Documents of the Week: U.S. Department of State

This week, we'll enjoy some documents from the U.S. Department of State:

• Treaties and other international agreements of the United States of American, 1886-1949
• Denmark-France
• Germany-Iran
• Iraq-Muscat
• Patterns of global terrorism, 2001
• Afghanistan: A year of occupation, Feb. 1981
• Afghanistan post report, Dec. 1986
• Background notes: Rwanda, Mar. 1998
• War on hunger (self-help in Bolivia) Nov. 1977
• Agenda, Sept. 1979
• English teaching forum, 2008
• The foreign assistance program, 1969
• Significant incidents of political violence against Americans: 1988
• Dispatch, Europe, July 1999
• State magazine, Nov. 2008
• International narcotics control strategy report, Mar. 2000
• Soviet American relations: The detente years, 1969-1972
• Security Guidelines for American families living abroad, 1996
• Tips for:
• Americans residing abroad, 1996
• Travelers to the middle East and North Africa, 1994
• Travelers to South Asia, 1995
• Travelers to Central and South America, 1996
• Travelers to the People's Republic of China, 1995

Documents of the Week: Smithsonian Institution

I imagine will have to visit the Smithsonian Institution again and again. The following documents are just from ONE shelf and we have many more for me to find treasures for display.

• Pottery from the index of American design
• General information and list of paintings & sculpture, 1941
• Venetian painting
• Family guide: The winter holidays
• American portrait drawings
• "In the minds and hearts of the people" Five American patriots and the road to revolution
• Fifty American faces
• Islamic metalwork
• From concept to context: Approaches to Asian and Islamic Calligraphy
• Prelude to the space age: The rocket societies 1924-1940
• Adventurous pursuits: Americans and the China trade 1784-1844

Enjoy!

The Transition

The General Accountability Office has created a transition website for the new administration.

Google and the National Archives

I'm currently updating records of historical video clips from the National Archives. These are fascinating! So far, I've found clips from the military, the Department of the Interior, and a Spanish dancer by the name of Carmencita. Take a few minutes and eplore for yourself. http://video.google.com/nara.html

Documents of the Week: Social Security

We've pulled a selection of documents from the U.S. Social Security Administration for your reading pleasure.

• A Brief History of Social Security, August 2000
• A Brief History of Social Security 60th Anniversary
  
• Unemployment and Health Insurance in Great Britain, 1911-1937
  
• A Brief Explanation of the Social Security Act, 1937
  
• What You Should Know About Unemployment Compensation, 1937
  
• Old-Age Insurance Under the Social Security Act, 1938
• Federal Old-Age Benefits, 1937
• The Federal-State Program for Unemployment Compensation, 1936
• Aid to Dependent Children, 1937
• Social Security - What and Why?, 1936
• Public Assistance, 1936
• Selected List of Social Security Publications, 1936
• Annual Report of the Federal Security Agency, section six, 1946
• Social Security Handbook, 2001
• Childhood Disability
• Careers with Social Security
• fast facts & figures about Social Security
• Social Security Bulletin

You will also find a selection of informative flyers in Spanish, Russian, Korean & Chinese.

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