POST-WAR RECORDS COPIED BY JAPAN

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The first phase of the Japanese Diet Library's seven-year
$9 million project to microfilm all 35 million pages of
the records of the post-war Allied occupying forces in
Japan has been completed. Some 820,000 pages selected
by two researchers working since June were microfilmed
at the National Archives' Washington National Records
Center in Suitland. The records are from the General
Headquarters of the occupation forces.
Documents to be microfilmed in fiscal 1979 concern
such issues as the Emperor's war responsibility, actions
of the Tokyo Military Tribunal, and crimes committed
by members of the U.S. armed forces in Japan.
This will be the first time that information on the ini-
tial state of the occupation of Japan by Allied powers
immediately after World War II will have been made
accessible to the Japanese people.
A similar massive records-copying project is being
conducted at Suitland by the West German government.
Documents of the American forces' occupation of West
Germany from 1944 through 1949 are put on mi-
crofiche. Present plans call for the filming of one million
frames per year for the next five years. The microfiche
will be available at the West German state archives in
Coblenz.
NEW COURSE
A valuable course has been initiated by NARS for career
development system interns. Second-year trainees re-
ceive a full-week's training on such items as budgeting,
personnel administration, outreach programs, the law as
it affects archives, and professional developments. Dr.
Trudy Peterson of the Deputy Archivist's staff organizes
the periodic advanced archives administration classes.
NEW PUBLICATION
NARS recently issued an 84-page catalogue to the 1900
population census that is being circulated widely and is
stimulating a flood of orders for census microfilm from
the public. Even without the catalogue, NARS in the
nine months it had been offering 1900 census informa-
tion (1,854 rolls and a 7,846-roll index), sold 66,399
rolls. Most of these sales, however, were to institutions,
which were given priority over individuals to speed dis-
semination of the schedules.
SAYING IT SILENTLY: Albert Meisel, assistant
archivist for educational programs, begins his remarks
at the opening day of the Gallaudet exhibit in sign
language. Gallaudet is the only liberal arts college in
the world for the deaf. Meisel, who was instructed by
Susie Marshburn of the Still Pictures Branch in the
manual alphabet, said: "Good afternoon, ladies and
gentlemen. It is a great pleasure for me to be with
you". The display, part of our continuing educational
outreach program, showed copies of documents from
the Archives pertaining to the history of Gallaudet
College. Exhibits included the school's act of
incorporation signed by Franklin Pierce, an 1887 map
of Washington, and a letter written in 1952 accusing
the dietician of feeding "seconds" to black students.
The exhibit was researched by archivist Lance Fischer, a
graduate of Gallaudet, and organized by Lillian Grandy
of the exhibits staff.
HUGE DECLASSIFICATION BACKLOG IS FACED
BY ARCHIVES
When Executive Order 12065 took effect late last year,
it reduced the 30-year review requirement for U.S.-
originated classified information to 20 years. This put
the National Archives a decade behind in declassification
review, since it immediately faced a backlog of 238 mil-
lion pages of permanently valuable material in its cus-
tody; in addition, the Archives expects that new acces-
sions of classified information will equal roughly 42
million pages a year. As in the past, the bulk of this
material is from Defense, State, the National Security
Council, and CIA. The present declassification division
staff is able to review and declassify about 40 million
pages of material per year.
In order to keep up with accessions and to reduce the
backlog created by President Carter's new order, NARS
is seeking funds to accelerate its effort.
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 LOAN AGREEMENT: The Archivist borrows, on behalf of the'National Archives, the original German copy of
the Armistice agreement ending World War II. The ceremony was held in the German Embassy in Washington.
Dr. Niels Hansen, minister in the embassy, watches the proceeding. The 22-page Armistice was hand-carried to
the LBJ Library in Austin where it was a featured display in the library's exhibition "The War to End All Wars."
This was the first public display of the document in history. The German copy of the Armistice is apparently the
only one in existence. The copy made for the Allies and kept by the French, because Allied armies were
commanded by Marshal Ferdinand Foch, disappeared after the conquest of France by the Nazis during World War
II. Photograph by Kathy King
WHAT THE ARCHIVIST
HAD TO SAY
"The Roman poet Virgil wrote: `Happy is the man who
plucks the fruits from branches that the fields willingly
yield; and avoids the iron laws, the mad courts, and the
public archives.'
"We in the archival profession look toward the day
when the warning of Virgil is universally recognized as
totally inapplicable, for we are striving to make research
in archives easy and fruitful. We believe that exploring
of the roots of our common heritage is important, both
for what it teaches us about ouselves and for the guid-
ance it may provide us for the future."
Dr. Rhoads,
in an address at
Western Washington College
in Bellingham.
RIGOROUS INSPECTIONS
NARS is planning a series of rigorous inspections dur-
ing the current fiscal year. The Office of Federal Rec-
ords Centers, which has already inspected all 15 centers
once since 1975, will cover all 15 a second time by the
end of the year; three of the installations-at San Bruno,
Philadelphia, and Bayonne-will receive their third vis-
its. These team inspections last at least two days.
Meanwhile, the Office of Presidential Libraries will
inspect all six existing Presidential Libraries as well as
the Ford Library Project; two-person teams will be
used.
The Office of Records Management intends to study
five of the 10 regional records management divisions,
while the Office of the National Archives will inspect 5
of the 11 regional branches.
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BIOGRAPHER AT
WORK IN
KANSAS CITY
Joseph G. Rosa strode through the swinging doors of
the Kansas City Regional Archives Branch one day, pad
and pencil in hand. After years of exchanging letters
with the branch staff while working at his home in
Ruislip, near London, Joe was in town to tie up a few
loose ends in his research into the life and adventures of
James Butler Hickok-better known to just about
everyone as "Wild Bill."
"Joe is one of our most dependable researchers," says
Bob Knecht, an archivist at the branch. "As we process
our Kansas Court records, references to `Wild Bill' keep
turning up, and we pass the news on to Joe the next
time he contacts us."
Rosa has written a number of articles for Western
By Alan F. Perry
photographs, and spurs. As well as artifacts, he is fasci-
nated with the facts and myths about Hickok.
"I think it is very clear that `Wild Bill' was no way
near as wild as his reputation," says Rosa. "He was ex-
tremely courteous and he could read and write, which a
lot of people of his generation could not."
Why is Hickok so fascinating to Rosa?
"The man is still an enigma. We know a lot about
him, but we still don't know as much as we'd like about
him as a person. As long as you live, you'll always find
something new. Once you get hooked on these charac-
ters, you never give up."
In addition to his research on Hickok, Joe Rosa is at
work on "Rowdy Joe" Lowe, Wichita saloon-keeper and
magazines as well as three books: They Called Him Wild gunfighter. This ~resrearch, and a separate project in-
Bill, Alias goJack t o Pr e r ' ` ds et o 5v re') return to h sl should
Myth. He got e on i i an e e est o esunsure oe s return to a ansas ity c ryes.
19th century America when he saw the film The
Plainsman with Garv C,nnner'17 vearc ian Tmhiied with
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RITE: In a ceremony at the White House, President Carter is presented with leather-bound copies of the first two
volumes of his public papers. The two-book set includes his inaugural address, executive orders, reorganization
plan, and a digest of his daily schedule. The publication was compiled by the Office of the Federal Register.
Attending the ceremony were, to the President's right, Jay Solomon, GSA Administrator, and Federal Register
staff members: Ernie Galdi, Robert Lewis, Fred Emery, Martha Girard, Richard Claypoole, Margaret Donohoe,
Kenneth Payne, Kathy Mellody. The Archivist is at left.
