NEH

Humanities: The Magazine of the National Endowment for the Humanities

Cover of July/August Humanities July/August 2001

Editor's Note

Hands-On History

The Lone Star State Crosses a New Frontier
Douglas E. Barnett talks with NEH Chairman William R. Ferris about taking the NEW HANDBOOK OF TEXAS online.

Remembering World War II
Veterans share with students some never-forgotten stories of war. By Maggie Riechers

Back To School

The Great Experiment: A Film Journey with America's Public Schools
Contentious debates about ideas and values have shaped American education since its inception. By Paulette W. Campbell

Wild Intellectuals and Exotic Folks
A small college in North Carolina devised a radically different approach to education by bringing together artists and scholars. By Rachel Galvin

Art in Changing Times

Fallout: Art and Design in the Atomic Age
The plastics of wartime were transformed into Tupperware cocktail shakers as a new aesthetic emerged after the dropping of the bomb. By Pedro Ponce

Making Culture Visible
How turn-of-the-century libraries found a new resource in photography. By Julie K. Brown

Around the Nation

75 Years of Route 66
America's famous road west celebrates a birthday. By Amy Lifson

Pioneer Painters
Works by three Lutheran artists who shaped the early religious environment in the upper Midwest are on display in Iowa. By Chrissa Gerard

In Focus
For twenty years, North Carolina's Alice Smith Barkley has spearheaded programs ranging from literacy campaigns to oral history training.