This Week in History…The Pony Express!

*Photograph courtesy of Flickr Creative Commons/ ponyrider1860 / David Kittle

On April 3rd , 1860, the first pony express service began!

Fun factoid: The fee for sending 10 words via the pony express from New York to California was $6.90, with 20 cents for each additional word. Read the newspaper article though
Proquest-Historical New York Times.

*If you are off campus, you will be prompted for your Emmanuel ID and password to be granted access to Proquest.*

Read more on the Pony Express history through the
Library of Congress website.

This Week in History…It’s Magic!

*photograph courtesy of flickr creative commons /  txfireguy

Born March 24th, 1874, Harry Houdini made his mark on the world by becoming known as the “escape artist.”  Read about Houdini’s interesting nature in Gale Biography in Context!

Gale Biography in Context can be found on the Library’s website through the Finding Articles Database List.

 

This Week in History…The Ides of March!

Where does the phrase “The Ides of March” come from anyway?  View the Oxford English Dictionary definition of Ides here to find out!

The Oxford English Dictionary can be accessed through the Library website using the Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, etc… link on the left menu.

This Week in History…

*Photograph courtesy of Flickr Creative Commons / U.S. Embassy New Delhi

On March 1st, 1961, Peace Corps are established by executive order under John F. Kennedy’s presidency.

Check out these Library resources to learn more: 

Credo’s Topic Page
(general topic history)

American History in Video
(watch a newsreel of President Kennedy’s announcement)

ourdocuments.gov
(read the excutive order)

If you are off campus, you will be prompted for your Emmanuel ID and password to be granted access to Credo and American History in Video.

This Week in History…

On February 16th, 1923, the tomb of  Tutankhamen, also known as King Tut, was opened. 

Read more about the history behind this famous Egyptian ruler through Gale Biography in Context.  View images through ARTstor Digital Library.

Gale Biography in Context and ARTstor Digital Library can be found through the Library website in the Finding Articles Database List.  

 

 

*Photograph courtesy of Flickr Creative Commons / mharrsch

This Week in History…

On February 11th, 1990, Nelson Mandela was released from prison, where he had been a political prisoner for nearly 26 years.  After his release, he went on to become president of the country.

Read more about Nelson Mandela’s life through Gale Biography in Context.  Read more about apartheid in Credo’s topic pages.

Gale Biography in Context can be found through the Library website in the Finding Articles Database List.  Credo can be found through the Library website in the e-books section. 

*Photo courtesy of Gale Biography in Context

If you are off campus, you will be prompted for your Emmanuel ID and password to be granted access.

This Week in History

Robert Frost, native New England poet, died on January 26th, 1963 in Boston. Explore the Library database, Credo, to learn more about this complex and innovative writer!

Credo can be found through the Library website in the e-books section. 

If you are off campus, you will be prompted for your Emmanuel ID and password to be granted access.

 

*Photo courtesy of thehistorybluff.com

 

This Week in History…

On December 25th, 1776 George Washington crossed the Delaware River.

Watch an interactive historical account through the Library database, American History in Video!*

 * If off campus, log in using your Emmanuel username and password.

 

 

This Week in History…

On December 18th, 1892, Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker Suite” premiered at St. Petersburg’s Maryinksy Theatre.

Listen to the Nutcracker Suite through Naxos Music Library Online: http://emmanuel.naxosmusiclibrary.com/catalogue/item.asp?cid=BM31.2036

This Week in History…

Why America Weeps

At 12:30PM on November 22nd, 1963 President John Fitzgerald Kennedy was shot and killed in Dallas, Texas.  Ironically, he was in Texas to address the issue of violence in politics.  “Why America Weeps” is a reflective article from the New York Times, written on November 23rd.  

Additional photographs of President Kennedy can be found on the Library of Congress website.