PRESIDENTIAL
LIBRARIES:
PEOPLE
AND EVENTS
As a public service, the Firestone Tire Company re-
placed the worn tires on the 1936 Ford convertible on
display at the Roosevelt Library. The auto is famous be-
cause of the many photographs made of President
Roosevelt while he rode in it .... Under a grant from
the LBJ Foundation, the LBJ Library has initiated a
scholar-in-residence program. First recipient of the
award is William J. Jorden, former ambassador to
Panama and member of the National Security Council.
He'll use the grant to write a book on his career ....
With work on the Kennedy Library in Boston proceed-
ing well, the library board has begun planning for a gala
opening of the dramatic I.M. Pei waterfront building. A
public celebration, Boston Pops concert, marathon, re-
gatta, and fireworks are projected. An opening either
next October or in the spring of 1980 is antici-
pated .... In a related matter, the Douay version of the
Bible used by John F. Kennedy at his inauguration has
been donated to the Kennedy Library by Thomas A.
Fitzgerald Jr., a cousin of the late president's mother.
The Bible contains handwritten records dating back to
1857 of births, deaths, and marriages in the Fitzgerald
family, including many written in by Rose Kennedy,
such as the listing of her own marriage to Joseph Ken-
nedy and the births of their nine children .... Adm.
Hyman Rickover, father of the nuclear submarine, has
been named winner of the 1979 Harry S. Truman Good
Neighbor Foundation Award. It will be presented in
Kansas City at the annual Truman Library celebration of
the late President's birthday .... Ground-breaking for
the Gerald R. Ford library building in Ann Arbor,
scheduled late last year, was canceled due to a conflict in
former President Ford's schedule. A cornerstone-laying
ceremony probably will be scheduled for next
spring .... Directors of the Presidential Libraries dis-
cussed security, public education, budgets, and archival
programs at a meeting at the Hoover Library. Economy
measures were a key topic, with measures formulated to
establish greater controls over travel, time and attend-
ance, and contracts and purchases .... Federal
Women's Week was observed at the Eisenhower Library
with the presentation of eight programs over three days.
Featured speakers discussed such topics as self-defense,
battered women, assertiveness training, biofeedback, in-
vestments, consumer frauds, trust funds, and women's
legal rights. Thirty-two businesses in the Abilene area
sent 87 representatives to the programs. Twenty-one
members of the library staff attended.
ARCHIVES DOCUMENTS
IN ISRAEL
In honor of Israel's 30th anniversary as a nation, the
National Library in Jerusalem put on public view three
documents from the Truman Library: Chaim Weiz-
mann's request for U.S. recognition of the new state of
Israel on May 13, 1948; President Truman's draft
statement the next day tendering de facto recognition
only 11 minutes after the declaration of Israeli state-
hood; and a photograph of Weizmann presenting a
torah to Truman at the White House. Sent in mid-
summer, the documents remained on view through the
end of the year.
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EEO PROGRAM
GAINS
AT ST. LOUIS
By Norman Eisenberg
The Archivist of the United States visited the National
Personnel Records Center in St. Louis to meet with
management officials, the supervisory staff, and officers
of the union represented at the center in order to discuss
accomplishments and problems in the equal employ-
ment opportunity program. An Equal Employment
Opportunity Division report had led the Archivist to
establish a study team to review the affirmative action
and equal employment opportunity areas.
The team consisted of Gil Dorame, director of the
Atlanta Federal Archives and Records Center; Wendell
Evans, the former director of the Boston Federal Ar-
chives and Records Center and now an Office of Rec-
ords Management staff member; and Jane Hudson, also
from the Office of Records Management. In 1977 the
team visited the center and conducted an in-depth sur-
vey of activities and operations. The findings of the
team are important because they found no evidence that
NPRC policies cause, maintain, perpetuate, or encour-
age discriminatory practices in the workforce. Based on
their interviews, the team concluded that most discrimi-
nation complaints stemmed from "vexing human rela-
tions problems" rather than discriminatory practices,
and this finding is supported by the fact that only one
charge of discrimination in nine formally resolved corn-
plaints has been upheld.
Reporting to the Archivist, the team suggested he
make a firm reiteration of his commitment to the prin-
ciples of affirmative action. It is for this reason he visited
the St. Louis Center last Aug. 24, where in the past six
years the changes in the workforce have been impres-
sive. The number of women at the GS-6 level and above
increased from 21 percent to 43 percent. Minorities in
1972 constituted only 18 percent of the workforce at
the GS-6 level and above; they now represent 34 per
cent.
Especially impressive were the gains achieved by
women and minorities in the supervisory ranks. In 1972
women filled only 14 percent of the supervisory posi-
tions and minorities occupied only 23 percent. Both
groups now fill 40 percent of the positions. The per-
centage of women in the total workforce has increased
from 51 percent to 60 percent and the percentage of
minority employees has increased from 39 percent to
41 percent in the years between 1972 and 1978.
In spite of these accomplishments, the Archivist was
quick to point out to persons attending the meetings the
need for action to provide even further improvement.
Gil Dorame Wendell Evans Jane Hudson
For example, the EEO officer, supervisors, and manag-
ers will work together in tailoring the affirmative action
plan. Other interested parties such as the unions and
EEO counselors will be given an opportunity to com-
ment on the plan before it is submitted. An awards pro-
gram will be established for employees-both managers
and nonmanagers-who make significant contributions
to the improvement of the EEO situation.
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In order to improve
internal communication
between management
and employees, summa-
ries of the affirmative
action plan will be distri-
buted to all employees.
An internal employees'
newsletter has been in-
stituted and briefings of
supervisors and manag-
ers on all new policies
affecting the center is
being done on a regular
basis. The Spanish-
speaking program will
'I 9lle made available
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to the person serving as aaniish-speaking coordinator.
Tli .Archivist stressed his strong belief that the super-
visory staff needs to realize that many of the center's
problems stem from the relatively low grade level of
most of the employees and failure of lines of communi-
cation. He urged supervisors to become more sensitive
to these problems.
As part of his appearance at the center, Dr. Rhoads
presented awards to several center employees. A Public
Service Award went to Minnie Liddell for her work in
the St. Louis community in the area of civil rights.
Other persons receiving awards were Raymond Puder,
Lloyd Huber, Cynthia Griffin, Robert Orf, James Wil-
son, Janette McGee, Harold Harte, and Elma Donley.
Eisenberg is on the management and technical staff of the
National Personnel Records Center.
Photograph by Dorothea Lange, War Relocation Authority collection of the National Archives. Taken on April 20,
1942 at a San Francisco elementary school, the Japanese-American children in the foreground are pledging allegiance
two weeks before their relocation to a camp. The photograph is part of the teaching packet "World War 11-The
Home Front." These packets, an educational innovation introduced by the National Archives, contain copies of
original documents as sources for study in secondary schools. (See story on p. 12.)
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HONORED: Minnesota State Archivist Lucile Kane (right) is pictured at a reception given her by the National
Historical Publications and Records Commission. Author of A Guide to the Care and Administration of
Manuscripts and other books and articles, Ms. Kane has been a leader in archives administration, document
preservation, and historical editing. She is shown with Jane F. Smith (seated left), director of NARS' Civil
Archives Division; and from the left, Frank Burke, NHP RC executive director, Mabel E. Deutrich, assistant
archivist for the Office of the National Archives; and Oliver Wendell Holmes, former NHPRC executive director.
OLD FILM
BURNS
AT SUITLAND
Lack of storage space for records is a continuing, and
increasing, problem for the National Archives and Rec-
ords Service. Old nitrate film, notoriously flammable
because of its chemical instability, poses a storage diffi-
culty all its own.
