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Netisha CurrieArchives specialist Netisha Curriedescribes records relating to AfricanAmerican history held in our vault aswell as unrestricted records availablefrom our stacks.www.archives.gov/calendar/Know-Your-Records
Netisha CurrieArchives SpecialistNational Archivesat College ParkNetisha Currie is an archives specialist intextual processing at the National Archivesat College Park. She works with speciallyprotected records and artifacts of highintrinsic value and leads the VaultDigitization Project. Netisha received a B.A.in Archeology and Anthropology fromOberlin College (2004) and a M.A. inMuseum Studies from George WashingtonUniversity (2011). Born and raised in theWashington, DC area with extended familyin Mississippi, Netisha is interested in localand southern s
PROTECTING AMERICA’STREASURES: BLACKHISTORY IN THE VAULT
The “Vault”
National Archives Vaults Storage areas with restricted access to alimited amount of employeesVaults are all over the country in manyNational Archives facilitiesRecords stored in vaults are consideredspecially protected and of high intrinsic valueCopies or digital images of records areprovided to researchers
National Archives Vaults Purpose of the vaults is to protect the recordsRecords in vaults can be diverse and eclectic: Artifacts Ceremonial PublicLettersLaws Photographs Surrender Documents Presidential Gifts Patents Treaties
Founders – Civil WarNAID 6923829NAID 5928225
The Book of Negroes, 1783Misc. Papers ofthe ContinentalCongress, RG360.NAID 5890797,Fold3
The Book of Negroes, 1783NAID 5890797
The Book of Negroes, 1783
Letter from George Washington toCharles Thomson, April 5,1785Domestic Letters, RG 59.NAID 568025. Fold3
Dred Scott v. Sandford, 1857AppellateJurisdictionCase Files,RG 267NAID 561075
Confederate CurrencyScrapbook of ConfederateCurrency, RG 39, NAID 6728419
Note from Abraham Lincoln to theSecretary of the TreasuryReferral for William Johnson,November 29, 1861Personnel Files of Notable Treasury Employees,RG 56NAID 5751999Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter
Note from Abraham LincolnReferral for Solomon Johnson,January 28,1864Personnel Files of Notable Treasury Employees,RG 56NAID 6920181
Oath of Office, Solomon Johnson Taken February 2,1864Appointed Laborerwithin TreasuryDept.Salary 600 peryearNAID 6920214
Letter from Solomon Johnson tothe Secretary of the TreasuryNAID 6920191
Letter from William Syphax to thePresident of the United StatesSegregated Documents from Letters Received, RG 60NAID 6782945
13th Amendment Joint Resolution toamend theConstitution,approved onFebruary 1, 1865Enrolled Acts andResolutions ofCongress, RG 11NAID 1408764
Letter from Committee of the Citizensof Monrovia to Consul GeneralFebruary 3, 1865Communicationsfrom ForeignHeads of State,Liberia, RG 59NAID 5950235
Modern RecordsNAID 302040NAID 302035
Brown v. Board, 1955 Judgment in theSupreme CourtDecision,May 31,1955AppellateJurisdiction CaseFiles, RG 267NAID 596300
Civil Rights Act, 1964EnrolledActs andResolutionsof Congress,RG 11NAID 299891
Voting Rights Act, 1965EnrolledActs andResolutionsof Congress,RG 11NAID 29909
Literacy Comics, 1944–1945Action Comics, No. 2. Historical Files ofNavy Training Personnel, RG 24NAID 6923890
Literacy Comics, 1944–1945Detective Comics, No. 4. Historical Files of NavyTraining Personnel, RG 24NAID 6923890
Patent #322,177 - Folding Beds,Sarah E. Goode, 1885Selected Patent Files, RG 241NAID 7560384
George Washington CarverPatentsPatented 3inventions from1925–1927 forcosmetics andpaints, stainsNAID 2524939NAID 2524941
Michael Jackson Patent, 1993Selected PatentFiles, RG 241NAID 5721404http://youtu.be/h D3VFfhvs4?t 7m10s
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Founders – Civil War NAID 6923829 NAID 5928225 . The Book of Negroes, 1783 Misc. Papers of the Continental Congress, RG 360. NAID 5890797, Fold3 . The Book of Negroes, 1783 . Literacy Comics, 1944–1945 Action Comics, No. 2. Historical Files of Navy Training Personnel, RG 24 N
