Bernard Mason, 89, professor emeritus of history, died on Wednesday, July 22, in Littleton, Mass. A scholar of colonial America and early 19th century U.S. History, Mason joined the faculty at Binghamton in 1960 and retired in 1988, then served ...
Part of the Link Collections, Sea Diver: A Quest for History Under the Sea is our Featured Book for August 2009. “Sea Diver is Marion Clayton Link’s account of a extraordinary treasure hunt, the intimate log of the voyages of ...
The New Netherland Institute (formerly Friends of New Netherland) seeks to increase public awareness of the work of the The New Netherland Project (see more details below) and supports the Project through fund raising. The Institute assists authors of scholarly ...
Speakers spoke about the difficulties in researching and interpreting Renaissance texts and maps, including Waldseemuller’s 1507 World Map. Discussion date: 05/14/2009 Running time: 72 minutes View the webcast @ Interpretation of Renaissance Maps ...
“In spite of international award-winning productions, Iran’s cinema is underexposed. Because of the prevailing religious, political and social atmosphere in Iran, the country’s cinema remained stagnant for more than 50 years. Although the ‘new’ Iranian cinema had begun to develop ...
Lloyd Library and Museum’s on-line exhibit is Cool Site for July! Lloyd Library and Museum’s contribution to the 2009 worldwide celebration of Charles Darwin’s bicentennial birthday and the sesquicentennial of the publication of his book “On the Origin of Species,” ...
Maria Mazziot Gillan has donated her 2005 work, Japanese Women in Robes to the permanent collection of contemporary fine art at Passaic County Community College. PCCC’s collection includes paintings, photographs, sculptures, and works on paper by regional, national, and internationally ...
Some 20,000 articles relating to the late Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa, including photographs and memos, have been unveiled online in a joint project by Kurosawa Production Co. and Kyoto’s Ryukoku University. Most of the items in the digital archives, ...
A Threefold Cord : or, A Precept, Promise, and Prayer from the Holy Scriptures : For Every Day in the Year measures just 8.1 cm high and is part of our Miniature Collection. This delightful little devotional book gives three ...
The Afghan Women’s Writing Project began as an idea during novelist Masha Hamilton’s last trip to Afghanistan in November 2008. Her interest in Afghanistan was sparked in the late 1990s during the Taliban period, when she understood it was one ...