Social Science
Western College for Women
Western Female Seminary, the first daughter institution of Mount Holyoke College, opened its doors in 1855 as a Christia...
The Jewish Community Around North Broad Street
The cradle of Jewish life in Philadelphia began with the establishment of the first synagogue, Mikveh Israel, in 1740. W...
Hurricane Hazel in the Carolinas
Hurricane Hazel swept the U.S. Eastern Seaboard in mid-October 1954, eventually landing in the record books as one of th...
Oxnard Sugar Beets
Ventura County's Lost Cash Crop...
Delaware's 1962 Northeaster
Delaware?s March 1962 storm caused unprecedented destruction to life and property. Unusually high wind-driven tides carr...
The Hartford Circus Fire: Tragedy Under the Big Top
Through firsthand accounts, interviews with survivors and a gripping collection of vintage photographs, author Michael S...
Eastern North Carolina Farming
Settled as a maritime and agricultural colony, North Carolina?s history has always been intertwined with agriculture and...
Wild Women of Prescott, Arizona
Arizona remained a raw, rather uncivilized territory before it became one of the last states to enter the Union. Few tow...
Fanny Bixby Spencer
Long Beach's Inspirational Firebrand...
North Carolina Aviatrix Viola Gentry
The Flying Cashier...
Introduction to Film Studies (5th ed.)
Introduction to Film Studies is a comprehensive textbook for students of cinema. This completely revised and updated fif...
Haunted Pittsburgh
Founded amidst the bloodshed of the French and Indian War, Pittsburgh is haunted by the ghosts of its gritty and sometim...
Portuguese Community of San Diego
In a century?s time, Portuguese explorers had discovered two-thirds of the world. In 1542, Joao Rodrigues Cabrilho uncov...
Italian Oakland
Oakland, the other city by the bay, was a magnet for Italian immigrants in the early decades of the 20th century. Some r...
The Black Colleges of Atlanta
Join Author Rodney T. Cohen as he reveals the history & beginnings of the Black Colleges of Atlanta and the distinguishe...
German Chicago
The Danube Swabians and the American Aid Societies...
Boston's Immigrants
1840-1925...
The Polish Community of Gary
The Polish Community of Gary is a vibrantly illustrated tale of the history of the Midwest's Steel City and its Polish-C...
Haunted Martinsburg
The quaint streets and mountain vistas of historic Martinsburg conceal specters lurking in their deepest shadows. Situat...
Kenneth & Helen Spencer of Kansas
Champions of Culture & Commerce in the Sunflower State...
Italians of San Joaquin County
Italians were among the first European settlers in California, as fishermen from Italy arrived in the 1830s. After gold ...
African American Railroad Workers of Roanoke
Oral Histories of the Norfolk & Western...
Italian Staten Island
The great wave of European immigration in the late 19th and early 20th centuries brought more than four million Italians...
Haunted Onondaga County
From the halls of Syracuse University to the quiet neighborhoods of Fayetteville and Marcellus, the communities of Onond...
Around Surry County
From slavery in the 1800s to freedom in the 1950s, Black America Series: Around Surry County traces the footsteps of Afr...
The Catawba Indian Nation of the Carolinas
The Catawba Indians are aboriginal to South Carolina, and their pottery tradition may be traced to 2,400 B.C. When Herna...
African-American Life in Preston County
Preston County, an area nestled in the northern corner of West Virginia, is bounded on the north byPennsylvania and the ...
The Jewish Community of South Philadelphia
The Jewish Community of South Philadelphia is a tribute to tradition and pride that will serve as a valuable tool in tea...
Mardi Gras in Mobile
Mardi Gras in Mobile began its carnival celebration years before the city of New Orleans was founded. In the 1700s, myst...
Ghosts of Goldfield and Tonopah
Echoes of prospectors, forlorn widows and politicians linger in the streets and historic remnants of Nevada's former boo...