rubenstein permanently loaned the document to the national archives as a gift to the american people. it was taken off display in 2011 to undergo conservation treatment and to be placed in a new protective case. "american history tv" attended a press briefing for the unveiling of the newly encased magna carta. >> i'm david ferreiro, and i am happy to welcome you here today. for years the only copy of the magna carta has been under sight, undergoing conservation treatment. we're showing you the result of our staff's painstaking work, displayed in a new encasement designed and fabricated by the national institute of standards and technology. the 700-year-old document looks better than ever. when the magna carta is back on public display beginning on february 17th, interactive displays will enhance the educational value of viewing the record. visitors will be able to read an annotated translation and learn how the magna carta influenced america's founding charter, the declaration of independence, the constitution, and the bill of rights. the connection between the magna carta and freedom

he worked at the national archives beginning mid 90s. while here he began working on his next study with his co-author thomas d. phillips called the black regular, 1866 to 1898. this book was published in 2001. in 2003, the superb work received the western history association's robert m. utley award as the finest book on the military history of the north american western frontier. in 2002, willy joined the staff at the u.s. army center of military history. and in 2003 he began research on "freedom by the sword." so i'd like to introduce dr. doback by noting that all of his military studies have drawn extensively on the records housed here at the national archives. [ applause ] 6 >> thank you. let's see. i guess the microphones are on. so i trust that everyone can hear me. good. in march 2003, my branch chief at the u.s. army center of military history called me into his office, invited me to sit down and told me that my next project would be to write an operational history of the u.s. colored troops, that is a purely military history. i

it was misfiled by the senate long before the national archives received it. and we didn't know where those two pages were. >> the first thing that tipped me off was the heading. house of representatives. i knew that's how most presidential messages were transmitted. but as far as the text, i didn't immediately say oh, that's from the second annual message. i just did a quick internet search, and the text led me to confirm that this was indeed the text. i brought it to the legislative archivist's attention, bill davis and rodney baross. and they made the decision to remove it from the volume and return it to the rest of the copy that's in the vault. >> it's wonderful that we now know where it is, and we have put that page with the rest of the second annual message in our treasury's vault where we have some of our most -- some of our most historic items. in that room also we have, for example, george washington's inaugural address. we have several items from jefferson's presidency dealing with the louisiana purchase, lewis & clark expedition. we have things rel

i am secretary of the national archives afro-american history society. i'm here to welcome you to hear william a.dobak to discuss u.s. colored troops during the civil war era. and i am here today just to let you know that the african-american history society atnar produces programs similar to this, not this program but ma'am programs similar to this promoting the study of african-american history through records at the national archives. and we have a number of programs coming up which you may have seen our flyer on the table outside discussing african-americans in the civil war, since that is the theme for african-american history month this year. celebrating the success kwi sen t10 -- success kwi centennial o the civil war. if you have time, we have one i will be presenting on february 16th on black soldiers from maryland in the civil war. if you have time, come back and join us. now i would like to also introduce mr. michael knight who is archives specialist and holdi holdings specialist here. he's going to introduce mr mr. dobak. >> i'd like to echo

this is an hour and a half. >>> coming up next, the national archives and the sewall-belmont house and museum host a panel of scholars as they look at cartoons and banners that the national women's party used to grant women the right to vote. this is an hour and a half. >> good evening. my name is tom and it's my pleasure to welcome you to the national archives for tonight's discussion, the national women's party and political rhetoric visual propaganda in the battle for the vote. the national archives is honored to host this program as we have in our holdings hundreds of textural documents, petitions, photographs and posters related to women's suffrage including the document we celebrate today the joint resolution of congress proposing a constitutional amendment extending the right of suffrage to women, otherwise known as the 19th amendment to the constitution. certified by secretary of state bainbridge colby on august 26th, 1920, changing the face of the american electorate forever. before we get to tonight's program i would like to ask you to turn off your cell phones or other devic

