On September 17, 1787, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention met for the last time to sign the document they had created. The National Archives and Records Administration celebrates this important day in our nation's history by presenting the fol

National History Day's 1998 theme encourages students to investigate topics related to Migration in History: People, Ideas, Culture. Records held by the National Archives and Records Administration document many such migrations and provide countless sugge

Frontiers in History: Ideas from the National Archives. Descriptions of 44 collections of records that are available for student research and relate to the 2001 National History Day Theme: Frontiers in History.

Each year more than one million people visit the National Archives Building in Washington, DC. Most come to view the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and other historic documents on display in the Rotunda and Circular Gal

Woody Guthrie and the Archive of American Folk Song: Correspondence, 1940-1950 highlights letters between Woody Guthrie and staff of the Archive of American Folk Song (now the Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center) at the Library of Congress.