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This diary was kept by a French man who escaped Paris with his family during the Holocaust.

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Crowdfunding Project Aims to Put 200 Holocaust Diaries Online

Eyewitness accounts bring the brutal chapter in history to life

Edith Wharton circa 1900. Her play "The Shadow of a Doubt" didn't make it to the stage in 1901—but has finally been rediscovered by scholars.

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Scholars Rediscover Forgotten Edith Wharton Play

“The Shadow of a Doubt” had been overshadowed by over 100 years of history

Fanny Cornforth posted for "Lady Lilith" and other influential Pre-Raphaelite paintings.

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Newly Digitized Archives Reveal the Inner Lives of Artists

The Delaware Art Museum just put 500 rare documents online

This law set the forced removal of Native Americans in the American Southeast into motion.

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Witness the Document that Set the Trail of Tears in Motion

The Indian Removal Act is on display at the National Archives through June 14

JFK as a Harvard student in 1939

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Hear a 20-Year-Old John F. Kennedy Speak

Archivist have recently digitized a clip from a 1937 public speaking course, believed to be the oldest recording of the president

These parchment rolls at the Parliamentary Archives contain the Acts of the British parliament.

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British Parliament Ditches Parchment for Paper

But the debate between traditionalists and modernists isn’t over

Heritage scientist Cecilia Bembibre captures the smell of a 18th-century bible at Knole House.

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The Quest to Better Describe the Scent of Old Books

Describing a unique smell just got easier thanks to a pair of olfactory detectives

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault. A new vault will protect the world's books, archives and documents on long-lasting film

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A Second Doomsday Vault—This One to to Preserve Data—Is Opening in Svalbard

Known as the Arctic World Archive, it will store copies of books, archives and documents on special film

President Herbert Hoover (center right) plays a rousing game of Hooverball on the South Lawn of the White House.

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Newly Discovered Color Movies Show Herbert Hoover’s Softer Side

From Hooverball to White House frolics, you’ve never seen the staid president quite like this

King Tut captivated the U.S. in 1976, thanks in part to an NEH grant.

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Five Things You Didn’t Realize Were Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities

Since 1965, the agency has bestowed more than 63,000 humanities-related grants

This once-secret memo lays out methods for secret writing once used by intelligence agencies.

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Celebrate Sunshine Week By Transcribing Once Top-Secret Documents

The National Archives wants you…to make documents more accessible to future generations

The late justice's papers will be housed at Harvard Law.

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Antonin Scalia’s Papers Find a Home at Harvard Law

The Supreme Court justice left behind a substantial legal and archival legacy

Lou Reed graffiti in France is a reminder of the rock star's international infuence.

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Lou Reed’s Papers Have Found a Home

The vicious Velvet Underground frontman will live on at the New York Public Library

A woodcut from 1482 is yours for the coloring in a book by the Bodleian Library.

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#ColorOurCollections Is Back, Turning Your Favorite Cultural Institutions Into Coloring Books

In its second year, it’s more vibrant than ever

Anger is no match for Patience—no matter how large her sword.

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Here’s What Happens in a “Comic Book” Drawn by Medieval Monks

Psychomachia pits vice against virtue in a battle for human souls

Samuel Clemens often told stories to his children, but only one has survived.

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New Mark Twain Fairy Tale Unearthed

The previously unknown—and unfinished—story was hiding in plain sight

Microscope not included.

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This Necklace Contains All of the World’s Languages

Because cultural preservation never goes out of fashion

What Happens to President Obama’s Papers and Artifacts Once He Leaves Office?

From Cuban cigars to a 7,000-page torture report

A 1952 report on a flying saucer sighting in East Germany housed in the CIA's recently released archive suggests that the truth is, perhaps, out there.

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Over 12 Million Pages of CIA Documents Are Now Accessible Online

Coups, clairvoyants, invisible ink

Bruce Springsteen performs with drummer Max Weinberg in 2008.

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Bruce Springsteen Is Getting His Own Archive

A new center will celebrate the glory days of Boss and other American musical icons

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