People who change the world may, or may not, be famous in their own lifetimes. Often it takes years for others to understand forward-thinking contributions. This collection introduces you to some of the world's most-famous people
After the Wright Brothers successfully tested their Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville (Orevelle) sent a telegram to his father to share the...
In this page from Milton Wright's diary - on December 15, 1903 - we see a reference to the telegram he received from his son (Wilbur) reporting the ab...
566 CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION PEARL HARBOR ATTACK[1095] TESTIMONY OF LT. COL KERMIT A. TYLER, AIR CORPS, ORLANDO, FLA., ARMY AIR FORCE BOARD(The wit...
Facsimilie of Susan B. Anthony's Petition to the Senate of the United States - For the Protection of Women. Click on the image for a better view.
This image depicts a bust of Plutarch at Chaeronea, his hometown in Greece. A famous writer, in ancient times, his still-studied book -&nbs...
This facsimile of Poe's manusript - for the detective story The Murders in the Rue Morgue - is part of the Susan Jaffe Tane collection at Cornell Univ...
Rufus Griswold, purporting to be Poe's friend, wrote a very unflattering and damaging obituary after Poe's death.
This issue of the Southern Literary Messenger - dated December, 1835 - contains Poe's story M.S. Found in a Bottle. (See "Selected Prose Article...
This facsimile image depicts the police blotter for April 14, 1865. See the last entry where the reporting officer has noted that the President ...
Bookcover image of Polina Suslova's memoirs.
This facsimile document contains the second page of President Johnson's July 28, 1964 press-conference address. He entitled his remarks: "...
Image of President Kennedy's letter to Premiere Khrushchev, dated October 22, 1962. Page 1 of 2. Click on the image for a better view.
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