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murder

How a Threadbare 'Bag of Secrets' Led to Guy Fawkes's Gruesome Execution

The documents that convicted the infamous traitor were all kept in this unassuming leather pouch.
Kavitha Rao May 19, 2023
maps

‘Cockeyed’ Map Shows Both Glamour and Margins of 1930s Hollywood

Legendary cartoonist John Groth's pictorial map captures L.A.'s film factories in their Golden Age.
Frank Jacobs, Big Think March 10, 2023
slavery

How Communities Are Uncovering Untold Black Histories

Historians and citizen archivists in New Hampshire are using old records to tell long-overlooked stories.
Line Sidonie Talla Mafotsing March 3, 2023
victorian

In the Victorian Era, Valentine’s Day Was a Celebration of Same-Sex Romance

Such "smashes" were encouraged when women were considered "passionless."
Anya Jabour February 14, 2023
objects of intrigue

The Intrepid, Furry Explorers Who Mapped Antarctica

Peek inside the "employment records" of Great Britain’s sled dogs.
Andrew Avery January 19, 2023
music

The Quest to Preserve Syria's Cassette Tape Era

Keeping sounds, stories, and cultural memory alive through years of conflict.
Line Sidonie Talla Mafotsing November 29, 2022
Hamden, Connecticut

Best Video Film & Cultural Center

This Connecticut video store has a vast and varied archive that contains everything from 'Koyaanisqatsi' to 'The King's Speech.'
objects of intrigue

Podcast: The Portland Treasure Map

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team October 5, 2022
objects of intrigue

There Maybe Could Possibly Be a Treasure Buried Under Portland, Oregon

At least according to a hand-drawn map of mysterious origin.
April White August 11, 2022
manuscripts

The Archivists Who Rediscovered 700 Years of Irish History

The Virtual Record Treasury is recreating much of what was lost in a Dublin fire a century ago.
Amy Crawford July 20, 2022
art

What’s Up With Columbia, Maryland’s Quirky Street Names?

From Nodding Night Court to Dove Sail Lane, the town’s address choices are both practical and poetic.
Amy Crawford June 16, 2022
libraries

What We Overlooked in King Tut's Tomb

A new exhibit focuses on the Egyptians left out of the story of the most famous archeological find of the 20th century.
Amy Crawford June 8, 2022
objects of intrigue

Saving the Sounds of the Early 20th Century

Some recordings in the New York Public Library’s wax cylinder collection haven’t been heard in generations—until now.
Sarah Durn April 14, 2022
libraries

A New Home for Hundreds of Photographs by the Legendary Gordon Parks

Yale has acquired some of the Black photographer’s best-known images.
April White February 2, 2022
history

The Archive That Treats Protest Buttons Like Rare Books

Hundreds of pins document a century of progressive causes and cool typography.
April White January 12, 2022
photography

Meet the Woman Preserving 125 Years of Black History in Baltimore

The “Afro-American” is in her blood.
April White January 6, 2022
wwi

How World War I Turned Soldiers Into Tourists

A new exhibit reveals the wondrous sights service members found away from the trenches.
April White November 8, 2021
vampires

Dracula Lives! (in Philadelphia)

The Rosenbach museum is home to Bram Stoker’s original notes on vampires and a growing collection of undead literature.
April White October 27, 2021