The History of Science Society (HSS) was established in 1924 to ensure the future of Isis, the international journal founded by George Sarton in 1912. The purpose of HSS is to promote interest in the ...

Ken Macomber wants to learn more about what life was like for his father at the dawn of the Great Depression. Curt Witcher is looking for clues about his grandfather's younger days in Indiana. They ...

A June 29 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows a map of the U.S. with purported July high-temperature records listed for each state. Most of the listed heat records were set before 1940.

Charlie Chapman threaded tape No. 1167 into the microfilm machine and turned the hand crank until he came to the entries for Sunflower County, Miss. He scrolled slowly through page after page of ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Records are generally arranged by ...

More than 122 million original records from the 1930 census will be released on April 1, providing a unique snapshot of the nation at the close of the Roaring '20s. The handwritten forms, previously ...