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The signed FDR and Churchill photograph
Newly Discovered World War II Document Signed by FDR and Winston Churchill
The Raab Collection has announced the discovery of an important document from World War II, a forgotten relic of a great mission connecting the victory
Frontispiece illustration to the first edition of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol
New Exhibition Looks at Giving Books as Gifts
The Bodleian Libraries' new Gifts and Books exhibition will explore the importance of giving and receiving books, asking what this apparently s
Manuscripts about Ferdinand Magellan's first circumnavigation of the globe
UNESCO Status for First Voyage Around the Globe, Hikayat Aceh, and Augustine Gospels
UNESCO has recognized an international set of 15 manuscripts about Ferdinand
Malfoy's broom
Draco Malfoy's Nimbus 2001 Leads Hollywood: Then and Now Auction
Bonhams ' Hollywood: Then and Now features scripts, screen-used props - including Draco Malfoy's Nimbus 2001 racing broom - and costumes from the bigg
Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery aims to digitize and publish ads placed in newspapers across the United States by formerly enslaved people searching for lost or missing family members and loved ones after emancipation.
National Archives Awards $6.5 Million in Grants for Historical Records Projects
A total of 47 grants totaling $6,510,701 have been awarded to projects in 27 states and the District of Columbia to improve public access to historical records by the
Codex Atlanticus
Leonardo da Vinci’s Codex Atlanticus to be Displayed in the U.S.
The DC Public Library has announced that the exhibit Imagining the Future - Leonardo da Vinci: In the Mind of an Italian Genius featuring 12 origin
Pride and Prejudice first edition
Five Jane Austen First Editions Sold for $300,000
First editions of each of Jane Austen’s major novels led Hindman’s Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts auction. The five books, including Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility,…
The Codex Sassoon
Codex Sassoon Becomes Most Valuable Manuscript Ever Sold at $38.1m
Codex Sassoon, the earliest most complete Hebrew bible extent dating t
Unknown French Initial C: The Massacre of the Innocents, about 1320-25 from Breviary Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment. Leaf trimmed.
Play and Pastimes in Medieval Manuscripts at Getty
Play and Pastimes in the Middle Ages explores lively images of play in medieval manuscripts drawn from the Getty Museum’s collection.
Autograph letter signed. April 22, 1924, Great Neck.
Newly Uncovered F. Scott Fitzgerald Letter on Faith, Family, and Women
The Raab Collection has announced the discovery of an unknown and apparently unpublished