What does it mean when we say "art is in the eye of the beholder?" How have artists' subjects changed over the centuries? This collection features diverse art forms (from ancient mosaics to modern cubism).
In an effort to educate its citizens about how to respond to a nuclear attack, Massachusetts issued this brochure. If people saw a flash “...
Henry VIII had an interest in Ireland but his daughter, Elizabeth I, really impacted the Emerald Isle. Henry wanted to "colonize" an already-est...
When John Dillinger used a wooden gun to escape from the Lake County jail in Crown Point, Indiana, Melvin Purvis sent Director Hoover a telegram. ...
The Queensberry Rules 1. To be a fair stand-up boxing match in a twenty-four foot ring or as near that size as practicable.2. No wrestling or hugging...
A richly illustrated article, about HMS Resolute, was published in the December 27, 1856 issue of The Illustrated London News. When the ship arrived ...
African-Americans who fought in World War I endured continuing racial discrimination after returning home. That was also true of the federal governmen...
Book-cover image of Raptors! The Nastiest Dinosaurs, by Don Lessem, illustrated by David Peters.
In his book Auschwitz: Technique and Operation of the Gas Chambers, Jean Claude Pressac (originally a Holocaust denier until he reviewed documentary e...
This map, based on the 1981 Census of India, depicts the general breakdown of religious affiliation in the country. Mumbai, located in the state...
Wyatt Earp resigned his position as Sheriff of Pima County (Arizona Territory) on the 9th of November, 1880. The original document had been stor...
Two years to the day before he died of a gunshot wound in Los Angeles, Senator Robert F. Kennedy delivered a major speech in South Africa. On t...
This is a facsimile of the Amnesty Oath signed by Robert E. Lee, swearing loyalty to the United States.
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