This companion to a traveling exhibition consists of lovely (though sometimes too small) reproductions of 51 of the nation's most historically significant and compelling documents such as Harriet Tubman's pension claim for her service during the Civil War, Susan B. Anthony's indictment for illegal voting, a notebook page recording the first controlled and self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction, and Richard Nixon's letter resigning from the presidency from the collection of the National Archives and Records Administration. Each document is accompanied by a brief explanation of its meaning and context. In spite of the smallness of some images, the work is nicely designed; it includes many photos and illustrations (but is not indexed). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

American Originals

History

Bredhoff, Stacey

Americas

Univ of Washington Pr

This book documents ""eyewitness"" accounts of major events and everyday living throughout American history. Items include a letter from Thomas Jefferson to John Jay describing the streets in Paris during the storming of the Bastille in1789; Lady Bird Johnson's audio diary on the day of John F. Kennedy's assassination, Robert King Stone, President Abraham Lincoln's family physician, who testified on the condition and death of the President after he was shot in April 1865; and Harold Porter, a U.S. soldier who was with the first medical unit to enter the Dachau concentration camp after its liberation at the end of World War II. These and many other accounts take the form of letters, diaries, court testimony, and official reports that reflect the breadth and richness of the American experience. Full-color images of the documents, and reproductions of the graphic images selected to complement them, combine to reveal the eloquence of the witnesses and the drama of the events they describe.

Eyewitness: American Originals from the National Archives

Philip Wilson Publishers

Gathers political cartoons dealing with war, peace, political corruption, presidential campaigns, and domestic issues

Draw!: Political Cartoons from Left to Right

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Natl Archives Trust Fund Board

Powers of Persuasion: Poster Art from World War II

Natl Archives & Record Service

Original documents are the raw stuff of history. They are physical links to the past. The original documents of the U.S. Government -- those that have been identified as having permanent value -- are preserved and made available to the public by the National Archives and Records Administration. American Originals presents a selection of the nation's most significant and compelling documents, pieces of history -- the glorious and the inglorious -- in their most unprocessed form.George Washington's account of expenses, kept throughout the Revolutionary War. Harriet Tubman's pension claim for her service during the Civil War. Richard Nixon's letter resigning the Presidency. These and other rarely seen documents from the National Archives offer fascinating insights into the towering figures and events in American history.Combining the familiar with the obscure, American Originals presents glimpses of Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Edison, Abraham Lincoln, Helen Keller, Elvis Presley, John Muir, Rosa Parks, Benedict Arnold, John Brown, Susan B. Anthony, and many others, through a selection of the nation's greatest documentary treasures.

he Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights, known collectively as the Charters of Freedom, have guaranteed the rights and freedoms of Americans for over 200 years. This new book, published to accompany an exhibition at the National Archives, studies the dramatic events and philosophies which guided the Founding Fathers in the creation of these historic documents, the profound effect they have exercised on subsequent American history and their wider influence on world politics. Specially commissioned colour photographs of the newly reinstalled Charters feature alongside a selection of other original documents, which together include some of America’s greatest historical treasures. Additional images include colour plates of the restored murals, which adorn the renovated Rotunda, and paintings and engravings of the major figures and events in America history, which complement and enhance the original documents. Quotes from the nation’s founders and other historic figures are also included, together with an accessible narrative text arranged to reflect each of the fourteen sections making up the exhibit. Together these elements reveal the drama, passion and poignancy of the struggle for freedom that has defined much of US history.

The Charters of Freedom: "A New World Is At Hand": Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Bill of Rights

GILES

Published to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the National Archives, Washington, D.C. in 2009, this new volume features big records, big events, and big ideas from the US National Archives collection. Starting with the 13-foot scroll of the Articles of Confederationthe first constitution of the United Statesthe full-scale records reveal some of the formative moments in American history. Among the items reproduced, some with fold-out pages, are a section from the enormous 13-foot square map of the Gettysburg battlefield, and the size 22 sneakers of basketball legend Shaquille O’Neal. The variety of documents and objects is huge, ranging from orders for fitting out of a ship with reinforced beds and extra large baths to carry William H. Taft at 320lbs, the heaviest President in U.S. history to prints of the mammoth glass-plate negatives by photographer Carleton Watkins of Yosemite Valley in California, now the site of a National Park, dating from the 1860s.

BIG!: Big Records, Big Events and Big Ideas in American History: Celebrating 75 Years of the National Archives

Photography & Video

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American Originals

Eyewitness: American Originals from the National Archives

Draw!: Political Cartoons from Left to Right

Powers of Persuasion: Poster Art from World War II

American Originals

The Charters of Freedom: "A New World Is At Hand": Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Bill of Rights

BIG!: Big Records, Big Events and Big Ideas in American History: Celebrating 75 Years of the National Archives