December 4, 2015 Evening in the Archives: The Things They Carried Home Last night’s behind the scenes event “The Things They Carried Home” offered a rare glimpse at the many artifacts from…
August 14, 2015 American Artist Appreciation Month Manuel Bromberg was born in 1917 in Centerville, Iowa. When he was two, he moved with his mother and older…
May 15, 2015 Marshall & Oveta Culp Hobby Oveta Culp Hobby learned about service to community and government from her family. She watched her mother collect food and…
May 1, 2015 Marshall and Richard Wing May is Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month. During the month many institutions pay tribute to the generations of Asians and Pacific…
April 10, 2015 Marshall Plan in Pictures President Truman signed the Economic Assistance Act on April 3, 1948 to help the nations of Europe recover after the…
November 14, 2014 Armistice and the Homer Simpson Collection At 5 a.m. on the morning of November 11, 1918, the Armistice, which ceased hostilities during World War I as…
October 10, 2014 Marshall and Family History In 2001, Senator Orrin Hatch (Utah) introduced a resolution to Congress that designated October as Family History Month. He stated…
August 15, 2014 Marshall, Paris & Art Paris has acquired a reputation as the “City of Art.” But as war was declared on September 3, 1939, the Louvre…