On December 7, fire swept one of two buildings at
the Archives nitrate film storage vaults in suburban
Suitland, Maryland. Twenty of the 27 vaults in Building
A burned out and approximately 12.3 million linear feet
of Universal newsreels were lost. The films were "out-
takes"-footage not used in final releases.
One-fourth of the 3.4 million feet of film salvaged
from the blaze was damaged by either water, smoke, or
fire, and is currently being brought in small batches to
the National Archives building for washing and drying
in the laboratory of the Photographic Services Branch.
Salvaged film not at the Archives building or in transit is
stored in a large refrigerated truck at Suitland to guard
against possible spontaneous combustion.
The cause of the blaze remains unknown. It is being
probed by a joint GSA-NARS ad hoc team and the in-
vestigation can be expected to be lengthy, since 13 fire
companies were involved in fighting the conflagration.
Among issues being probed is failure of the fire to be
contained in a single vault.
An accelerated program to copy the surviving film on
modern safety film has been instituted by NARS, but a
lack of funds precludes the speedy effort that is so desir-
able. It is estimated that $2.5 million alone is needed to
finish the most pressing part of the task in the next two
years.
Commenting on the fire, the Washington Post in an
editorial suggested that the project could be further
speeded if funds to support this vital service were di-
verted from the audiovisual budgets of other govern-
ment agencies, particularly the military services, which
spend many times that sum on new audiovisual produc-
tions each year.
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PARIS: Dr. Frank Evans has been the National Ar-
chives' man in Paris for two years now. And he loves it.
As chief UNESCO expert on archives, he's doing
professional work that is challenging, and, in his view,
immensely useful. And he adores living in Paris-"a
beautiful, livable city."
Evans, 51, deals with archival problems across a vast
range of UNESCO disciplines. He develops programs,
with particular emphasis on the third world at this
point, and then works to get them adopted.
As a veteran of the American archival profession,
Evans feels he's the right nationality for the job. "The
U.S. is way ahead of the rest of the world in dealing
with archives," he says.
lie cites pioneering work in developing machine-
readable records, in preservation, in designing buildings
specifically for records, in promoting "selectivity" or
records management.
On the other hand, he emphasizes that in archival
work there can be no one model and that advanced
ideas have to be adapted to various nations. "Where
there is poor maintenance, there isn't much point in
urging the use of high-cost technology. It's a problem.
Equatorial Africans see something working in Europe,
they want it for themselves." Evans may find himself in
the position of having to discourage adoption of some-
thing he has just been praising.
What's really needed, he thinks, are people so well-
trained in the archival field that they can adapt basic
ideas to their own unusual circumstances. So his per-
sonal emphasis has been on creation of skilled archival
manpower through courses, fellowships, instructional
materials.
Just from a language standpoint, it can get a little
complicated. There are six working languages at
UNESCO-English, French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic,
and Chinese; important documents are issued in four
languages.
Does UNESCO work benefit the U.S. too? Evans
points out that original studies into knotty aspects of
preservation have been done in such countries as Ger-
many, Israel, Poland, and Yugoslavia. He also thinks the
superior status conferred archivists in some parts of the
have simp
world is a conception well worth importation into the
EVANS
TALKS ABOUT
ARCHIVES
U.S.
Veteran of a dozen jobs at the National Archives until
his appointment to the UNESCO job in April two years
ago, Evans has been extended there to 1980. After that,
he thinks it will be hard to make the daily commute to
Bowie, Md., where he owns a home, after living in an
apartment in Pans "just an eight minute walk from
work" Evans, wife, and two daughters are in Paris; two
other children work in the U.S. In Paris, there's also
"Jacques-Pierre," his '67 BMW auto.
From the perspective of Europe, how does Evans
view the operations of the National Archives and Rec-
ords Service?
Here are ideas that spring to his mind.
He suggests bringing in scholars to do guides relating
to their specific areas of expertise. "We need something
between the Guide to the National Archives of the United
States and the 400 inventories. Too many of the finding
aides are written for other archivists, rather than scho-
lars and the public."
He'd like to see a pamphlet on every major treaty,
complete with commentary. "Wouldn't you like to read
a good text on the Treaty of Hidalgo?"
He feels a good book on the Archives' science and
technology holdings is vital. Ditto, for one on women's
history, a project now being done by Virginia Purdy.
"The conference volumes are good, but need improve-
ment."
"Maybe we need to provide the world with more
leadership in the machine-readable field. Other countries
are floundering around."
As to the Archives itself, "I'm concerned we're over-
loaded with professional staff There are limited oppor-
tunities. There are too many overqualified people for
the available jobs; this leads to frustration."
"And we need space so badly," he concludes.
During an interview, Evans quotes former Archivists
Bahmer, Grover, and Buck, calls the present Archivist
"highly skilled", mentions views of Jefferson and
Richard Neustadt to make points. He manages to eat
and drink well at lunch and then proves he has turned
completely Parisian by getting in the last word about a
driver who has just imperiled his life in the street. "I
once read that the French, who are addicted to hunting,
ly exchanged the horse for the car."
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Copies of records on the operations of U.S.-controlled
German agents during the period 1944-45 have been
accessioned by NARS from the National Security
Agency. The xeroxed records include information for
transmission by the agents prepared by the special sec-
tion of the Joint Chiefs of Staffs joint security control
unit. Designed to fool the enemy, the data was some-
times valid, sometimes fabricated, sometimes a combi-
nation. Also in the records to be received by the Military
Archives Division are messages sent and received by the
agents, as well as intercepted relays of the material be-
tween Berlin and Tokyo.
California has joined six other states in passing a law
protecting archives and libraries from thefts. The
California statute extends the state's shop-lifting deten-
tion law to archives and libraries and requires a
minimum mandatory $50 fine for anyone convicted of
stealing archival materials or books; in lieu of levying a
fine, however, a court is permitted to order an offender
to perform public services. Archives and libraries in the
state will be required to post notices of possible deten-
tion. California joins Ohio, Virginia, Georgia, North
Carolina, Alabama, and Mississippi as states having ar-
chival theft laws.
IKE SHY AND
HAD AWFUL TEMPER,
GRANDSON
DAVID RECALLS
David Eisenhower, grandson of one president and
son-in-law of another, says Dwight Eisenhower was a
rawboned, shy, starchy figure who had a temper like a
Bessemer furnace-and whose famous grin "masked his
efforts to obscure himself."
Smoking a cigarette, dropping its ash in a paper cof-
fee cup, shrugging, talking rapidly and easily, David, 30,
shared with a public lecture audience at the National
Archives some of what he's learned about his grand-
father in the past two years.
He's writing a book about him, much of it researched
at the Eisenhower Library, and it might be done, he
said with a memory-raising grin, in "1979, 1980, 1981,
1982, 1983."
He called Ike "Granddad" sometimes, or "Eisen-
hower," He spoke of Richard Nixon, his father-in-law,
simply as "Nixon."
Eisenhower was unpredictable, David said. He kept a
shotgun by the television set to shoot crows at his re-
tirement farm at Gettysburg, and he gave orders to
shoot cats on sight.
All 65 ex-associates of Eisenhower he has interviewed
for the book remember the temper, David said, but no
one remembers anything Ike said when he got mad.
Once when he was young, he said, Eisenhower hired
him to paint the barn. One day at lunchtime David got
into a game of Hollywood bridge with a pal and it con-
sumed most of the afternoon.
When Eisenhower came upon this display of idleness,
"I looked into the Bessemer furnace. I remember two
words: `You're fired,'"
Later, Ike forgave his grandson.
