The Russian Tour of “Porgy and Bess”
In December of 1955, the cast of George Gershwin’s famous opera “Porgy and Bess” left for Leningrad. This was the first time an American theater troupe traveled to the USSR since 1918. By January of 1956, the Associated Negro Press printed stories covering the troupe’s tour through the USSR, declaring it “a great success.”
Scholarly Superabundance: Embarrassment of Riches or Profligate Redundancy?
NEWS&NOTES: A short piece by Chris Beneke in “The Historical Society: A Blog Devoted to History for the Academy & Beyond” raises some interesting questions afoot in the debate on “prodigious production” in scholarship.
Diplomacy at the Highest Levels: President Nixon’s Meetings with Foreign Leaders
This collection includes a large number of documents covering in detail the visits of more than fifty foreign leaders to the United States during the 1969–1974 tenure of the Nixon Administration, as well as the official records of twenty-one visits abroad by President Nixon and other high administration officials.
Kennedy, Krushchev, and Berlin
On November 10, 1958, Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev issued an ultimatum in which he demanded that the United States, Great Britain, and France withdraw their occupation forces from West Berlin within six months.
The Dred Scott Decision: Recalling 155 Years
The ProQuest History Vault surveys some several recent reports that note the 155th anniversary of the Dred Scott decision, delivered March 6, 1857 in the U.S. Supreme Court.
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The editors of ProQuest's History Vault, a digital archive of U.S. history primary sources containing millions of documents, blog here about the discoveries we find in the digital stacks and the connections we make with events today.
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In December of 1955, the cast of George Gershwin’s famous opera “Porgy and Bess” left for Leningrad. This was the first time an American theater troupe traveled to the USSR since 1918. By January of 1956, the Associated Negro Press printed stories covering the troupe’s tour through the USSR, declaring it “a great success.”
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NEWS&NOTES: A short piece by Chris Beneke in "The Historical Society: A Blog Devoted to History for the Academy & Beyond" raises some interesting questions afoot in the debate on "prodigious production" in scholarship.
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This collection includes a large number of documents covering in detail the visits of more than fifty foreign leaders to the United States during the 1969–1974 tenure of the Nixon Administration, as well as the official records of twenty-one visits abroad by President Nixon and other high administration officials.
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On November 10, 1958, Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev issued an ultimatum in which he demanded that the United States, Great Britain, and France withdraw their occupation forces from West Berlin within six months.