. >> any human being over the age of 16 can come here to the national archives and use our holdings. more and more is available online. that takes time. digitization takes time. but as time goes on, more and more is available through our website. we certainly encourage researchers to use -- to look at our website, see what we have, discover all of the different record groups that we have here. and then they are -- anyone is free to come here and search our holdings. >> for more information about this research project, visit papersofabrahamlincoln.org. >>> in march of 1979, c-span began televising the u.s. house of representatives to households nationwide. and today, our content of politics and public affairs, nonfiction books, and american history, is available on tv, radio, and online. >> my personal appreciation that i owe a great debt to others reinforces my view that a certain humility should characterize the judicial role. judges and justices are servants of the law, not the other way around. judges are like umpires. umpires don't make the rules. they apply them. the role of an

. >> any human being over the age of 16 can come here to the national archives and use our holdings. more and more is available online. that takes time. digitization takes time. but as time goes on, more and more is available through our website. we certainly encourage researchers to use -- to look at our website, see what we have, discover all of the different record groups that we have here. and then they are -- anyone is free to come here and search our holdings. >> for more information about this research project, visit papersofabrahamlincoln.org. >>> throughout the weekend here on american history tv on c-span 3, watch personal interviews about historic events on oral histories. our history bookshelf features some of the best known history writer. revisit key figures, battles and events during the 150th anniversary of the civil war. visit college classrooms across the country during lectures in history. go behind the scenes at museums and historic sites on american artifacts. and the presidency looks at the policies and legacies of past american presidents. view our complete sc

this is an hour and a half. >> coming up next, national archives host a panel of scholars as they look at the banners that member of the national women's party used to convince the public and president to grant women the right to vote. this is an hour and a half. >> good evening. my name is tom nasdik and it's my pleasure to welcome you. the national archives is honored to host this program, as we have in our holdings hundreds of documents, petitions, photographs and posters related to women's suffrage. including the document we celebrate today, the joint resolution of congress proposing a constitutional amendment extending the right of suffrage to women, otherwise known as the 19th amendment to the constitution. certified by secretary of state colby on august 26, 1920. changing the face of the american electorate forever. before we get to tonight's program, i would like to first ask you to turn off or mute cell phones or other devices and alert you there will be time for question and answer after the discussion and we ask that you use the microphones that we'll have set up in the aisl

this hour-long program took place at the national archives in washington, d.c. >>> good afternoon. i'm director the national archives experience and it is my pleasure to welcome you to the william g. mcgowan theater. today we come together to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the creation of the congressional medal of honor. it was a bleak december of 1861, more than 12,000 men had already died in a conflict more bloody than most had imagined possible. with no end in sight. it is in this context that lincoln signs the navy bill authorizing recognition for gallantry in action that becomes the medal of honor. documents attesting to the heroism of civil war soldiers and an actual medal of honor, a medal never delivered because its recipient died in andersonville prison camp are now on display in the rotunda gallery on the exhibit level. i encourage you to visit the exhibit at the end of this program. today's panel reminds us that the sacrifice of those bitter years were, unfortunately, not unique in our history. every generation has required us to have individuals willing to sacrif

this is the research room which is part of the research complex here at the national archives, where researchers come and view records that we serve to them. my job is to work with researchers and work with the records that we have here in our holdings here in the national archives. and i work with the records of the house and senate. which is the bulk of our holdings in the center for legislative archives. we have records from legislative support agencies as well, but the records of the house and senate are the bulk of our holdings. going from 1789 to the present. i've worked with the staff of the lincoln papers for -- since they've been here. and i've assisted them among my colleagues in serving them the records that they need to search for records pertaining to abraham lincoln. >> the papers of abraham lincoln is a long-term editing project from the abraham lincoln presidential library and museum to locate an image and transcribe and public all of the documents written by lincoln or to lincoln during his entire lifetime. the papers of abraham lincoln began in 2001 as an expansion

so one of the national archives is faded and rather difficult to see. whereas this one is a nice, bright signature and easily recognizable as john hancock. there were men who participated in the american revolution who signed the declaration of independence. they were very daring men. they had no money. they had to finance a war on their own signatures, essentially. and i think he was interested in the mechanics and the administrative details of how that was accomplished, most people, i think, when they read about the american revolution and the battles, they get involved in the military strategy and there's quite a lot of that. i mean, he does have quite a lot of information having to do with the war. but, also, the letters have to do, for instance, washington's letter has to do with administrative details on his farm later in life. and i think he was trying to show that the american founding fathers were actually people who lived and died just like anyone else did. on the far left, we have a piece that is signed by benjamin franklin. and benjamin fran

