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Denver's Union Station made the city take off.

West Virginians battled over their school books in 1974.

Gale Peterson’s plan to teach high school history had one fatal flaw. Not his B.S. in History and Government from Iowa State University.

On how books were used as weapons in World War II

Low platforms helped passengers in getting on and off streetcars and resulted in decreased running times and fewer accidents.

From Victorian times to the present, the accent has shifted from elocution to oral interpretation

Keeping French alive in Louisiana can be accompanied by great wailing

Comics are taken seriously in Washington state.

South Carolina remembers the era of Rosenwald schools.

A new music CD about Mark Twain is released in Missouri.

Goreyphiles flock to Hawai'i for an exhibit of his dark-humored work.

On the man behind the Grinch.

Humanities discusses art and the achievements of the Endowment with outgoing Chairman, Bruce Cole.

Phil Cantelon of History Associates talks with NEH Chairman Bruce Cole about the profession outside the walls of academia.

William M. Reddy has made a career of demonstrating how honor, love, shame, fear, and desire operate as historical forces.

First Lady Dolley Madison searches for the perfect china set 

Montana native Ken Egan promotes civic dialog across his state.

The renowned Chinese novelist talks with NEH Chairman Jim Leach.

This ingenious handmade apparatus for cranial osteopathy, ca. 1930s, was constructed from pieces of two catchers’ mitts and a belt. 

Oregon Humanities’ Wheel of Cogitation travels about to street fairs with the aim of starting conversations that lead to an exchange of ideas.

Gallup polls consistently rank nurses as among the most honest and ethical professionals.

Iowa's web-like network of tracks made transcontinental railroad feasible.

Recording and observing the words and actions of a cultural icon for posterity