Written by George Basler, Binghamton Press & Sun Bulletin Binghamton University will never be mistaken for Hollywood on the Susquehanna River. But 40 years ago, the school was the setting for the last major project of acclaimed film director Nicholas ...
Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens A carved redwood relief by the artist Sargent Johnson. By CAROL POGASH Published: February 20, 2012 BERKELEY, Calif. — Everybody misplaces something sometime. But it is not easy for the University of California, ...
WELLESLEY, Mass. (AP) — “I love your verses with all my heart, dear Miss Barrett …” So begins the first love letter to 19th-century poet Elizabeth Barrett from her future husband, fellow poet Robert Browning. Their 573 love letters, which capture their courtship, ...
Visual History of the World Timeline By Maria Popov A journey through man’s attempts at visualizing time itself I was recently asked to select my all-time favorite books for the lovely Ideal Bookshelf project by The Paris Review‘s Thessaly la Force. ...
NJ museum finds recording of Otto von Bismarck GEOFF MULVIHILL The Associated Press An 1880’s phonograph is displayed in the Laboratory Complex at Thomas Edison National Historical Park in West Orange, N.J., Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. The phonograph is inscribed ...
Spain Unveils ‘Mona Lisa’ Copy Done by da Vinci Apprentice Published February 02, 2012 A copy of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa that was painted at the same time as the original in the same studio is displayed at the ...
Brown University Student Uncovers lost Malcolm X Speech PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The recording was forgotten, and so, too, was the odd twist of history that brought together Malcolm X and a bespectacled Ivy Leaguer fated to become one of America’s ...
Illustrated Natural History by the Rev. J.G. Wood, published by George Routledge and Sons, New York, 1886 is our featured book for the month of February. John George Wood, or Rev J. G. Wood, (July 21, 1827–March 3, 1889), was a ...