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American Artifacts: Gilmore Cabin at Montpelier

The history of the transition from slavery to freedom for African Americans is told at... More »

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Lectures in History: New York City's Architecture

Historian Barry Lewis examines architecture in New York City from the late 19th and early... More »

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National Park Service & Historical Interpretation

Chief Historian of the National Park Service Robert Sutton discusses how his organization is... More »

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The Civil War: Civil War Medicine

Dr. Ira Rutkow discusses how the Civil War changed medicine and surgery.  Dr. Rutkow is... More »

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Encore Q&A: Melvin Urofsky

Melvin Urofsky talks about his book, Louis D. Brandeis: A Life . Louis Brandeis was... More »

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Founding of America - Gordon Wood

Gordon Wood talked about his book "The Idea of America: Reflections on the Birth of... More »

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History Bookshelf: Alfred Regnery

This is an interview with Alfred Regnery about his book, "Upstream: The Ascendance of American... More »

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John Brown and the Harper's Ferry Raid

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Tony Horwitz on the 1859 Harper's Ferry Raid, which he details in... More »

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Panel Discussion on the Berlin Crisis of 1961 - National Archives

In October 2011 the National Archives and the CIA Historical Review Program co-hosted a symposium... More »

Oral Histories: Laurence Silberman Part II

Laurence Silberman served as the Undersecretary of Labor during the Nixon Administration -- and was... More »

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Defense Department Leadership and Vietnam

Robert McNamara served as Defense Secretary from 1961 to 1968 under President Kennedy and President... More »

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The Civil War: Battle of Fort Donelson

Author Kendall Gott talks about the Civil War battle of Fort Donelson, which was a... More »

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Paul Finkelman on 19th Century Slave Trade

Recorded in Milwaukee at the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians, law and... More »

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The Presidency: Doris Kearns Goodwin Talks With Former First Ladies Barbara Bush and Laura Bush

For the second time in recent months, former First Ladies Barbara Bush and Laura Bush sat... More »

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American Artifacts: 1297 Magna Carta

 After a year of conservation treatments, the National Archives is returning a 1297 copy... More »

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Lectures in History: Generalship of Ulysses S. Grant

U.S. Naval Academy History Professor Wayne Hsieh examines the Generalship of Ulysses S. Grant.  This... More »

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Lectures in History: Generalship of Robert E. Lee

U.S. Naval Academy History Professor Wayne Hsieh examines the Generalship of Robert E. Lee.  This... More »

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The Civil War: The Ironclad USS Monitor

Author and professor David Mindell talks about the technology of the USS Monitor, and the... More »

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The Civil War: Northerners' Ideas for Fighting the Merrimac

David Gerleman, an assistant editor at the Papers of Abraham Lincoln project, talks about some... More »

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The Big Picture: The Mathew Brady & Clara Barton Stories

This is a film produced in 1961 by the U.S. Army on two figures from... More »