People living in British America and later the nascent United States recorded their family histories in needlework samplers, ...

When Coal First Arrived, Americans Said ‘No Thanks’ Back in the 19th century, coal was the nation’s newfangled fuel source—and it faced the same resistance as wind and solar today ...

As a historical interpreter, researcher, artist, and designer, Cheyney McKnight incorporates 18th and 19th-century African American design skills to create pieces with a modern twist.

President Donald Trump and his allies have seized upon a new way to criticize the head of the U.S. central bank: his handling of an expensive renovation of the Federal ...

Much of the landscape of Cornwall and West Devon was transformed in the 18th and early 19th centuries as a result of the rapid growth of pioneering copper and tin mining. Its deep underground mines, ...

For more than a century ... examples of early presidents’ writings, author Charles T. Richardson analyzes their scrawl in his book “Presidential Script.” He is one of a group of individuals who ...

The Florence Court housing complex has stood on the corner of University and 10th avenues southeast for more than 100 years, but it may not stand much longer. The complex – part of which is considered ...

While interhuman relationships go back to the early years of civilization, marriage has only become commonplace in the recent annals of history. Evidence suggests that marriage as an institution ...