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Aleph, the Chaldean; or, the Messiah as seen from Alexandria by Enoch Fitch Burr is our featured book for March. According to a review in the Espository Times in 1897: “Aleph the Chaldean by E.F. Burr preserves the color and ...

Papers of the War Department, 1784-1800 After a traumatic and devastating fire in 1800, many historians though that the early files of the United States War Department were essentially lost forever. Thankfully, the Center for History and New Media at ...

“Celebration: Binghamton University and SUNY Look Back Sixty Years” documents the history of Binghamton University from its humble beginnings as the Triple Cities College, to its inclusion into the state university system, to the University of today. The exhibit highlights ...

Binghamton University Professor Maria Gillan was interviewed on New Jersey Network and read some poems. Here is the link to the interview: http://www.jerseyarts.com/podcast.asp ...

In conjunction with the exhibit, “Garden of Delights: Spring Comes to Special Collections,” A Flora of the State of New York is the Special Collections featured book for February. Published by Carroll and Cook, Albany’s Printers to the Assembly, the ...

Now on display in Special Collections on the second floor of the Glenn G. Bartle Library [off of the North Reading Room]. Exhibit open 8:30am-5pm, Monday – Friday. Selections from Special Collections that harken spring and its wonders and delights. ...

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum presents State of Deception: the Power of Nazi Propaganda , a multimedia exhibition that explores Nazi propaganda campaigns and their legacy. Included are: ~ A timeline beginning with the German revolution of 1911 and ...

Since Election Day, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), to open in 2015 on the National Mall, has been busily snatching up Obama campaign memorabilia—including most of the objects in a Falls Church, Virginia campaign ...

The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, known as the 9/11 Commission, was an independent, bipartisan commission created by Congress. The Commission’s mandate was to provide a “full and complete accounting” of the attacks of September 11, ...

On January 21, in one of his first official acts, President Barack Obama revoked the Bush administration’s Executive Order 13233 that severely limited access by the public to presidential records. Click here to see a copy of President Obama’s new ...