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The National Archives at Fifty

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Abstract

Nineteen eighty-four marks the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of the National Archives of the United State.' Many events have taken place in celebration of this milestone: the post office issued a National Archives commemorative postage stamp and the National Archives' major exhibition mounted in the Archives building entitled "Recent America" opened to rave reviews. Both the National Association of State Archivists and Records Administrators (NASARA) and the Society of American Archivists held their annual meetings in Washington to add to the festivities. Aside from the celebration, anniversaries are usually time for reflection and reassessment, and this is true for the National Archives, despite our short history as an institution. The point of this activity is, of course, to learn from the past, to help us understand who we are as an institution, and even possibly to indicate where we are going.

How to Cite:

Warner, R. M., (1985) “The National Archives at Fifty”, Archival Issues 10(1), 25–32. doi: https://doi.org/10.31274/archivalissues.10446