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These Striking Photos Show the Secret, Strange World of Military Research and Development
An obscure archive reveals the science—and art—behind combat culture.
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Rian Dundon
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Timeline
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November 15, 2017
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A World in a Box
Harvard digitizes two centuries of colonial history.
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Benjamin Breen
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November 15, 2017
Keeper of the Secrets
Is there a special value in archives that are not digitized?
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James Somers
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Village Voice
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September 20, 2017
The Short, Sad Story of Stanwix Melville
Piecing back together the forgotten history of Herman Melville's second son.
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Christopher Benfey
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New York Review of Books
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October 30, 2017
Civil War Soldiers’ Wet Dreams
Looking for traces of sexual fantasy in soldiers' letters home.
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Dillon Carroll
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Nursing Clio
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November 1, 2017
The Star Spangled Banner
In baseball it goes back, back, back.
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John Thorn
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Our Game
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May 23, 2017
A Civil War Soldier Reflects on the Comet of 1861
Private Charles F. Johnson of the 9th New York Volunteer Infantry ponders an unusual celestial phenomenon.
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Jake Wynn
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Emerging Civil War
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October 25, 2017
Trump Plans to Release JFK Assassination Documents Despite Concerns From Federal Agencies
What's still under wraps, and what it might tell us about Lee Harvey Oswald.
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Ian Shapira
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Washington Post
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October 21, 2017
When 20,000 American Nazis Descended Upon New York City
Newly discovered footage of a story that many would prefer to forget.
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Emily Buder
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Marshall Curry
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The Atlantic
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October 10, 2017
The Beauty of Public Restrooms
A collection of images of early 20th-century public bathrooms.
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John F. Ptak
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JF Ptak Science Books
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September 1, 2017
'I Want to Kick Ass' in 1862?
Evidence that the idiom could be 100 years older than was previously thought.
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Ben Zimmer
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Strong Language
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October 5, 2017
A Look Inside James Baldwin’s 1,884 Page FBI File
Memos on "aliases," sexuality, and The Blood Counters.
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William J. Maxwell
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Literary Hub
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June 12, 2017
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