BIG!: Big Records, Big Events and Big Ideas in American History: Celebrating 75 Years of the National Archives
By Stacey Bredhoff.
Description
Published to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the National Archives, Washington, D.C. in 2009, this new volume features big records, big events, and big ideas from the US National Archives collection. Starting with the 13-foot scroll of the Articles of Confederation—the first constitution of the United States—the full-scale records reveal some of the formative moments in American history.Among the items reproduced, some with fold-out pages, are a section from the enormous 13-foot square map of the Gettysburg battlefield, and the size 22 sneakers of basketball legend Shaquille O’Neal....
ISBN(s)
1904832628, 9781904832621
