Colot, Thora, and Gehring, Christina, and Pinkert, Marvin, and Smith, Christina Rudy and, Bustard, Bruce I, and Sandoval, William, and Moore, Stephanie and MacDonald, Maureen (Copy Editor)
Washington DC: The Foundation for the National Archives, in association with D. Giles Limited, 2005. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. The format is approximately 8.25 inches by 9.75 inches. 176 pages. Decorative covers. Illustrations (some in color). Discovering American History in the National Archives. A beautiful account of the most striking events in American's past and an essential resource of democracy. This is a celebration of the permanent exhibition at the National Archives Building in Washington, D.C., providing a visual version of American political, social and economic history. Priceless collections of letters, maps, drawings, photographs and films tell the story of our nation. This demonstrates how preservation creates history. A number of those responsible are acknowledged elsewhere in this book, but several deserve special mention here. The National Archives’ Director of Museum Programs, Marvin Pinkert, provided leadership for the entire National Archives Experience project. He has been ably assisted by Christina Rudy Smith, Head of Exhibits for Museum Programs. The Executive Director of the Foundation for the National Archives, Thora Colot, and her staff offered the support and spearheaded the commitment needed to develop the Public Vaults program. Finally, without the efforts of my predecessor, the Eighth Archivist of the United States, John Carlin, and NARA’s other senior officials, the Public Vaults program could not have been initiated much less completed. More