Sending cards for Valentine’s Day became very popular in 19th century England, so much so that in 1840, they gave postmen a special stipend for refreshments to keep their energy up during the long ...

Rabinbach joined Princeton’s faculty in 1996 and transferred to emeritus status in 2019. He served as director of the ...

By 2040, more than one in five Californians will be 65 or older, while the working age population stays the same and the ...

By force of her imagination and skill, Emily Dickinson could take the measure of solitude, opprobrium and even damnation.

Ballantine House has been reimagined to be more inclusive, with a temporary exhibit on 19th- century Black women.

Researchers are using diary entries, travel notes, religious registers, and other primary historical records to better understand extreme climate shifts in Transylvania during the 16th century.

January 2025's Gulf Coast snowstorm was impressive. This 1895 snowstorm, however, was a benchmark. Here's what happened.

While the origins of the cross as a kiss are still debated, the answer likely lies in the letters of working-class lovers ...

In historian Robin Bernstein's new book "Freeman's Challenge," raising questions of the for-profit prison industry ...

Enormous dimensions, complicated military calculations, and thousands of vacuum tubes—this was the early supercomputer.

Two of the most prominent members of 19th century high society managed to combine romance and scandal in a one-day trip to a ...