Stories
- In pictures
How an animation educated the army
In a 1940s cartoon intended to persuade US troops to take malaria medication, the makers pitted a clodhopping soldier against a wily mosquito. If only Private SNAFU had followed the government’s advice.
- Article
We who can’t believe
Unless she falls to the floor unconscious, Anne Boyer has always ignored signs of illness. Cancer, however, made her face her fallibility.
- Article
The island of unclaimed bodies
In New York, those who live and die on the extreme edges of society are buried on an isolated island, often forgotten and unmourned. But recent legal changes aim to reduce stigma and restore their dignity.
- Article
Sick of being lonely
When his relationship ended, Thom James first withdrew from the world, then began to suffer from illnesses with no apparent physical cause.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
United States Department of State (travel arrangements)
Date: 1962-1963Reference: JDW/2/13/1/21Part of: James D. Watson Collection- Journals
Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture.
Date: [1895-1920]- Books
- Online
The American woman : her changing role worker, homemaker, citizen / Women's Bureau ; United States Department of Labor.
Date: 1948- Journals
Technical bulletin / United States Department of Agriculture.
Date: [1927?]-- Books
- Online
Manual for army cooks / prepared under the direction of the Commissary General of Subsistence ; published by authority of the Secretary of War for use in the Army of the United States.
Date: 1896