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Posted by: Ryan Reft
When President Richard M. Nixon resigned on August 9, 1974, he departed for an exile in San Clemente, California, that began with depression and anxiety, but ended with a presidential pardon, a hospitalization, and eventually political renewal.
Posted in: Politics
Posted by: Josh Levy
This post is coauthored by Morgan Black, librarian at the United States Naval Observatory, and Josh Levy, historian of science and technology at the Library of Congress Manuscript Division. When Maria Mitchell spotted a telescopic comet from the roof of her Nantucket home in 1847, a historic feat that helped make her a national celebrity, …
Posted in: Science and Technology, Women's & Gender History
Posted by: Andrea J. Briggs
A brief look at the life and collection of Robert A. Lavender, and an archivist’s one-sided but deeply felt relationship with the collection.
Posted in: Aviation, Behind the Scenes, War and Society
Posted by: Michelle Krowl
Find out what kind of military duty Civil War soldier Private William M. Phile of the 27th Regiment Connecticut Infantry found to be particularly rough on his pants.
Posted in: Civil War, War and Society
Posted by: Lewis Wyman
As the 2024 Summer Olympics kicks off this month, we take a look at the intersection of three remarkable American lives at the Stockholm Olympics in 1912.
Posted in: International History, Native American History, Sports, War and Society