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By Jerrod J. Grill, Archives Technician in the Digitization Division at the National Archives and Records Administration in College Park, Maryland

A little about Jerrod – Born deaf and bilingual in American Sign Language and written English, Jerrod is a graduate of the Maryland School for the Deaf in Frederick, MD. While attending Gallaudet University i...


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Today’s post was written by David Langbart, archivist in Research Services at the National Archives at College Park, MD.

In late 1948, the Women’s Club of McKeesport, Pennsylvania, decided to devote one of its programs to developments in the field of communications over the previous half-century.  To secure information to facilitate th...


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Today’s post was written by David Langbart, archivist in Research Services at the National Archives at College Park, MD.

An earlier post discussed the collapse of the French attempt to in...


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