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Audiovisual Records.

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Still pictures, 1862-1964 (2,318), include photographs and a few charcoal drawings of officials of the Department, 1862-1933; public buildings under construction in Washington, D.C., 1878-1907, and original boundary markers of the District of Columbia; public buildings in Muskogee and Tulsa, Okla.; the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, 1904; the Alaskan Agricultural Fair, 1918; earthquake damage in Alaska, 1964; agriculture, industry, and schools in several of the territories, 1893-1909; a sewage system plan for Hawaii; mines and mining at Jerone and Prescott, Ariz., ca. 1900; oilfields and refineries, Los Angeles, 1927; national parks in the western territories, 1875-1907; Governors of the five Civilized Tribes, 1863-1919; Pueblo artist Marie Chiwiwi; and prints used in reports. There are also photographs of damage to the U.S. Capitol, part of a report of the Architect, 1899; exhibits at the Milwaukee Public museum, ca. 1900; the U.S.S. Maine and her captain; the S.S. George Loomis; and an ancient Latin tract. Motion pictures, 1929-62, (179 reels), relate to the overall activities of the Department; power, development, irrigation, soil conservation, and manufacturing in the TVA area; the Bureau of Reclamation; national monuments; national parks; wildlife conservation; Indian economy, training, and assistance; Southwest Indians, their homes and culture; economic and social conditions in the Virgin Islands; the Carpenter-Whitney expedition to Alaska, 1929, and the operation of the Alaska railroad, 1962; and the history of the westward expansion, depletion of natural resources, and development of irrigation in connection with activities of the General Land Office and the Geological Survey. There are also films concerning State parks; CCC work in national and State parks; recreation for underpriviledged children; scenic and historic sites in the United States and its territories; forest fires and firefighting; Universtiy of Chicago studies on effects of erosion; fishing and recreation on Lake Superior; and African wildlife. Sound recording, 1936-52 (504 items), include speeches, discussions, interviews, news, ceremonies, and musical programs, many of them of broadcasts made by the Department or collected by it from Government agencies and commercial sources. They relate to functions of the Department; activities of the Bureau of Biological Survey and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; the Bureau of Mines; the Bureau of Reclamation; dedication ceremonies at several reclamation projects; dust bowl migration and reclamation of dust bowl land; the Division of Territories and Island Possessions; the work of the General Land Office; the Geological Survey; an interview in 1941 with William Henry Jackson, pioneer photographer with the Survey; the national park system; the Office of Indian Affairs; the Petroleum Administration Board; and the Solid Fuels Administration for War. There are recordings relating to the Work Projects Administration disease control programs; the Public Works Administration projects to combat the depression; the public housing program and postwar housing; the work of the Civilian Conservation Corps; child labor, and wages and hours legislation; the role of women and other civilians in the war effort; the Social Security system; Department of Agriculture; Office of Price Administration; War Resources Planning Board; War Production Board; National Defense Advisory Commission; Civil Service Commission; Office of Civilian Defense; Bureau of the Budget; Treasury Department; and the Public Health Service. There are also sound recordings concerning the Federal Communications Commission; State Department; Veterans Administration; Office of Alien Property; Selective Service System; and wartime development of industry, aeronautics, scientific research, and atomic energy. There are recordings on the National Education Association; President Roosevelt's birthday celebration in 1945 and the dedication of Hyde Park, 1946; a dramatization of U.S. history from the Revolution to World War II; presidential campaign speeches of 1940; newscasts of World War II; Allied cooperation during the war; Hitler's Sudeten, 1938, and Danzing, 1939, speeches; President Roosevelt's "Day of Infamy" speech, December 8, 1941; discussions about the UN, UNRRA, and UNESCO; and musical programs including folk and religious music and Marian Anderson's concert at the Lincoln Memorial, 1939, and at the dedication of the Anderson Memorial at the Department of the Interior, 1943.

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National Archives Library, National Archives Records Administration

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National Archives Library, National Archives Records Administration

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