a chance discovery of the national archive. what makes this silent film so extraordinary. now rupert merdock is facing more pressure today over his media interests here in the u.k. as a result of the police investigation into the voice mail hacking and corrupt payments to police officers. the british media regulator stepped up its inquiry as to when his satellite company is the fit and proper owner of a broadcasting license. one resigned saying he could no longer exercise his powers. he will fave way for a broader coalition government. and another will be free to appoint a prime minister. in northern ireland the leader of the austrian unionists is stepping down. he has blamed his decision to go on obstruction and hostility from within his own party. >> you're watching "bbc world news." with me, peter dobbie, these are the top stories. a deal aimed at reducing greece's huge debt has been overwhelmingly approved. and italian politicians are complaining that the politicians didn't inform them before attempting to rescue a british and italian man in nigeria. oxfam is warning o

downtown, the national archives building for the first time ever this week has been on display the original freedom of information act. i know some people in the room have made it by this week. if you haven't, and you have a chance to, i am not suggesting anybody would want to leave this program early -- but if you find yourself downtown somewhere around pennsylvania and 7th streets this afternoon, stop in, in the rotunda of the national archives and look at the display. we hope this will become an original sunshine week event, but we were proud to have the original law displayed there for the first time. >> does it show president johnson's signature in a shaky hand or a firm hand? because we gather he was a little bit shaky about signing? >> we understand from historians there was a bit of kicking and screaming involved, but the signature is there quite firmly, and it did become law, and there we go. i wanted to express appreciation for being able to have the benefit of sue long's historical perspective this morning. it really does make you realize how far we have come with changes in the

it is not available at national archives. so the theory, the remains of the older man found in the turret matched the age and approximate measurements of robert williams. the remains were of the man with arthritis and asymmetrical legs. robert williams of the "uss brooklyn" had abscesses which can be a sign of syphilis as seen in the medical log. the age is consistent in the 1858 and 1862 enlistment but not in the 1855. if the 1855 enlistment was correct and this was the same man, he should have been about 33. but as we see in the medical records, the age jumps around. there was no pension or application found in connection with the three enlistments. the thing to note there is that the original pension applications went through the state courts. there could have been a pension application that was kicked out through the state courts and never made it -- that's possible. the other possibility is that pensions were given only on a need basis and any survivors of robert williams could have been in good financial state and not n

downtown, the national archives building for the first time ever this week has been on display the original freedom of information act. and if you -- i know some people in the room have made it by this week. if approximate you haven't and you have a chance to, and i'm not suggesting anybody would want to leave this program early. but if you find yourselves downtown somewhere around pennsylvania and 7th streets this afternoon, stop in, in the rotunda of the national archives and take a look at the display. we are really hoping that this will become an annual sunshine week event. but we were very proud to have the original law displayed there for the first time. >> does it show president johnson's signature in a shaking hand or a firm hand? because we gather he was a little bit shaky about signing that. >> well, we understand from historians that there was a bit of kicking and screaming involved. but the signature is there quite firmly. and it did become law. and there we go. i wanted to express appreciation for being able to have the benefit of sue long's historical perspective this morning.

he works at the national archives. he's very active in a number of os, including the illinois state society, which joins the capital historical society in sponsoring today's event. then after rod, we will have our third speaker, dr. matthew wasniewski, who is the historian of the united states house of representatives. appointed in october of 2010. he had served as the historian and deputy chief of the house clerks, office of history and preservation. he's the editor in chief of women in congress, and directs many excellent programs in preservation of records, and the publication of historical documents and information pertaining to the house of representatives. and also, i might note on a personal note that prior to coming to the house of representatives, he worked at the u.s. capitol historical society. so it's a great pleasure to have matt on the program. so without further ado, dr. magness. >> thank you. john willis menard is a familiar name for those who know a bit about history of african-american representation

