Tag: Libraries
Stephen Hawking’s archive, office acquired for UK public
LONDON — The Cambridge University library and London’s Science Museum said Wednesday they have acquired a large collection of items belonging to late physicist...
Remodeled Truman library and museum preparing to reopen
INDEPENDENCE, M o. — When director Kurt Graham arrived at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library & Museum in July 2015, he immediately dove...
Paul Ryan: Trump debate will fade as new candidates emerge
LOS ANGELES — Since the chaotic end of Donald Trump’s presidency, the debate about the future of the Republican Party frequently comes down to...
Vartan Gregorian, longtime president of Carnegie Corp., dies
NEW YORK — Vartan Gregorian, the noted scholar and philanthropic leader who has led the Carnegie Corporation of New York since 1997, died Thursday...
Vast archives at JFK Library help bring ‘Hemingway’ to life
BOSTON — A new Ken Burns documentary on Ernest Hemingway — powered by vast but little-known archives kept at the John F. Kennedy Presidential...
Judge: Man who killed library patron was mentally ill
WOBURN, Mass. — A Massachusetts man charged with fatally stabbing a woman studying to become a doctor at a public library — and injuring...
Train honoring Bush returns to his Texas library for exhibit
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — The locomotive painted to resemble Air Force One that carried the flag-draped body of former President George H.W. Bush to...
Indiana city’s ornate ex-library to become luxury apartments
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. — A northern Indiana city's ornate former library building will be transformed into luxury apartments under plans drafted by a developer...
Lincoln Center to emerge from pandemic with outdoor shows
NEW YORK — Lincoln Center intends to emerge from the novel coronavirus pandemic by creating 10 outdoor stages for performances and rehearsals in New...
Fresh funding aims to revitalize Indigenous oral history
Associated Press — A major effort is getting underway at several universities, tribal museums and libraries around the U.S. to digitize the oral histories...