David Eisenhower
Someone asked how Eisenhower got along with his
vice president, Nixon.
Rumors that Ike and Nixon intensely disliked each
other were not true, he said.
Eisenhower's staff and his political friends did not like
Nixon, felt they could not get a handle on him and may
have secretly worked for his defeat, but not Eisenhower,
he said.
And how does he feel about his father-in-law?
"A man who made mistakes which he conceded to the
country, but he was also a good man who wanted to do
well."
Eisenhower scorned John Kennedy, but got along
fine with Lyndon Johnson, who was Senate Democratic
leader during his presidency.
They understand each other. They shared a common
background: "Granddad was rawboned, he was Kansas,
from a cowtown."
What was Eisenhower really like?
Complex, said David. These are some words he used
to describe him: "austere," "single-minded," "all busi-
ness," "lonely," "cocoon-like in many ways." His own
father, Maj. John Eisenhower, said Ike had "starch",
David recalled.
David was asked about how he felt about
Eisenhower's bowing to Sen. Joseph McCarthy in 1952
and deleting praise for his war-time colleague, Gen.
George Marshall, from a Wisconsin campaign speech.
"I'm sorry he did it," he said. "Writing this book, I'm
rooting for him to do right."
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HONOREE: Artel Ricks (left), commissioner of Region 9, receives the Administrator's Exceptional Service
Award from Jay Solomon. This award, the highest honor given by the National Archives, cites Ricks'
"outstanding leadership and significant contributions" in the field of records management. An employee of the
National Archives for 25 years, he plans to "retire" to private consulting in the San Francisco area this year.
He also hopes to devote more time to genealogy and family history in which, as a Mormon and a father of nine
children, he has an avid interest.
PEOPLE
APPOINTMENTS
Sally R. Sims, GS-5, NLN
James W. Bicknell, WG-3, NAS
Deborah D. Ward, GS-4, NI
Terrance C. Brennan, GS-5, NNVM
For October in Washington Area
Phyllis E. Whittington,
Edward Cain, GS-4, NCWR
Pamela S. Benchof , 6S-4, NCWR
GS-2, NCWR
William P. Connors, GS-8, NFP
Joanne E. Boswell, GS-2, NCWR
Gail M. White, GG-2, NACDO
Shirley A. Consolvo, GS-12, NEPE
Michael A. Bradley, GS-3. NNB
Jean C. Wiley, GS-12, NAA
John E. Davenport, GS-4, NCWR
Inez R. Carroll, GS-2, NCWR
Linda K. Wolfe, GS-7, NLN
Charles L. DeArman, GS-5, NNV
David A. Crissman, GS-2, NCWR
Melody A. Young, GS-2, NCWR
Karen T. Dews, GS-3, NCO
Kathleen Q. Donald, GS-11, NEPE
Alicia J. Estes, GS-5, NLN
Deborah J. Duckett, GG-5, NACM
For October in the field
Beverly A. Faulkner, GG-5, NAPA
(.;eorge D. E, ps, GS-3, NCWM
Ella M. Alexander, GS-5, 4NR
Gloria J. Gordon, GS-5, NCD
Anthony B. Fragomeni, GS-2, NCWR
Nadia H. Alul, GS-4, NCP
Mary E. Hooper, GS-11, NFP
Daniel J. Gorman, Sr., GS-2. NCWR
Patricia S. Badock, GS-4, NCP
Gerald E. Horton, GS-2, NNVM
Stephen E Hannestad, EF, NAA
Evelyn A. Craig, GS-4, NCP
Marilyn S. Johnson, GS-7, NFP
Jeri W. Hart, GS-3, NNFD
Jean M. Deken, GS-5, NCP
Billy M. Jones, GS-9, NROI
David P. W. lacona, GS-3, NCWM
Bruce L. Dudley, GS-4, NCP
John Paul C. Jones, GS-3, NNB
Vallarie L. Jarrett, GS-4, NNTS
Deborah Greene, GS-3, NLK
John F. Lumb, GS-5, NLN
Keddrick N. Kilpatrick, GS-I, NAP
Jackie A. Karpel, GS-3, NCP
Janice B. Moore, GS-4, NRM
June C. Krankowski, GG-2, NACDO
Marilyn E. Leach, GS-3, NCP
Zenaida T. Odom, GS-3, NNCC
Mary R. Levanty GG-3, NNC
Dennis W. Lueck, GS-4, NCP
William D. Owens, GS-4, NCWR
Jill D. Merrill, GG-11, NE
Nancy A. Schuster, GS-5, NCP
Donna M. Paige, GS-4, NACI
Kathleen A. McVeigh, GS-5. NFE
William G. Seibert, GS-5, NCP
Cynthia L. Peterman, GG-2, NAPM
William F. Miner, GS-13, NED
Beverly Stampher-Ashley,
Nancy H. Petschek, GS-7, NEE
Michael G. Mitchell, GS-2, NCWR
GS-5, 5NC-D
Sheila A. Plummer, GS-4, NFP
Claudia J. Nicholson, GS-4, NEE
Lupe C. Vidouria, GS-4, NLJ
Deborah J. Prince, GG-2, NAPP
Bonnie S. Nixon, GS-2, NCWR
Ronald Whealan, GS-3, NLK
John W. Roberts, GS-4, NNFJ
(wary J. Pizzuti, GG-2, NAPM
David J. Rustay, GS-3, NNVM
Ruth E. Reedy, GS-5, NFE
For September in Washington area
Donna J. Simmons, GS-6, NFP
Harvey D. Robinson. GS-3, NNCC
Deborah M. Bailey, GS-5, NACD
Nadine T. Smith, GS-7, NEE
Michael Rusnak, GG-7, NAPP
Moorean A. Baker, GS-4, NNCR
Joanne Szafran, GG-5, NEE
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Yen T. Tran, GG-2, NAPP
Anne C. Mackenzie-Haslam,
Cl nce McMorns, WG-3, NAS
Marilyn Vegh, GG-7, NAC
Joan E. Waddell, GS-4, NI
Lauren E. Matey, GS-3, NCWR
Barbara A. O'Neil, GS-11, NNR
Kerry M. Ward, GS-4, NFE
Kenneth E. Nero, GS-4, NNCC
Richard N. Sheldon, GS-12, NP
R. Paul Williams, GS-3, NNB
Judith R. O'Sullivan, GG-12, NEE
Daniel L. Smith, GS-12, NED
Michelle Page, GS-2, NCWR
Robert T. Stanley GS-4, NCWR
'
For September in the field
Marvin W. Patterson, GS-2, NCWA
~S-12, NF
Ann H. Stevens, U
Paul L. Agosti, GS-4, NCP
Freda V. Pinkney, GS-2, NCWR
Charles R. Stokely, GS-6, NNDG
Karen K. Barnes, GS-3, NCP
Victoria E. Quinn, GS-12, NAB
Michael J. Sullivan, GS-11, N2,N
Bruce A. Brooks, GS-4, NCP
Chandra J. Shahani, GS-12, NAPD
Ethel R. Theis, GS-12, NI
A. Degenhart, GS-4, NCP
Grego
Dan E. Shaw, GS-2, NCWA
Samual P. Watkins, GS-7, NCW
Henry . Feltman, GS-4, NCP
T
Steven M. Sincere, GS-2, NCWR
Janet E. Ziffer, GS-12, NROI
Floyd Ingram
GS-4
NLJ
NCWR
Milton L. Staton
GS-2
,
,
GS-4
NCP
Nancy D. Ivandick
,
,
NCWR
Daryl K. Stone GS-2
For October in the field
,
,
Gerald R. Martinez
GS-4
5NC-C
,
Alfreda A. Washington, GS-4, NNR
Debra D. Altemus, GS-9, NCP
,
,
NLJ
Linda Miller
GG-2
NCWR
Pamela J. Wheeler
GS-2
Jess D. Bivins, GS-5, NCP
,
,
GS-3
4NR
Marsha A
Montgomery
,
,
Peter L. Workman
GS-3
NNB
William R. Craig, GS-8, NCP
,
.
