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1861 – Photograph of Lincoln Inauguration

Lincoln's Inaugural Photograph - May 4, 1861 Iconic photo of Lincoln’s first inauguration. Now believed to be taken by government photographer John Wood. LOC “The avenue in front of the portico was thronged with people, the crowd extending to a great distance on either side and reaching far [...]

2021-01-23T17:00:09-05:00January 23, 2021|News|

CIA released UFO documents

UFO Documents released After decades of Freedom of Information requests, approximately 2,780 pages of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) documents detailing the government entity’s findings on unidentified flying objects (UFOs) are now available for anyone to read and download. For UFO devotees this is an opportunity to see all of the [...]

2021-01-23T15:47:57-05:00January 23, 2021|News|

Caro Archive goes to the NY Historical Society

Robert Caro (center), James Hicks and Debra Schmidt Bach of NY Historical Society. Jonah Markowitz/New York Times Robert Caro Archives Early last year the New-York Historical Society arranged to acquire Robert Caro’s substantial archives. It includes the files for his Lyndon B. Johnson masterwork and for “The Power [...]

2021-01-11T21:33:34-05:00January 11, 2021|News|

Enslaved: People of the Historic Slave Trade

Enslaved: Peoples of the Historic Slave Trade, launched at the end of 2020. Joining with seven smaller, searchable databases, Enslaved.org allows anyone from academic historians to amateur family genealogists to search for individual enslaved people around the globe. All in one location.   Enslaved.org, “will revolutionize our access to the past [...]

2021-01-06T18:29:55-05:00January 7, 2021|News|

Presidential Papers in Library of Congress Now On Line

The Library of Congress recently completed a major digitization effort, making collections of 23 U.S. presidents' papers available online for study. From left: Calvin Coolidge, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Benjamin Harrison and Thomas Jefferson; behind: Jefferson's June 1776 draft of the Declaration of Independence (Illustration by Meilan Solly / [...]

2025-05-14T16:13:28-04:00January 5, 2021|News|
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