Prologue Magazine

Prologue | Winter 2005

Movie vs. Reality: The Real Story of the von Trapp Family
How the producers of The Sound of Music altered the story of the family that endeared itself to audiences on stage and screen.

Detail of a line in a recommendation of a presidential appointee

Serving at the Pleasure of the President: The Nomination Papers of the United States Senate, 1789–1946
In providing "advice and consent" for Presidential appointments, the Senate has also produced controversy and drama.

Dick Barnett

Voices of Emancipation: Union Pension Files Giving Voice to Former Slaves
After the Civil War, African American citizens provided an oral history of their lives in bondage

Prologue in Perspective: Bill of Rights Memories
Allen Weinstein

Anton Karachun: The Story of a Turncoat
Robert L. Willett

Spotlight on NARA: The ERA: Technology to Aid Archivists, Historians
Clyde Relick

Genealogy Notes: Serving at the Pleasure of the President: The Nomination Papers of the United States Senate, 1789–1946
John P. Deeben

Authors on the Record: Fresh Insights Into an Enduring Speech

Foundation for the National Archives

Pieces of History: An Explorer's Tool: Robert Peary's Theodolite

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