when i went to the national archives to see the declaration of independence where of course he signed quite large, and his reason for signing in such a large hand was so that there would be no doubt as to whose signature it was. you have to think that for the declaration of independence, if you signed your name there, you were essentially signing your death warrant because if the americans can't win and the british did win, that would be the first group that the british would have gone after were the signers of the declaration of independence. so the one in the national archives is faded and rather difficult to see, whereas this is a nice bright signature and easily recognizable as john hanco hancock. there were men who participated in the american revolution who signed the declaration of independence. h they were very daring men. they had no money. they had to finance a war on their own signatures essentially. and i think he was interested in the mechanics and administrative details of how that was accomplished. most people i think when they read about the american revolution and the

certainly to west point; to new york public library; and, of course, to washington, dc, to the national archives and the library of congress. c-span: where'd you find the most material that was useful primary material? >> guest: well, certainly the battlefield archive has the largest amount. but monroe, michigan, and the national archives would follow the battlefield. c-span: you've got a picture in here of general custer's wife at what age? >> guest: she's 22 in that picture. c-span: where did they meet? >> guest: in monroe, michigan, where she was a native, and he moved there following his sister and her husband. and eventually his whole family moved to monroe from ohio where he had been born. c-span: wasn't there a dispute about the statue in ohio, and --versus monroe, michigan? did they end up putting the statue in -- what is it? what's the name of that --new rumley or something? >> guest: yes, they did ultimately put a statue there as well. c-span: what was the controversy? >> guest: well, i suppose, arguing as to whether custer was a native son of one place or the other. c-span: how did th

as president obama reminded us at the national archives, our constitution has endorsed for civil rights, world war, and cold war. because it provides a foundation of principles that can be applied pragmatically. it provides a compass that can help us find our way. our most sacred principles and values of security, justice, and liberty for all citizens must continue to unite us, to guide us, and to help us build a future that honors our founding document and advances are ongoing in pursuit of a safer and more perfect union. in the continuing effort to keep our people secure, his administration remains true to those values that inspired our nation's founding and over the course of two centuries, has made america an example of strength and a beacon of justice for all of the world. this is our pledge. thank you for inviting me to discuss these important issues with you. thank you so much. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> 10 states hold presidential contest today. this morning rick santorum, newt gi

>> well, since these were all federal troops, the national archives is, you know -- has their records. state historical societies, yes, have large numbers of -- i mean, i wrote the end of -- well, the account of the siege of mobile was heavily relied on stuff that i got from the minnesota historical society. so you never can tell where exactly it's going to pop up, but i didn't have to go west of topeka, kansas. [ inaudible ] [ inaudible question ] >> you have a question? >> yes. do you happen you to have any information on the abolitionist frederick douglas' sons who were in the 54th regiment? >> well, yeah. there's a photograph of the 54th. i mean, i quoted a letter from one of his sons, but biographical information, things like that? no. no. just what's in the book oh, yeah. >> i have a question if you could probably give us a difference in how those initial black units raised by the state's ajunt general -- directly by the war department and what happened to the ones raised by the states? >> well, there's quite a bit of difference between old regiments that were raised and -- well

the national archives.to support the education act entities and their applications outside in the lobby. if you have the visitor gets up recently, please do so. physically or virtually. a wonderful array for the records of the government and the most popular record, especially significant tonight is the photograph of richard nixon and elvis presley. tonight's program is titled a matter of simple justice. it's a subject largely discussed today at the nixon administration more than any previous presidency by the opportunities for women in government. the panel took a look at the aspect of the nixon presidency. our moderator is judy woodruff, coanchor of "pbs newshour" and veteran journalist has covered politics and other news from within three decades and cnn, nbc and pbs. previously woodruff served as an curve and senior correspondent for cnn hosting the political program inside politics and other major news coverage. early in her career she covered the white house for nbc news. and she doesn't think she was

