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Kavita Daswani discusses her book, “The Village Bride of Beverly Hills.” She begins by describing her protagonist, Priya, who is a newly married Hindu bride who is faced with very traditional in-laws, a husband who is controlled by his mother, and…

This interview covers Kathryn’s experiences growing up in Carbondale, Illinois, her college years at Southern Illinois University and graduate school at the University of Illinois’s Library Sciences program.

Image of Kate Grenville for an interview with the Guardian

US Naval fleet combat against inbound Japanese 'Kamikaze' suicide aircraft, footage captured by US Navy personnel photographer present during the battle.

This painting is one of multiple ceiling paintings created by Paolo Veronese for the Room of the Council of Ten Palazzo Ducale, Venice. The government officials who met in this room had multiple responsibilities, including control over access to…

Juno in a carriage pulled by peacocks

Picture of the Junipero Serra Statue at Santa Clara University. Located outside the Mission Church.

A sit-in by Junior NAACP activists at a segregated movie theater in Farmville, Virginia. The item was donated by Phyllis Padow-Sederbaum, a volunteer with the Virginia Student-Help Project in 1963.

Gives us a view of what a person was reading in Louisiana during the Civil War.

Black and white photograph of Jules Jacot-Guillarmod riding a horse during expedition to K2