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Archival Recovery Program

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The Archival Recovery Team of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) investigates documents and other items that have been lost or stolen from NARA. Operating as part of NARA's Office of the Inspector General, they have had some notable successes in recovering items like presidental pardons from Ulysses S. Grant and Andrew Jackson or a Remington bronco statute given to George H.W. Bush. They investigate missing items using information gleaned from the news, auction websites, collectors shows, and tips.[1]

History

References

  1. ^ Craig Smith, "Special agents hunt down America's national treasures," Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 3 July 2011.