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[TRENDING NEWS] Trump Seeks Continued Block on Sending White House Files to Jan. 6 Panel

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Author: BY CHARLIE SAVAGE - Publish Date: November 17, 2021 at 02:21AM The ex-president’s brief to a federal appeals court argued that his residual secrecy powers could block a House subpoena for information about the Capitol riot.

[TRENDING NEWS] U.S. Holocaust Museums Are Updating Content and Context

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Author: BY ADAM POPESCU - Publish Date: October 9, 2021 at 01:19AM Many organizations are now trying to reach wider and younger audiences, and to tackle topics beyond the Holocaust.

[TRENDING NEWS] A Soviet ‘Lord of the Rings’ Is Unearthed, Epic in Its Own Way

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Author: BY ALAN YUHAS - Publish Date: April 10, 2021 at 07:00PM Tolkien fans received an unexpected gift with the rediscovery of an all-but-forgotten 1991 production. They were also left with questions, like “why is Gollum wearing a lettuce on his head?”

[TRENDING NEWS] A Biblical Mystery and a Reporting Odyssey

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Author: BY JENNIFER SCHUESSLER - Publish Date: March 28, 2021 at 04:00PM A question about pieces of a manuscript found in 1883 that may or may not be authentic led me into The Times’s archive.

[TRENDING NEWS] Michael Cogswell, 66, Dies; Sustained Louis Armstrong’s Legacy

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Author: BY RICHARD SANDOMIR - Publish Date: April 25, 2020 at 11:52AM He turned the jazz giant’s trove of memorabilia into a scholarly archive and created a popular museum at Armstrong’s house in Queens.

[TRENDING NEWS] How Did the Gettysburg Address End Up in Glenn Beck’s Office?

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Author: BY NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS - Publish Date: November 24, 2019 at 07:04AM Mr. Beck joked about spilling chocolate sauce on the framed papers, which have been valued at more than $20 million.

[TRENDING NEWS] How Our Photo Archive Team Has Scanned a Million-Plus Pictures

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Author: ELISHA BROWN - Publish Date: July 2, 2019 at 07:00AM Since last summer, the technicians responsible for digitizing The Times’s cache of pictures have come across photos of dogs, the Eiffel Tower, a casino and, recently, a 225-pound fish.

[TRENDING NEWS] For Claes Oldenburg, a Time to Let Go, a Time to Look Ahead

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Author: HILARIE M. SHEETS - Publish Date: June 21, 2019 at 07:00AM As his archive heads to the Getty Research Institute, a Pop master pushes forward with new work at age 90.

[TRENDING NEWS] The Day the Music Burned

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Author: JODY ROSEN - Publish Date: June 11, 2019 at 07:00AM It was the biggest disaster in the history of the music business — and almost nobody knew. This is the story of the 2008 Universal fire.

[TRENDING NEWS] Fab 5 Freddy’s Latest Cultural Coup? ‘The Archive of the Future’

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Author: REGGIE UGWU - Publish Date: May 24, 2019 at 07:00AM The personal collection of the original “Yo! MTV Raps” host, who united the worlds of hip-hop and art, has been acquired by the Schomburg Center in Harlem.

[TRENDING NEWS] ‘The Proposal’ Review: The Artist, the Architect and the Other Woman

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Author: JEANNETTE CATSOULIS - Publish Date: May 23, 2019 at 07:00AM Jill Magid’s documentary is part of her campaign to bring the tightly controlled archives of the Mexican architect Luis Barragán to a wider audience.

[TRENDING NEWS] A Stolen Letter Written by Alexander Hamilton in 1780 Resurfaces

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Author: ELISHA BROWN - Publish Date: May 18, 2019 at 07:00AM The letter, taken by a Massachusetts Archives employee more than 70 years ago, was discovered by a researcher at an auction house in Virginia. It is valued at least $25,000.

[TRENDING NEWS] Lou Reed Archive Opens at New York Public Library

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Author: SARA ARIDI - Publish Date: March 15, 2019 at 07:00AM To celebrate the opening, the library has issued limited-edition library cards featuring an image of the rocker.

[TRENDING NEWS] Finding the Story of New York in 5,000 Dog Pictures

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Author: MELINA DELKIC - Publish Date: February 11, 2019 at 07:00AM A new archival project uses photos dating back to the 1940s to track the very special canine-human bond in New York City.

[TRENDING NEWS] Attacking a Pay Wall That Hides Public Court Filings

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Author: ADAM LIPTAK - Publish Date: February 4, 2019 at 07:00AM The federal judiciary charges 10 cents a page to see electronic court records. Retired judges and civil rights groups say access should be free.

[TRENDING NEWS] Why You Should Dig Up Your Family’s History — and How to Do It

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Author: JAYA SAXENA - Publish Date: February 3, 2019 at 07:00AM Learning your history is forced reckoning, asking you to consider whose stories you carry with you and which ones you want to carry forward.

[TRENDING NEWS] Donald Trump’s Selective Service Records

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Author: Unknown Author - Publish Date: December 26, 2018 at 07:00AM For many years, Donald J. Trump asserted that it was “ultimately” a high draft lottery number that kept him out of the Vietnam War, rather than a medical condition. But his Selective Service records, obtained from the National Archives, suggest otherwise.

[TRENDING NEWS] Passion, Romance and Yearning: Photos of People Kissing

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Author: MATTHEW SEDACCA - Publish Date: December 14, 2018 at 07:00AM From simple pecks to full-on makeout sessions, a new compilation of photographs reveals how couples have kissed in front of the camera since the late-Victorian era.