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Peter, Paul, And The Museum Business | August/September 1979

A HERITAGE PRESERVED Read >>

Frederick Winslow Taylor | August/September 1979

The Messiah of Time and Motion Read >>

“vell, Den, I Vas A High-priced Man” | August/September 1979

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“whoso Would Learn Wisdom, Let Him Enter Here!” | August/September 1979

So read a welcoming sign over the door of Charles Willson Peale’s great ill-fated museum Read >>

Richmond Pearson Hobson | August/September 1979

His reward for heroism was to become “the most kissed man in America” Read >>

Calm Dwellings | August/September 1979

The Brief, Sentimental Age of the Rural Cemetery Read >>

“A Gentlemen’s Fight” | August/September 1979

Nobody was murdered or maimed, but nobody backed down for twenty years in the struggle over school integration in Prince Edward County, Virginia. Who finally won? Read >>

Buildings For Sale: Unexpected Beauty From A City Archive | August/September 1979

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“Gentlemen, This Is No Humbug” | August/September 1979

The single greatest medical discovery of the last century began as a parlor game, and brought tragedy to nearly everyone who had a hand in it Read >>

A Hessian Visits The Victors: 1783 | August/September 1979

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Stringing Along With H. H. Bennett | October/November 1979

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Good Reading | October/November 1979

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Double-edged Secretsi U.s. Naval Intelligence Operations In The Pacific During World War Ii | October/November 1979

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The Alcoholic Republic: An American Tradition | October/November 1979

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Clover | October/November 1979

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My Dear Park | October/November 1979

THE WILD ANIMALS I HAVE KNOWN Read >>

Postscripts | October/November 1979

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Ten-hut! | October/November 1979

WRITE YOUR MOTHER Read >>

The Hairless Hanging | October/November 1979

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Social Insecurities | October/November 1979

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