The social sciences, humanities, and education showed the smallest decreases. While Richmond, Virginia, and Hagerstown, Maryland, also have plans in the works for similar museums, officials operating the new 66,000 square-foot museum claim that theirs is the only such facility that tells the story of the entire Civil War, not just the story of a single battle or specific aspect of the war. Garfinkel replaces Assistant Archivist Michael J. Kurtz in that role. Garfinkel will continue to serve as ISOO director, a post he has held for over 20 years. The sites include relatively obscure battle sites such as Aldie and Middleburg in Virginia to well known battlefields including Gettysburg in Pennsylvania and Harpers Ferry in West Virginia.
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The exact location of the new museum is not specified but it will be placed on federal lands administered by the Coast guard. His interest has focuses on General Reinhard Gehlen, head of a Nazi intelligence organization who apparently worked with the CIA after the war. It is expected to take about two years to process the collection. The majority of the records scheduled for release are National Security Council materials. The release also contains a small amount of information from the White House Central files.