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).
This section of the Versailles Treaty describes, and quantifies, the types of war damages ("reparations") Germany would pay as a result of World War I...
Vincent was thirty-five years old when he wrote this 24 September 1888 letter to his brother, Theo. He was in Arles at the time. My d...
Vincent van Gogh wrote this March 24, 1873, letter to his brother Theo. In it, he asks him to check on a painting by Schotel ((Johannes Christia...
Image of the hardcover book which accompanies the BBC series "Walking with Dinosaurs," produced by Tim Haines. To learn more about the series, c...
The U.S. War Department issued a statement about the assassination of President Lincoln as soon as information was available. This is a facsimil...
While the Japanese fleet was making its way toward Hawaii, maintaining strict radio silence, some people in America thought that President Roosevelt w...
This original, handwritten note indicates that the capitol building (in Washington, D.C.) was attacked by the British on the 24th of August, 1814.&nbs...
More than 350,000 African-Americans served in the U.S. military during World War I. Many received medals for their courage during battle. Wishi...
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration provides the following information about khat: Street terms for Khat: [pronounced Cot] Abyssinian tea, Afr...
Image of an internal White House memo detailing public reaction to President Truman's decision to send troops to Korea. As of June 29, 1950—the...
During the 1930s, the federal government hired writers to obtain the oral histories of former slaves. William Moore was one of those interviewee...
John Langdon, the inspiration (at least, in part) for fictional Harvard professor Robert Langdon in Angels and Demons) wrote Wordplay which was update...
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