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The article reports on the documents from the financial crisis in New York City in 1970s which shows the effort of investment banker Felix G. Rohatyn to rescue and aid the New York Stock Exchange and the city, which would be displayed at the Patricia D. Klingenstein Library.

Reports that diplomatic papers published in Tokyo, Japan in December 8, 1999 suggested that the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1999 involved a deception effort by the Japanese government. Efforts of Japan to avoid hinting at war with the United States; Researcher who discovered the papers in the Japanese Foreign Ministry archives; Confirmation of the genuineness of the diplomatic papers.

The article discusses author Eric Foner's work on the book “Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad," which focuses on antislavery efforts in New York City from the early 18th century through the American Civil War. Topics addressed include Foner's use of the papers of abolitionist editor Sydney Howard Gay, as well as Foner's efforts to separate fact from fiction regarding the Underground Railroad.

The article examines U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton's experience as president of the Wellesley College student government during 1968. Papers in the college archives written by Clinton show her transformation from a Republican to a liberal activist. They also show that unlike many young people in that turbulent era, Clinton was wholly committed to working inside the U.S. political system.

There is a great dividing year in the history of coffee in America, and it is 1972. Before it, the percolator. After, automatic drip. (If you're under 50: A percolator was a coffeepot that held ground coffee in a metal basket perched on a skinny hollow stem. Water boiled up the stem and plopped over the grounds, over and over. A glass knob on the lid let you watch the brew bubble and blacken. When it was dark enough, you poured yourself a mug and sat down with eggs, toast, stewed prunes, the paper and a cigarette.) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses a resurgence in the popularity of the cyanotype (blueprint) photographic printing process as of 2016, and it mentions Phoenix, Arizona artist Annie Lopez's work with cyanotypes, as well as the "Cyanotypes: Photography's Blue Period" exhibition which runs through April 24, 2016 at the Worcester Art Museum in Worcester, Massachusetts. According to the article, British astronomer John Frederick Herschel invented the cyanotype process around 1842.