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Confrontation with the Past: The Legacy of American Indian Boarding Schools in the United States

By Justin Broubalow, Research Historian In May 2021, Canadian First Nation (indigenous) investigators found the remains of 215 children, some as young as three years old, buried in unmarked graves at the former Kamloops
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Chronicling Health and History: HAI’s Decades-Long Collaboration with the NIH

Originally posted on March 13, 2020 By Scott Vierick, Historian For the past few months, HAI has been working with historians at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on a panel presentation
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The Capitol Has Fallen! When the British Burned the Capitol Building

By Scott Vierick, Historian By 1814, the War of 1812 between the United States, Great Britain, and their American Indian allies had been raging for over two years. While most of the
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Contested Transition: Lincoln’s Victory and the Coming of the Civil War

By Scott Vierick, Historian In November 1860, the election of Abraham Lincoln sent shockwaves through the country. The winner of a bitter four-way contest, Lincoln’s platform, which including halting the westward expansion
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Bringing History On Demand Services to Digital Consumers

By Laura Starr, Engagement Strategist, and Jen Giambrone, Historian A Historical Retrospective of On Demand Services Need a ride? Groceries? Beer? A meal from your favorite restaurant? Want to read a new
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Masterpiece Television: Celebrating 50 Years of PBS

By Scott Vierick, Historian Tonight on Frontline. This is Masterpiece Mystery! Let’s build a happy little cloud. Won’t you be my neighbor? Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street?
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A Crack in Time Itself: John Brown’s Raid and Harpers Ferry

By Scott Vierick, Historian On the night of October 16, 1859, a group of 22 men made their way along a winding road in western Maryland. Past darkened farms, houses, and buildings,
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From Whistle Stops to Television Spots: A Brief History of Presidential Campaigns

By Margaret Long, Archivist Since the founding of the nation, this United States has had a president in office. This fact has not changed over the years, but the campaign leading up
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When Will U.S. Libraries and Archives Reopen? The Status of COVID-19 Closures and the Global Historical Supply Chain

By Jason H. Gart, PhD, Vice President and Director of Litigation Research In early April, approximately two weeks after state and local stay-at-home orders began going into effect due to the COVID-19
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