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1.6KBaseball Americana: Telling Stories Through Stats
Welcome to week seven of our blog series for “Baseball Americana,” a major new Library of Congress exhibition opening June 29. This...
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The John W. Kluge Prize: Q&A with Drew Gilpin Faust
Harvard University President Drew Gilpin Faust, recipient of the 2018 John W. Kluge Prize for Achievement in the Study of Humanity. Photo...
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1.5KPride in the Library: LGBTQ+ Specialist Shares Her Story
Meg Metcalf. Photo by Shawn Miller. Meg Metcalf dreamed of a career at the Library of Congress from the time she was...
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1.6KThe John W. Kluge Prize: Recognizing an Impact on Public Life
This is a guest post by Dan Turello of the John W. Kluge Center. The Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of...
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Baseball Americana: Root, Root, Root’s Debut
Welcome to week six of our blog series for “Baseball Americana,” a major new Library of Congress exhibition opening June 29. This...
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World War I: The Battle of Belleau Wood
This is a guest post by Ryan Reft, a historian in the Manuscript Division. “The place: a wine vault, somewhere in hell...
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1.7KBaseball Americana: Baseball’s Magna Carta
Welcome to week five of our blog series for “Baseball Americana,” a major new Library of Congress exhibition opening June 29. This...
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Linking Letters with Lyrics: “Hamilton” Songs Draw on Original Library Documents
This post is reprinted from “Brilliant Broadway,” the May–June issue of the Library of Congress Magazine. The entire issue is available online....
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1.5KThe John W. Kluge Prize: Drawing on Jeffersonian Traditions
This is a guest post by John Haskell, director of the Library’s John W. Kluge Center. The statues that look down on...
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Japanese-America’s Pastime: Baseball
This is a guest post by Ryan Reft, a historian in the Manuscript Division. In recognition of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month,...
