Elizabeth Taylor is interviewed after she debuted on stage in 1981 in Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes, sharing the most common question she has been asked about this performance. Continue reading
This letter, written in 1559, is Queen Elizabeth I's response to a complaint by five Catholic bishops, who did not approve of her choice to uphold the reformed Church of England as the official religion of the land. Continue reading
Senator Joseph McCarthy sent a telegram to President Harry S. Truman on February 11, 1950, two days after giving a speech in Wheeling, West Virginia that claimed more than 200 members of the State Department were card-carrying members of the Communist party. In his telegram, McCarthy reiterates that he has … Continue reading
Ricky Stover, survivor of the Moore tornado on May 20, 2013 in the Oklahoma City area, shares that moment that he felt sure he was dying. Continue reading
A senior citizen recalls going to Kitty Hawk, North Carolina in December 1903, where he talked to Wilbur Wright about his “flying machine.” Continue reading
Albert Bunji Ikeda, a third-generation Japanese American, recalls why his ancestors came to the United States from Japan and how he experienced racism during the second World War. Continue reading
Actor George Takei recalls what it was like to be taken from his home and forced to live in the Japanese internment camps after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Continue reading
Caroll Spinney, a Sesame Street actor, describes the evolution of Big Bird and shares the major change he made in the character and the voice, to the surprise of creator Jim Henson. Continue reading
The family of Dale Earnhardt, Sr., the NASCAR racer who died on the last lap of the Daytona 500 on February 18, 2001 pay tribute to him at his induction into the NASCAR Hall of Fame, class of 2010. Continue reading
Below are exerpts from an e-mail received from the daughter of USMC PFC Robert Hall Ayers who served on Iwo Jima at the time of the invasion of the island in February 1945. "…My dad's unite [sic] was attached to the 5th Amphibious Corps during this assault. He has never … Continue reading