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Heritage Documentation Programs

in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1934. Heritage Documentation Programs (HDP) is a division of the U.S. National Park Service (NPS). It administers three programs established to document historic places in the United States: the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), and the Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). Its records include measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports, all archived in the Library of Congress' Prints and Photographs Division.

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in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1934. Heritage Documentation Programs (HDP) is a division of the U.S. National Park Service (NPS). It administers three programs established to document historic places in the United States: the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), and the Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). Its records include measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports, all archived in the Library of Congress' Prints and Photographs Division.

Key claims

  1. date of foundation: 1969-01-10 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of foundation is "1969-01-10". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

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