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Tag: RG 84Allen Dulles and No. 23 Herrengasse, Bern, Switzerland, 1942-1945Today’s post is written by Dr. Greg Bradsher. Seventy-years ago, on November 9, 1942, forty-nine year old Allen W. Dulles arrived in Bern, Switzerland to head up the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) operations in Switzerland. Dulles was lucky to be in Switzerland. His train passed from Vichy France into Switzerland only minutes before the Germans [...] Posted by Guest Blogger on November 9, 2012, under Archives II, Civil Records. Records Lost and Found, or, Dresden on the Eve of DestructionToday’s post is written by David Langbart, a senior processing archivist in College Park. Sometimes records long thought to be lost find their way home. One such occurrence took place recently. The U.S. embassy in Germany received from the German government some files from the U.S. consulate in Dresden. The records had been found among [...] Posted by David Langbart on November 14, 2011, under Archives II, Civil Records, Reference. Foreign Service Friday: Despatch vs. DispatchToday’s post is written by archivist David Langbart who works primarily with diplomatic records. In my earlier post about Despatches, I noted that the correct spelling in Department of State usage is dEspatch and not dIspatch. After writing that post, purely by serendipity, I located a document that shows just how seriously the Department of [...] Posted by David Langbart on May 13, 2011, under Archives II, Civil Records. Little Poland en la haciendaFrom 1943 to 1946, Colonia Santa Rosa in Guanajuato, Mexico was the site of a US-government sponsored home for Polish refugees. About 240 miles northwest of Mexico City and “10 minutes’ ride by mule-drawn tram from the Leon railway station,” the hacienda included a 39-room ranch house, a flour mill, ten wheat storage warehouses, [...] Posted by Robin Waldman on April 22, 2011, under Civil Records. Foreign Service Friday! The Official-Informal LetterToday’s post is written by archivist David Langbart, who works primarily with diplomatic records. Researchers who use Department of State records may be interested to know a bit more about the types of documents used by Foreign Service Posts to communicate with the Department of State. This is the fifth, and final, in a series [...] Posted by David Langbart on April 8, 2011, under Reference. Foreign Service Friday! The Operations MemorandumToday’s post is written by archivist David Langbart, who works primarily with diplomatic records. Researchers who use Department of State records may be interested to know a bit more about the types of documents used by Foreign Service Posts to communicate with the Department of State. This is the fourth in a series of postings [...] Posted by David Langbart on April 1, 2011, under Archives II, Civil Records, Reference. Foreign Service Friday! The AirgramToday’s post is written by archivist David Langbart who works primarily with diplomatic records. Researchers who use Department of State records may be interested to know a bit more about the types of documents used by Foreign Service Posts to communicate with the Department of State. This is the third in a series of postings [...] Posted by David Langbart on March 25, 2011, under Archives II, Civil Records, Reference. Foreign Service Friday! The TelegramToday’s post is written by archivist David Langbart who works primarily with diplomatic records. Researchers who use Department of State records may be interested to know a bit more about the types of documents used by Foreign Service Posts to communicate with the Department of State. This is the second in a series of postings [...] Posted by David Langbart on March 18, 2011, under Civil Records, Reference, Researchers. Foreign Service Friday! The DespatchToday’s post is written by archivist David Langbart who works primarily with diplomatic records. Researchers who use Department of State records may be interested to know a bit more about the types of documents used by Foreign Service Posts to communicate with the Department of State. This is the first in a series of postings [...] Posted by David Langbart on March 11, 2011, under Archives II, Civil Records, Reference. |
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