., of which the Eisen-
hower Library is a part. The library is also participating in the
production of a State-sponsored Bicentennial television series about
Kansas history.
The John F. Kennedy Library has been generous to other institu-
tions with loans of Presidential items and gifts for Bicentennial
exhibits on the Freedom Train, at the New Bedford Whaling Museum, and
at Harvard's Peabody Museum. "Kennedy and the Irish," an exhibit in
the John F. Kennedy Building in Boston, celebrates the Irish ethnic
heritage. The library's special projects staff is assisting in the
production of a film, "History, the Memory of a Nation," to be shown
at Government Center in Boston during the Bicentennial year.
Two exhibits at the Lyndon B. Johnson Library have Bicentennial
themes: "Presidents on the Presidency," which opened August 27, 1975,
and "American Presidential China," for which many items will be bor-
rowed from the Smithsonian Institution.
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Several of the libraries are lending drawings to the University
of California at Berkeley for an exhibit on the history of political
cartooning, and all are cooperating with Bicentennial committees in
their local areas.
National Audiovisual Center Projects
The National Audiovisual Center, a central clearinghouse of
Government-produced audiovisual material, has participated in seminars
and consultations with Bicentennial coordinators of 65 agencies on
the production and distribution of audiovisual materials for the Bi-
centennial. It has prepared a catalog of about 45 Bicentennial-related,
16mm films for distribution by the Center. The booklet is being sent
to 200,000 schools, businesses, and community organizations. The
Center is also distributing Bicentennial USA and A Third Lantern for
the Third Century for the American Revolution Bicentennial Administra-
tion.
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Media
for the
Bicentennial
National Audiovisual Center
National Archives and Records Service
General Services Administration
Media
for the
Bicentennial
GERALD R. FORD
President of the United States
Arthur F. Sampson
Administrator of General Services
National Archives Trust Fund Board
James B. Rhoads
Archivist of the United States
Gale W. McGee
Chairman, Senate Post Office and
Civil Service Committee
David N. Henderson
Chairman, House Post Office and
Civil Service Committee
National Audiovisual Center
National Archives and Records Service
General Services Administration
Washington, DC 20409
4
Introduction
5 Historical
5 Accompanying
Documents
5 National Audiovisual
Center Collection
6
Ordering Information
6 General
6 Purchase
7 Rental
7 Free Loan
8
Suggested Uses
10
Media Listed by Theme
10 Heritage '76
21 Festival USA
24 Horizons '76
26
Appendixes
26 Producer Codes I
27 Title Index II
28 Loan Sources III
The earliest motion
The listed price
picture included in this
includes the motion picture
Historical
INTRODUCTION
catalog, "The Plow That
and the accompanying
Broke the Plains" (1936),
document(s). These are
Many of the motion
All over the Nation,
about the social and
available as a package from
pictures in this catalog have
the National Audiovisual
schools, community groups,
economic history of the
been declared Historical
Center. To order the
service organizations, and
Great Plains, is now a
by the sponsoring Federal
many others are planning
documentary film classic;
documents separately
agency. This designation,
programs and activities for
the most recent title,
address inquiries to:
which appears below the
the American Revolution
"Bicentennial USA" (1975),
descriptive statement,
Publications Sales
Bicentennial celebration.
produced by the American
means that the motion
(NEPS)
Revolution Bicentennial
picture is considered of
The use of audiovisual
National Archives and
Administration, tells the
historical value and does
materials would add to the
Records Service (GSA)
Bicentennial story and
not reflect current policy
success of many of these
Washington, DC 20408
includes vignettes of
Bicentennial activities by
or plans of the sponsoring
Bicentennial activities
agency.
providing a means for group
across the Nation.
involvement and participa-
National Audiovisual
tion. They would also enable
Although the materials
Center Collection
the participants to gain a
have been listed under
Accompanying
better understanding of
the three American
Documents
The Center's extensive
America's heritage by seeing
Revolution Bicentennial
collection covers a wide
motion pictures that portray
Administration themes- -
Four of the motion
range of subjects, including
historical events or re-create
Heritage '76, Festival USA,
pictures listed are sold or
business, education, history,
historic periods.
and Horizons '76 they
rented with accompanying
medicine, and science.
need not be used only for
printed documents.
To assist these varied
the Bicentennial. They deal
Documents do not
Media formats include
groups in planning their
with a variety of topics and
accompany free loan items.
motion pictures, slide sets,
Bicentennial activities, the
periods of American history,
filmstrips, videotapes, and
National Audiovisual Center
These documents were
and are appropriate for
multimedia kits.
examined its collection of
selected from the National
educational or recreational
over 7,000 U. S.
Archives collection of
programs that use audio-
For additional
Government produced
visual materials. (See
reproductions of historical
information on the National
audiovisual materials
Suggested Uses page 8.)
documents. They
Audiovisual Center or to
and selected those motion
complement the audiovisual
obtain a catalog of sale
pictures most appropriate
material and illustrate
and rental materials, contact
for the Bicentennial
America's past to give a
celebration. The titles
greater understanding of
Reference Section (B-6)
selected and listed in
historical events.
NationalAudiovisual
this catalog were produced
Center (GSA)
by 22 Federal agencies. The
Washington, DC 20409
subjects range from the
(301) 763-7420
American Revolution to the
advanced technology of the
space program.
As these motion
pictures cover a 40-year
span, many are of historic
value, containing footage
of historical events and
providing accurate
reflections of American
feelings prevalent at the
time of production.
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ORDERING INFORMATION: GENERAL
Rental
Place your order early. The National Audiovisual Center
Only 16mm motion pictures are available for rental.
will process your request as quickly as possible. Because
A. Rental periods and rates
of the expected demand for these materials, it is
recommended that you order promptly.
Period
Rate
All order requests must contain the following: title, title
3 days
Rate indicated in catalog
number, agency number (if any), number of prints (if a
1 week
1½ times rate indicated
purchase request), show date (date rental motion picture
2 weeks
2 times rate indicated
will be shown), telephone number, address (please indicate
4 weeks
3 times rate indicated
if ordering, billing, and/or shipping addresses are different),
B. Rental procedures
remittance for necessary prepaid charges, and purchase
When ordering indicate first choice and second choice
order (if required).
for the date you wish to show the motion picture, or
For invoicing purposes, an official purchase order or letter
whether you will accept the motion picture on the first
on organizational letterhead with an authorized signature
available date.
is required. Full payment must accompany all other orders.
