The original documents of the United States government--those that have been identified as having permanent value--are preserved and made available to the public by the National Archives. [...] American Originals presents a selection of some of the most significant and compelling documents from the National Archives holdings. [self-description] The selected documents reach from the Resolution of Independance (1776) to President Nixon's telephone conversation with Apollo 11 astronauts on the moon (1969). All documents are made available as textual transcripts or as images.