“Inside the Archives”: US National Archives (NARA) Featured in New 60 Minutes Segment
From CBS News:
The National Archives has been in the news lately, not so much for what is in its collection, but for what was missing. After former President Donald Trump and then-Vice President Biden held on to records when they left office that should have been sent to the Archives… we wanted to know more… about the small federal agency in charge of safeguarding America’s past.
After a few months inside, we came to appreciate that the Archives are the country’s safety deposit box, reading room, and paper shredder rolled into one.
At the heart of the institution are the documents that have been at the heart of the nation, for nearly 250 years.
Read the Text Transcript, View Video Segment (13:19)
See Also: More From 60 Minutes: The Hidden Stories Within The National Archives
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About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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