C. Confirmation
Special handling or additional shipping charges must be
If the motion picture is available on one of the dates
paid by the user.
requested, a booking notice will be sent. If it is not available
Make all checks payable to National Archives Trust
on one of the requested dates, you will be notified of the
Fund (NAC).
first available date.
Send orders to Order Section (B-6), National
Each order is assigned a customer order number and
Audiovisual Center (GSA), Washington, DC 20409.
each booking notice contains this number. Cite this
number in all inquiries concerning the booking.
D. Cancellation
Purchase
To cancel a scheduled rental the Center must receive
A. Price and delivery
telephone or written notice 1 week before the shipping
Purchase price includes reel, can, and shipment by
date shown on the booking notice. If no notice is received,
the rental fee and any special shipping charges are billed
parcel post.
to the customer.
B. Acknowledgment
All orders will be shipped as quickly as possible. If
E. Return of materials
shipping will be delayed an acknowledgment letter
Motion pictures must be returned in the original can,
containing the order identification number and shipping
rewound on the original reel. User pays return postage.
date will be sent to the issuing address indicated on the
F. Damaged or lost material
initial order. Use this order identification number in all
User must pay for materials lost or damaged while in his
references to your order.
possession.
C. Cancellation
G. Preview
Sale items may not be returned without the Center's
There is no preview before rental.
prior approval.
H. Rental/purchase
D. Media Conversion
The most recent rental fee may be applied to the purchase
The motion pictures listed in this brochure can be
price within 90 days of the rental invoice date. Cite the
supplied in other media formats- for example, 3/4" U
booking notice number or the customer order number on
format cassette. If you are interested in media conversion,
the purchase request.
write the Distribution Branch and cite the motion picture
title and title number, and the size, make, and model
number of your playback equipment. The Center will
notify you of the cost of the converted material.
Free Loan
E. Preview
All motion pictures listed in this brochure that are not
A limited number of motion pictures are available for
available for rental have a loan source indicated.
preview before purchase. Because of the many motion
pictures in the Center's distribution programs, it is difficult
Contact the loan source directly.
to maintain a complete inventory. If a preview print is
The loan sources and their addresses are listed in
available, your request will be honored.
appendix III.
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SUGGESTED
USES
Civic and
Schools
Communities
Businesses
Church Groups,
Clubs, Youth
Bring your students closer
Make sure your community
Bring the nation's 200th
Organizations
to America's past, present,
has plans to celebrate the
anniversary to your
and future. Initiate
Bicentennial. Get com-
employees. Sponsor a
Bicentennial projects and
munity-wide involvement
Bicentennial luncheon
activities in the classroom.
by sponsoring Bicentennial
theater with weekly film
Get your organization
Plan district-wide programs
movie nights.
showings.
involved in the Nation's
with cooperative use of
birthday. Sponsor
motion pictures.
Bicentennial projects,
Get greater participation by
Provide a Bicentennial
events, or field trips. Let
showing motion pictures
celebration spirit for your
motion pictures take you to
Get parent involvement in
in conjunction with other
customers. Present
other times and places.
your school's Bicentennial
community activities -
Bicentennial programs in
projects. Sponsor
fairs, displays, town
your retail outlets, branches,
Bicentennial programs for
meetings, bazaars, or even
Bring the Bicentennial
or in community meeting
parents' night, PTA
a community dinner.
halls.
celebration to groups that
meetings, or open
need assistance. Sponsor
assemblies.
activities for hospitals, rest
Libraries
Support your clientele's and
homes, the handicapped,
community's Bicentennial
senior citizens, and others.
Have your school
activities. Sponsor
contribute to the
Provide your users with
community Bicentennial
community's Bicentennial
Bicentennial materials for
film festivals or incorporate
Make the Bicentennial a
spirit-invite the public to
use in their own activities.
film showings in other
joint effort - work with other
your programs or work
activities. Donate films to
groups to sponsor com-
together on activities with
the public library for
munity-wide activities,
community groups.
festivals.
Sponsor your own
distribution to the public.
programs Bicentennial
Film Series.
Lead your community in
Bicentennial program
planning by making sure
resources on America's past,
present, and future are
available.
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Canaveral to
Offers a pictorial history of
HERITAGE '76
Kennedy
Kennedy Space Center from the
first firing in 1951 to the Apollo
8 min, 16mm, sd, col
program of 1969. Contrasts the
Producer USNASA
primitive launch facilities of 1951
1969
with the complex, sophisticated
Age of
Traces U.S. foreign relations
facilities used in the Apollo
Title No. 198151
Revolutions, An
from the diplomacy of the
missions. Cleared for TV. From
American Revolution through the
Agency No. AD 016
the Apollo Digest series.
31 min, 16mm, sd, col
early Federal period. Includes
Loan Source 1
Producer USDS
Benjamin Franklin's role in
winning our independence, the
Sale $36.50
1971
entanglements precipitated by
Title No. 003521
the French Revolution, the
Loan Source 2
Louisiana Purchase, the War
D-Day Convoy
Presents a postwar recapitulation
of 1812, and the Monroe Doctrine.
Sale $135.00
of activities before and including
Includes guide. Cleared for TV.
19 min, 16mm, sd, b&w
D-day. Shows American troops
From the History of U.S. Foreign
Producer USA
being moved from all parts of
Relations Series.
1948
England to embarkation points,
the supplies and equipment they
Title No. 254725
used, and the landing on the
Accompanying Documents
Agency No. CHR-B-015
beachhead at Normandy.
1) Treaty of Alliance With France, 1778
Rental $7.50
Text in English and French in parallel columns on each
page. Sepia, 11" X 14", 7 p.
Sale $48.50
2) Treaty of Paris, 1783
The treaty that ended the Revolutionary War. Sepia,
11" X 14", 9 p.
