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The life of a showman with the werewolf syndromeContinue reading on History of Yesterday »... Read more »

Three husbands, three divorcesContinue reading on History of Yesterday »... Read more »

Kim Jong Un Fed His Own Uncle to the Dogs and Killed His Family for TreasonContinue reading on History of Yesterday »... Read more »

Le Griffon remains one of the most enduring wrecks in the world, but how much does the search for it cost?Continue reading on History of Yesterday »... Read more »

A story about the Patupaiarehe and the Urukehe and their role in the forgotten history of New ZealandContinue reading on History of Yesterday »... Read more »

#3 The Law of 22 PrairialContinue reading on History of Yesterday »... Read more »

The Llullaillaco Maiden is considered one of the most intact and well-preserved mummies ever foundContinue reading on History of Yesterday »... Read more »

Sirkka Sari died in 1939 aged just 19Continue reading on History of Yesterday »... Read more »

The Cold War led to some strange scenarios.Continue reading on History of Yesterday »... Read more »

Barbados and the End of Monarchy Katie Holyoak Fri, 01/21/2022 - 09:10... Read more »

The Death of an Emperor Katie Holyoak Thu, 01/20/2022 - 09:45... Read more »

Learning Japanese Katie Holyoak Wed, 01/19/2022 - 09:10... Read more »

Fake Views Katie Holyoak Tue, 01/18/2022 - 09:19... Read more »

Do You Exist? Katie Holyoak Mon, 01/17/2022 - 09:37... Read more »

What Chips did Next Katie Holyoak Fri, 01/14/2022 - 09:43... Read more »

The Young Crusaders Katie Holyoak Thu, 01/13/2022 - 09:13... Read more »

Before the Taliban Katie Holyoak Thu, 01/13/2022 - 09:12... Read more »

Loveless Letters Katie Holyoak Wed, 01/12/2022 - 09:18... Read more »

Now in its third season, PBS’s “Poetry in America,” centers on one iconic American poem each episode... Read more »

War is a racket, they say. Then by extension, what about capitalism?... Read more »

Scholars examine the evolution of counterinsurgency doctrine and practice over the last two centuries, including in Vietnam... Read more »

From bomber general and self-professed war criminal to head of Strategic Air Command, Curtis LeMay divided America but always kept it safe.... Read more »

Despite the lack of necessity for standing maritime security forces, the Great Navy of the State of Nebraska continues on, and it has become tradition for admiralships to be be bestowed on notable Nebraskans... Read more »

Many photographers working around Buffalo that awful Friday thought they had made the last image of William McKinley alive and well... Read more »

A young Union lieutenant and his fellow Ohioans learn the horrors of war on Shiloh’s opening day... Read more »

After Appomattox, General Robert E. Lee's troops began their journeys home... Read more »

Thanks to a tenacious fight put up by the untrained Americans, Montfaucon did fall on the 27th, albeit at a terrible cost.... Read more »

Charles McGee never thought much of flying until he started training at Tuskegee. When he finally left the U.S. Air Force, he had 30 years and three wars behind him.... Read more »

The Cadet Chapel at West Point, with all the power and grandeur of a medieval fortress, is an architectural masterpiece inside and out... Read more »

The U.S. Infantryman Vietnam Pocket Manual contains gems such as infantry “patrol tips,” maneuver techniques, and fighting methods for various environments... Read more »

With their flares and their miniguns and cannon, fixed-wing gunships not only illuminated the battlefield, they dominated it as well... Read more »

A stand-off between sailors and captain on a lumber transport helped change seamen’s legal status... Read more »

Like many around the world, I spent the afternoon of January 6, 2021, watching the news and absorbing the chaotic events unfolding at the U.S. Capitol. On January 7, I spent several hours surveying the National Mall, collecting abandoned objects that I hoped would one day offer some insight into... Read more »

Is there room in Americans’ Thanksgiving celebrations for both thankfulness and mourning?That challenging question arose as my colleagues and I took a new look at encounters in the 1600s between English Pilgrims and the Wampanoag people in eastern Massachusetts. A showcase exhibition, titled Upending 1620: Where Do We Begin?, now... Read more »

On February 3, 2008, San Francisco Chronicle writer Wyatt Buchanan reflected on the life of Gustavo "Gus" Arriola, creator of the comic strip Gordo. Buchanan quoted Arriola’s 1989 words: “my main goal [in the strip] was to maintain a positive awareness of Mexico through all the years, every day, without... Read more »

Around 1966, Dr. Carl Bartecchi was serving as an army flight surgeon in the Mekong Delta in South Vietnam. When units in his area engaged in heavy combat with a Viet Cong force, Bartecchi found himself treating wounded men in rapid succession. In the operating room he heard a woman’s... Read more »

Louisan Mamer, known as the First Lady of the REA, spearheaded the expansion of women’s roles in business and leadership through her work with the Rural Electrification Administration. “Louisan Mamer, a Lifetime at the REA.” Archives Center, Louisan E. Mamer Rural Electrification Administration Papers (AC0862-0000006)Although women's empowerment can have a... Read more »

In preparation for an exhibition, all objects undergo a thorough assessment of their condition. Conservators determine whether the objects require stabilization treatment and recommend environmental conditions and mounts so that pieces from our collection can be safely displayed. Conservators play a special role at the Smithsonian, repairing and preserving our... Read more »