,
NCP
Sandra K. Patterson
GS-4
,
,
David D. Drake, GS-13, 4NC
,
,
James R. Peterson
GS-3
NCP
For July in the field
Raymond Fleming, GS-7, NCP
,
,
GS-4
NCP
Larry Schanuel
NLJ
Barry Baxter
GS-2
Raymond C. Hasting, GS-6, NCP
,
,
Jr.
GS-4
NLJ
Herman Streeter
,
,
NCP
Daniel M. Chott
GS-3
Thomas E. Helfrich, GS-11, NCP
,
,
,
NCP
Louis P. Vetere
GS-5
,
,
Linda Delgado
GS-5
NLJ
David O. Hollingsworth, GS-7, NCP
,
,
GS-4
NCP
Pamela Watkins
,
,
NLK
Pauline Fluet
GS-11
Marvin H. Kabakoff, GS-9, NCP
,
,
,
,
GS-4
NCP
Kathryn E. Friend
Dorothy L. Kennedy, GS-6, NCP
For August in Washington area
,
,
Deborah Greene
GS-3
NLK
Teresa A. Manning, GS-4, NCP
Carolyn A. Brooks
GS-9
NCO
,
,
Oscar Roberts
GG-2
NLJ
Robert L. Meisenheimer, GS-12, NCP
,
,
NNVM
Elbert R. Brower
GS-2
,
,
Shirley J. Newton, GS-6, NCP
,
,
GS-4
NROF
Janice A. Euell
For June in Washington area
Marsha A. Pointer, GS-5, NCP
,
,
Fannie B. Gallion
GG-2
NACDO
NNCR
Cheryl N. Berthau
GS-3
Gregory A. Pomicter, GS-9, NCP
,
,
Marian M. Garcia
GS-4
NNVM
,
,
NCWA
Patrick W. Brown
GS-2
Barbara J. Robnett, GS-8, NCP
,
,
Tanya Y. Hall
GS-5
NNMO
,
,
NNCC
Carolyn L. Calkins
GS-3
Marietta A. Shelton, GS-6, NCP
,
,
Montez R. Hill, GS-5, NNCC
,
,
Dean E. Gadsden, GS-2, NCWR
Charlotte Woodfm, GS-4, NLK
Angela J. Kieres, GS-5, NLN
Terri L. Jankowski, GG-2, NACD
For September in Washington area
Louis Lovett, Jr., GS-4, NNCR
Ellen M. Jones, GS-7, NL
Jeffrey M
Boswell
GS 11
NLN
McIntosh
GS-3
NNMO
Lonnie T
NAP
Peter W
Kronowitt
GS-1
.
,
,
,
,
.
Betty Jo Robinson, GS-3, NNHP
,
,
.
Robert L. McClain, GS-4, NNTS
Ann E. Brinsmead, GS-6, NNDA
Patrice C
Brown
GS-9
NNGP
Robert E. Spinner, Jr., GG-3, NEPS
Barbara A. Morgan, GS-3, NNFN
,
.
,
Rosanne T
Butler
GS-12
NCD
David M. Taylor, Jr., GG-5, NEPS
Karen D. Paul, GS-9, NCW
.
,
,
Mary J
M
NNFS
Dowd
GS-13
Ethel S. Waltzer, GS-3, NROX
Ilean E. Prescott, GS-2, NCWR
.
.
,
,
Sharon K
Fawcett
GS-13
NNGR
Andrea L. Santiago, GG-2, NACDO
.
,
,
Mar
A
Giunta
GS-12
NP
For Au
ust in the field
NCWR
Willie B
Shaird
GS-4
y
.
,
,
g
.
,
,
Marietta Gordon
GS-4
NCO
Gretta E. Brockman, GS-5, 4NC
Catherine L. Shirey, GS-4, NEE
,
,
Terese E
NNMM
Hammett
GS-6
Valeria A. Burnett, GS-3, NCP
Kevin S. Simmons, GS-3, NNB
.
,
,
Darlene E
Hicks
NI
GS-5
Clayton Fields, GS-3, NCP
James R. Swager, GG-13, NNR
.
,
,
Susan E
Jackson
GG-5
NAPR
Geraldine Frison
GS-3
NCP
NFP
Torres
GS-4
Margarita R
.
,
,
,
,
Marianne Kaiser, GS-12, 5NR
,
.
,
Mary Ellen Trautman, GS-12, NNHL
Maarja Krusten, GS-9, NLN
Debra W
Leahy
GS-12
NCD
Curtis Nash, GS-4, NCP
William W. Traylor, GS-2, NCWR
,
,
.
Michael E
Pilgrim
GS-9
NNDA
Vickie Owens, GS-2, 5NC-D
Sean Wallace, GS-2, NCWA
.
,
,
George D
Pomeroy
NAPM
GS- 11
Oneta J. Pratt, GS-3, NCP
Vivian J. Willinger, GS-9, NROI
.
,
,
Robert E
Richardson
NNTS
GS-7
Charles G. Ranzy, GS-3, NCP
Harry W. Wilson, GS-2, NCWR
,
.
,
Marcia A
Ritz
GS-7
NCW
Katinka D. Schneidler, GG-2, NLJ
Benjamin B. Zangara, GS-5, NNDA
.
,
,
Roxanne M
Smith
GS-4
NCWR
Greg R. Shaw, GS-4, NCP
.
,
,
Joan E
Szivos
GS-6
NNFN
Renee Striblin, GS-3, NCP
.
