American History
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Harry “Pittsburgh Phil” Strauss: Murder, Inc.’s Most Feared Killer
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When discussing the most dangerous men in American organized crime, names like Lucky Luciano, Al Capone, and John Gotti often dominate the conversation. ...

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A New Virtual Reality Initiative on the Lewis and Clark Trail – AASLH
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By Richard Hunt, Executive Director, Lewis & Clark Trail Alliance  Since 1969, the Lewis & Clark Trail Alliance (LCTA) has been the nation’s ...

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Fireside Friday, October 24, 2025 – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
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Hey, folks! Fireside this week! Percy looking for some nap time. Me too, buddy, me too.And yes, he is on a blanket that is on a cat bed. What you ...

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Race and the Origins of Modern Policing in New York” – The Metropole
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Guariglia, Matthew. Police and the Empire City: Race and the Origins of Modern Policing. Duke University Press, 2023. Editor’s note: In the interest ...

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Featured Excerpt: The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz
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An instant USA Today bestseller, The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz by Anne Sebba is a vivid portrait of the disparate women who came together to ...

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RootsTech 2026 Bonus and Benefits – The Family History Guide Blog
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Note: This article appeared previously on the Genealogy’s Star blog site. https://www.familysearch.org/en/rootstech RootsTech 2026, the largest ...

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Introducing our Fall 2025 online seminar series, The Many Faces of Thomas Jefferson
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On July 4th, 1776, the Second Continental Congress unanimously adopted these words of Thomas Jefferson’s: . . . We hold these truths to be ...

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What a Little Guy! Small Things in the Museum Collections
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If you’re me, sometimes you see an artifact and exclaim, “Look at this little guy!” I do not have a true definition for a little guy, but I do get a ...

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Richard Cándida Smith on Julia Alekseyeva’s *Antifascism and the Avant-Garde: Radical Documentary in the 1960s*
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“This book did not emerge out of quiet thought and reflection,” Alekseyeva writes in the conclusion to her book (196).  She began writing while she had ...

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Alexander Haviland Gildersleeve – Jewel Thief and Social Highwayman!
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By Bill Kleppel His Quaker minister father was a successful Main Street businessman with a penchant for outlandish muttonchops. His Civil War hero uncle was ...

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A Summer Page’s Experience – Past is Present
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Recently, I had the privilege of making a display that is now exhibited in the American Antiquarian Society reading room, as you enter through the main ...

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Mayor LaGuardia and the Fight to Desegregate Baseball — NYC Department of Records & Information Services
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Although still reluctant in 1947, the New York Giants did catch up, adding their first black player, Monte Irvin, in 1949 and three more in 1951 ...

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