Historians and archivists at Mississippi State are announcing the discovery of what they believe to be a historic treasure: a hair lock from the 19th century’s best known African American social reformer.

The artifact was found among items in the

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If a Valentine’s Day fight or a demanding boss has left you flooded with absurd requests, consider writing them down on a Post-it. Maybe one day, a filmmaker will gather these absurdities

A consortium of librarians and scholars from across the country, including faculty members from Harvard University, met yesterday in Washington to work on creating the proposed Digital Public Library of America, an online storehouse stocked with millions of digitized books,

Auctioneer Grant Gardner was rummaging through a nice, middle-class home in London in May when he stumbled upon a book.

“It was in a second-floor clothes closet, up on a shelf behind clothes in a pile of books,” he recalled.

The South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA) is a volunteer-run not-for-profit organization that documents, preserves and provides access to the history of the South Asian American community through a digital archive, available online at http://www.saadigitalarchive.org.

The digital archive now …