Archive for '- The 1960s'
What’s Cooking Wednesday: Top Ten Food Records of 2011
As 2011 draws to a close, so does our exhibit “What’s Cooking, Uncle Sam?” which will end on January 3, 2012. It’s been a great year for food here at the National Archives. We’ve had amazing guests come and speak, including Chef José Andrés, our neighbor and Chief Culinary Adviser for the exhibit; Chef Roland [...]
Posted by Hilary on December 28, 2011, under - Great Depression, - The 1960s, - World War II, Recipes, Unusual documents, What's Cooking Wednesdays.
Tags: Alice Kamps, Ann Harvey Yonkers, B1, butter, candy, chef, crimes against butter, Diana Kennedy, Eisenhower, exploding ketchup, food groups, FRESHFARM Markets, George Motz, Grains of Health, guest speakers, Hamburger America, High on the Hog, Jessica B. Harris, Jose Andres, Kansas City, ketchup, magarine, Nebraska, oleo gang, pastry chef, Pig Cafeteria, poison, Potatriots, Queen Elizabeth, Queen's Scones, Roland Mesnier, scribd.com, Top Ten, USDA, vitamin, vitamin donuts, wedding, whale, Wild West, WWII
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Hit the Road, Jack!
Today’s post is by Miriam Kleiman, public relations specialist at the National Archives. Jack Kerouac—American counterculture hero, king of the Beats, and author of On the Road—was a Navy military recruit who failed boot camp. Navy doctors found Kerouac delusional, grandiose, and promiscuous, and questioned his strange writing obsession. I learned this in 2005, right [...]
Posted by Hilary on November 22, 2011, under - The 1960s, Prologue Magazine, Rare Photos, Unusual documents.
Tags: Basic Training, Clark Cable, delusional, dementia praecox, Elvis, grandiose, Jack Kerouac, Jackie Robinson, national personnel records center, On the Road, promiscuous, St. Louis
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Say cheese, Mr. President: White House photographers at the Truman Library
Only 43 men in the history of the United States have held the title of President. That’s a fairly small group , smaller than your average NFL team. But smaller still is the group of professionals who have held the title as the President’s chief photographer. To date, only nine men have served as the official White [...]
Posted by Victoria on October 25, 2011, under - Presidents, - The 1960s, News and Events.
Tags: Bob McNeely, David Hume, David Valdez, Eric Draper, exhibits, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, missouri, Oval Office, Pete Souza, photograkers, photography, presidential libraries, presidential photographer, Truman Library, Truman Library and Museum, White House, White House Photographer
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What’s Cooking Wednesdays: Lookout cookouts
This week’s edition of What’s Cooking Wednesday comes from Kathleen Crosman, an archivist at the National Archives at Seattle. Those who manned fire lookout towers were essentially camping out for weeks at a time. They had to pack their rations, which were mostly canned or nonperishable food, and prepare what meals they could. Today’s high-tech, [...]
Posted by Victoria on September 28, 2011, under - The 1960s, Recipes, What's Cooking Wednesdays.
Tags: cookbooks, lookout cookbooks, National Archives at Seattle, Office of the Forest Service
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From Our Film Archives: “The March”
This Sunday is the anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington. To commemorate the event, the National Archives is displaying a program from the march in the East Rotunda Gallery and screening The March on August 27 and 28. But if you are not in Washington, DC, you can still watch the entire film on our YouTube [...]
Posted by Hilary on August 26, 2011, under - Civil Rights, - Cold War, - The 1960s, News and Events, Rare Videos.
Tags: Congress, Eisenhower, James Blue, March on Washington, Oscar, Smith-Mundt Act, The March, United States Information Agency, USIA
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