Historical Documents

The document on permanent display in the Rotunda is the enrolled original Joint Resolution passed by Congress on September 25, 1789, proposing 12-not 10-amendments to the Constitution.
U.S. Bill of Rights
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)

Articles

Near Beer (March 1990 | Volume: 41, Issue: 2)
Postscripts (October/november 1981 | Volume: 32, Issue: 6)
First Lady (May/June 1998 | Volume: 49, Issue: 3)
A Yank In The B.E.F. (June 1965 | Volume: 16, Issue: 4)
Echoes Of Tonkin (June/July 2004 | Volume: 55, Issue: 3)
The Air-conditioned Century (August/September 1984 | Volume: 35, Issue: 5)
Farewell To The Ferry (April 1964 | Volume: 15, Issue: 3)
The Liberation of Paris (September 1994 | Volume: 45, Issue: 5)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Beyond The South (April 1992 | Volume: 43, Issue: 2)
Best Prepared Pioneers In The West (October 1956 | Volume: 7, Issue: 6)
Correspondence (November 1996 | Volume: 47, Issue: 7)
Eyewitness At Harpers Ferry (February 1975 | Volume: 26, Issue: 2)
“When Does This Place Get to New York?” (June/July 1979 | Volume: 30, Issue: 4)
Dining Out Guide To Wartime London (June/July 2005 | Volume: 56, Issue: 3)
1893 One Hundred Years Ago (April 1993 | Volume: 44, Issue: 2)
Was Jefferson Guilty? (December 1990 | Volume: 41, Issue: 8)
Nathaniel Burt (July/August 1988 | Volume: 39, Issue: 5)
My Brush With History (December 1998 | Volume: 49, Issue: 8)
Flights Of Passage (September/October 1988 | Volume: 39, Issue: 6)
Sketches From The Vanishing Landscape (February 1956 | Volume: 7, Issue: 2)
III. They’re Still There (November 1988 | Volume: 39, Issue: 7)
1937 Fifty Years Ago (May/June 1987 | Volume: 38, Issue: 4)
First Shots in the Pacific War (Winter 2023 | Volume: 68, Issue: 1)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
The Civilized Landscape (April/May 1985 | Volume: 36, Issue: 3)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
To Find Out More (October/November 1986 | Volume: 37, Issue: 6)
Postscripts (February/March 1983 | Volume: 34, Issue: 2)
Our 4th Annual Winter Art Show (December 1988 | Volume: 39, Issue: 8)
Our Constitution Issue (September/October 1987 | Volume: 38, Issue: 6)
A Sensible Suggestion (June 1961 | Volume: 12, Issue: 4)
Over the Wall at Checkpoint Charlie (October 2006 | Volume: 57, Issue: 5)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Painter (October 2005 | Volume: 56, Issue: 5)
1886 One Hundred Years Ago (April/May 1986 | Volume: 37, Issue: 3)
To Plan A Trip (October 2005 | Volume: 56, Issue: 5)
Too Grim (December 1996 | Volume: 47, Issue: 8)
The First To Fly (June 1970 | Volume: 21, Issue: 4)
Was America The Wonderful Land Of Fusang? (April 1966 | Volume: 17, Issue: 3)
Old World Buffalo (December 1990 | Volume: 41, Issue: 8)
From the Greek (November 1990 | Volume: 41, Issue: 7)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
The Making Of “lonesome Dove” (February/March 2001 | Volume: 52, Issue: 1)
1813 One Hundred And Seventy-five Years Ago (September/October 1988 | Volume: 39, Issue: 6)
Grover Cleveland's Attorney General Tries to Get Rich Quick (February/March 2021 | Volume: 66, Issue: 2)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
A Nice Piece Of Real Estate (December 1971 | Volume: 23, Issue: 1)
Overrated? Underrated? (September 1999 | Volume: 50, Issue: 5)
Outnumbered (April 1992 | Volume: 43, Issue: 2)
1675 Three Hundred And Twenty-five Years Ago (November 2000 | Volume: 51, Issue: 7)
That Streaking Fad (April 1999 | Volume: 50, Issue: 2)
That Mess On The Prestile (February 1970 | Volume: 21, Issue: 2)
To Find Out More (May/June 1987 | Volume: 38, Issue: 4)
Survivors (August/September 1982 | Volume: 33, Issue: 5)