,
,
Jo Ann Tyson, GS-4, NACID
John A. Vernon
GS-11
NNGP
For July in Washington area
For October in Washington area
,
,
Diana M. Wade
NACIR
GS-11
Marcia A. Bell, GS-4, NLF
Delia V. Alvarez, GUS, NAPM
,
,
Annie V. Ward
GS-8
NNVM
Sherri R. Burkhammer, GS-2, NCWR
Beiugno Baguio, GG-4, NAPM
,
,
Harold D. William
GS-12
NCWA
David L. Chase, GS-2, NCWR
Judith A. Barnes, GS-7, NCW
,
,
Stephen E. Wimbourne
NNDG
GS-11
Janet M. Childs, GS-2, NCWR
Roscoe C. Buffington, Jr., GS-13, NAA
,
,
Sean E. Cleary, GS-2, NCWR
Delores A. Dorsey, GS-5, NRM
For September in the field
Thelma G. Davis, GS-2, NCWR
Charles F. Downs, II, GS-7, NNGR
Betty J. Anthony, S-5, NCP
Joseph W. Dorsey, GS-3, NNB
Heidi R. Eisengrein, GS-5, NFP
Anthony R. Beard, GS-4, 5NC-C
Vincent A. Ford, GS-2, NCWR
Gloria R. Freeman, GS-12, NROF
David Comelisse, GS-7, 5NC-D
Joseph F. Forrestel, GS-2, NCWR
Elsie F. Freivogel, GS-13, NEE
Kathryn E. Friend, GS-6, NCP
Richard W. Fulling, GS-2, NCWR
Sandra E. Glasser, GG-11, NACM
Charlotte R. Guy, GS-5, NCP
Kenneth R. Gorman, GS-2, NCWR
Rodney C. Guliford, GS-7, NRM
Linda L. Kolkhorst, GS-12, NCP
Donald M. Hartiwanger, GS-2, NNVM
William G. Harper, GS-3, NAS
Alan J. Kramer, GS-12, NCP
Ramond V. Harris, Jr., GS-2, NCWR
Thomas E. Henderson, Jr., GS-13, NA
Ralph W McCann, GS 12, NCP
Alesia L. Johnson, GG-2, NAC
Ellen M. Jones, GS-8, NL
Frederick D. Millsaps, GS-5, 5NC-C
Ortez G. Jones, GS-2, NCWR
Anna J. Klotz, GG-7, NAPP
Joan O'Connor, GS-7, NLK
Kathryn A. King, GG-5, NAPP
Edward G. Lyons, WG-5, NCWA
Denis P. Paskauskas, GS-5, 5NC-C
Luann Lancaster, GS-2, NCWR
Brian D. Marshall, GS-12, NROD
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Linda Tourrusio, G. NCP Shirley A. Arthur, GS-8, NNVM Christopher M. Beam, GS-11, NL
Edward L. Wynne, GS-11, NCP John S. Ashlin, GS-12, NFE Catherine A. Bush, GS-3, NNMM
George L. Banks, GS-5, NNDG Ernest M. Byrd, Sr., GS-9, NCW
For Augustin Washington area Lewis V. Barnes, Jr., GS-6, NNDA Larry S. Clark, GS-4, NNFD
Elizabeth Berrio, GS-12, NROI Gertrude E. Belton, GS-11, NFE Dorian K. Colona, GS-5, NL
Richard L. Claypoole, GS-13, NFP Blaine T. Bentley, GS-7, NEPE Willie H. Daniel, GS-5, NCWR
Gregory Conway, GS-9, NROX Thomas E. Brown, GS-11, NNR Joan R. Edelen, GG-7, NAB
James G. Cooper, GS-6, NNCC Calvin O. Burke, GS-7, NNCC Wendell Evans, GS-14, NRM
Bridget T. Dorsey, GS-5, NROD Laurence L. Davey, GS-11, NFE Mary M. Fallie, GS-5, NN
Brian R. Hermes, GS-9, NFP Gail J. Dillard, GG-4, NAPM Jams Y. Foster, GS-4, NAPD
Brenda K. Jones, GS-6, N Elizabeth P. Epps, GS-9, NNDA James J. Frimmel, GS-6, NNDA
Donald Lovett, GS-6, NL Robert D. Fox, GS-11, NFE ELizabeth G. Fultz, GS-9, NCW
Clifford L. Muse, Jr., GS-9, NL Martin V. Franks, GS-11, NFE Wilma 1. Greene, GS-11, NFP
Howard L. Nash, GS-5, NNVP Blenda G. Gately, GS-6, NI Dorothy L. Harris, GS-4, NNCC
Linda B. Reese, GS-4, NACIR Ann Louise G. Gates, GS-11. NFE John T.' Jackson, WG-5, NAS
Robert E. Richardson, GS-6, NNTS Susan R. F. Goff, GG-9, NNR Lee R. Johnson, GS-13, NL
Donald L. Roe, GS-11, NNVM Ronald E. Grim, GS-13, NNTS Bernadette N. Jones, GS-9, NNB
Richard B. Smith, GS-11, NEP Kenneth G. Hafeli, GS-5, NI, Faith H. Klareich, GS-4, NFE
Diana M. Wade, GS-11, NACIR Noreen T. Hannigan, GS-11, NFE Constance J. Maxwell, GS-4, NFE
Jessie M. White, GS-6, NNHL Jo Ann D. Harte, GS-11, NFE John W. McCrae, GS-5, NCWR
Richard E. Wood, GS-11, NNGP Michele R. Henderson, GG-6, NAC Mary J. McGuire, GS-7, NE
For August in the field
Leonard Amico, GS-6, 5NC-C
Betty J. Anthony, GS-4, NCP
Penny J. Augustine, GS-6, NCP
Cheryl A. Betts, GS-7, NCP
Alonzo Bouie, GS-7, NCP
Isabelle Brzana, GS-4, 5NC-C
Russell Butler, GS-6, 5NC-C
Jeffrey L. Cahoon, GS-5, NCP
Kenneth Casey, GS-6, 5NC-C
Joyce Coleman, GS-6, NLJ
Stephanie Danko, GS-5, 5NGC
Deborah A. Downs, GS-4. NCP
Donna M. Elbert, GS-4, NC1'
Suzanne Forbes, GS-11, NLK
Phyllis D. Freeman, GS-5, NCP
S. French, GS-5, NCP
Lae
'IV
Ann Glowacki, GS-4, 5NGC
Eugene Harris, GS-4, NCP
N. Jean Hirsch, GS-5, NCP
Joan Hoopes, GS-7, NLK
Deborah Lanius, GS-9, NCP
Cynthia L. LaRose, GS-4, NCP
Lillian Platt, GS-4, 5NC-C
Diane C. Rademacher, GS-9, NCP
Bettie A. Stafford, GS-7, NCP
Thomas W. Steinichen, GS-9, 4NC
Karen A. Swoboda, GS-5, NCP
Patricia S. Virgen, GS-4, NCP
Far July in Washington area
Marie B. Allen, GS-13, NL
Jane D. Hudson, GS-14, NRO Cynthia P. Middleton, GS-4, NNMO
John T. Hughes, GS-9, NROM Reginald A. Miles, GG-4, NACD
Thomas D. Kevan, GS-11, NFE Thelma S. Neilan, GG-4, NAC
Dennis M. Lakomy, GS-5, NL John D. Phillips, GS-12, NF
Howard M. Landon, GS-7, NFE Barbara J. Reed, GS-5, NROF
Barbara R. Lewis, GS-9, NNVP Brenda A. Robeson, GS-11, NFP
Wilbert B. Mahoney, GS-11, NNGR John W. Saunders, GS-12, NCWA
Molly McFarland, GS-5, NNFJ Mary J. Shaab, GS-6, NNDG
Regina A. McNew, GS-6, NCO Temple Stevens, GG-5, NAPM
Albert Meisel, GS-16, NE
Margot R. Michalski, GS-7, NFE
Catherine S. Miller, GS-4, NNTS
Cora A. Moorehead, GS-11, NFE
Roy M. Nanovic, GS-11, NFE
Abram Primus, GS-11, NFE
Charles G. Ratcliff, GS-11, NFE
Walter W. Rice, GS-7, NFP
Katherine M. Rinehart, GS-6, NNB
Raymond F. Schweitzer, GG-il, NACD
Karen W. Stewart, GS-7, NFE
Kenneth L. Sullivan, GG-5, NEPS
Nancy L. Taylor, GS-6, NL
Adrienne C. Thomas, GS-14, NAA
Douglas L. Thurman, GS-11, NL
Mary Ann Wallace, GS-13, NNB
Reginald Washington, GS-6, NNDG
Lana Y. Watkins, GS-7, NACI
For July in the field
David Humphrey, GS-11, NLJ
Martin McCann, GS-6, NLK
Joan Sands, GG-5, NLJ
Nancy Smith, GS-11, NLJ
PUBLIC
GIVE
For November in the field
Myrtle O'Neill, 5NC-C
For October in Washington area
Ruth R. Allen, NNHL
Alfreda G. Bozarth, NAPP
Frank A. Foster, NNGR
For September in Washington area
Mary K. Barton, NNGR
For August in Washington area
Edward J. Crawford, NCWR
Frederick A. Greenhut, II, NNFD
For June in Washington area
James N. Duncan,NCWA
Marion W. Hibbard, NCWR
Compiled by Lorraine Herbert
Starting with George Washington, presidents leaving
office controlled their own records. No more.
