November/December 2013 | The National Endowment for the Humanities

Neo sign in Tucson

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Eye-catching neon signs from the fifties have recently been restored in Tucson. With a grant from the Arizona Humanities Council, Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation has published a guide to these roadside treasures. See "The Siren Glow." in this issue.

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November/December 2013

Volume 34, Issue 6

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Earthy Wisdom

Aldo Leopold's visionary thinking still guides today's environmental stewards.

Manifest Beauty

"Bandits & Heroes, Poets & Saints," featuring the art of Brazil is on exhibit in Detroit.

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A Memory of Survival

A woman tells the story of her Holocaust survival through her embroidered art.

Anna Maria Gillis

Mapping the Republic of Letters

Using modern technology to understand a network of eighteenth-century thinkers.

Meredith Hindley

Impertinent Questions with Cynthia A. Kierner

On the devoted oldest daughter of Thomas Jefferson.

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Dog vs. Airplane

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Tony Brown: “Television’s Civil Rights Crusader”

Show served as time capsule of pioneering days of black journalists

Eclectic Verses

From Yemeni tribesmen to Pakistani truck drivers, poetry speaks to Muslim world.

“The Greatest Genius of Mankind”

Website on Gulag presents daily struggle for survival