- Seven years and several grants later, the Bancroft Library's Japanese-American Confinement digitization projects have now been completed. Browse the 250,000+ pages of the Japanese American Evacuation and Resettlement Digital Archive here. [via infoDOCKET]
- The story of the Texas Archives War, published in Smithsonian Magazine, has a little of everything: cannons, Texan sovereignty, and, of course, records management! [via Smithsonian Magazine]
- WNPR conducted an interview with Smithsonian whale expert Nick Pyenson about his new book, Spying on Whales: The Past, Present, and Future of Earth's Most Awesome Creatures. [via WNPR]
- Speaking of cetaceans—Australian ecologists have discovered a superhighway for whales! It's located deep beneath the Tasman Sea at the site of an underwater volcanic mountain range. [via Live Science]
- Follow this guide to catch this autumn's very, very late-night meteor showers! [via NBC News]
- Ars Technica has a must-read for enthusiasts of Pompeii (and archaeology that falls on the gruesome side of things). [via Ars Technica]
- Sandra Rodriguez Barron explains how learning about Native American history can teach empathy and fight nativism. As a start, she recommends a visit to the National Museum of American Indian’s Taíno exhibition in New York City. [via AmerIndianNYC]
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