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Beyond The Gates
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As I descended into the basement I wondered if copal would ever have a chance to ascend.
Artworks Are Artifacts Too
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Art history research can occasionally fall into the trap of viewing everything through a digital screen.
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Lost and Found in Bamberg
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For a minute I stood listening to the 9 a.m. bells, breathing deep sighs of relief.
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No Gloves Required
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Historians are well aware that a good old map invites curiosity and connection.
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Palace Intrigue
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Perhaps we can enjoy the Baron’s palace without having to apotheosize him.
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Edward Guimont’s “From Outer Space”
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The Hills’ aliens wore clothing and spoke English—albeit with an unspecified “foreign accent.”
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Working at the NMML
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Two archivists share what it’s like at one of India’s largest archives.
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My Trips to Vsetín
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I’m usually the first visitor to arrive, and there are never more than two others at the reading room at any time.
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Book History in the Bay Area
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I was comfortable with the components of a press and the processes of printing. At least in theory.
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The Desert Keeps Receipts
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We are immersed in a landscape of risk, a damaged place that damages in return.
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The Magician In The Castle
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This museum riled illusionists worldwide when its exhibit dared to reveal Houdini’s secrets.
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2020 Student Digital History Roundup
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Despite challenging circumstances, students and teachers produced compelling digital history.
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Catholic Library, Muslim Books
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In the 1950s and 1960s, the Dominicans in Cairo collected rare printed books in Arabic, particularly Muslim devotional works rarely found in other libraries.
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When John Brown’s Body Is Wax
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What better place to think about authenticity than a wax museum?
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Archiving Danville
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The mental institution had a lot of old volumes stored in a conference room, but they were behind locked cabinet doors and no one knew exactly what was there.
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A Most Unique Museum
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From waste containment during the Black Death to a toilet that cost $19 million, the museum is impressively comprehensive.
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Of Strip Mines and Coal Slurry
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I’d spent years living simultaneously inside the West and outside of it.
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2019 Student Digital History Roundup
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What does doing history look like? Let today’s history students and teachers show you.
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The Archive after the Revolution
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They meant to remake the world, and they left quite the paper trail.
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This Is Not an Interrogation
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Veterans get the chance to tell their stories; my role is to facilitate that process.
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The Circus Hitler Said He Loved
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Simultaneously beloved and despised by the Nazi regime, their stories are now being uncovered by a team of researchers.