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Memos
 Websites presented in alphabetical order The 9-11 Commission: An Audio Chronicle 
 Collection of National Public Radio (NPR) news stories on the 2004 hearings of the independent commission created to investigate the government's response to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Includes commentary on National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice's testimony, a copy of the declassified government memo known as the "Bin Laden Brief," and audio files of NPR shows related to the hearings. http://www.npr.org/911hearings/ Topics: Nonfiction by Genre, September 11 & Beyond Last updated Sep 20, 2006 The Berlin Airlift
Devoted to the post-World War II Berlin airlift (1948-49), during which "the Truman administration reacted with a continual daily airlift which brought much needed food and supplies into the city of West Berlin." Includes background information about the event, memos, reports, telegrams, photographs, oral histories, and more. From the Harry S. Truman Presidential Museum and Library. http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/berlin_airlift/large/ Topics: History, History By Place, Military, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional, Presidents by Name, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Mar 1, 2008 The Downing Street Memo: Seeking the Truth Since May 13, 2005
The Downing Street "Memo" is a document containing meeting minutes transcribed during a British Prime Minister's meeting made eight months prior to the invasion of Iraq in March 2003. The Times of London printed it in May 2005. This site provides information about the "meaning and context of these documents as they relate to the Bush administration's case for war." Includes the memo, related documents, analysis, excerpts of media comments, and related information. http://downingstreetmemo.com Topics: International Governments, Media, Nonfiction by Genre, Politics by Place, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Sep 5, 2005 Gone With the Wind Online Exhibit
An online exhibition telling the story of the planning and making of one of the most popular films in American history. The search for the actress who would portray Scarlett O'Hara, how the costumes and make-up were selected, and the struggle to purchase the rights to the book are told using images, memos, and other primary sources. From the Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin. http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/web/gwtw/ Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Holidays & Observances, Literature: Fiction, Nonfiction by Genre, Recreation Last updated Jan 16, 2008 The Leaked Iraq War Documents
In early May of 2005, the British newspaper The Times received and published leaked classified documents from 2002 about the Bush administration's case for the invasion of Iraq, including the so-called Downing Street Memo. The newspaper's website provides access to the several stories written about the documents and related events, with links to the documents themselves. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article535913.ece Topics: Nonfiction by Genre, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Feb 12, 2007 Memorandum Opinion for the Deputy Attorney General
This December 30, 2004, Department of Justice memo provides a new definition of torture updated since the Iraqi prison abuse scandal. The memo states that "severe" pain need not be limited to pain "equivalent in intensity to the pain accompanying serious physical injury, such as organ failure, impairment of bodily function, or even death." http://www.justice.gov/olc/18usc23402340a2.htm Topics: Nonfiction by Genre, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Nov 1, 2009 RFC Editor
A searchable database of the Requests for Comments (RFC) documents, "technical and organizational notes about the Internet (originally the ARPANET), beginning in 1969. Memos in the RFC series discuss many aspects of computer networking, including protocols, procedures, programs, and concepts." From the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), an "international community of network designers, operators, vendors, and researchers concerned with the evolution of the Internet architecture." http://www.rfc-editor.org Topics: Internet, Nonfiction by Genre, Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Web Design and Management Last updated Sep 12, 2005 tobaccopapers.com: UK Tobacco Industry Advertising Documents Database
"Search, view and download over 650 documents from the UK tobacco industry's main advertising agencies ranging from 1994 to 1999. ... [Search] to see examples of letters and memos sent between tobacco companies and their advertising agencies as they planned their campaigns to promote cigarettes, cigars and rolling tobacco to people in the UK." Also includes case studies and related links. From the Centre for Tobacco Control Research, United Kingdom. http://www.tobaccopapers.com/ Topics: Advertising & Marketing, Business, Correspondence, Diseases & Conditions, Drugs & Medications by Type, Industries, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Jan 28, 2004 |
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