Whether it's people, places or events which fuel "the news," the fabric of our lives is impacted by world events. This collection features stories from ancient to modern times.
Bookcover image of Stalingrad: The Fateful siege 1942 - 1943, by Anthony Beevor.
Page from the autobiography of Olaudah Equiano (also known as "Gustavus Vassa, The African"). Captured Africans were placed below decks, Equiano tell...
Page from the autobiography of Olaudah Equiano (also known as "Gustavus Vassa, The African"). This page tells the story of what it was like to s...
A page from Olaudah Equiano's book, telling the story of how he and his sister were both kidnapped from their village. Click on the image for a bette...
TESTIMONY OF FIRST LT. JOSEPH LOCKARD, SIGNAL CORPS, UNITED STATES ARMY (The witness was sworn by the Recorder and advised of his rights under Artic...
STATEMENT OF SERGEANT GEORGE E. ELLIOTT, HEADQUARTERS COMPANY, STATION COMPLEMENT; CAMP LEE, VA. (The witness was sworn by the Recorder and advised ...
John Newton commanded a ship - The African - in the summer of 1752. It was a slave ship, with 250 slaves aboard. This image, from the Cowper &a...
This chart, prepared by Professor Ed Stephan (Western Washington University), shows the geneology of the House of Hapsburg (Habsburg). Click on the i...
This illuminated text - of The Knight's Tale - is a page from the Ellesmere Manuscript of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. It is currently maintained...
Bookcover image of The Last Lion, Volume I: Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory, 1874-1932, by William Manchester.
John Newton was more than a writer of the world's most-popular hymn, "Amazing Grace." To learn more about his background, check out this book. ...
Image depicts the illustration that was used opposite the title page of Equiano's autobiography, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equi...
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