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Elizabeth Brown Pryor talks with NEH Chairman Bruce Cole about her dual careers as a historian of antebellum America and a highly decorated diplomat working for the State Department.

Oberlin, Ohio, becomes unlikely point of convergence in this issue.

Sara Ogger looks out her window and beyond the city.

On the odd and brainy Claiborne Pell

Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points: Raising expectations of emerging national leaders.

In Baltimore, the museum of industry charms.

Memphis preacher's message could be found in his photographs.

Vietnam War through the eyes of a South Dakota artist.

Pennsylvania soldiers dodging the Civil War.

The naughty nineteenth-century circus.

U-boats off the coast of Virginia.

Nevada's Christina Barr uses food to foster a sense of community in a diverse state.

On the history of Broadway

Site on medieval history, broad in scope, ranges from the totally wacky to materials that are deep and philosophically chellenging.

Manhattan harbors hotel gem from the 1820s.

Tracking down a watershed moment for labor.

Washington celebrates photojournalist Margaret Bourke-White.

Illinois explores the history of the profession shared by L. Frank Baum, Benedict Arnold, and Johnny Appleseed. 

Minnesota examines the treaties between the United States and American Indians.

Wyoming recalls the Hispanic baseball players who made up the Sugar Beet League.

Alabama's Bob Stewart Builds and rebuilds on the humanities.

On the origins of habeas corpus.

Modest Medieval scholar's commentaries on Aristotle come to light after five hundred years

In spite of generations of poets and translators' efforts to categorize Federico García Lorca, his talent remains untamed.

French painter Fouquet was a "curious" artist.

The story of Cathay Williams, the only known female Buffalo Soldier.

Montana's hot springs were pockets of peace and luxury on the frontier.

Kentucky jockey Jimmy Winkfield fled to Russia to escape Jim Crow.

A former U.S. Senate chief of staff makes the humanities accessible.

“When Is It Time to Go Home?”