Document Deep Dive
Document Deep Dive: A Play-by-Play of the March on Washington
Fifty years after the historic event, take a look at the lineup of speakers who addressed the crowd of 250,000 at the Lincoln Memorial
Document Deep Dive: Even Julia Child Used a Recipe
See the famous chef’s thought process as she wrote out precise measurements to bake one of her favorite breads
Document Deep Dive: The Day the Confederates Attacked Washington
This map painstakingly created by a Union cartographer presents a snapshot of the nation’s capital during the war
Document Deep Dive: The Patent for the First Practical Solar Cell
See how three scientists at Bell Laboratories in 1954 invented the silicon solar cell that became the model for converting sunlight into electricity today
Document Deep Dive: What Was on the First SAT?
Explore the exam that has been stressing out college-bound high school students since 1926
Document Deep Dive: The Classroom of the Future, Today
A new portable schoolroom boasts environmentally features that will save money and create a space more conducive to learning
Document Deep Dive: The Heartfelt Friendship Between Jackie Robinson and Branch Rickey
Baseball brought the two men together, but even when Rickey left the Brooklyn Dodgers, their relationship off the field would last for years
Document Deep Dive: A Historic Moment in the Fight for Women’s Voting Rights
A cartoonist diagrammed the parade—5,000 suffragists strong—that defiantly marched in Washington more than a century ago
Document Deep Dive: The Most Influential Art Show You’ve Never Heard Of
Van Gogh, Cezanne and Degas lined the walls of the famed Armory Show 100 years ago, but it was Marcel Duchamp who stole the thunder
Harry Truman’s Adorable Love “List” to His Wife, Bess
As a celebration of 38 years of marriage, the former president shared his memories, both fond and bittersweet, from each anniversary
Document Deep Dive: The Menu From President Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Ball
What delicacies and confectionaries were found on the 250-foot-long buffet table?
Document Deep Dive: Emancipation Proclamation
When freeing the slaves 150 years ago, Abraham Lincoln traded in his famous lyricism for a dry, legal tone. Harold Holzer explains why
Document Deep Dive: Rosa Parks’ Arrest Records
Read between the lines of the police report drawn up when the seamstress refused to give up her seat in 1955
Document Deep Dive: What Did Analysts Find in the Recon Photographs From the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Dino Brugioni explains how he and other CIA photo analysts located Soviet missiles just 90 miles away from the United States
Document Deep Dive: What Did the Zimmermann Telegram Say?
See how British cryptologists cracked the coded message that propelled the United States into World War I
Document Deep Dive: A Peek at the 1948 Games in London
Records at the National Archives in London show how organizers cobbled together the 1948 "Austerity" Games
Document Deep Dive: A Holocaust Survivor Finds Hope in America
Michael Pupa's story, from orphan of Nazi Europe to American citizen, is a testament to the freedoms America offers
Document Deep Dive: The Musical History of "The Star-Spangled Banner"
Was the national anthem really set to the melody of a drinking tune? Take a closer look at the original manuscript of Francis Scott Key's song
Document Deep Dive: A Firsthand Account of the Hindenburg Disaster
Frank Ward was a 17-year-old crewman when he saw the infamous disaster, but his memories of that day are still strong, 75 years later
Document Deep Dive: How the Homestead Act Transformed America
Compare documents filed by the first and last homesteaders in the United States
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