Visual Arts Documents

What does it mean when we say "art is in the eye of the beholder?" How have artists' subjects changed over the centuries? This collection features diverse art forms (from ancient mosaics to modern cubism).

The word "Pesach" is pronounced PAY-sahch, with the "ch" sounding like the "ch" in the Scottish word "loch."  It stands for "Passover," a holy da...

Soon after Philip Johnston requested a Marine Corps enlistment, to allow him to work with Navajo Code Talkers, he received this Special-Delivery respo...

This map depicts the location of Plymouth, the place where the Pilgrims established their new American colony during the winter of 1620.

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...

This facsimile image depicts the police blotter for April 14, 1865.  See the last entry where the reporting officer has noted that the President ...

This facsimile document contains the second page of President Johnson's July 28, 1964 press-conference address.  He entitled his remarks:  "...

Image of an Associated Press article regarding U.S. President Kennedy returning to Washington D.C. early, presumably because he is ill. Click on the ...

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.

Image of President Kennedy's letter to Premiere Khrushchev, dated October 22, 1962.  Page 2 of 2. Click on the image for a better view.

Letter From President Kennedy to Premier Khrushchev, dated October 27, 1962. Click on the image for a better view.

This is a facsimile of the document for prisoners of war who agreed to no longer fight against the North.  Click on the image to enlarge it. &nb...

As Federal investigators continued looking into potential crimes of city and police officials in Tacoma, they found evidence against them.  This ...

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