Prologue | Winter 2007
Vol. 39, No. 4
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The First Proposal Young Harry Truman was smitten at first sight with his beloved Bess and pursued her for years despite being spurned time after time. |
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Mission to Štĕchovice In postwar Europe, an American unit seeks to clandestinely remove Nazi records from a hiding place in Czechoslovakia, but instead creates a diplomatic crisis. |
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Digging Deep at the National Archives Ken Burns and his associates discover the vast holdings of World War II records at NARA. Plus a guide to those records for the reader. |
Table of Contents
Prologue in Perspective: The National Archives and the World
Allen Weinstein
FDR Asks the Future for a Favor: Searching for the Son of a World War II Hero Takes the Author on an Unplanned Journey
Lee Ann Potter
The First Proposal, or, What a Future President of the United States Did When He Was Rejected by the Woman He Loved
Raymond H. Geselbracht
Mission to Štĕchovice: How Americans Took Nazi Documents From Czechoslovakia—and Created a Diplomatic Crisis
T. Dennis Reece
Understanding the Seat of Government: An American Indian Tribe's Experience in the Removal Period
James W. Oberly
Spotlight on NARA: Opening the Files on War Crimes
Genealogy Notes: Native Americans in the Antebellum U.S. Military
James P. Collins
Authors on the Record: The North Pole, Revisited
Foundation for the National Archives
Pieces of History: The Great White Fleet Sails
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