National Archives
National Archives official depository for records of the U.S. federal government, established in 1934 by an act of Congress. Although displeasure concerning the method of keeping national records was voiced in Congress as early as 1810, the United States continued to entrust the records to the various agencies that had accumulated them. That practice resulted in much loss, confusion, deterioration, and destruction of documents. It was not until 1926 that Congress provided for the construction of a national archives building where federal government records could be stored, assembled, and preserved. The congressional act of 1934 organized the National Archives Establishment, to be administered by the archivist of the United States. The archivist was charged with accepting and preserving the records of the three branches of the federal government. The National Archives was incorporated into the General Services Administration in 1949, but in 1985 it was made an independent agency, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
Located in Washington, D.C., the building to house these records was completed in 1935. Some of the country's most important documents, including the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights are housed in the National Archives Building. The overflow accumulation of millions of documents and other materials necessitated the creation of a second archives facility in College Park, Md., which was occupied in 1994, and NARA is now headquartered there. Nine regional records facilities are spread throughout the country, and the agency also manages the presidential records of all presidents since Herbert Hoover (by law since 1981). NARA is reponsible as well for publishing acts of Congress; presidential proclamations, executive orders, and federal regulations (in the Federal Register ); and The United States Government Manual, among others. Since the early 1990s, the agency has offered some of its materials and services on line. The National Archives has proved invaluable in facilitating the research of scholars, particularly in the field of American history.
Bibliography: See M. MacCloskey, Our National Attic (1968); H. G. Jones, The Records of a Nation (1969).
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Naturalism.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith; 12/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; NATURALISM by Stewart Goetz and Charles Taliaferro...16.00. ISBN: 9780802807687. In Naturalism Stewart Goetz and Charles Taliaferro...address early on the problem that "naturalism" is not a single view but a large and...
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Naturalism in economics.
Magazine article from: Journal of Economic Issues; 9/1/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...the unity of the sciences is termed "naturalism" on the assumption that all sciences...One response to this is an "anti-naturalism" that separates social from natural...be a reality to be explained. Both naturalism and antinaturalism adopt types of realism...
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Sailing under false colors: naturalism revisited.(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: Symposium; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...The study of present-day scholarship on Naturalism and its existing definitions is followed...advantages accrued by a reconceptualization of Naturalism. Keywords: literary theory, Naturalism, narratology, reconceptualization, science...
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From scientific method to methodological naturalism: the evolution of an idea.(Communication)
Magazine article from: Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith; 9/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...enterprise that he named "methodological naturalism." As a professor of philosophy at Wheaton...manipulated faith. (1) The term methodological naturalism first appeared in print in "Naturalism in the Natural Sciences," an article written...
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Rehabilitating naturalism
Magazine article from: Inroads; 7/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...of the history of realism (and naturalism), as well as serious problems...we need to define realism and naturalism. According to British critic Bamber Gascoigne, "The meaning of 'naturalism' is beyond dispute - it represents...
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The American naturalist tradition.(American Naturalism)
Newspaper article from: Free Inquiry; 12/22/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...have endowed a Library of Philosophical Naturalism as part of the Center for Inquiry libraries...following articles describe the relevance of naturalism in its historic and present-day contexts...values, and ideals, is wholly natural. Naturalism in the American tradition is not reductive...
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Rehabilitating naturalism.
Magazine article from: Inroads: A Journal of Opinion; 1/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...theatre history through the birth of naturalism in the 1870s and the anti-naturalist...critics and theatre artists dismiss naturalism as passe or "dangerous," Milner argues that naturalism has changed immensely in the last 100...
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Philosophy and naturalism.(Book Review)
Newspaper article from: Free Inquiry; 12/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; Pragmatic Naturalism and Realism, edited by John R. Shook...2) 360 pp. Cloth $32. Pragmatic Naturalism and Realism is primarily the anthology...realism in the context of pragmatic naturalism" (p. 9). Most contributors seek...
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Polarities between naturalism and non-naturalism in contemporary economics: an overview.
Magazine article from: Journal of Economic Issues; 12/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...of the few hundred-year-old debate between naturalism and non-naturalism in the broader field of the social sciences...main philosophical positions in social science, naturalism and non-naturalism, related particularly to...
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Poe exchange: historically inaccurate and seriously misleading argument.(Author exchange)(Harry L. Poe)(From Scientific Method to Methodological Naturalism: The Evolution of an Idea)(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith; 3/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Scientific Method to Methodological Naturalism: The Evolution of an Idea" (Harry...presents a discussion of methodological naturalism as a very recent development in thought...argument is that "methodological naturalism" is an unnecessary addition to the...
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Naturalism
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Science and Religion
Naturalism Naturalism arouses strong emotions. Some see it as a banner to follow, some as the enemy to fight. Theological or religious naturalism is even more controversial: Is it truly religious? And if so...
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Naturalism in Art and Literature
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
NATURALISM IN ART AND LITERATURE. Naturalism, a term widely used in the nineteenth century, was employed...and art critics as a synonym for realism. But, in fact, naturalism was a much more complex term. The term derived from the...
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naturalism
Book article from: A Dictionary of Sociology
naturalism In sociology and moral philosophy the term naturalism has several distinct but related uses which are frequently confused with one another. In moral philosophy, naturalism is the thesis ( contra Hume's famous denial that...
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Naturalism in Fiction
Book article from: American Eras
Naturalism in Fiction Sources An Increasingly Urban...Flaubert and Zola—labeled naturalism —was a valuable model for...writing exemplifies a basic tenet of naturalism: it depicts men and women as pawns...
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methodological naturalism
Book article from: A Dictionary of Sociology
methodological naturalism See EMPIRICISM ; NATURALISM .
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