[title] image History & Myth in John Ford's The Searchers
 
[title] image Lady Bird Johnson, In Her Own Words
Between 1977 and 1991, Michael L.
Einstein, Relativity and Myths
We've all heard of the theory of relativity, but what factors really led Einstein to that famous work? In this fascinating talk, Professor Al Martinez discusses how young Einstein formulated relativity, by focusing on debunking several historical myths.
A Rare Phone Call from One President to Another
“Señor Presidente,” Lyndon Baines Johnson said via a long-distance telephone call from the Oval Office.  “We are very sorry over the violence which you have had down there but gratified that you have appealed to the Panamanian people to remain calm.”  President Johnson often talked politics on the phone but seldom with foreign leaders.
[title] image Pussy Riot
Pussy Riot, the Russian punk band whose members have been sent to prison for performing a protest song in Moscow’s central cathedral, has been wildly successful at focusing international attention on political corruption and repression under President Vladimir Putin.
Zimbabwe's Hanging Tree
On December 8, 2011, newspapers in Zimbabwe – and Zimbabwe’s diasporas – reported that an unmarked tree in the middle of a busy street in the capital, Harare, had been accidentally knocked down by a city council van.
[title] image Voices of India's Partition, Part V
Professor Mohammad Amin is a distinguished professor of History who spent his entire career in St. Stephen’s College, one of the founding colleges of Delhi University.
[title] image Voices of India's Partition, Part IV
Professor Masood ul Hasan was born in Moradabad in 1928.
[title] image Voices of India's Partition, Part III
Professor Irfan Habib is probably the best-known professor in Aligarh.
[title] image Voices of India's Partition, Part II
In 2009, I spent five months living at the Aligarh Muslim University in the town of Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India.
[title] image Sounds of the Past #2
Anyone interested in early sound recordings can find a treasure trove at the Library of Congress website. 
[title] image Sounds of the Past
Interested in popular music and the music industry in the early twentieth century? The Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project at the University of California at Santa Barbara has built perhaps the most useful archive on the planet for you. 
[title] image Radio & Community
We learn to listen before we learn to read and we speak long before we learn to write. Most archives, however, are built to store printed pages, maps, personal letters, diaries, logbooks, notebooks, and manuscripts.
[title] image Voices of India's Partition, Part I
During the summer of 2005 I embarked on my first research trip. I had recently taken a class on oral history methodology and was eager to put my newly acquired skills to use. My research focuses on a tumultuous time in the history of the Indian subcontinent: the 1947 events that gave India its independence and created the new state of Pakistan.