If you can read cursive, the National Archives would like a word. Or a few million. More than 200 years worth of U.S.

Reading cursive is a superpower,” said Suzanne Isaacs, a community manager with the National Archives Catalog in Washington, ...

The National Archives needs volunteers to help transcribe historical documents written in cursive. This citizen-led initiative makes American history more accessible to researchers and genealogists.

A lot of old records at the National Archives are written in longhand, but fewer people can read cursive. The institution is ...

In fact, a close reading of the new order — especially given what is known about the contents of the still-secret JFK ...

Israel's national archives announced Monday they were granting public access online to hundreds of thousands of documents ...

Trove of scanned paperwork include prosecutors' correspondence with Ben-Gurion, original testimonies including from writer ...

The Blizzard of 1978 actually was the second of three large storm systems to hit the U.S. in the opening weeks of the year.

The Games opened on Jan. 25, with a parade of competing nations. The next day, U.S. skater Charles Jewtraw claimed the first ...

On Jan. 29, 1995, the San Francisco 49ers became the first team in NFL history to win five Super Bowl titles, beating the San ...

TV viewers witnessed a tragedy in the skies above Florida. America lost is favorite astronaut-teacher Christa McAuliffe.

On Jan. 27, 1945, during World War II, Soviet troops liberated the Nazi concentration camps Auschwitz and Birkenau in Poland.