By Suzanne Stewart, The Pocahontas Times
MARLINTON, W.Va. — Since it was established in 1934 by President Franklin Roosevelt, the National Archives of the United States, in Washington, D.C. has been collecting documents, photographs, journals, maps and more from as far back as 1775.
According to archives.gov, the Archives holds items such as slave ship manifests, the Emancipation Proclamation, captured German records, Japanese surrender documents from World War II, journals of polar expeditions, photographs of Dust Bowl farmers, Indian treaties making transitory promises and a “richly bound document bearing the bold signature ‘Bonaparte’ – the Louisiana Purchase Treaty that doubled the territory of the young republic.
Billions of documents and millions of photographs and motion picture film, as well as sound recordings and electronica data have been collected through the years to create the incredibly extensive archive of American history.
Collecting the items is just part of what the National Archives does. Restoration, digitization and cataloguing of all items is also integral to keeping all the history alive.
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