Dream That
Documents the early experiments
3) Jefferson's Plan for the Government of the Western Country
Wouldn't Down, The
by Dr. Robert Goddard, the father
Contains, in Jefferson's handwriting, suggestions of fanciful
of rocketry. Includes footage of
names for the Western States to be created from the territory
27 min, 16mm, sd, b&w
Goddard's early exploration and
acquired by the Treaty of Paris. Sepia, 11" X 14", 3 p.
Producer USNASA
a personal commentary by Mrs.
Goddard. Offers an excellent
1965
portrayal of the beginning of
Title No. 279650
space exploration for contrast
Anatomy of
Documents aviation history from
Agency No. HQK-125
with today's sophisticated space
a Triumph
the Wright brothers' Kitty Hawk
technology. Cleared for TV.
Loan Source 1
flight to the Apollo 11 walk on the
30 min, 16mm, sd, col
Moon. Footage of early experi-
Sale $66.75
Producer USGSA
ments, the Wright brothers,
Lindbergh, Rickenbacker,
1970
Goddard, and Von Braun is
Title No. 134444
Eagle Has Landed-
included. The first space voyage
Shows man's first Moon landing,
The Flight of
July 1969, including highlights of
Rental $12.50
of Yuri Gagarin is shown, as are
the astronauts in the Mercury,
Apollo 11
astronauts Armstrong, Aldrin, and
Sale $133.00
Gemini, and Apollo programs.
Collins' flight from launching
29 min, 16mm, sd, col
Cleared for TV.
through post-recovery. Emphasizes
Producer USNASA
the initial exploration of the lunar
surface. Cleared for TV.
1969
Accompanying Document
Title No. 283380
Into the New Realm
Agency No. HQ-194
Starting with Benjamin Franklin's perception of the significance
Loan Source 1
of aeronautics in 1784, through the use of observation balloons
during the Civil War, this publication deals with the years that
Sale $129.00
preceded President Kennedy's proposal to land a man on the
Moon. 8" X 9", illus., 42 p.
10
11
For All the People
Shows the role of President Truman
History of the
Traces events leading to the War
The Harry S Truman
during a critical period in history.
US Navy -
of 1812 and shows the role of the
Library
Among the events included are the
The War of 1812
U.S. Navy in this war. Illustrates
end of World War II in Europe, the
the origins of such phrases as "Old
29 min, 16mm, sd, col
use of the atomic bomb at Nagasaki,
20 min, 16mm, sd, col
Ironsides," "Don't give up the
Producer USNLT
the end of the war in the Pacific,
ship," and "We have met the
Producer USN
American postwar domestic pro-
enemy and they are ours." Con-
1969
grams, the Truman Doctrine, and
1955
tains a sequence on the writing of
Title No. 337080
the Korean conflict. The history of
Title No. 790650
"The Star Spangled Banner."
the Truman years is interwoven
Cleared for TV.
Rental $12.50
with the role of the Truman Library
Agency No. FN06943C
Sale $124.50
Rental $10.00
Historical
in Independence, Mo., as a
museum and research center.
Sale $97.25
Cleared for TV.
History of the
Presents the general movements
History of the
Compares the resources of the
US Navy-
of the Continental Army and Navy
US Navy - -
North and the South; traces the
The War of
from 1775 to 1783. Shows the
The Civil War,
significant events of the opening
Independence,
founding of the Navy, the
Pt 1
years of the war, 1861-62; and
1775-1783
battle of Valcour Island, John Paul
discusses the basic Naval strategy
Jones, and Washington's strategy
19 min, 16mm, sd, col
used by both sides. Portrays the
at Yorktown. Cleared for TV.
battle of the Monitor and the
24 min, 16mm, sd, col
Producer USN
Merrimack and the capture of
Producer USN
Historical
1958
New Orleans. Cleared for TV.
1952
Title No. 394890
Historical
Title No. 790600
Agency No. FN06943E
Agency No. FNO6943A
Rental $10.00
Rental $12.50
Sale $83.00
Sale $105.00
Accompanying Document
History of the
Traces significant naval events of
US Navy - -
the Civil War from the end of 1862
Charters of Freedom
Booklet includes reproductions of the Declaration of
The Civil War,
to the close of the war. During this
Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights and
Pt 2
time, the North used control of the
brief notes on the National Archives. 11" X 14", 12 illus., 16 p.
sea and inland waters to split the
20 min, 16mm, sd, col
Confederacy and stifle the South's
economy. Cleared for TV.
Producer USN
1958
Historical
History of
Re-creates the highlights of our
Title No. 394891
US Foreign
diplomatic heritage and traces its
Relations, The -
principal themes by showing
Agency No. FN06943F
A Series
locations, historical paintings,
Rental $10.00
political cartoons, documentary
Sale $88.50
89 min, 16mm, sd, col
footage, and by using actors'
voices for those of historic figures.
Producer USDS
Discussion guides accompany
1972
each motion picture.
Title No. 003520
Age of Revolutions, An, Pt 1
Youth to Maturity, Pt 2
Loan Source 2
Reluctant World Power, The, Pt 3
Sale $396.00
12
13
MacArthur Story,
Highlights of life of Gen. Douglas
Old Glory
Describes the evolution of the
The
MacArthur. Cites his leadership in
American flag from the English
three wars and reviews his
28 min, 16mm, sd, col
banner flown at Jamestown in
20 min, 16mm, sd, b&w
peacetime contributions.
Producer USDOD
1607 to the present 50-star flag.
Producer USDOD
Uses the filmograph technique
Historical
1960
and animation to illustrate the
1964
Title No. 564325
historical events that led to the
Title No. 002341
Agency No. AFIF 0099
creation of the various flags that
Agency No. AFIF-0132
have flown in the United States.
Rental $12.50
Appropriate for young audiences.
Rental $7.50
Sale $126.75
Historical
Sale $55.00
Accompanying Document
Mirror of America
Shows the American way of life
Charters of Freedom
from 1914 to 1921, using footage
Booklet includes reproductions of the Declaration of
36 min, 16mm, sd, b&w
from the Ford Film Collection in
Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights and
Producer USNARS
the National Archives. Presents a
brief notes on the National Archives. 11" X 14", 12 illus.,
cross section of the people of that
16 p.
