The Civil War Pension file for Robert Z. Cory contains two letters which he wrote home to his wife Matilda. They are reproduced below. Backg...

The pdf file I previously published included comments which could only be viewed online. I've revised the file so that it can now be dow...

The life of John Calvin Cory was in some ways typical of the pioneer period of American history. He was part of a large family which migrat...

Title page of the 1603 edition of Seven Treatises by Richard Rogers. The book handed down from John Cory of Southold was titled Seven T...

Yes, I am still alive. It's been a few years since I've posted here, but since I'm boycotting Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, e...

Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, past president of Notre Dame, died yesterday at the age of 97. I never had an opportunity to meet the great man...

Since I'm concentrating on photography now, I have started a new blog, www.davidacoryphoto.blogspot.com . I will keep Lugubrious Droller...

László Maholy-Nagy 1895-1946 "The enemy of photography is the convention, the fixed rules of 'how to do.' The salvation ...

I have two problems with an advertising section for Montefiore Medical Center in the New York Times Magazine for Sunday, November 3, 2013: ...

Assembly of Japanese bicycle require great peace of mind.