War on Their Doorstep
Historian Drew Gilpin Faust and Chairman
Sheldon Hackney discuss how the
Civil War changed Southern women.
A Grand Design
Treasures and trifles from the
Victoria and Albert Museum are
coming to America.
(By Ellen Marsh)
The Provocations of Art
How Rosetti and Wilde tested
Victorian sensibilities.
(By James Swafford)
Dear Harry. . . Dear Wm
The letters of the James brothers
offer a window to the nineteenth
century.
(By John J. McDermott)
Louisa May Alcott's Long-Lost Novel
A seventeen-year-old's scribbles
reveal the writer to come.
(By Ellen Marsh)
After Victoria: An Empire in Flux
For four hundred million people,
the new century would bring
dissolution.
(By Ronald Hyam)
A Little-Known Side of Dutch Art
Utrecht's tastes went against the
country's Protestant grain.
(By Nadine Ekrek)
He's the Prettiest
An Indian krewe's spectacular
costumes live beyond Mardi Gras.
(By Amy Lifson)
State by State
A listing of exhibitions, lectures,
films, and conferences throughout
the nation.
(Compiled by Amy Lifson)
Picture Pioneers
How the gold rush brought a new
breed of photographer to the west.
(By Peter E. Palmquist)