Hundreds of Items Missing From National Archives; Agency Is Eyeing Auctions, Internet Sales in Effort To Locate Stolen Artifacts

From: The Washington Post | Date: December 4, 2004| Author: Jacqueline Trescott | Copyright information

Hundreds of letters and photographs are missing from the National Archives and its regional offices, including one presidential library. Many are suspected stolen.

The extent of the losses is detailed in a series of reports from the organization's investigative office, but the value of the items is difficult to determine because that is largely measured by historic importance and rarity. The items include color photographs of Nancy Reagan and the king and queen of Jordan, letters from ...

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