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Cadaver Synod
The Cadaver Synod: Putting a Dead Pope on Trial
from JSTOR
The Cadaver Synod: Strangest Trial in History
From the University of Georgia School of Law
The Body of Pope Formosus
Article from a faculty member at the University of Iowa
The Trials of Pope Formosus
Dissertation from Columbia University
Ada Lovelace
Primary Sources
Sources from Finding Ada
Ada Lovelace's Mathematical Papers
from Clay Mathematics Institute
Untangling the Tale of Ada Lovelace
The Writings of Stephen Wolfram
Ada Lovelace: A Simple Solution to a Lengthy Controversy
from the National Library of Medicine
9/11
9/11 Documentary Project
Oral histories, witness statements, and other documents capturing peoples' sentiments following the September 11th attacks.
"I Hadn't the Slightest Idea my Life would Change after 9/11"
A reflection on the 20th anniversary
Repercussions of 9/11
With primary sources on health and the Muslim American experience
Social & Political Costs of War
from Brown University
Post-September 11th Attitudes
Survey from Pew Research Center
Shays' Rebellion
Shays' Rebellion
from American Battlefield Trust
Shays' Rebellion
from George Washington's Mount Vernon
Shays' Rebellion
from the Zinn Education Project
George Washington discusses Shays’ Rebellion and the upcoming Constitutional Convention, 1787
A primary source from Gilder Lehrman Institute
Letter from Daniel Shays and Daniel Gray to Benjamin Lincoln, 25 January 1787
from the Massachusetts Historical Society
JFK Assassination
6th Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
Includes a timeline, documents, and oral histories about the assassination.
November 22, 1963: Death of a President
from the JFK Library
JFK Assassination Records Collection
from the National Archives
CIA Covert Ops: Kennedy Assassination Records Lift Veil of Secrecy
from the National Security Archive, George Washington University
Satsuma Rebellion
Letter Mr. Bingham to Mr. Evarts
From the Department of State
Satsuma Rebellion
Modern Japan Archives
Satsuma Rebellion and Saigō Takamori Prints
Prints about the rebellion from the Lavenberg Collection of Japanese Prints, University of Oregon
Goodbye Segodon: Ukiyo-e Depictions of the Satsuma Rebellion
From the Umi-Mori Art Museum, includes woodblock prints from the Satsuma Rebellion
Birth of Hip Hop
Hip Hop Highlights from the Schomburg Center
Includes primary sources such as oral histories, videos, and documentaries.
Cornell Hip Hop Archive
Includes Hip Hop Party and Event Flyers and photo archives
Hip Hop Origins Online Exhibition
From the National Museum of African American History and Culture
Hip Hop Radio Archive
Recordings of hip hop radio from the 1980s and 1990s
Carnegie Hall Timeline of African American Music
Great Molasses Flood
A Sticky Situation: The Navy and the Great Molasses Flood
From the US Navy, Department of Defense
Boston's Great Molasses Flood
From the Boston Public Library
Harvard Scientists Reveal Physics Behind Molasses Disaster
from the Boston Globe
Great Molasses Flood
from MassMoments, MassHumanities. Includes primary photos.
Great Molasses Flood
Boston Evening Globe, from American Ancestors
Berlin Wall
Fall of the Berlin Wall
video and news footage from the Internet Archive
Thierry Noir, Berlin Wall Graffiti Artist
from The Guardian
Victims of the Berlin Wall from Chronik der Mauer (Chronicle of the Wall)
Chronicle of the Berlin Wall
Checkpoint Charlie
maps, images, and other information about Checkpoint Charlie
New Find Evokes Horrors of the Berlin Wall
From Spiegel International (German news magazine)
Resources from the NATO Library
includes a recommended reading list with sources from the National Archives and CIA
President Reagan Speech about the Berlin Wall
From the Reagan Library
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