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Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
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TheCollector
Dust Bowl Troubadour: Who Was Woody Guthrie?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Socii
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V),...
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This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
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FDR: How Roosevelt Won Unprecedented Four Presidential Elections
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Res Obscura
The open-stack library: a futuristic technology from the 18th century
What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
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What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
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Yuruparí: Amazon’s Unique Myth of Creation & Ritual of Passage
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Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain?
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Global Inequality...
James Burnham’s managerialism eighty years later
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or...
10 months ago
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or comments on, James Burnham's “The Managerial Revolution”. I was quite familiar with Burnham’s ideas but I have not read the book. I don't think that I would have read it, now in...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato on Political Polarization
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Plato on Political Polarization
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Interview with Giulio Dalvit: TheCollector Chats with Frick Curator
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Was the Neolithic Revolution Really a Revolution?
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‘D-Day Has Come’
‘D-Day Has Come’
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
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‘D-Day Has Come’
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Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
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Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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5 Quotes by Sartre Explained: What These Words Mean for Us Today
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What Are the Origins of the Vampire Myth?
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Does Marcus Matter?
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The Role & Importance of Primaries in the US Election Process
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Hundred Rabbits
an island to oneself
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things...
over a year ago
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things Devine and I were really looking forward to, like a good latte, craft beer, a fresh food market and a bulk food store. I found a city that checked all of the boxes.
Many of the...
TheCollector
The Holodomor, Ukraine’s Great Famine
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Flashbak
William S. Burroughs: Love is The Painkiller and Cats Are the Cure
“We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place”...
9 months ago
“We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place” – William S. Burroughs It wasn’t all writing, drug taking, walks among the mysteries, cut ups, fomenting revolution, guns and launching assaults on Soho coffee bars in a typical...
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What Are Carl Jung’s Anima and Animus Archetypes?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIb:
This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at...
3 months ago
This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at Paradox Interactives ancient grand strategy game, Imperator: Rome, which covers (inter alia) the period of the collapse of the Roman Republic, which we generally call the Late...
Patterns in Humanity
Mental Health and Social Stratification
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and...
a year ago
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and discuss some of the implications for social stratification.
TheCollector
Van Gogh ‘Sunflowers’ Targeted Again After Protestors Jailed
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Aristotle's Politics
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9 Queer Artists Who Changed the History of Modern Art Forever
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Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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8 Places to Visit in Vietnam for History Lovers
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Classical Wisdom
Does Marcus Matter?
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
12 months ago
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
TheCollector
Lord Balfour’s Portrait Slashed by Pro-Palestine Activists
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How Did German Expressionism Shape Film Noir?
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Classical Wisdom
Why Should We Care About Children?
Bringing History to the Future
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Bringing History to the Future
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Top 10 Historic Sites You Should See in Paris
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Did Andy Warhol Immortalize Marilyn Monroe?
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Two Major Native Rebellions Against Hellenistic Kings
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Citizen of the World: TheCollector Interviews Composer Omar Rahbany
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Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
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Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
TheCollector
How Did Henri Matisse Evolve as an Artist?
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‘A Priori’ and ‘A Posteriori’ Knowledge: What Are They?
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The Shining Path Insurgency: Modern Peru’s Darkest Hour
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5 Interesting 1980s Subcultures: From Goth to Punk to Skinheads
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African History...
A brief history of Gold in Africa and the emporium of Sofala.
It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies,...
3 months ago
It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies, according to an authoritative study by Eugenia Herbert.
TheCollector
British Museum Receives Its Most Valuable Gift Ever
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Dreams of Space -...
Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago....
a year ago
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago. I really like this 1973 issue of Youth Technology. The issue was dedicated to Soviet past and future in space. It has some great illustration of what they had done and what they...
Flashbak
Millions of Cats: Wanda Gag’s Beautifully Illustrated Children’s Book
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send...
11 months ago
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send to an art exhibition. I strive to make them completely accurate in relation to the text. I try to make them warmly human, imaginative, or humourous — not coldly decorative — and...
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5 Naval Battles That Defined Russian History
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The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
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Argue Like a Philosopher: How to Win a Debate
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Hidden History
The Japanese Mafia and the Card Game of Koi-Koi
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had...
3 weeks ago
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had its origin some 400 years ago in early attempts by the Shoguns to ban gambling and European playing cards. History When the Portuguese arrived in Japan in 1543, they established...
TheCollector
How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames
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Verification Vs. Falsification: The Birth of the Philosophy of Science
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Hecate vs. Persephone: What’s the Difference?
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Why Is the Symbol of Flowers Associated with Femininity?
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5 Facts About Ukko, Finland’s Axe-Wielding God of Thunder
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8 Works of Art & Architecture Commissioned by the Medicis
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Is There Democracy Without Voting? Elections by Lot in Ancient Athens
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French New Wave: Here’s What You Need to Know
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Claudius: The Roman Emperor Who Became a Pumpkin
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Classical Wisdom
Democracy
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The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
TheCollector
What Are Paul Cezanne’s Most Famous Paintings?
