Dr. Shogan’s Weekly Summary and Social Media Report: January 29–February 2, 2024

On January 29, 2024, Archivist of the United States Dr. Colleen Shogan welcomed two fellow women leaders to the National Archives in Washington, DC (Archives I), Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines (left) and Principle Deputy Director Stacey Dixon (right). Items relevant to national security archives, including John Wilkes Booth’s “Confederate” Cipher, were shown.

On January 31, 2024, Dr. Shogan gave an interview with 94.3 WYBC radio based out of New Haven, CT, to discuss the public conversation Dr. Shogan gave at Yale that same evening.

Dr. Shogan was in conversation on January 31 with her dissertation adviser, Stephen Skowronek about her role at the National Archives, political science research, and her career after Yale.

On February 1, 2024, Dr. Shogan shared an image from the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in a meeting with Vice President Hubert Humphrey and several other figures from NARA’s Google Arts & Culture online exhibit, The Civil Rights Act of 1964, to honor the start of Black History Month. Explore our records documenting African American History through the African American Research page and within the National Archives Catalog.


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