1964
time and shows their daily activities,
Title No. 525300
dress, recreation, and lifestyles.
Rental $12.50
Includes views of Presidents Wilson
and Harding, of Thomas Edison,
One Week
Documents the 1962 Cuban
Sale $92.00
and of Henry Ford. Cleared for TV.
in October
missile crisis. Shows the surveil-
lance of Cuba and the deployment
29 min, 16mm, sd, b&w
of American arms and troops in
Producer USOCD
preparation for the possible Soviet
Motion Picture
attack. Includes President
Shows the problems encountered
1964
History of the
by the American and United
Kennedy's address to the Nation
Nations' forces during the Korean
Title No. 002631
and Adlai Stevenson's United
Korean War, The
conflict from initial gunfire on
Agency No. DODCD20-223
Nations challenge to the Soviet
58 min, 16mm, sd, b&w
June 25, 1950, to the armistice on
Union. Narrated by Gary Merrill.
Rental $10.00
July 27, 1953.
Cleared for TV.
Producer USDOD
Sale $78.25
1958
Historical
Historical
Title No. 534420
Agency No. AFIF 0085
Rental $17.50
Payoff in the
Surveys World War II in the
Pacific, Pt 1
Pacific. Covers the attack on Pearl
Sale $141.50
Harbor, the loss of the Philippines,
30 min, 16mm, sd, b&w
the early victories in the South
Producer USA
Pacific, and the construction of B-29
bases on Saipan. Cleared for TV.
1960
Historical
Title No. 004372
Agency No. TV 480
Rental $10.00
Sale $73.00
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15
Payoff in the
Documents World War II in the
Portrait of a
Filmed lecture by Santiago
Pacific, Pt 2
Pacific. This second motion picture
Minority Group -
Rodriguez, then Special
in a two-part series covers the
Americans of
Assistant to the Chairman of the
29 min, 16mm, sd, b&w
island-hopping victories of the
Hispanic Heritage
Equal Employment Opportunity
Producer USA
Allies and the Japanese surrender
in the
Commission. Examines the origins,
aboard the battleship Missouri.
1960
United States
characteristics, and demographics
Cleared for TV.
of Spanish-speaking Americans,
Title No. 004373
the nation's second largest
Historical
37 min, 16mm, sd, b&w
Agency No. TV 481
minority. Describes Puerto Ricans,
Producer USCSC
Mexican Americans, and Latin
Rental $10.00
1973
Americans-their cultures, life
Sale $74.25
styles, similarities, and differences.
Title No. 005694
Rental $12.50
Sale $98.50
Place in
Creates a portrait of Eisenhower
History, A
and his contribution to history
through the use of still pictures and
28 min, 16mm, sd, col
motion picture footage. Includes
Producer USNLE
scenes from Eisenhower's youth in
Presidency, The
Outlines how the constitutional
Abilene, Kan., and portrays his
powers and day-to-day duties of
1970
leadership of all Allied armies in
28 min, 16mm, sd, b&w
the President have grown far
Title No. 600375
Europe during World War II and
Producer USDOD
beyond those envisioned by the
Rental $12.50
his two terms as President. In
founding fathers and how Presi-
1967
addition, provides an overview of the
dential decisions have shaped the
Sale $127.75
Dwight D. Eisenhower Library and
Title No. 615974
character of our Nation. Discusses
its holdings. Narrated by Lorne
Agency No. AFIF 0163
the relationship of the executive,
Greene. Cleared for TV.
judicial, and legislative branches of
Rental $10.00
the Government and points out its
Sale $70.00
system of checks and balances.
Plow That Broke
Offers an interpretation of the
the Plains, The
social and economic history of the
Great Plains from early
Price of
Reviews the major American
25 min, 16mm, sd, b&w
settlement through the World War I
Freedom, The
conflicts- Revolutionary War,
Producer USDA
years of prosperity up to the
Civil War, World War I, and World
drought and depression of the
28 min, 16mm, sd, col
War II; the toll they have taken in
1936
1930's. This motion picture classic
Producer USABMC
American lives; and the work of
Title No. 605350
was directed by Pare Lorentz, and
the American Battle Monuments
1973
Rental $10.00
is an important contribution to the
Commission to honor and remem-
development of documentary
Title No. 009610
ber our war dead. The drama of
Sale $65.50
filmmaking.
Loan Source 2
those times is recreated through
imaginative editing and the use of
Sale $124.50
graphics, paintings, and historical
footage. Cleared for
Nonsponsored TV.
16
17
Reluctant World
Shows the process by which the
Swedes
Tells of the lives and contribu-
Power, The
United States assumed, rejected,
in America
tions of Swedes in America,
and finally was obliged to accept
particularly the Swedish-American
29 min, 16mm, sd, col
the role of a major power. Covers
16 min, 16mm, sd, b&w
families in Minnesota. Features
Producer USDS
the tragedy of Woodrow Wilson,
Producer USOWI
Carl Sandburg. Narrated by Ingrid
World War I, the League of
Bergman. From the American
1972
1943
Nations, isolationism, erosion of
Scene series.
Title No. 003362
international security, and World
Title No. 003622
Historical
Loan Source 2
War II. Includes guide. Cleared for
Rental $7.50
TV. From the History of US
Sale $130.50
Sale $45.25
Foreign Relations series.
River, The
Traces life in the Mississippi River
Theodore
Reviews the life and achievements
Valley during the last 150 years
Roosevelt,
of Theodore Roosevelt from his
32 min, 16mm, sd, b&w
and shows the consequences of
American
childhood to his death. Drawings,
Producer USDA
sharecropping, soil exhaustion,
cartoons, and photographs show
unchecked erosion, and flooding.
27 min, 16mm, sd, b&w
Roosevelt as Assistant Secretary
1939
Concludes by examining the
Producer USDOD
of Navy, Rough Rider, Governor
Title No. 651100
Tennessee Valley Authority's plans
of New York, Vice President,
Rental $10.00
and work for flood and erosion
1958
and President.
Sale $80.25
control. An important early
Title No. 741430
Historical
documentary directed by
Agency No. AFSM 555
Pare Lorentz.
