ALT “Let's start with the basics: What is a record?” National Archives graphic for Ask an Archivist Day

ALT “How do you organize SO many records?” National Archives graphic for Ask an Archivist Day

ALT Submarine chasers and crew, undated. NAID: 315835460

ALT Muster Roll of the USS Jeannette, 1879. NAID: 134425890

ALT USS Miami, c. 1860- 1865. NAID: 524548

ALT U.S. Ship of the Line Ware #16, drawings of Naval vessels, c. 1939–1945. NAID: 3281886

ALT Constitution of the United States, September 17, 1787. NAID: 1667751

ALT Dr. Wilson sworn in as Archivist of the United States on December 4, 1987

ALT Dr. Wilson with President Ford at the Ford Presidential Library, c. 1981

ALT Speakers at the ribbon cutting ceremony at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum cut the ribbon and welcome visitors to the Museum for the first time after an 18-month renovation.

ALT The lobby in the all-new Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum.

ALT The Story Hub in the all-new Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum.

ALT Hoover Presidential Foundation Board of Trustees pose for a photo at the ribbon cutting and grand reopening for the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum.

ALT Captain Sue S. Dauser and Colonel Florence Blanchfield. NAID: 178141124

ALT Copy of H.R. 1943, “To establish a permanent Nurse Corps of the Army and the Navy and to establish a Women’s Medical Specialist Corps in the Army,” that President Truman received, April 14, 1947. NAID: 75435796 (page 20)

ALT Colonel Forence Blanchfield getting her commission from Army Chief of Staff General Dwight D. Eisenhower during a ceremony at the Pentagon, July 18, 1947

ALT On June 7, 1776, Virginia delegate Richard Henry Lee introduced the Lee Resolution, which proposed independence for the American colonies. The Lee Resolution contained three parts: a declaration of independence, a call to form foreign alliances, and a plan of a confederation.

ALT Because many members of the Congress believed Lee's actions to be premature or wanted instructions from their colonies before voting, approval was deferred until July 2. On that date, Congress adopted the first part (the declaration). The words of the Lee Resolution are echoed in the Declaration of Independence. The voting record for the Lee Resolution is displayed in this document, with 12 colonies providing affirmative votes as noted on the right. New York did not vote until the newly elected New York Convention upheld the Declaration of Independence on July 9, 1776.

ALT Page 1 of the "National Archives Act." NAID: 299840

ALT Page 2 of the "National Archives Act." NAID: 299840

ALT Page 3 of the "National Archives Act." NAID: 299840

ALT Visitors are seen in the new introductory gallery of The American Story at the National Archives Museum in Washington, DC.