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An oil painting of Isabella Stewart Gardner, done by John Singer Sargent in 1888, for a comission of $3,000. Gardner allegedly had Sargent render her face eight different times before she was satisfied. The painting remains in the Gothic Room of the…

Though not from the Victorian era, this article is about the first horoscope ever put in print. On August 24th, 1930, Scottish publisher John Rutherford Gordon put to print a horoscope for Princess Margaret to commemorate her birth in the Sunday…

"Linking different generations of military service is the spirit behind the Phelps Award, given annually by the Friends of the Vietnam Veterans Plaza."

This award was designed by Vietnam war veteran John Phelps. Each year, it is given to a person…

While many writers and artists are discovered after their time, George Bernard Shaw was a source of fascination to his contemporaries. John Palmer takes a stab at debunking what he believed to be myths about Shaw in his book "George Bernard Shaw:…

This is a group photograph of (left to right) Larry Rivers, Jack Kerouac, Gregory Corso, David Amram, and Allen Ginsberg. It was taken at a restaurant during the filming of the short film "Pull My Daisy," which was written and narrated by Kerouac in…

The advertisement concerning the Great Room in Spring Gardens is given particular importance when considering Lily Ford’s concept of scopic regime. The power dynamics that coincide with the opportunity to experience 19th century virtual reality are…

This poem was written by Joanne Germanotta when she attended high school.

Joanne Germanotta attended high school in Clark, NJ. This photo is published in the album, Joanne by Lady Gaga which was published in 2016.

Patience and Fortitude are the names given to the two lions that guard the library's entrance. The statues were given meaning after the onset of the Great Depression.