In honor of National Dog Day, let's take a look at images of furry friends from the Archives' collection.

"Information Age: People, Information and Technology" exhibition at National Museum of American History, October 1990, by Rick Vargas.

Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.

The remarkable career of cardiac surgeon and researcher John Clavon Norman, Jr., M.D. (1930-2014) began in West Virginia with the examples set by his parents.

Louise Daniel Hutchinson (1928-2014) was founding Research Director at the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum, now the Anacostia Community Museum, and was a pioneer in both oral and community history. #Groundbreaker.

A look at some of the most interesting, and hilarious, letters that Helena M. Weiss received as Chief of the Office of Correspondence and Documents, and later, Registrar for the U.S. National Museum – and why they matter.

Worker collects crude gum on turpentine farm, 1880s.

When talking about institutional transparency, two things are essential — well-preserved original records and meaningful access to them.