Rental $10.00
Sale $53.00
Shipment to
Emphasizes the role foreign aid
Saratoga, A
played in assisting the Thirteen
Colonies in their struggle for
Time of
Celebrates the accomplishment of
14 min, 16mm, sd, b&w
independence from England.
Apollo, The
the task set forth in 1961 by
Producer USDOD
Describes how French aid con-
President Kennedy that "This
tributed to the American victory at
28 min, 16mm, sd, col
Nation should commit itself to
1958
the Battle of Saratoga in 1777, the
Producer USNASA
achieving the goal, before this
Title No. 009170
turning point in the Revolutionary
decade is out, of landing a man on
War.
1975
Agency No. AFSM 559
the Moon and returning him safely
Title No. 009613
to Earth." Documents this accom-
Rental $7.50
Historical
Agency No. HQ-229
plishment by showing the prepara-
Sale $37.50
tion and training for the Apollo
Loan Source 1
missions and highlights of the
Sale $128.50
missions themselves. Cleared
for TV.
Stamps -
Depicts American history and
A Nation's
heritage as portrayed by postage
Calling Card
stamps. Featuring the Apollo 11
"Moon Landing" stamp, shows
Tribute to President
Highlights President Hoover's
19 min, 16mm, sd, col
the processes used in stamp
Herbert Clark
ability as an organizer and his
Producer USPO
production including the selection
Hoover, A, 1874-1964
humanitarian work as a food
of the original art, the first hand-
administrator in World Wars I and II.
1970
engraved impression, and the
11 min, 16mm, sd, b&w
Cites his contribution to govern-
Title No. 710060
printing of millions of stamps.
mental reorganization as Secretary
Producer USDOD
Cleared for TV.
of Commerce and as elder states-
Loan Source 3
1964
man and adviser to Presidents.
Sale $84.50
Title No. 760170
Historical
Agency No. AFMR 0633
Rental $5.00
Sale $29.50
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True Glory, The
Filmed by 1,400 combat camera-
men in the Allied Armed Forces
FESTIVAL USA
85 min, 16mm, sd, b&w
on the Western Front, this motion
Producer USWD
picture is a testimonial to the
bravery of the men who fought in
1945
France, Belgium, Holland,
Title No. 009628
Luxembourg, and Germany
America
Combines photographs of
Agency No. M-1211
from D-day to VE-day. The battle
the Beautiful
America's scenery with the song
footage is underscored by the
"America the Beautiful" played in
Rental $22.50
voices of the men telling what
3 min, 16mm, sd, col
the background. Appropriate as an
Sale $209.75
happened to them, offering an
Producer USAF
introduction to a program.
account of the war with irony and
Cleared for TV.
humor. Produced by the Office of
1973
War Information and the British
Title No. 005545
Ministry of Information and directed
Agency No. SFP-2258
by Garson Kanin and Carol Reed.
Heralded as the "largest achieve-
Rental $7.50
ment of war documentary," it was
Sale $17.50
awarded an Oscar for the best
documentary feature motion
picture.
Sold only in the US and its
American
Shows one of America's last
territories.
Island,
unspoiled resources, her islands.
Historical
The
Indicates how intelligent planning
is used to provide a variety of
29 min, 16mm, sd, col
recreational activities and to
Producer USBOR
protect this environment for future
War Comes
"War Comes to America" is the
generations. Covers islands from
last in a series of seven information
1970
to America
Maine to California, such as Mt.
films directed by Frank Capra.
Title No. 131820
Desert Island, Harkers Island, Isle
67 min, 16mm, sd, b&w
This series was produced by the
Rental $12.50
Royal, and Santa Catalina. Cleared
Producer USWD
War Department during World
for TV.
War II to maintain morale and to
Sale $127.75
1945
instill loyalty in our soldiers. Traces
Title No. 790480
American history from Jamestown,
Agency No. OF 07
in 1607, to Pearl Harbor, in 1941,
emphasizing the achievements and
Bicentennial
Produced by the American
Rental $20.00
ideals of American society. In-
USA
Revolution Bicentennial Adminis-
Sale $176. 25
cludes scenes of Hitler ridiculing
tration to explain the themes and
Roosevelt's peace effort, Lindbergh
14 min, 16mm, sd, col
goals of the Nation's 200th anni-
advocating isolationism, and the
Producer USARBA
versary celebration. Offers glimpses
Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor.
of Bicentennial activities taking
1975
From the Why We Fight series.
place across the nation and
Title No. 009624
includes excerpts from historic re-
Historical
Rental $10.00
enactments, plays, and perform-
ances. Appropriate for group
Sale $62.50
showing. Cleared for TV.
Youth to
Documents the development of
Maturity
our interests in Asia and Latin
America and shows the evolution
29 min, 16mm, sd, col
of the United States from a small
Producer USDS
nation to a world power. Shows
the Manifest Destiny, the Spanish-
1972
American War, and U.S. participa-
Title No. 001587
tion in the Hague Conference.
Loan Source 2
Includes guide. Cleared for TV.
From the History of US Foreign
Sale $130.50
Relations series.
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21
Day in
Presents a day in the life of
Man Belongs
Deals with our national environ-
America, A
America from dawn through
to the Earth
ment today- cities, deserts,
evening. Shows all types of
oceans, and mountains. Produced
29 min, 16mm, sd, col
Americans-professional trades-
22 min, 16mm, sd, col
especially for Expo '74 in keeping
Producer USDOD
men, sportsmen, children at
Producer USDC
with its environmental theme,
school, and many others-going
"Man Belongs to the Earth," and
1969
about their business, keeping
1974
filmed on location throughout the
Title No. 258845
America on the move under a
Title No. 007286
United States, including Alaska
democratic system. Stresses
Agency No. AFIF 0187
Rental $12.50
and Hawaii. It shows the dreadful
freedom to work, worship, and play.
waste and destruction threatening
Rental $12.50
Sale $98.75
the environment and the earth's
Sale $129.75
natural wonders that cry out for
continued preservation. Features
Chief Dan George. Narrated by
James Whitmore.
