History
Library of Congress Puts Alexander Hamilton's Papers Online for the First Time
Letters, speech drafts, and other documents from the ten-dollar founding father Alexander Hamilton, online for the first time from the Library of Congress.
History
History
A Nostalgic Trip Through Roadside America's Weirdest Sites
The Library of Congress has digitized and uploaded some 11,000 slides of images shot by photographer John Margolies as he traveled more than 100,000 miles over a three-decade period.
Art
The Indian Removal Act Is on View at the National Archives for the First Time
Visitors can read the handwritten 1830 act that was signed by Andrew Jackson and led to the forced removal of indigenous tribes across the United States.
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Penn Libraries Acquires Benjamin Franklin's First Broadside, a Skull-Adorned Elegy
In 1723, a teenaged Benjamin Franklin created his first printing piece, a broadside elegy recently acquired by the University of Pennsylvania.
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A Visit to New York City's New Subterranean Archaeological Repository
In October, the Landmarks Preservation Commission opened its new research center where New York City's archaeological collections are accessible to researchers for the first time.
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The Challenge of Making a Permanent Exhibit About Mercurial New York
The Museum of the City of New York opens its first permanent exhibition, an ambitious multimedia journey through 400 years of the city's turbulent history.
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An Online Exhibition Explores the Cultural Legacy of Prohibition
The Mob Museum in Las Vegas explores the jazz, flappers, and mob violence of America's Prohibition era in a new online exhibition.
Books
A Tour of Timekeeping in Rare Books
Through 86 volumes that span the 15th century to the present, the Grolier Club visualizes the development of modern timekeeping.
In Brief
President Obama Declares Stonewall Inn First National Monument to LGBTQ History
Today the beige Stetson hats of the National Parks Service (NPS) will start appearing at the Stonewall Inn on Christopher Street in Manhattan's Greenwich Village, as the site was declared a national monument on Friday.
Art
The Forgotten First Woman Violinist to Perform on the American Stage
Violinist Camilla Urso "stood on the stage like a statue on fire," in the words of writer Theodore Tilton.
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Holdouts: The Solitary Resisters of Real Estate
For all his money and power, Donald Trump couldn't force a widow from her New Jersey home back in the 1990s.
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Digging Through Victorian Trash for Bone Toothbrushes and Broken Dolls
"Rubbish doesn't lie," explained Tom Licence, a senior lecturer in history at England's University of East Anglia who is behind What the Victorians Threw Away.