His answer was. "There is no substitute for staying close to the primary sources." Mr. Malone recognized that one cannot stay close to primary sources without a professional archival repository for the permanent histori. cally valuable records of our Nations Government and its leaders. The records of our Government are a gold mine of details that historians. policymakers. scholars. genealogists. and Federal agencies need to document the everyday lives of individuals In the past. to understand the human effects of Government policies. and to collect quantifiable data. Records on military service. amnesties. naturalizations. courts. land surveys and taxes. Government employment. ships passenger lists. American Indians and territorial government.
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