N Effective Jan. 20, 1981, presidential and vice presi-
dential records become the property of the public when
th
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~/v B. 1 l~ Archives when each administration leaves office.
Legislation establishing this historic precedent was re-
OF cently signed by President Carter. Carter and Vice
President Mondale are expected to go along with the
PRESIIaE provisions voluntarily for their current terms. The law,
designated Public Law 95591, was passed partly in re-
PAPERS sponse to the controversy over ownership of Richard
Nixon's records.
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 GETFNG
~'2l 93T1 2 1 ER
By Robert Svenningsen
When Sharon Lou Roadway was selected for a clerk-
stenographer position as the Denver Federal Records
Center 16 years ago, she had to ask permission for four
hours leave on the first day of her job. Her high school
class was graduating and she wanted to attend the cere-
mony.
She used her position to learn as much as she could
about the records center. "Eventually, I realized that
everything came across my desk. I couldn't help but
].earn every part of the operation."
MEN=
Sharon Lou Roadway
At that time, "Shari" was the only woman in the
building. In 1972, Del Bishop, now director of the
Philadelphia Federal Archives and Records Center, of-
fered her a job as an archives technician in the Accession
and Disposal Branch. She remembers that there was
some resistance from the men with whom she worked.
"However," she says, "I found that this faded once they
saw that I was willing to unload trucks."
To assure that sensitive matters will be documented
with candor, the new legislation provides that a presi-
dent can delay release of certain documents for up to 12
years. The Freedom of Information Act will apply to all
records not subject to such restrictions.
Congressman Richardson Preyer of North Carolina,
chairman of the House subcommittee that drafted the
bill, called the legislation "an important turning point in
preserving rightfully public records for the public's use
and benefit."
In related action, Congress passed and President
Carter signed all four bills which made up the NARS
legislative program for the year. P.L. 95378 abolishes
the Federal Records Council and P.L. 95379 appoints
By 1974, her experience and skill enabled her to ad-
vance to GS-9. Two years later she was promoted to
GS-11 and became chief of the Accession and Disposal
Branch, where she had started four years before as a
GS-5.
In this capacity, she was responsible for the custody
and disposition of the center's 58,000 cubic feet of
non-current records. It occurred to her, and others, that
lifting 50 pound boxes of records on a ladder up 14 feet
was a precarious and inefficient way of working. So she
set to work to design a catwalk-fashioned after the one
in the Fort Worth Center-to divide the shelves into
seven-foot levels.
"In this way," she says, "working with the records
would not only eliminate the need for ladders but em-
ployees could use both levels at once. Since shelving is
part of my job description, the task of designing and
assembling the catwalk fell to me. Of all the things I
have done, this was the one about which I was the least
sure, but it turned out very well. I consider it my
biggest accomplishment."
Work on the catwalk typifies Shari's approach. She
says, "I try to listen and ask questions. I also believe in
studying everything I can find on the subject on which I
am working." She characterized the catwalk project as a
"tremendous cooperative effort involving interns, staff,
and the Fort Worth Center. I hope to be around to help
with the design of the catwalks for the new building,
scheduled to open in 1982. It was really a creative
experience."
When the Denver center was reorganized last Oc-
tober, Shari Roadway was promoted to chief of the Op-
erations Branch and assistant director, the first woman
in this position. She is now a GS-12 with responsibility
for the center's reference service in addition to her other
functions. Much has changed since she first came to the
center in 1962. "Most of the staff are women; I find
that they are pretty much accepted or not according to
their own merits." Certainly Sharon Lou Roadway has
found this to be true.
new members to the National Archives Trust Fund
Board.
P.L. 95416 reduces from 50 to 30 years the time at
which records must be offered to the Administrator for
transfer to the National Archives, and also reduces to 30
years the period during which the transferring agency
may set restrictions on use of the records; an amend-
ment to P.L. 95416 also establishes in law the 1952
agreement between the Archivist and the director of the
Bureau of the Census to release census schedules 72
years from the time when the census was taken. The
Census Bureau had lobbied for a longer restriction
period. P.L. 95440 requires mandatory application of
general records schedules throughout the government.
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J system as an "instrument for a revolution of racial jus-
ATT tice" in the 1960s, by Burke Marshall, former assistant
J1K S attorney general; the federal government as repressor of
REE black radicalism in the case fr Marcus Garvey, by
Robert Hill, of the Center for Afro-American studies at
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infinite store of legal records," by Mike McReynolds,
YEARdeputy assistant to the Archivist.
STI11[JI[)\]' Or The most unusual, and lengthy, paper was prepared
OF f by Paul Baier, a professor of constitutional law at
U.S
GOVERNMENT
Distinguished scholars from across the country attended
the National Archives' 18th. annual conference, this one
on legal history- The conference, "The Law and Ameri-
can Society: New Historical Perspectives and Re-
sources" focused on problems of privacy, development
of wildlife law, the impact of legal institutions on
American women, and the federal government and black
protest.
In his keynote address before a full house, Chief Jus-
tice Burger proposed that the nation devote three years,
beginning in 1985, to a "serious rethinking" of the roles
of the three branches of government. The Chief Justice
suggested that 1985 be dedicated to a discussion of Ar-
ticle I of the Constitution, which concerns the Con-
gress; 1986 to Article II, the executive branch; and
1987, to Article III, the judiciary. Since all three
branches have evolved in ways "unforeseeable two cen-
turies ago," Burger suggested that the 200th anniversary
of the Constitution in 1987 trigger a national debate "to
see if we have gone off on the wrong track."
Highlights of the conference included papers on the
potential of the Freedom of Information Act as a tool
for the selective release of classified information, by
Louisiana State University. The paper, entitled "What Is
the Use of a Law Book Without Pictures or Conversa-
tions?" was 63 pages-with 137 pages of footnotes.
Clarence Lyons, chief of the Judicial and Fiscal
Branch, who with McReynolds organized the confer-
ence, emphasized that one of its primary purposes was
to acquaint many of the 180 participants with the re-
sources of the Archives. "Traditionally, legal history has
not been written from archival records but, rather, from
published decisions. Recently, there has been a
broadening of legal history research in both sources and
subject matter, and the National Archives is an impor-
tant part of that change."
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES: PEOPLE AND EVENTS
Aloha South received a certificate of commendation
from the Society of American Archivists for her recently
issued Guide to Federal Records Relating to Africa ....
The Archives' lively 11-minute animated film "Con-
quering the Paper Mountain" received one of 29 CINE
awards presented to outstanding 1978 government
films. CINE stands for Council on International Non-
theatrical Events. "Paper Mountain" earlier won a
bronze plaque at the Columbus Film Festival in
Ohio .... Professor Donald McCoy of the University
of Kansas has published The National Archives: America's
Ministry of Documents, 1934-1968. It was issued by the
University of North Carolina Press .... Asa Briggs and
J.H. Plumb, eminent British historians, will be the fea-
tured speakers at a Victorian Society in America sym-
posium at the Archives March 21-24. The theme of the
conference is "Victorian Album: Aspects of American
Life, 1865-1900." NARS is co-sponsoring the confer-
ence. Information: Elsie Freivogel at (202) 523-
3298 .... The executive committee of the International
Council on Archives, headed by Dr. Rhoads, has au-
thorized an International journal ofArchives, to be issued
twice a year. The Deputy Archivist will serve as editor.
