During July 1-3, 1863, the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War took place around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The Confederate defeat is seen as the turning point of the war ending more »
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After losing the rights to his original animated character, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Walt Disney created a new character named Mortimer Mouse who was quickly renamed Mickey Mouse. Mickey first more »
Believe it or not, clocks played a very important role for the foreign missionaries in opening the door to China in the 16th and 17th centuries. Italian Jesuit missionary Matteo more »
From Fold, Pull, Pop & Turn: Yellow Square: a pop-up book for children of all ages. David A. Carter. New York: Little Simon, c.2008. David A. Carter , a pop-up book more »
On my little knowledge I sit, To gauge the depth of my ignorance. Tierno Muhammadu Samba Mombeya, 18th century Fulbe scholar Neene Mariama Djelo Barry (1913-1975): woman from Futa Jalon, more »
O'Connor, Mallory M. and Gary Monroe. Florida's American Heritage River: Images from the St. Johns Region. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2009. Once called the "Nile of the Americas" because more »
Vertical files in art museums and libraries are repositories of “ephemera” — things that are not intended to last a long time. Among other things, the ephemera collected in the more »