Caramelo Deportivo baseball card album after treatment by conservation technician Verónica Mercado Oliveras. The album contains cards of umpires, coaches, and players from Cuba’s four professional teams: Habana, Marianao, Cienfuegos, and Almendares. It also lists past seasons’ champions and records from Major League Baseball. (2016.0369.04)In his book A House of... Read more »

It’s late winter of 2006 and an ornate silver speaking trumpet is on offer at a prestigious New York City auction house. The engraved inscription marks it as a gift to the Good Will Engine Company, a volunteer fire company founded in Philadelphia in 1802. The hammer falls on a... Read more »

In 1967, the magazine Cosmopolitan featured an article about the growing number of job opportunities for women in computer programming. In the article, computing pioneer Dr. Grace Murray Hopper attempted to appeal to the magazine’s readership, commenting on the profession: “It’s just like planning a dinner. . .You have to... Read more »

The call for papers is now open for the next DCDC Conference, which will be held virtually from 11 to 15 July 2022. The deadline to submit a proposal for this year’s conference is close of business on Friday, 11 February 2022. DCDC (Discovering Collections, Discovering Communities) is a cross-sectoral... Read more »

We can today announce more details of the online events programme as part of our 20sPeople season marking this month’s publication of the 1921 Census. Historians and broadcasters Kate Williams, Amber Butchart and Mel Backe-Hansen will all give online talks as part of the season which also features an onsite... Read more »

Today we have published the 1921 Census for England and Wales online with our partners Findmypast. Taken on 19 June 1921, the census is a survey of 38 million people living in England and Wales during a period of economic turmoil between two world wars and recovering from a global... Read more »

Today we have released Cabinet Office files (CAB and PREM series) covering the period 1997-2000.... Read more »

Today we release files from the Prime Minister’s Office and Cabinet Office covering the first years of Tony Blair’s premiership. The newly released Cabinet Office files (CAB and PREM) shed light on a range of subjects both at home and abroad under Blair’s leadership. Some examples of files being released... Read more »

The National Archives’ first ever artist-in-residence, Michael Takeo Magruder, has this week unveiled [re]Encoding the Archive – an exhibition of three newly commissioned installations that explore our journey into the Digital Age. These pieces arose from in-depth dialogue and collaboration with experts from three specialist teams at The National Archives,... Read more »

Today we can announce two regional hubs that will provide free online access to the 1921 Census of England and Wales from 6 January 2022. The census will be available online via our commercial partner Findmypast and will be free to access in this way at The National Archives, in... Read more »

Following a recent Archive Service Accreditation Panel, the UK Archive Service Accreditation Committee is pleased to announce that Medway Archives Centre has been awarded accredited status for the first time. All accredited archive services must apply again for accreditation six years after their initial award to retain their accredited status.... Read more »

Today we have released FCO files relating to a British Airways flight (BA149) which landed in Kuwait City in the early hours of 2 August 1990, as the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait began.... Read more »

The National Archives, the Archives and Records Association and the British Records Association today launch the ‘Records at Risk Fund’.... Read more »

The National Archives today can announce it has partnered with the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) to help deliver the Our Collections Matter initiative. This comes one year after we announced our membership of the Climate Heritage Network (CHN). Jeff James,... Read more »

To mark the publication of the 1921 Census of England and Wales in January, we can today announce 20sPeople: an exciting programme of events and activities connecting our lives in the 2020s with those of people living in the 1920s. 20sPeople will explore the stories of the past and present... Read more »

Today we can announce that the 1921 Census for England and Wales will be published online by Findmypast on 6 January 2022. Taken between two world wars, during a period of economic turmoil and at a time when women had just won the right to vote, the 1921 Census will... Read more »

The Legislation Services and Web Archiving Teams have been awarded the Government Information Group (GIG) Annual Award, which celebrates the work of those in the KIM profession in government, for their work in tackling the twin legislation challenges of EU Exit and the pandemic. The teams were nominated by Head of Legislation Services, Matt Bell... Read more »

What events happened on 23 January in history? Dominic Sandbrook rounds up the events, births and deaths…... Read more »

Shaun Wallace discusses how newspaper adverts for fugitive enslaved people can be used to reconstruct the stories those who escaped slavery... Read more »

Queen Anne’s Revenge was a terrifying sight to sailors, as it was captained by one of the Caribbean’s most dreaded pirates…... Read more »

Blackbeard, aka Edward Teach, earned a centuries-spanning reputation as the most dastardly sea-devil of them all. Yet, writes Pat Kinsella, he may have been one of the kindest – or rather, less villainous – pirates of them all... Read more »

What events happened on 22 January in history? We round up the events, births and deaths…... Read more »

Long before the days of Blackbeard and Anne Bonny, a very different type of pirate was wreaking havoc at sea... Read more »

Robert Harris speaks about Munich: The Edge of War, the new Netflix film adapted from his 2017 historical novel... Read more »

In 1938, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain met Nazi leader Adolf Hitler at a summit in Munich to try and avert a war. Chamberlain emerged with his famous (and worthless) ‘piece of paper’. Historian Nigel Jones considers how new film Munich – The Edge War tells this tale through a... Read more »

In September 1938, British prime minister Neville Chamberlain met Nazi führer Adolf Hitler in Bavaria in an attempt to ensure "peace for our time" – or so he thought. PE Caquet explores the events leading up to the Munich Agreement from the points of view of Britain, Germany and Czechoslovakia,... Read more »