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Can the Internet be Archived?
The Web dwells in a never-ending present. The Wayback Machine aims to preserve its past.
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Jill Lepore
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The New Yorker
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January 26, 2015
Did Abraham Lincoln’s Bromance Alter the Course of American History?
Joshua Speed found his BFF in Abraham Lincoln.
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Charles B. Strozier
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The Conversation
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February 15, 2017
Atomic Bonds
What was J. Robert Oppenheimer doing with a book about science in early America?
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Nadine Zimmerli
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Uncommon Sense
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May 3, 2018
Life Aboard the Lusitania
Reliving the Sinking of the Lusitania Through the Eyes of a Survivor-My Great-Grandmother
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Emily Walker
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Slate
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May 7, 2015
African American Civil War Soldiers
Historian John Clegg on why he's compiling a digital database of the military records of 200,000+ black Union soldiers.
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Guy Emerson Mount
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Black Perspectives
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May 3, 2018
Was John Hancock’s Signature Too Big? Or Was Everyone Else’s Too Small?
We hold this truth to be self-evident: John Hancock's signature on the Declaration of Independence was too big.
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Ben Blatt
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Slate
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August 5, 2014
The Power of Pictures: Viewing History Through America's Library
A conversation with the curator of a new exhibit featuring images from the Library of Congress’ photo archives.
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James Estrin
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New York Times
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April 13, 2018
Long-Lost Manuscript Has a Searing Eyewitness Account of Tulsa Race Massacre
A lawyer details the attack by hundreds of whites on the black neighborhood where hundreds died 95 years ago.
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Allison Keyes
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Smithsonian
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May 27, 2016
A Garage Sale Find of Rare Beatles Photos Took a Collector on a Magical Mystery Tour
In search of the photographer who captured the Beatles' final concert on film.
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Ben Marks
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Collectors Weekly
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March 8, 2018
Headbadge Hunter: Rescuing the Beautiful Branding of Long Lost Bicycles
Jeffrey Conner has collected over 1,000 headbadges from old bicycles.
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Hunter Oatman-Stanford
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Collectors Weekly
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June 28, 2017
1851 | Born Into a Racial Turmoil That Has Never Ended
In issue No. 1, The Times described the recent killing of a slaveholder in an attack some call the first battle of the Civil War.
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David W. Dunlap
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New York Times
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September 18, 2017
World War I: Immigrants Make a Difference on the Front Lines and at Home
Immigrants eagerly joined the war cause both by joining the military and working in important industry at home.
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Ryan Reft
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Library of Congress
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September 26, 2017
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