Verlag Dokumentation of Munich will be the publisher
and advertisements will be accepted to help the ICA de-
fray costs of publication .... A new publication of the
National Archives Trust Fund Board is a checklist of
captured and monitored Nazi sound recordings. The 64
historically important recordings selected from the little
known holdings of the Audiovisual Archives Division
include speeches by Hitler, Himmler, Goering, and
Speer .... Tames D. Walker, director of genealogical
programs at the National Archives, recently became the
youngest person ever made a fellow by the National
Genealogical Society. Walker is 50.
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LAUDS THE
NATIONAL ARCHIVES
By Jill Merrill
John Toland, author of three books on Adolf Hitler,
says he never wants to talk about him again. Recently,
however, he relented. "I am so indebted to the Archives
that I agreed to talk about Hitler and show some of the
superb photographs from the Archives collection."
Toland, whose latest book is Hitler: A Pictorial
Documentary of His Life, spoke in the theater here to a
standing room only crowd. Hundreds more were denied
reservations.
After the lecture, he said: "Even though I am sick of
Hitler, I am more than happy to discuss the archivists
who have made my research so much easier. My work
has taken me to archives all over the world and the Na-
tional Archives is by far the most efficient-and the
most magnificent."
Toland, who first came to the Archives while working
on a book about the Battle of the Bulge, calls it "home
for 22 years." In 1956, his research took him to the
records stored in the old torpedo factory in Alexandria.
"The place was a fire trap if ever I saw one, but the
people were just wonderful. They were my friends from
the beginning and I'll never forget them. Bill Nye and
Lois Aldridge, now retired, were superb. If they knew
you were looking for the truth and were willing to pur-
sue it wherever it led, they were tremendously helpful."
Toland's work on other books brought him to the
Military Archives Division in the 1960s. "Bob Wolfe's
office is very helpful and well-run. I found wonderful
people here, like John Taylor, who has worked tirelessly
to help me. Taylor isn't interested in personal glory; he
just wants to help. Of course, the fact that he remem-
bers everything is a great asset. And the new generation
of archivists, like Bill Cunliffe and Tim Nenninger, are
equally helpful and efficient."
John Taylor has been at the National Archives since
September 1945. His proprietary feeling toward the
records is apparent from a walk through the stacks with
him. "I am constantly on the look-out for the human
interest aspects of history, the off-beat stories. Of
course, the scholarly side appeals to me as well but
everyone here is looking for that."
It was Taylor who put Toland onto the intelligence
report, datelined "Iceland, 1943," on Adolf Hitler's
hysterical blindness in 1918. On the strength of this
little-known fact, Toland was able to put together other
testimony substantiating the origins of Hitler's
"mission".
"By early November in 1918 his sight returned," To-
land wrote in his new book, "but when he heard on
Nov. 9 that the Kaiser was abdicating and that the
John Toland
fatherland had become a republic, he again lost his
sight. As he lay in despair, Hitler heard voices sum-
moning him to save Germany. All of a sudden, he could
see again and he vowed he would `become a politician
and devote his energies to carry out the command he
had received!' "
Taylor and Toland are well-suited as researchers; they
are ferrets of facts. Toland, who believes that a "thesis is
the enemy of history," never begins his research with a
point of view, a prejudice. Taylor says this is unusual.
"Most academics, for example, have a theory that they
want to disprove. John Toland begins with a completely
open mind and reads everything. He's very thorough."
Toland will be back in the spring; not to talk about
Hitler, but to work on his new book about Pearl
Harbor and try to win a second Pulitzer prize with it.
"I plan to camp out at the National Archives as usual.
It's my favorite place in Washington."
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PACKETS USE
COPIES OF ORIGINAL
DOCUMENTS
In an educational innovation. the National Archives i
making available to secondary schools across the country
teaching packets that contain original documents as
source material for study.
Photographs, letters, reports, sound recordings, maps
and charts-in reproduction-permit students to make
original interpretations of U.S. history.
There are three packets currently available, with these
themes: "World War I-The I lame Front," "The Great
Depression and the New Deal," and "World War II-
The Home Front."
Each has copies of 40 or more original documents.
JA 'ti We Sf Y -4 i t
The ~firiaqbatch of Office of Strategic Services records
from orld War II will be turned over sometime this
year to the Archives by the CIA, successor aet4o the
OSS. The collection of documents total 5,000J,kubic
feet and deals with covert operations and oofi't'rCtivities
in combat and enemy-occupied zones. Because of their
extreme sensitivity, the documents will require
painstaking evaluation and processing. OSS records in
the Archives have been heavily used by researchers over
the years.
SUCCESS
STORY:
Amplifying these basic materials are a brief historical ST. LOUIS
introduction, a teacher's guide, suggestions for student
activities, and a bibliography.
Documents in the World War II packet, for example,
include: a newspaper advertisement soliciting support
for a war-loan drive; a poster urging high school stu-
dents to join the Victory Corps; a photo of a Japanese-
American girl waiting to be sent to a relocation camp; a
newspaper article supporting equal pay for women in
war industries; a letter from A. Philip Randolph to Mrs.
Roosevelt requesting her to speak before black marchers
in Washington; a letter from a black soldier complaining
of discrimination; a survey of conditions in textile mills;
and a memo on soap rationing.
The packets cost $25 and were put together by Elsie
F-reivogel and her staff in the Office of Educational
Programs.
KISSINGER LOSES
COURT APPEAL
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
has ruled that Henry Kissinger's thousands of telephone
conversations as secretary of state belong to the public,
not to Kissinger. This affirms a U.S. District Court de-
cision that they are records and are subject to public
access under the Freedom of Information Act. A Kis-
singer appeal has been taken to the Supreme Court. The
Reporter's Committee for Freedom of the Press, joined
by two scholarly orgnizations, filed the suit against
Kissinger.
Initial court action on the litigation rendered moot
the Archivist's concurrent attempt to obtain Justice De-
partment intervention against Kissinger's claim.
While ruling against Kissinger on his State Depart-
ment materials, the Court of Appeals agreed with the
District Court that Kissinger's telephone notes during
his five years as White House adviser to President Nixon
were not subject to public access because of his status as
a confidential presidential assistant.
When people at the National Personnel Records Center
say that Thelma Martin has come a long way, they mean
it in more than one sense.
True, the new chief of the Navy Reference Branch has
progressed rapidly, beginning as a GS-4 archives techni-
cian in 1972. Mrs. Martin is now responsible for the
work of approximately 125 employees. But even getting
to St. Louis required her to come a long way, starting
from Baclaran, Luzon, Philippine Islands, where she
was born in 1949.
Although her father was a United States citizen when
he brought his family to St. Louis in 1954, his 5-year-
old daughter spoke no English when she began public
school. Whether she spoke the language or not, Martin,
who describes her ancestry as "three-quarters Filipino,"
was determined to learn and to succeed.
And learn the language she did. In fact, her bachelor's
degree from the University of Missouri in St. Louis is in
English.
Martin
she went
is certified to teach high school English, but
straight to work for NARS after spotting an
announcement for the old Junior Federal Assistant Pro-
gram test. Her federal career has followed a pattern of
frequent reassignments, then promotions. She has held
such jobs as management assistant (typing); manage-
ment analyst; chief of the Air Force Correspondence
Section; and assistant chief of the Navy, Air Force, and
Army Reference Branches. Although she advanced from
GS-4 to GS-9 as a member of the management and
technical staff, she considers her first supervisory posi-
tion the turning point of her career.
The new branch chief, who married while in college,
does not feel that either her family-the Martins have a
6-year-old son-or her career has suffered in any way
because of the demands imposed by the other. She is
quick to add: "My desire to be successful in both neces-
sitates a lot of hard work on my part, and requires much
support from my family. A large bottle of aspirin and
Geritol also help."
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