NEH

Humanities: The Magazine of the National Endowment for the Humanities

Cover of May/June 2001 May/June 2001

Editor's Note

Saving the Past

On the Trail of Lost Art
Historian Lynn H. Nichols talks about the theft of European treasures in World War II with William R. Ferris.

A Lens on Russia's North
A photographer documents neglected churches in the Arkhangelsk Province. By William C. Brumfield

In the Mouth of the Crocodile
A cache of ancient papyri goes online. By Paulette W. Campbell

Across the Bering Strait

A Living Heritage : The Alutiiq Story
Alaskan natives reflect on Russian colonization and indigenous identity in a new exhibition. By Tina Pamintuan

All the World's a Frontier
Cossacks became cowboys in Buffalo Bill's Wild West. By Thomas M. Barrett

Fleeing Revoluation
White Russians, academics, and others found an unlikely path to freedom. By Maggie Riechers