The Drew University student accused of stealing historic letters from his school archives exchanged his own correspondences—incriminating emails that will be used against him in a court case. William Scott, a freshman lacrosse player with a job in the archives on the side, initially got in touch with a UK-based antiques dealer via its contact form, reports City Room. “I have 3 handwritten letters by John Wesley and a small case made of wood from his pulpit,” reads the note. Next, he sent over scans. more ›

Get ready to waste your day getting mad at politicians (even more): C-SPAN's video library now contains every video in their 23 year history. The New York Times reports that they'll officially announce the completion of the library tomorrow, but already all programming since 1993 is available online and copies of programming before that can be "obtained and used for education, research, review or home viewing purposes." As Rachel Maddow puts it, it's "like being able to Google political history using the ‘I Feel Lucky’ button every time." more ›

As Andrew Sullivan simply stated, "Say goodbye to the rest of your day." Google is now hosting an exhausting millions of images from LIFE's archives, "stretching from the 1750s to today." Here are a few NYC gems, and if you're looking for more of old New York, we'd suggest having some search keywords in mind to make it a bit less overwhelming! more ›