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5 Interesting Aspects of Medieval Mongol Culture
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Flashbak
48 Hours In The Life of Andy Warhol, 1981
In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a...
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In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a portfolio of ten screenprints featuring fictional characters: The Star (Greta Garbo in her titular role in the 1931 film Mata Hari), Uncle Sam, The Witch (Margaret Hamilton, star of the...
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine and the end of "Europe."
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
over a year ago
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
TheCollector
J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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The Church Under the Tang Dynasty: A Forgotten Outpost of Christianity
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How Did Bebop Influence Jazz?
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Was Flavius Aetius “Last of the Romans”?
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Who Was Johann Gottlieb Fichte?
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Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
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What Criticisms Are Directed Towards Anti-Natalism?
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Michigan Museum Displays Rich History of Cambodian Art
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6 American Film Noirs Influenced by German Expressionism
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Gas Mask Photos: An Alternative Mask for the Halloween Season
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to...
2 months ago
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to those incredible masks of the African phantom, Wladyslaw T. Benda’s living masks and William Mortensen’s haunting portraits from West of Zanzibar, appearances are changed to deceive...
TheCollector
Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
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Where Did Paul Cezanne Live?
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Classical Wisdom
The Ancient World's Greatest Disaster
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Ancient Greece's Master Sculptor
The Life and Work of Pheidias
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The Life and Work of Pheidias
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
10 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of January.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added galley refit, updated lifelines, seamed box cushions, and moisture prevention underliner.
Permacomputing, revamped the page.
Flappy Bird,...
TheCollector
A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
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How Did Norse Rune Magic Work?
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Flashbak
Vintage T-Shirt Slogans To Offend And Amuse
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those...
9 months ago
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those iron-on-transfers were still available, like the ones sold in magazines that told us to Nuke the Whales. Retro is all the rage, as is what when Malcolm McLaren was repackaging Chucky Berry on a...
TheCollector
7 Scottish Inventors & Their Inventions
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
History and Myth
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The Lebanese Civil War: A Complex & Devastating Conflict
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The Tragic Life of Kermit Roosevelt & the Burden of Legacy
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Tattoos in the Bible: Can Christians Modify Their Bodies?
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Global Inequality...
Devant la guerre
On E. H. Carr's "The twenty years' crisis 1919-39"
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On E. H. Carr's "The twenty years' crisis 1919-39"
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My ‘Homeric Retching’: Vladimir Nabokov’s Letter To His Wife About A Nasty Bout of Food Poisoning
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it...
9 months ago
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it began…” – Vladimir Nabokov to his wife Vera Among Vladimir Nabokov’s love letters to his wife published in Letters to Véra, a wonderful book that takes us behind the scenes of...
Res Obscura
There should be more cash prizes for solving historical mysteries
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
a year ago
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
TheCollector
Looted Van Gogh Artwork Retrieved in Ikea Sack
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
JamesHoare
Fri, 07/19/2024 - 08:00
5 months ago
The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
JamesHoare
Fri, 07/19/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Philosophy of War: 3 Influential Theorists
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TheCollector
Serpentine Installs 19-Foot Pumpkin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
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Photos of Iggy Pop And The Stooges Playing NYC Club Ungano’s in 1970
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the...
6 months ago
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the Stooges performing at brothers Nick and Arnie Ungano’s basement club on New York’s West 70th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues. The ban were celebrating the release of their...
TheCollector
An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States
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Native American Groups React on Covering Native Displays
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How Does Street Art Shape Cities?
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6 Facts About Hilla von Rebay: The Mastermind Behind the Guggenheim
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1980s NYC and the Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
9 months ago
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
TheCollector
Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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At Large in Leyton – A Walk Around The East London Manor 1989-1994
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the...
11 months ago
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the so-called “autonomous republic” of “Wanstonia”. The protest against the demolition of housing to make way for the M11 Link Road was lost. Harry Cohen, MP for Leyton said “the Department...
African History...
Mansa Musa and the royal pilgrimage tradition of west Africa: 11th-18th century
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
a year ago
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
TheCollector
7 Outrageous Cases of Art Vandalism That May Shock You
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5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
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What Are Anton Chekhov’s Most Important Works?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 31, 2024 (Academic Departments)
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this...
6 months ago
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this week, but not quite ready to get started yet. I’m also thinking, perhaps before that, of doing a short post or set of posts on the organization of non-state ‘tribal’ societies in...
TheCollector
Black Panther Party Founder: Who Was Huey Newton?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 29, 2024 (On Roman Values)
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had some unexpected (but good) travel, which has made a bit of havoc in my schedule and I am still trying to catch back up. Nevertheless, I wanted to use this week’s fireside to muse a...
TheCollector
How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
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10 months ago
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Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
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New Hampshire’s Art Museum to Permanently Close
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