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The statues to the north are of an old man, titled Past, and a young woman, titled Future or Present by Robert Aiken, assisted by Attilio Piccirilli. [15] [14] The man's pedestals is inscribed with "Study the Past," quoting Confucius, and the woman's with "What is Past is Prologue," from The Tempest.
The Archivist is appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate and is responsible for safeguarding and making available for study all the permanently valuable records of the federal government, including the original Declaration of Independence, Constitution and Bill of Rights, which are displayed in the Archives' main building in Washington, D.C.
The National Personnel Records Center(s) (NPRC) is an agency of the National Archives and Records Administration, created in 1966. It is part of the United States National Archives federal records center system and is divided into two large Federal Records Centers located in St. Louis, Missouri, and Valmeyer, Illinois.
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Upon arrival, visitors to the Center must go through security, sign in, and present photo identification at the guard's station in the entrance lobby. In 2007, the WNRC opened a new Electronic Records Vault. The 976 square-foot vault allows Federal Records Centers to store and service temporary electronic records for Federal agencies. [3]
The National Personnel Records Center fire of 1973, [1] also known as the 1973 National Archives fire, was a fire that occurred at the Military Personnel Records Center (MPRC) in the St. Louis suburb of Overland, Missouri, from July 12–16, 1973. The fire destroyed some 16 million to 18 million official U.S. military personnel records.
By 1969, the Seattle Federal Records Center had grown to 170,000 cubic feet (4,800 m 3) of material and 18 full-time employees. [16] A portion of the collections was destroyed in a fire in 1974. [14] The Seattle branch began receiving national microfilm records in 1970, beginning with the minutes of the Continental Congress. [17]