the participation of the national archives and of that special outlier unit in abilene, the great library that karl weisenbach leads so effectively, is a huge fundamental contribution for us being able to look to the future and the continuing first class reinterpretation of the eisenhower legacy through the decades and centuries. as we move forward, the archivist has tonight in his own way created his own historic event. the national memorialization of a president is a historic event, but this evening i think we are part of an unprecedented level of cooperation between elements of the government's action. we are a congressional commission. the archives has its own status and stature in society, and tonight as a result of the leadership of david ferreiro who has recognized the unique relationship between the designer of the eisenhower memorial and the great president that we are honoring. in a nutshell, one of the great transitional leaders in american history was dwight david eisenhower. last president born in the 19th century, among other things the first president to look at reconnaissa

she spent days buried in the national archives and other archives but also went out, confronted people face to face. she used all those methods. >> where was she from? >> from urbana, illinois. we met in college at university of illinois in the mid-80s an were friends since then. >> what kind of relationship did you have as friends? >> at first i didn't know what to make of her. she was many steps ahead of me. few internships, every time there was one, she would get it, before i even thought of applying to it, she would have already gotten it. that's how -- so far ahead of us, and she actually had the idea to write for the "new york times," as a correspondent, called them up and soon she had stories in the front section of the "new york times." we're thinking, who does that? you know? what to make of her, but then i saw -- i was her editor there and i saw what real talent backed up this incredible nerve, and i decided to emulate her instead of seeing her as a rival. and through the years both of us wrote books, and we were both sounding boards, and she became a huge role model of what

let me say on behalf of our board of directors, thank you to tom and the national archives experience for hosting and thank you to lisa kathleen and dr. kyle f tonight and sharing this wonderful information on the eve of women's equality day. thank you all. >>> they would wear garments made of home spun cloth. this cloth would be much more rough-textured and would be much less fine than the kinds of goods they could import from great britain. by wearing this home spun cloth, women were visibly and vividly and physically displaying their political sentiments. >> tonight at 9:00, george mason university professor rosemary za gary on the role of women in the revolutionary war. part of c-span 3. there is a new website for american history tv where you can find our schedules and preview upcoming programs. watch featured video from the weekly series as well as access ahtv's history tweets, social media from facebook, twitter and fore square. follow american history tv all weekend every weekend on c-span 3 and online at c-span.org/history. in the fall of 2011, american history tv visited old

i fond it in the belize national archives a couple weeks ago. this is a copy of the agreement signed between lincoln and the manager of the british company that was to administer the agreement signed on june 13, 1863 at the white house. menard is aware of this agreement through mitchell, who was the other negotiator and the other signator. anderson is important because he has a long standing role in the british anti-slavery movement going back to the 18 o 30s. he had been a crusader from scotland and he travels to meet with lincoln at the white house and negotiate the terms of this agreement. anderson was based on the island of jamaica, which comes in and plays an important role in menard's later career. this is the first time they meet. anderson was a very wealthy and religious philanthropist type and he devoted most of his energy and cause to bettering the condition of the blacks on the island and fighting for abolition internationally. he aligned with menard, they had a very natural agreement on ideas. but after this contract of sorts was sig

your footsteps thanking our alum rod ross, class of 1965, retired reference archivist at the national archivesdministration. of course, one never really retires from a devotion to the discovery and the preservation of our nation's storied past. thank you, rod, for your service in this very important effort that the societies join you in carrying out. one of the many gifts that -- well, yes, let's thank them all. [ applause ] thank you. most fitting. one of the many gifts that a liberal arts gives its graduates is a lifelong respect for the historical perspectives and power of historical imagination for the inseparation that the me dic kuls historical record brings to the. the and the future. i want to thank you all today for coming to be part of that important effort of discernment and inspiration. at knox, we are very proud of our abolitionist beginnings. we were founded as was noted earlier 175 years ago. our founders then imagined into being at a time when this was an heroic effort, a town on the prairie in gailsburg, illinois, distinguished by the presence of a college, a college open to a

to flush out bumby's ridiculous i went to one of my favorite places which is the national archives. when i was a grad student i could hang out here and now you have to go to college park. all of them are available for a researcher to look at which is a remarkable thing if you stop and think about what other intelligence service in a country that has recently been conquered can you go in and see virtually all the files? anyway, so, i'm looking actually for bumby and ernest, but i stumble across lester and that's ernest's brother and he's closer in age to bumby and he's a chip off the old block. he's a survivalist and lives in the woods by himself. he's a hunter and fisherman. he loves boating and sales the caribbean in this boat with one other guy. a really a kind of homemade outward bound trip. and then around 1939 the -- britain's in the war and the u.s. is not yet in the war and he's down in the hemingway family, ernest is living in key west with his second wife and there will be a quiz on this and which one affected the u.s. intelligence the most. so he's living with his second w