Fact Finder
Features the Census Bureau, the
The purchase or rental of this
for the Nation
only agency of the Government
motion picture does not authorize
that contacts every person in the
its showing for profit, reproduction
15 min, 16mm, sd, col
United States. Shows not only
in whole or in part in any form, or
how the massive census is taken
Producer USBC
use other than in its original format.
every 10 years but also the wide
1973
Cleared for noncommercial
scope of the Bureau's work during
television use.
Title No. 002089
the other 9 years. The Bureau
Loan Source 2
provides, on a weekly, monthly,
quarterly, and annual basis, most
Sale $64.25
of the statistics that show changes
in the American people and
We
Presents key findings of the 1970
Other version
economy. Cleared for TV.
census: the enormous growth of
15 min, 16mm, sd, col
our suburbs and the continued
29 min, 16mm, sd, col
Producer USBC
movement of the population from
Producer USBC
rural to urban areas. Statistics
1973
1973
about the progress and problems
Title No. 000423
of America are presented in human
Title No. 001423
Loan Source 2
terms, concentrating on the people
Loan Source 2
as they work, play, and relax.
Sale $64.25
Sale $126.00
Cleared for TV.
Other version
29 min, 16mm, sd, col
In Sight of
Tells the story of space exploration
Producer USBC
the Giant Steps
through the paintings and sketches
1973
of leading contemporary American
40 fr, 35mm filmstrip,
artists. Produced for art, social
Title No. 002223
1/4" audio-tape, col
studies, and science classes with
Loan Source 2
Producer USNASA
assistance from the National
Sale $124.50
Gallery of Art. Includes guide.
1967
Cleared for TV.
Title No. 002268
Agency No. FS-4
No Loan or Rental
Sale $10.00
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HORIZONS '76
Who's
Orson Welles hosts this voyage
Out There
from science fiction to science
fact. The new view of extraterres-
28 min, 16mm, sd, col
trial life now emerging from the
Producer USNASA
results of probes to the planets is
explored and a number of dis-
Man's Reach
Presents the story of flight and of
1975
tinguished scientists, including
Should Exceed
man's reach for new freedom
Title No. 009327
George Wald, discuss whether
His Grasp, A
through aviation and the explora-
Agency No. HQ-226
there are other intelligent civiliza-
tion of space. The motion picture
tions in the universe. Cleared
24 min, 16mm, sd, col
depicts the fulfillment of the
Loan Source 1
for TV.
ancient dream of flight from the
Producer USNASA
Sale $117.25
Wright brothers' flight at Kitty
1972
Hawk to the landing on the Moon
Title No. 002124
and planned missions to the
planets. Narrated by Burgess
Agency No. HQ 219
Meredith. Cleared for TV.
Loan Source 1
Sale $107.25
New View
Presents a look at the use of
of Space, A
modern photography in the space
program. Emphasizes how photog-
28 min, 16mm, sd, col
raphy has contributed to many
Producer USNASA
achievements in research, en-
gineering, and space science and
1972
exploration. Cleared for TV.
Title No. 002141
Agency No. HQ 214
Loan Source 1
Sale $127.50
When the
Discusses the origins of America's
Circuit Breaks -
energy crisis and the options for
America's
the future. Examines possible
Energy Crisis
solutions available through the
further development of coal, oil,
28 min, 16mm, sd, col
and natural gas resources and
discusses the possible future de-
Producer USFEA
velopment of nuclear, geothermal,
1975
and solar energy sources. Energy
Title No. 009469
conservation at home and in
business and in industry is
Loan Source 2
emphasized. Cleared for TV.
Sale $125.00
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Appendix I
Producer
Appendix II
Title
Codes
Index
USA
Department of the Army
Age of Revolutions, An
10
USAF
Department of the Air Force
America the Beautiful
21
USABMC
American Battle Monuments Commission
American Island, The
21
USARBA
American Revolution Bicentennial
Anatomy of a Triumph
10
Administration
Bicentennial USA
21
USBC
Canaveral to Kennedy
11
Bureau of the Census
USBOR
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
Day in America, A
22
D-Day Convoy
11
USCSC
Civil Service Commission
Dream That Wouldn't Down, The
11
USDA
Department of Agriculture
Eagle Has Landed - The Flight of Apollo 11
11
USDC
Department of Commerce
Fact Finder for the Nation
22
USDOD
Department of Defense
For All the People - The Harry S Truman Library
12
USDS
Department of State
History of the US Navy - The Civil War, Pt 1
12
USFEA
Federal Energy Administration
History of the US Navy - The Civil War, Pt 2
12
USGSA
General Services Administration
History of the US Navy - The War of 1812
13
USN
Department of the Navy
History of the US Navy - The War of Independence,
1775-1783
13
USNARS
National Archives and Records Service
History of US Foreign Relations, The - A Series
13
USNASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
In Sight of the Giant Steps
22
USNLE
Dwight D Eisenhower Library
MacArthur Story, The
14
USNLT
Harry S Truman Library
Man Belongs to the Earth
23
USOCD
Office of Civil Defense
Man's Reach Should Exceed His Grasp, A
24
USOWI
Office of War Information
Mirror of America
14
USPO
Post Office Department
Motion Picture History of the Korean War, The
14
USWD
War Department
New View of Space, A
24
Old Glory
15
One Week in October
15
Payoff in the Pacific, Pt 1
15
Payoff in the Pacific, Pt 2
16
Place In History, A
16
Plow That Broke the Plains, The
16
Portrait of a Minority Group - Americans of Hispanic
Heritage in the United States
17
Presidency, The
17
Price of Freedom, The
17
Reluctant World Power, The
18
River, The
18
Shipment to Saratoga, A
18
Stamps - A Nation's Calling Card
18
Swedes in America
19
Theodore Roosevelt, American
19
Time of Apollo, The
19
Tribute to President Herbert Clark Hoover, A,
1874-1964
19
True Glory, The
20
War Comes to America
20
We
23
When the Circuit Breaks - America's Energy Crisis
25
Who's Out There
25
Youth to Maturity
20
26
27
Appendix III
Loan
Sources
Loan
1
NASA motion pictures are
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loaned from regional film
Source
2
Modern Talking Picture Service
2323 New Hyde Park Road
libraries.
