Saving a Vibrant History, One Frame at a Time

Shahid Zaidi is working to preserve the photos his father shot of Pakistan’s first leaders and of its people in the era of the country’s founding.

Marie Antoinette’s Letters to Her Dear Swedish Count, Now Uncensored

Researchers used an X-ray technique to resurface the redacted text of letters exchanged between the queen and her dear friend Axel von Fersen.

Marie Antoinette’s Letters to Her Dear Swedish Count, Now Uncensored

Researchers used an X-ray technique to resurface the redacted text of letters exchanged between the queen and her dear friend Axel von Fersen.

Obama Breaks Ground on Presidential Center in Chicago After Lengthy Discord

The project has been bogged down by legal challenges and a federal review. Barack Obama’s presidential papers won’t actually be housed there — they’ll be digitized, another point of contention.

New York Public Library to Keep Picture Collection Browsable

A plan to archive the resource, used by many artists, including Warhol, has been shelved.

An Urban Archive Was Lost on 9/11. This Agency Is Trying to Rebuild It.

The Port Authority, which was headquartered in the World Trade Center and lost 84 employees, is collecting artifacts with the help of retirees.

Piecing Together the History of Stasi Spying

Researchers undertake the massive task of recreating millions of torn-up records that the East German secret police hoped to destroy.

Hands Off the Library’s Picture Collection!

Cornell, Spiegelman and Warhol browsed the famous collection of images in the New York Public Library. Now a century of serendipitous discovery will come to an end if the collection is closed off to the public.

A World War II Spy Didn’t Live to Tell Her Tale. Her Great-Great-Niece Will.

In her book, “All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days,” Rebecca Donner examines the life of Mildred Harnack, part of the anti-Nazi resistance in Germany.

Those Virus Sequences That Were Suddenly Deleted? They’re Back

Chinese researchers have uploaded genetic sequences of coronaviruses to a scientific database more than a year after they took them offline.

Jewish Burial Records Among Items Seized by U.S. Authorities

Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn said they plan to return 17 items — once headed for auction — to their communities.

Cherry Grove, Where Gay New Yorkers Became ‘Their Real Selves’

In the 1950s, the Fire Island hamlet was a refuge for gay men and lesbians. Dozens of enlarged photos from the era are now on view outside the New-York Historical Society.

Brontë Auction Is on Hold as Group Tries to Keep Library Intact

Sotheby’s has agreed to postpone a highly anticipated auction as a consortium tries to raise $21 million to acquire a “lost” private library for the British public.

Where Did Hideki Tojo’s Body Go After His Execution? A Mystery Is Solved.

The location of the remains of the wartime Japanese prime minister had been a puzzle. Now, documents reveal that U.S. forces secretly scattered his ashes into the Pacific Ocean.

Museum to Create a National Archives of Game Show History

The Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, N.Y., will house the archives, which it hopes will include set pieces, audience tickets, press photos and other memorabilia.

Curator Joy Bivins Is Named New Director of the Schomburg Center

As the center moves beyond the pandemic, Bivins plans to add more items reflecting the African diaspora and make those materials more accessible.

Reconstructing the Neighborhood Destroyed in the Tulsa Race Massacre

Using maps, newspaper clippings, testimonies and more, a team of graphics editors created an interactive 3-D portrait of the community that was burned down in 1921.