At one point, the settlement seemed poised “to become the city of destiny,” one historian wrote. But it didn’t last.

“I approached him more than a year ago, letting him know that I’m really interested in growing our oral history collection at the Historical Society and I was thinking about how to bring ...

Our study has shown how historical collections reveal patterns of diffusion of sweet potato in Oceania that have been obscured by modern plant movements and local recombination. Our results provide ...