New Hyde Park, NY 11040
If you live in:
Write to:
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CT, ME, MA, NH, NY,
Order Section
866 Third Avenue
RI, VT
National Audiovisual Center
New York, NY 10022
(GSA)
Washington, DC 20409
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DE, DC, MD, NJ, PA
Source
4
RHR Filmedia
48 West 48th Street
NASA Goddard Space Flight
Center
New York, NY 10036
Public Affairs Office (202)
Greenbelt, MD 20771
KY, NC, SC, VA, WV
NASA Langley Research Center
Langley Station
Public Affairs Office
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NASA John F. Kennedy Space
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Public Affairs Office (PA-EPB)
Kennedy Space Center, FL
32899
AL, AR, IA, LA, MS,
NASA George C. Marshall
MO, TN
Space Flight Center
Public Affairs Office
Marshall Space Flight Center,
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IL, IN, MI, MN, OH,
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Office of Educational Services
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11. The Lee Resolution
Confederation: John
reproductions lend a
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Dickinson's Draft,
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Continental Congress,
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July 12, 1776.
to our early national
May 6, 1775.
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19. The Engrossed
experience. Printed on
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Articles of Confederation,
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Declaration of
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Commander in Chief,
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Resolution for
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1776.
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21. Washington's Letter
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8. Resolution Opening
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Association, October 20,
the Ports of America to
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Yorktown, October 19,
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World Commerce, April
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Independence, July 4-5,
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of Captain Parker,
Preamble, for the
15. Plan of Treaties,
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Commander of the Militia
Establishment of Local
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Government of the Western
in Lexington,
Governments,
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Country, March 1, 1784.
Massachusetts,
May 10, 15, 1776.
Announcing Surrender of
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October 18, 1777.
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Washington's Inaugural Address
The Old Navy I: 1779-1815
of 1789
The Old Navy II: 1816-1860
George Washington
from which the President
The sea and the things of
the Franklin D. Roosevelt
purportedly read this first
actually read, written in
the sea inspired a passion
Library at Hyde Park, ad-
inaugural address in a
his own clear hand. The
that Franklin D. Roosevelt
ministered by the Na-
low voice trembling with
accompanying five-page
embraced in childhood
tional Archives and
emotion, and he doubtless
historical note describes
and never lost. Inherited
Records Service. Many of
realized that every word
the first election and dis-
from his seafaring New
its items are on exhibit at
created a precedent for
cusses the authorship of
England ancestors, this
the Library or in the
generations to come. This
the text of the address.
love of ships and sailors
Franklin D. Roosevelt
publication features an
led him to collect books,
Home National Historic
exact facsimile of the text
documents, ship models,
Site nearby.
and more than 5000 oil
Selected prints and
paintings, prints, and
watercolors from the
watercolors relating to the
Roosevelt collection,
history of the United
reproduced in full color
States Navy. Most of
on good bond paper
President Roosevelt's
naval collection is now in
Fellow Atyens ofthe Senate
ofRepresentatives.
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to
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6. The fireship Intrepid
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and the Mexican War.
Bon Homme Richard,
blown up at Tripoli, 1804.
portfolios. The first set
The last two subjects are
1779.
7. The United States and
depicts America at war
woodcuts by a Japanese
2. John Paul Jones.
the Macedonian, 1812.
from 1779 to 1815 and
artist who accompanied
3. The American merchan+
8. Commodore O.H.
contains reproductions of
the first Japanese
diplomatic mission to the
ship Planter against
Perry's victory on Lake
prints of American ships
a French privateer, 1799.
Erie, 1813.
in victory and in defeat
United States in 1860. A
during the Revolutionary
complete list of the titles
4. The capture of the U.S.
9. The capture of the
War, the undeclared war
in each portfolio appears
frigate Philadelphia by
Cyane and the Levant
with France, the
on the following pages.
Tripolitan gunboats,
by the Constitution, 1815.
Tripolitan War, and the
1803.
10. A British frigate
War of 1812. The
5. Commodore Preble's
pursuing an American
second portfolio deals
squadron at Tripoli, 1804.
schooner.
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Four colors,
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The Old Navy II: 1816-1860
Washington's Official Map of
Yorktown, 1781
1. The North Carolina,
7. The Scorpion, Spitfire,
Although the outcome of
the surrender of
1825.
Vixen, and Scourge at the
the siege of Yorktown
Cornwallis, and the
2. The Macedonian off
mouth of the Tabasco
decided the Revolutionary
significance of the
Boston, 1818.
River, 1847.
War in favor of the
document.
3. The Macedonian in
8. Commodore M. C.
United States, the "plan
The 161/2-by-22-inch map
distress, 1818.
Perry on the Tabasco
of Attack and Defense"
is folded once and held
4. Captain Ingraham
River at Devils Bend,
was long presumed lost
in the portfolio with a
vindicating American
1847.
because historians did not
cord in the center so that
honor at Smyrna, Turkey,
9. A U.S. steam frigate in
realize that it was in the
it may be slipped out for
1853.
a Japanese harbor, 1860.
form of a map. It is here
framing or exhibit without
5. The Dale at La Paz,
10. An American
reproduced in color, about
destroying the paperbound
Lower California, 1847.
steamship.
half the size of the
book containing
6. Commodore M. C.
original, with an
the text.
Perry ascending the
explanatory text
Single reproduction
Tuspan River, 1847.
describing the battle,
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York
Three colors,
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5 p. of text.
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The Emancipation Proclamation
Into the New Realm
Generally regarded as
change the status of a
A Documentary History
nautics when he watched
one of the nineteenth
single slave. In signing it,
of America's Venture
the first manned balloon
century's most important
however, Lincoln
into Space
ascension in Paris in
documents, the
officially transformed the
1783.
