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Updated as of 2 October 05

Today in History:

On October 2, 1780, Major John André, a British spy associated with Benedict Arnold, was executed on this day in history. 

Quote of the Day:

"In my view we are much worse off now than when we went into Iraq. This is not a partisan position. I voted for these guys."

A senior figure at a military-sponsored think tank as told to James Fallows in "Bush's Lost Year" in The Atlantic Monthly (Oct. 2004)

Was the 2004 Election Stolen?

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Notes for Original Sources found at the Eisenhower Presidential Library

There are many different and diverse documents found in a presidential archives, which range from letters, diary entries, telegrams, and memos. The methods  used to delineate them vary according to the document cited; however, the following should serve as a guide to help you get started.

Telephone Calls, Letters, Telegrams:

Telephone Call, Dwight D. Eisenhower to Sherman Adams, 28 October 1953, Folder, Box Number, Series, Collection.

Memoranda and Memos:

Memorandum to the Deputy Director of the  CIA, Subject: Building the U-2, Date, Folder, Box Number, Series, Collection.

For additional information concerning other components of a research paper see the following links the Writers Handbook, which covers the Chicago Manual of Style and 5th edition of Turabian's Manual for Writers as well as the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers . For citing electronic sources, something that may come in handy, see Citing Electronic Information in History maintained by Maurice Crouse, a historian at the University of Memphis.