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On records, artifacts, and their preservation.
Photograph of blues singer Robert Johnson, playing guitar, 1936.

Searching for Robert Johnson

In the seven decades since his mysterious death, bluesman Robert Johnson’s legend has grown.
by Frank DiGiacomo via Vanity Fair on October 1, 2008

The Colfax Riot

Stumbling on a forgotten Reconstruction tragedy, in a forgotten corner of Louisiana.
by Richard Rubin via The Atlantic on August 22, 2003
Armand Minthorn
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Bones of Dispute

Who owns the past? That is the subject of debate after the discovery of a human skeleton on the banks of the Columbia River in Kennewick, Washington.
by MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour via American Archive of Public Broadcasting on January 3, 1997

A Look Inside James Baldwin’s 1,884 Page FBI File

Memos on "aliases," sexuality, and The Blood Counters.
by William J. Maxwell via Literary Hub on July 8, 1964
Illustration of a wood-paneled formal bathroom.

The Bathrooms of Old New York

On the enormous, ornate, and extremely impractical bathtub in his family’s old-fashioned brownstone home.
by Joseph Wyler via The New Yorker on January 21, 1939
A painting of the physician Iapyx removing an arrowhead from the hero Aeneas.

Two Generals Contest the Definition of Cruelty

Hood and Sherman exchange epistolary fire in 1864.
by William Tecumseh Sherman, John B. Hood via Lapham’s Quarterly on September 14, 1864

A Letter From Frederick Douglass to His Former Owner

A spotlight on a primary source.
by Frederick Douglass via Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History on October 4, 1857
Texas Declaration of Independence

Texas Declaration of Independence

A spotlight on a primary source.
via Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History on March 2, 1836

Davy Crockett on the Removal of the Cherokees

A spotlight on a primary source.
by Davy Crockett via Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History on December 25, 1834

A North Carolinian on the Aftermath of Nat Turner’s Rebellion

A spotlight on a primary source.
via Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History on September 25, 1831
Manuscript page of Stephen Austin's contract to bring settlers to Texas.

Stephen Austin's Contract to Bring Settlers to Texas

A spotlight on a primary source.
by Stephen F. Austin via Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History on June 4, 1825
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