NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK.  At a ceremony in Bishop Hill on April 27, 1984, U.S. Senator Charles Percy announced that Secretary of the Interior, William Clark had approved the designation of Bishop Hill as a NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK. Many prominent persons from Sweden and America participated in the ceremony. The Archive building is located within the historic boundaries. In a survey of original buildings conducted by the U.S. Government, we were mentioned as "a recent building which had carefully embodied the structural pattern of the original buildings."

MICROFILMING OF VASA RECORDS.  The microfilming of the records of all Vasa lodges in U.S. and Canada is an especially valuable and pioneering project carried out by the Vasa Order of America. The project is now almost completed. Copies of the films, over 32,000 feet of 35mm film are stored in 500 boxes in a fireproof cabinet in the Archive building. The films will be available in the Archive to lodges and researchers upon request. A microfilm reader is available in the Archive.