-Emancipation Proclamation
Civil War into a war to
On May 25, 1961,
American Government
was the first step on the
make men free as well as
President John F. Kennedy
interest in flight
long road toward first class
a struggle to restore the
declared,
"I believe that this
developed slowly through
citizenship for the
Union.
the use of observation
American Negro. At the
The five pages of the
nation should commit
moment President
document are reproduced
itself to achieving the
balloons during the Civil
Abraham Lincoln signed it,
full size and printed on
goal, before this decade
War and a Signal Corps
the Proclamation did not
is out, of landing a man
contract with the Wright
one side only to facilitate
"
brothers in 1908. In 1915
exhibit or framing.
on the moon.
the National Advisory
These words were the
Council for Aeronautics
signal that the United
was created to direct
States, after a long history
Government research in
By Presiden ofthe United Hates Americas
of exploration within
this field until it was
the earth's atmosphere,
combined with other
A. Proclamations
was seriously embarking
agencies to form
into the new realm of
of
the National
September
outer space. This publica-
your
Aeronautics and Space
rights the and President
tion deals with the long
Administration in 1958.
span of years before the
any things, the following,
Extensively illustrated,
decision to go to the
the book shows what
first
moon.
preceded President
four
The story begins with
held
Kennedy's confident
part
to
Benjamin Franklin's quick
proposal.
perception of the mili-
tary significance of aero-
from
thereof, and
"the freedom such porsons, will
acto such pursons,
efforts they for
"freediam
Discussion
Nacional
Two colors,
Sepia color,
8 by 9 inches,
11 by 161/2 inches,
32 illustrations,
6 p.
42 p.
$1.00
75 cents.
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Washington: the Design
Invitation to Washington
for the Federal City
by Herman J. Viola
A capital city to sym-
A thriving city to set the
As long as the Indian
Charles Bird King while
bolize the union of many
pace for a developing
tribes along the frontier
they were in the city. Il-
States, rising on land
nation, connected by
were powerful enough
lustrated with full-color
belonging to all of
commercial arteries to
to present a real threat to
reproductions of nine of
them
the farthest frontier
the Federal Govern-
these oil paintings, this
A beautiful city to rival
In the vision of George
ment, an important ele-
publication relates the
the ancient capitals of
Washington and Thomas
ment in the diplomacy of
adventures of the group
Europe, built according
Jefferson, the Federal
Indian relations was in-
as it can be told from the
to L'Enfant's spacious
City was to be all of
viting Indian leaders to
records now in the Na-
plan
these.
visit Washington, D. C.,
tional Archives.
and other major cities.
The members of one
such delegation were
brought to the White
Reprinted from The
House by Indian agent
American West (January
Benjamin O'Fallon in
1972).
1821-22. Like many
Four colors, 10³/4 by 83/8
other such visitors, they
inches, 11 illustrations,
sat for portraits by
16 p. 50 cents.
Washington: the Design
The End of World War II
for the Federal City
This beautifully illus-
ception was almost
trated book traces nearly
defeated by Potomac
The summer of 1945 was
German Surrender
200 years of sporadic
marshes, British attack,
a time of jubilation in
Documents of World
progress toward the ac-
Civil War, and human
the United States as
War II and Japanese
complishment of the
indifference. Yet the
Americans celebrated the
Surrender Documents of
original dream. Dealing
grand design was never
victory of the United
World War II.
with the part of
lost. Recent photographs
Nations over Germany
Each book has an intro-
Washington that truly
show it still unfolding as
on V-E Day, May 8, and
ductory account of the
belongs to all Ameri-
the city changes within
over Japan on V-J Day,
tense days before sur-
cans-the Capitol, the
the framework of the
August 15.
render. Photographs of
Mall with its monu-
original pattern.
Reproductions of the
the ceremonies and the
ments, the White House,
principal documents in
men who participated in
and the parks and ave-
the surrender procedure
them are also included.
nues-it tells how
Two colors, 75 illustra-
are presented in two
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parts,
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Facsimile reproductions of documents and excerpts,
1. The Serapis and the Bon
either in President Franklin D. Roosevelt's own
Homme Richard, 1779.
handwriting or with handwritten changes, addi-
2. John Paul Jones.
tions, or a signature, have been divided into three
3. The American merchant
portfolios by subject:
ship Planter against a French
The New Deal contains excerpts from the 1933
privateer, 1799.
inaugural address, a 1935 press conference, and
4. The capture of the U.S.
the speech the President was writing when he
frigate Philadelphia by Tripoli-
died, plus his statement upon the signing of the
tan gunboats, 1803.
Social Security Bill.
5. Commodore Preble's squad-
ron at Tripoli, 1804.
The Einstein-Roosevelt Letters reproduces the cor-
respondence between Albert Einstein and the
6. The fireship Intrepid blown
up at Tripoli, 1804.
President on atomic energy in 1939.
7. The United States and the
World War II includes an excerpt from the 'I
Macedonian, 1812.
Hate War" speech, a handwritten note about
8. Commodore O. H. Perry's
the German invasion of Poland in 1939, and the
victory on Lake Erie, 1813.
entire "Day of Infamy" speech.
9. The capture of the Cyane
and the Levant by the
Two colors, 9½ by 13 inches, photograph on cover,
Constitution, 1815.
5 facsimiles each. $1 each.
10. A British frigate pursuing
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1. The North Carolina, 1825.
2. The Macedonian off Boston,
1818.
From the John F. Kennedy Library
3. The Macedonian in distress,
KENNEDY
1818.
4. Captain Ingraham vindi-
This portfolio of doodles and documents by John F.
cating American honor at
Kennedy includes a letter written to his father by
Smyrna, Turkey, 1853.
Boy Scout Kennedy, aged 12, handwritten revisions
5. The Dale at La Paz, Lower
from a draft of his inaugural address, other speeches
California, 1847.
with handwritten jottings which became famous
6. Commodore M. C. Perry
Kennedy quotations, and, finally, part of the reading
ascending the Tuspan River,
copy of a speech that was never delivered: remarks
1847.
scheduled to be made at Austin, Tex on
7. The Scorpion, Spitfire,
November 22, 1963.
Vixen, and Scourge at the
Two colors, 11½ by 9 inches, photograph on cover,
mouth of the Tabasco River,
10 facsimiles. $1.75.
1847.
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8. Commodore M. C. Perry on
380 Trapelo Road
the Tabasco River at Devils
Waltham, MA 02154
Bend, 1847.
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9. A U.S. steam frigate in a
Services Administration (NLK)
Japanese harbor, 1860.
10. An American steamship.
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