The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has been charged with preserving and documenting United States government and historical records since its inception during the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration. Prologue, the official magazine of NARA, mines the millions of resources available in the organization's archives and presents them to readers in a fascinating narrative form. For instance, an article published in the Winter 2015 edition of the magazine uses the court martial record of an army officer who was hanged for murdering his wife in Manila in 1926. Another article, from the Spring 2012 issue, examines 1940 Census data to examine the employment and income of Americans in the midst of World War II.
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