A Brief History of Women’s Underwear
The University of Wyoming’s Historic Clothing Collection offers a revealing look beneath the fashions of the past.
How the Big Dig Changed Boston’s Landscape
Created after the Big Dig, the Rose Kennedy Greenway shows how cities attempt to heal the scars of highway construction.
The Cassette Tapes of the Great Migration
An archive of recorded interviews captures how ordinary people experienced one of the defining chapters of American history.
Rediscovering The Jewish Gazette
A rare archive reveals how Ireland’s Jewish community navigated identity, culture, and rising antisemitism in the 1930s.
The Atlas Behind the Revolution
While George Washington struggled to obtain reliable maps, British readers could consult this remarkable 1776 atlas.
Inside the Newspapers of Iran’s Revolution
An expansive digital archive captures how journalists, satirists, and tabloids documented revolutionary Iran in real time.
The Intimate Memorials of a Ladies Literary Club
These remembrances reveal a century of women’s friendships in one Midwestern literary club.
William Hodges and the Art of Empire
How a traveling landscape painter helped create a homogeneous vision of the British Empire.
Malibu in Matchbooks: Clues to a Lost Coast
A collection of matchbooks from Southern California maps a vanished mid-century commercial corridor, long displaced by fire and time.
Building Brasília
A twentieth-century experiment in urban planning promised progress—but carried immense financial and human costs.