The National Archives is shutting down its Chicago, San Francisco & Seattle research facilities. The closures rip public records out of the hands of the people, burying our history behind bureaucracy and darkness. This is NOT how democracy works!
July 23, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Just went to the #NationalArchives website, and the announcement shared below has been removed.
It seems the question of whether historical research is a "legitimate business need" is moot, at least for now...
www.archives.gov/college-park
#Archives #NARA #ArchivesAreForEveryone #speccolls 🗃️📜
It seems the question of whether historical research is a "legitimate business need" is moot, at least for now...
www.archives.gov/college-park
#Archives #NARA #ArchivesAreForEveryone #speccolls 🗃️📜
June 25, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Just went to the #NationalArchives website, and the announcement shared below has been removed.
It seems the question of whether historical research is a "legitimate business need" is moot, at least for now...
www.archives.gov/college-park
#Archives #NARA #ArchivesAreForEveryone #speccolls 🗃️📜
It seems the question of whether historical research is a "legitimate business need" is moot, at least for now...
www.archives.gov/college-park
#Archives #NARA #ArchivesAreForEveryone #speccolls 🗃️📜
30 July 2026 Who will you contact about National Archives closures? #Genealogy #NARA #NationalArchives
July 30, 2026 at 9:09 PM
30 July 2026 Who will you contact about National Archives closures? #Genealogy #NARA #NationalArchives
30 Sep 2026 NARA has quietly announced tribal listening meetings 3 months after announcing closures #Genealogy #nationalarchives
October 1, 2026 at 12:48 AM
30 Sep 2026 NARA has quietly announced tribal listening meetings 3 months after announcing closures #Genealogy #nationalarchives
"What Is Past Is Prologue"
Statue & inscription outside the National Archives in Washington DC, USA.
#whatispastisprologue #nationalarchives #washingtondc #dc #statue #sculpture #architecture #history #quote #shakespeare #tempest #photography #boldfrontiers #somadjinn #tergoventus #nicolasraymond
Statue & inscription outside the National Archives in Washington DC, USA.
#whatispastisprologue #nationalarchives #washingtondc #dc #statue #sculpture #architecture #history #quote #shakespeare #tempest #photography #boldfrontiers #somadjinn #tergoventus #nicolasraymond
May 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM
"What Is Past Is Prologue"
Statue & inscription outside the National Archives in Washington DC, USA.
#whatispastisprologue #nationalarchives #washingtondc #dc #statue #sculpture #architecture #history #quote #shakespeare #tempest #photography #boldfrontiers #somadjinn #tergoventus #nicolasraymond
Statue & inscription outside the National Archives in Washington DC, USA.
#whatispastisprologue #nationalarchives #washingtondc #dc #statue #sculpture #architecture #history #quote #shakespeare #tempest #photography #boldfrontiers #somadjinn #tergoventus #nicolasraymond
29 July 2026 It’s time to get loud about NARA closures. Go to saveournationalarchives.org #Genealogy #NARA #NationalArchives
July 29, 2026 at 9:04 PM
29 July 2026 It’s time to get loud about NARA closures. Go to saveournationalarchives.org #Genealogy #NARA #NationalArchives
I'm getting pretty good at these phone calls to my senators and rep. 🤷♀️ #NationalParksStaffingMatters #GetDogeOutOfGov'tBldgs #NationalArchives
February 18, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I'm getting pretty good at these phone calls to my senators and rep. 🤷♀️ #NationalParksStaffingMatters #GetDogeOutOfGov'tBldgs #NationalArchives
"The public should have a 'right to remember,' and 'what gets preserved and what vanishes should not be decided based on ideology.' - from @asheeshksi.bsky.social @umassamherst.bsky.social
#NationalArchives #NARA #NEH #humanities #history
#NationalArchives #NARA #NEH #humanities #history
“Trump’s effort to manipulate the federal infrastructure of historical knowledge is a reminder that the past is a site of constant political contestation — and that the public must be vigilant and insistent that our archives are managed toward democratic ends.” www.hnn.us/article/scra...
Scratching the Record
On the long history of governments attempting to restrict access to documents about their inner workings.
www.hnn.us
July 9, 2025 at 2:13 AM
"The public should have a 'right to remember,' and 'what gets preserved and what vanishes should not be decided based on ideology.' - from @asheeshksi.bsky.social @umassamherst.bsky.social
#NationalArchives #NARA #NEH #humanities #history
#NationalArchives #NARA #NEH #humanities #history
Access to the historical record should not be restricted to "visitors with a legitimate business need."
Archives belong to everyone!
#NationalArchives #speccolls
#archives #skystorians 🗃️📜
Archives belong to everyone!
#NationalArchives #speccolls
#archives #skystorians 🗃️📜
June 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Access to the historical record should not be restricted to "visitors with a legitimate business need."
Archives belong to everyone!
#NationalArchives #speccolls
#archives #skystorians 🗃️📜
Archives belong to everyone!
#NationalArchives #speccolls
#archives #skystorians 🗃️📜
It’s going to be another hot one in the sunny south east, so where else am I going to be…?
#NationalArchives
#NationalArchives
June 23, 2026 at 8:40 AM
It’s going to be another hot one in the sunny south east, so where else am I going to be…?
