Letters
Rediscovering a Founding Mother
Just-discovered letters herald the significance of an unsung Revolutionary woman, Julia Rush
Did George Orwell Pick Up TB During the Spanish Civil War?
A new technique was able to pull tuberculosis bacteria and morphine residue from a letter the author sent in 1938, ten years befor his diagnosis
Collaborative “Mail Art” Puts the Post in Postmodernism
Letters, envelopes and enclosures take center stage in an intimate new art show
Stolen Christopher Columbus Letter Returned to Vatican, But Mystery Persists
The letter, which had been printed in 1493, was replaced with a convincing fake—and investigators still don’t know who committed the crime
During World War I, Many Women Served and Some Got Equal Pay
Remembering the aspirations, struggles and accomplishments of women who served a century ago
Were the Jack the Ripper Letters Fabricated by Journalists?
Linguistic analysis indicates at least two of the most infamous letters were likely written by the same person—and that person was not the Ripper
Why a Collection of Simone de Beauvoir’s Love Letters Was Just Sold to Yale
The 112 letters were written to filmmaker Claude Lanzmann, who had a seven-year relationship with the French philosopher
How the Civil War Taught Americans the Art of Letter Writing
Soldiers and their families, sometimes barely literate, wrote to assuage fear and convey love
Arthur Miller’s Vast Archive Comes to the University of Texas at Austin
The collection includes a wealth of material, from theatrical manuscripts to personal memorabilia
These Letters Tell the Inside Story of Mary, Queen of Scots’ Imprisonment
A collection of 43 letters relating to the latter years of the queen’s confinement was recently donated to the British Library
What Happens to All Those Letters Sent to Santa?
Believe it or not, most get answered
The Profound Loneliness of Greta Garbo
Sotheby’s is auctioning off a collection of letters that reveal Garbo’s deep dissatisfaction with her life in Hollywood
Message From the Past Found Inside Spanish Statue of Jesus
A local chaplain wanted people from the future to know what crops his region grew, what games they played and what diseases they suffered
Unpublished Harper Lee Letters Purchased at Auction Share Intimate Reflections
The letters from the <i>To Kill a Mockingbird</i> scribe include remembrances of Hollywood celebrities, a bit of history and some sass
Einstein's Maxims on Life Fetch $1.8 Million at Auction
The notes were given as a tip to a Tokyo bellboy in 1922
Barack Obama's Letters From Three Decades Ago
As a striving college student and recent graduate, letters by the future president depict a man coming to terms with his identity and future
New Letters Show Alan Turing Wasn't a Fan of the U.S.A.
The groundbreaking mathematician and computer scientist who spent 2 years at Princeton wrote that he 'detests America' in newly found documents
Get Your Hamilton Fix With This New Trove of Digitized Documents
The Library of Congress has uploaded 12,000 items relating to the 'ten-dollar Founding Father without a father'
A Brief History of American Dead Letter Offices
The United States postal system was established on this day in 1775, and mail started going "dead" very soon after
Was This Famous Lincoln Letter Written by His Secretary?
After a century of rumors, textual analysis suggests the Bixby letter sent to a grieving mother was penned by John Hay
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