Man Pays $75 for Medieval Text That Could Be Worth $10,000
He spotted the page from the 13th-century Beauvais Missal at an estate sale in Maine
The Remarkable Effort to Locate America’s Lost Patents
An 1836 blaze destroyed thousands of records that catalogued the young nation’s ingenuity, but recent discoveries indicate that originals may still exist
How One Historian Located Liberia’s Elusive Founding Document
The piece of paper went missing for nearly 200 years, leaving some scholars to question whether it even existed
How Much Medieval Literature Has Been Lost Over the Centuries?
A new analysis suggests that just 9 percent of manuscripts produced in Europe during the Middle Ages survive today
Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Personal Library Is Up for Auction
The late Supreme Court justice’s collection includes novels, law books, notes and other documents dating back to her youth
Archiving the January 6 Insurrection for History
On the one-year anniversary of the attack on the Capitol, the National Museum of American History continues to collect related artifacts
Rare First Printing of the U.S. Constitution Is the Most Expensive Text Ever Sold at Auction
A collective of cryptocurrency owners attempted to buy the document but was outbid by Citadel CEO Kenneth Griffin, who shelled out $43.2 million
In 19th-Century Gibraltar, Survivors of a Deadly Virus Used ‘Fever Passes’ to Prove Their Immunity
Should historic health officials’ response to yellow fever outbreaks on the Iberian Peninsula serve as a model for modern pandemic management strategies?
Colonial-Era Papers Stolen From Mexico’s National Archive Return Home
The documents, many of which are directly linked to conquistador Hernán Cortés, were smuggled out of the country and auctioned in the U.S.
Remembering Tulsa
A century ago, a murderous mob attacked the most prosperous Black community in the nation. This is the story of the Tulsa Race Massacre
How the Public Helped Historians Better Understand What Happened at Tulsa
A century after the massacre of a prosperous Black community, Smithsonian volunteers transcribed nearly 500 pages of vital records in less than 24 hours
How Researchers Are Reading Centuries-Old Letters Without Opening Them
A new technique enables scholars to unlock the secrets of long-sealed missives
Rare Doctor’s Note Offers Glimpse Into Napoleon’s Agonized Final Years
The 1818 missive, which describes the French statesman’s failing health, recently sold at auction for $2,000
Your Cherished Family Recipes Could Be Featured in a Museum Exhibition
The National Museum of Women in the Arts is asking the public to share recipes that document unique family histories
Vatican Library Enlists Artificial Intelligence to Protect Its Digitized Treasures
The archive employs A.I. modeled on the human immune system to guard offerings including a rare manuscript of the “Aeneid”
Hundreds of Native American Treaties Digitized for the First Time
The National Archives has scanned more than 300 agreements between the United States and Indigenous tribes
Text Found on Supposedly Blank Dead Sea Scroll Fragments
Invisible to the naked eye, researchers revealed lines of ancient script in new photographs
How Historic Preservation Shaped the Early United States
A new book details how the young nation regarded its recent and more ancient pasts
Dozens of Historic Mexican Cookbooks Are Now Available Online
The University of Texas San Antonio’s vast collection makes traditional Mexican and Mexican-American cooking accessible
Using Art to Talk About the Holocaust in ‘The Evidence Room’
Museum staff discuss the reception of a difficult work that showed the vivid and painful documentation of a Nazi death camp
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