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A nearly 400-year-old letter that documents the mythologized 'purchase' of the island of Manhattan…
The Awe of the Arctic: A Visual History looks at how the Arctic has been visually depicted…
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Inspired by the life and work of Beacon Hill-based abolitionist Harriet Bell Hayden, Framing Freedom: The Harriet Hayden Albums at the Boston Athenaeum brings together rarely seen works and examines Black abolitionists’ public identities, private lives, visual culture, and social activism…
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John le Carré's desks, tables, chairs and other personal effects from his Cornish estate Tregiffian will go under the hammer at Roseberys London on March 20.
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Cambridge University Library will draw on its collections of crime fiction for a new exhibition opening later this month.
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A historic report detailing the development of the atomic bomb signed by J. Robert Oppenheimer and 23 other minds behind the Manhattan Project has been sold for $53,594 by Boston-based RR Auction.
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Bodleian Libraries has announced the acquisition through the Acceptance in lieu scheme of the autograph of Johann Sebastian Bach’s cantata for Ascension Day, Auf Christi Himmelfahrt allein (BWV 128). 
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The number of titles targeted for censorship rose 65 percent in 2023 compared to 2022, reaching the highest levels ever documented by the American Library Association (ALA). The new numbers released today show efforts to censor 4,240 unique book titles in schools and libraries. This tops the…
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Given only six weeks to create the Star Wars movie score, composer John Williams ended up with 88 minutes of music which translated to about 800 pieces of sheet music. After recording with the London Symphony Orchestra, the score was sent to be edited at Samuel Goldwyn Studios by Lionel Newman,…
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University of Galway has launched Imirce, a digital repository of thousands of Irish emigrant letters and memoirs dating from the late 1600s through to the mid-20th century.
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A historic library established in 1634 is now open to residents and visitors to Boston for the first time.St Botolph’s church - widely known locally as The Stump - has completely refurbished its library, including wall repairs, new décor, UV filters, temperature control, and new bookcases following…
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Poems and Permutations, a survey of artists’ books by American book artist and poet Wally Depew spanning nearly 40 years of the artist’s practice, is now on show at Printed Matter in New York.The exhibition is on view at its Chelsea location through April 11, with Printed Matter offering many of…