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This building stands as a symbol for the event of September 11th. It stands for how NYC rebuilt itself after that day. It's design looks very similar to the twin towers.

Manuscript of an early rendition of what becomes known in the West as "Arabian Nights." This item is going to serve as one of the main pieces of my Omeka exhibition on exoticism in the Victorian Era.

Isaac Baker Brown's journal about insanity, epilepsy, catalepsy, and hysteria gives a clear depiction of how people perceived women who exhibited resistance to domestic living in the Victorian Era. Included in this item is the journal's title page,…

The essay shown in these items discusses suicide in England during the Victorian era, describing it as a common occurrence that is caused by a general "moral madness." The majority of the article discusses the legal consequences of suicide, and how a…

This journey would take them another 276 miles through much of the unsure terrain, where the Ohio Indian wars had only ended five years earlier.

On November 30, 1817, they reach Louisville, a town of 4,012 people (13 years before the opening of the Louisville and Portland Canal and the establishment of the Louisville Daily Journal).

Their journey would still require another 278.6 miles…

William Sydney Porter, the real name of O. Henry, was known for his short stories that often contained surprise endings and dark, mysterious topics. Carl Van Doren argues that O. Henry's writing style was so unique because of his tendency to know all…