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February 17, 2020

Museum Collections Management System Upgrade

What Does It Take To Upgrade to a New Collections Management System (CMS)? Client Challenge The Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia (GLDC) planned to upgrade their collections management system. Unsure...
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February 17, 2020

Navy Nurse Corps Collections Support

How Can You Make an Organization’s Legacy More Accessible to Its Members? Client Challenge The Navy Nurse Corps Association (NNCA) maintains an archive with diverse materials such as oral histories, books, photographs,...
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February 17, 2020

Archival Services for Southern California Edison

Southern California Edison (SCE) decided to expand on its existing long-term relationship with the Henry E. Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens in San Marino by donating a century of its photographs and...
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February 17, 2020

Establishing the Department of Homeland Security Archives

The History Office at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) first contracted with History Associates in 2004 to provide on-site archival services for its new history program. Building from the ground up,...
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February 17, 2020

National Park Service Archival Preservation

Can a Large Federal Agency’s Extensive Archival Backlog be Preserved on a Nationwide Scale? Client Challenge When the Washington Support Office (WASO) of the National Park Service (NPS) needed outside help to...
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February 17, 2020

Senator David Vitter Papers Preservation & Access Initiative

How Do You Preserve the Legacy of a Career in Congress? Client Challenge When Senator David Vitter announced his retirement from Congress in 2017, he chose to preserve his legacy as a...
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February 17, 2020

Industrialized Waterways and Watersheds

Using historical research to identify potentially responsible parties (PRPs) associated with a heavily industrialized waterway. Client Challenge When a Fortune 100 company was faced with natural resource damage and liability claims related...
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February 17, 2020

Manufactured Gas Plant Investigations

Where do insurers and reinsurers go when they need historical research in support of a long-tail liability claim dispute? Client Challenge When outside counsel for several national insurers and reinsurers found themselves...
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February 17, 2020

Slavery Disclosure Research

A city ordinance requires that all financial institutions disclose historical investments or profits from slavery. Client Challenge A major U.S. financial institution was entering into a service contract with the City of...
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February 17, 2020

Common Knowledge Investigations

How do you score a touchdown when documenting “common knowledge” for a statute of limitation case? Client Challenge Counsel at a national law firm sought to obtain a summary judgment in a...
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February 10, 2020

Third Winchester Battlefield Interpretive Plan

How do you excite the public about a newly preserved historic site? Client Challenge: When the American Battlefield Trust acquired a beautiful 222-acre parcel of significant battlefield land, it faced a major...
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February 10, 2020

Normandy American Military Cemetery Exhibits

What is the power of a personal story?  Client Challenge When the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) wanted to construct a new visitor center at the American Military Cemetery in Normandy, France,...
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