#NationalArchives
#NationalArchives
31 July 2026 Visit saveournationalarchives.org for petitions and updates #Genealogy #NARA #NationalArchives
July 31, 2026 at 8:35 PM
31 July 2026 Visit saveournationalarchives.org for petitions and updates #Genealogy #NARA #NationalArchives
I'm very concerned about the closing of NARA facilities in Chicago. Tons of Midwestern records are stored here. Please sign the petition to stop this! c.org/p27fZmjx86 #genealogy #FamilyHistory #NARA
Sign the Petition
Stop the Closure of the National Archives at Chicago!
c.org
July 19, 2026 at 12:23 AM
The National Archives is looking for volunteers with an increasingly rare skill: Reading cursive.
Can you read cursive? It's a superpower the National Archives is looking for.
The National Archives is looking for volunteers with an increasingly rare skill: Reading cursive.
www.usatoday.com
January 16, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Walking from the tube,
embraced within botany
floral history
How many scholars came here
trod these steps in days gone by?
#BraveWrite
#vss365
#history
#london
#nationalarchives
#tanka
embraced within botany
floral history
How many scholars came here
trod these steps in days gone by?
#BraveWrite
#vss365
#history
#london
#nationalarchives
#tanka
July 26, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Walking from the tube,
embraced within botany
floral history
How many scholars came here
trod these steps in days gone by?
#BraveWrite
#vss365
#history
#london
#nationalarchives
#tanka
embraced within botany
floral history
How many scholars came here
trod these steps in days gone by?
#BraveWrite
#vss365
#history
#london
#nationalarchives
#tanka
📜 🇺🇸 Honor the Past. Define the Future.
www.instagram.com/p/DLKgM01Og2...
#PreserveThePast #ArchivesMatter #PhilatelicDream #USPSHeritage #HistoryMatters #NationalArchives #StampCollecting #Philately
www.instagram.com/p/DLKgM01Og2...
#PreserveThePast #ArchivesMatter #PhilatelicDream #USPSHeritage #HistoryMatters #NationalArchives #StampCollecting #Philately
June 21, 2025 at 1:16 PM
📜 🇺🇸 Honor the Past. Define the Future.
www.instagram.com/p/DLKgM01Og2...
#PreserveThePast #ArchivesMatter #PhilatelicDream #USPSHeritage #HistoryMatters #NationalArchives #StampCollecting #Philately
www.instagram.com/p/DLKgM01Og2...
#PreserveThePast #ArchivesMatter #PhilatelicDream #USPSHeritage #HistoryMatters #NationalArchives #StampCollecting #Philately
1 Aug 2026 Visit www.saveournationalarchives.org and sam.gov/workspace/co... #Genealogy #NARA #NationalArchives
August 1, 2026 at 8:15 PM
1 Aug 2026 Visit www.saveournationalarchives.org and sam.gov/workspace/co... #Genealogy #NARA #NationalArchives
August 5, 2026 at 11:10 PM
The best way to destroy your present is to allow anyone to sweep away your past.
Inktober Day 10
#inktober #inktober2025 #sweep #nationalarchives #erasingthepast #inkart #inkdrawing #sakurapigmamicron #fabercastell #art #drawing🎨
Inktober Day 10
#inktober #inktober2025 #sweep #nationalarchives #erasingthepast #inkart #inkdrawing #sakurapigmamicron #fabercastell #art #drawing🎨
October 11, 2025 at 8:29 AM
The best way to destroy your present is to allow anyone to sweep away your past.
Inktober Day 10
#inktober #inktober2025 #sweep #nationalarchives #erasingthepast #inkart #inkdrawing #sakurapigmamicron #fabercastell #art #drawing🎨
Inktober Day 10
#inktober #inktober2025 #sweep #nationalarchives #erasingthepast #inkart #inkdrawing #sakurapigmamicron #fabercastell #art #drawing🎨
Enjoying a research break after lunch. Didn't expect to be sitting in a deckchair today 🤣
#NationalArchives #Genealogist #Research
#NationalArchives #Genealogist #Research
April 11, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Enjoying a research break after lunch. Didn't expect to be sitting in a deckchair today 🤣
#NationalArchives #Genealogist #Research
#NationalArchives #Genealogist #Research
If this material is not going into the parliamentary record, it’s the kind of “fork in the road” material the #NationalLibrary or #NationalArchives could/should collect but they are being cut back along with all other public services.
March 27, 2025 at 10:59 PM
If this material is not going into the parliamentary record, it’s the kind of “fork in the road” material the #NationalLibrary or #NationalArchives could/should collect but they are being cut back along with all other public services.
Time to fess up and move on. @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social on the bizarre 21-year cover-up of Australia spying on Timor L'Este
"National Archives is refusing to even say whether they hold documents relating to the spying"
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/rex-patrick-...
"National Archives is refusing to even say whether they hold documents relating to the spying"
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/rex-patrick-...
"Admit it, and move on": Rex Patrick on Australia's East Timor spying - Michael West
It's 21 years since the Howard Government spied on Timor-Leste but the National Archives is still stonewalling on the documents
michaelwest.com.au
June 23, 2025 at 6:18 AM
31 July 2026 Visit saveournationalarchives.org for petitions and updates #Genealogy #NARA #NationalArchives
July 31, 2026 at 8:30 PM
31 July 2026 Visit saveournationalarchives.org for petitions and updates #Genealogy #NARA #NationalArchives
April 5, 2025 at 5:37 PM
9 Aug 2026 Why isn’t this getting covered by national news or journalists??? #genealogy #nara #nationalarchives
August 9, 2026 at 4:26 PM
9 Aug 2026 Why isn’t this getting covered by national news or journalists??? #genealogy #nara #nationalarchives
August 1, 2026 at 8:18 PM