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Sorting through the unprocessed contents of an archival collection can be compared to a treasure hunt – sometimes you find an unexpected gem that produces an impromptu “ooh,” but then after the initial excitement wears off, you have to figure out what you’re actually looking at and then decide what to do with it.
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Continue Reading →In 1918, the week of November 11-18 was not only a celebration of the end of World War I, but was coincidentally also a week of massive fundraising by the United War Work Campaign to support troops and boost morale until their work was done. The scrapbook of posters and pamphlets from the campaign was [...]
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New Rubenstein Library Materials Added to the Internet Archive- The Old flag [serial] May 2, 2012
- Trial by jury. The only genuine verbatim report of the speeches of Messrs. Hunt, Watson, Thistlewood, Preston, Clark, and others, delivered at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, July 21, 1817, at a dinner given to celebrate the aquittal of the state prisoners. By an eminent short hand writer. Including some interesting particulars relative to Watson, Junior, as narrated by Dr. Watson, tending to exculpate his character from the attack on Mr. Platt May 2, 2012
- The log of the "Thomas", July 23 to August 21, 1901 May 2, 2012
- Wer ist Schuld am Kriege? Rede des deutschen Reichskanzlers im Hauptausschusse des deutschen Reichtags am 9. november 1916 April 23, 2012
- Sound money. Bimetalism [!] a necessity of the world. The existing ratio of parity, 16, 15 1/2, 15 to 1, unalterable. The United States competent to re-establish bimetalism [!] by re-opening her mints to silver, without foreign co-operation April 23, 2012
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