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The Last Public Execution in the United States: Rainey Bethea's Hanging, 1936

Photograph capturing the public hanging of Rainey Bethea on August 14, 1936, in Owensboro, Kentucky. The photo shows a large crowd gathered as…

Execution of H H Holmes

An illustration of Moyamensing Prison in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, capturing the execution of H. H. Holmes. The scene depicts Holmes delivering his…

National Strategy for the "Cold War" of the Unites States

CIA record of an internal paper outlining strategy against the USSR

Six months in the gold mines : from a journal of three years' residence in Upper and Lower California. 1847-8-9

Edward Gould Buffum writes a short passage about attacks of whites versus Indians.

CIA Memorandom on Soviet Antisemitism

"Director's View of Soviet Anti-Semitism: Psychological Preparation for War"

The autobiography of Charles Peters, in 1915 the oldest pioneer living in California, who mined in ... the days of '49 ... Also historical happenings, interesting incidents and illustrations of the old mining towns in the good luck era, the placer mining days of the '50s

Portuguese Charles Peters' accounts and stories of seeking gold in California.

May 12, 1989: Commencement Address at Texas A&M University

This speech, delivered by President George H.W. Bush at Texas A&M University, addresses U.S.-Soviet relations and outlines a vision for a new approach…

Treaty Between The United States Of America And The Union Of Soviet Socialist Republics On The Elimination Of Their Intermediate-Range And Shorter-Range Missiles (INF Treaty)

The treaty marked the first agreement between the two superpowers to reduce their nuclear arsenals, rather than simply limit their growth. It…