eventually it was decided to belonged to the national archives and we got access to in the fall. but you can imagine today an american president and a chinese president having this easy banter. it's a two-hour formal dinner and that's it. and absent a whole week of that, you wouldn't have had quite the same degree of mutual confidence that allowed the leadership on both sides to move ahead with the risks that they had undertaken into the whole trip happening at all. >> so, nick, how do you think meeting with zhou enlai and mao, albeit in a much shorter time frame, how you that affected william rogers, henry kissinger and nixon, what was their sentiment besides their sense of triumph of having gotten there and accomplished something rather significant? what do you think the personal sentiments were that they took away from their trip? >> well, nixon, i think, took away a sense of satisfaction. he told me at one time i had a conversation with him, he said, from now on, you china boys are going to have a lot more to do. and that turned out to be true. that's why my book is called "c

ok you mentioned i can remember this ok i bought a national archives i can tell you that same car in moscow perhaps more expensive i don't know what is the reason for this math it's a reality social probably the tags picks on i think it also their strategy or for big brands to sell products in russia much dance around and some are the marcus saw . structural fewer expenses completely different kinds of then and last one for sure. the way a supermarket functions in moscow and in the united states in russia in the states is a completely different or is it more or less the same i mean if it is your business familiar or you have to learn and then. create new things the business itself is the same we're selling. merchandise we're selling food and the way how we're doing because for sure different and the wal-mart is famous for their everyday low cost every day price structure and as far as normal fresh and retailer she was instructed it is really is a true you know model of sales and discounts and while we have some time there's a lot of noise like that so well that you know it's not a le

as the president reminded us in 2009 at the national archives where our founding documents are housed, and i quote again, we uphold our most cherished values not only because doing so is right but because it strengthens our country and keeps us safe. time and again our values -- our values -- have been our best national security access, unquote. our history proves this. we do not have to choose between security and liberty. and we will not. today i want to tell you about the collaboration across the government that defines

october, frank gehry, the architect behind the proposed eisenhower national memorial, spoke at the national archives about the ideas behind his design. he was joined by his collaborator, theater artist robert wilson. this is about an hour. >> thank you for the introducti introduction. i know how much you're looking forward to this great program we have this evening. my remarks will be brief. but as a representative of the eisenhower memorial commission, i'm happy and pleased that tonight we have with us three commissioners, chairman sicilianio from beverly hills, california, commissioner alfred goddelburg from new york city and commissioner susan harris from washington, d.c. i see around the room other distinguished supporters that the eisenhower legacy and the president and general's memor l memorialization. i regret that there isn't time to recognize more of you. i would like to thank the archivist of the united states for adding this evening's event to the memorialization of this great general and this great president.

as president obama reminded us at the national archives, and i quote again, our constitution has endured through cessation and civil rights, through world war and cold war because it provides a foundation of principles that can be applied pragmatically, it provides a compass that can help us find our way, unquote. our most sacred principles and values of security, justice and liberty for all citizens must continue to unite us, to guide us forward and to help us build a future that honors our founding documents and advances our on going uniquely american pursuit of a safer, more just and more perfect union. in the continuing effort to keep our people secure, this administration will remain true to those values that inspired our nation's founding, and over the course of two centuries have made america an example of strength and a beacon of justice for all

it's interesting in our business at the national archives when you have conferences or symposiums likehis and you realize how open our society is. i think that's extremely important. and we should feel fortunate as american citizens that we're able to do that. when ronald reagan took office in 1981, it is doubtful that anyone would have predicted the end of the cold war and the collapse of the soviet union a decade or so later. no one, that is, except ronald reagan. president reagan had a vision. and it changed the world and made it a safer place. but he also knew the importance of a strong military as well as good intelligence. as you will learn today, information provided to the president and his advisers is critical. in all fairness, things wen'