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Chinese, and American soldiers; captured flags; paintings, sculpture, and photographs. Also included is a continuously running video providing an overview of the war.

"Korea: The First Limited War" continues through January 8, 1989. The Library, located at 2313 Red River Street, Austin, TX, is open every day except Christmas from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Admission is free.

NARA Joins Research Library Group

In a ceremony on March 8, the Archivist signed a membership agreement with the Research Libraries Group (RLG). Guests at the signing included Alan Tucker of RLG; National Archives staff members Edie Hedlin and Ted Weir of the MARC/Life Cycle Task Force, who recommended the membership; and Frank Evans and Marie Allen, now Director and Deputy Director of the newly-created Inter-governmental Records Project. This project was established by Dr. Wilson recently to explore the feasibility of a national data base of information on government records which are shared between Federal, state, and local governments.

RLG was founded in 1974 by Harvard, Yale, and Columbia Universities and the New York Public Library to create a computer-based bibliographic processing system linking information about holdings nationwide. Stanford University

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subsequently became a member and agreed to act as the host

institution. The National Archives will become, through this

agreement, a Special Member in the "Archives, Manuscripts, and

Special Collections" programs.

One of the more prominent

activities of RLG is the Seven States Project (SSP), partly

financed by the NHPRC.

This involves records descriptions

indexed by functional vocabularies as well as standard subject terms. The Intergovernmental Records Project will be working with SSP to enhance NARA's role in information exchange.

Dr. Wilson has stressed the importance of joining with other research institutions to increase cooperative relationships. He called this special membership with RLG "a big step in our effort to promote a national policy at all levels of government to analyze areas of shared records." The membership entitles NARA to play a leadership role in the management of the RLG's automated information systems, RLIN. RLIN includes the major national application of the MARC-AMC format developed jointly by the Library of Congress and the Society of American Archivists.

Donations From Genealogical Societies

The Archivist has announced a generous donation of $14,000 from the Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) to the National Archives Gift Fund. Dr. Wilson said the money would be used to duplicate microfilm for distribution to the field

branches.

"This is the third donation from the FGS," he said in

announcing the gift, "and further demonstrates the generous

support and commitment of this community. We are extremely grateful for this help which will enable the field branches in Chicago, Denver, Kansas City, New York, San Francisco, and Seattle to have copies of indexes and manifests of immigrants' entries through Canada."

The first and second donations from the FGS were used to duplicate street addresses for the 1910 Census and Galveston passenger lists. Dr. Wilson also thanked the National Genealogical Society for its recent contribution of $1,000 "to enhance the resources in the Microfilm Reading Room."

Oral History Conference Held at NARA

The National Archives co-sponsored the Spring Conference of Oral History in the Mid-Atlantic Region (OHMAR) on March 14. The all-day meeting, held for the first time at the Archives was attended by 183 registrants. In his welcoming remarks, the

Archivist said "it is our professional responsibility to share our expertise and new techniques in oral history" and applauded the "quality of the speakers and the program. He also acknowledged the oral history committee of the Society for History in the Federal Government which worked with the Archives

in developing guidelines for Federal agencies accepting oral history material with restrictions.

NARA staff members Marie Allen, President of OHMAR, and John Vernon, Conference Chair, also offered welcoming remarks.

The seven sessions included one on oral history programs at Presidential libraries with NARA staff members Raymond H. Geselbracht and Michael L. Gillette and Dr. Anna K. Nelson of American University. Dr. Nelson suggested that oral histories be less biographical and more policy-oriented, concentrating on why certain decisions were or were not made.

"Teaching the Teachers: How to Create Supplemental Teaching Units"

The National Archives Kansas City Branch, the Kansas State Historical Society, and the Education Department of the Kansas City Star are sponsoring a six-week accredited course through Baker University, aimed specifically at creating teaching units. The course will be conducted July 11 through August 22.

Students will be introduced to a number of historical and cultural organizations that preserve original resource materials. The class will include a two-day seminar, "News in Education," sponsored by the Kansas City Star newspaper. The ultimate goal is for each student to complete a unit that may be used in a

classroom situation.

The Star and the Kansas State Historical

Society have agreed to reproduce the units. They will be made

available upon request

For further information, please call Baker University, (913) 491-4432.

Two Generations of Constitution Essay Winners Participate in
Panel at National Archives

On May 4, the National Archives cosponsored "Student Voices: 1937-1987/Intergenerational Views of the Constitution," a reunion of sesquicentennial and bicentennial essay contest winners. The panel discussion was jointly sponsored with the Commission on the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Commission on the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution.

Eight winners, three from 1937 and five from 1987, participated in a lively exchange of ideas focusing on the significance of the Constitution; what impact winning the contest had on their lives; and reminiscences of how they wrote their essays. This was the first reunion of the 1937 winners and the first time that key participants in both celebrations came together to share their thoughts on the celebration.

Dr. Wilson welcomed the participants and introduced Dr. Donald Ritchie, associate historian in the U.S. Senate Historian's Office, who moderated the panel.

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