The two notebooks were anonymously returned to the Cambridge University Library 22 years after they went missing. A note addressed to the librarian read: “Happy Easter.”
Tag: Archives and Records
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Thomas F. Staley, Dogged Pursuer of Literary Archives, Dies at 86
As head of the Harry Ransom Center in Texas, he enhanced its holdings by acquiring the papers of a host of literary lions, and of Woodward and Bernstein to boot.
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How to Find Newly Released Census Records From 1950
It is now easy to access information on individuals from that census, but beware of misspelled names.
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Seven Decades Later, the 1950 Census Bares Its Secrets
Federal law kept the answers on millions of census forms secret for 72 years. The forms go online on Friday, a bonanza for historians, genealogists and the merely curious.
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Descendants Trace Histories Linked by Slavery
Some American descendants of enslaved people and others whose ancestors profited are using online portals to collaborate and reckon with their shared family pasts.