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Mary Lincoln’s newly digitized letter records an ordinary invitation
A digitized February 1865 letter records an invitation, work at the Executive Mansion and thanks for a wreath with a Civil War connection.
October 21, 2026 · 2 min readTHE AMERICAN EDIT
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Cold War science looks different in a correspondence folder
Historian Anna Doel's new Library of Congress account follows the letters, visits and missing photographs behind scientific exchange.
October 20, 2026 · 2 min read
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An archive of ping-pong pictures shows who had room to play
A 1902 cartoon and photographs from 1942 trace table tennis from an overrun dining room into shared recreation spaces.
October 16, 2026 · 2 min read