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1.6KInquiring Minds: Performing the History of Musical Theater
Ben West. Photo by Kris Rogers. Teachers and filmmakers have long relied on primary sources to make history come alive. Ben West,...
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1.9KVeterans on the Homefront: War Creates an Artist
This is a guest post by Megan Harris, a librarian with the Veterans History Project. It is one of four profiles that...
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1.6KThis Day in History: Celebrating Dizzy Gillespie Through Photographs and More
“Be-bop is a way of phrasing and accenting. The accent is on the up beat. Instead of OO-bah, it’s oo-BAH. Different chords,...
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1.7KHearing Abraham Lincoln’s Voice
This is a guest post by Michelle Krowl, a historian in the Manuscript Division. Artist Jean Louis Gerome Ferris’s interpretation of Abraham...
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1.8KEverydayLOC: New Year’s Resolutions
A hand-colored Currier & Ives lithograph, circa. 1876. Happy New Year! There is something sort of refreshing to me about saying those...
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1.8KVeterans on the Homefront: A Wasp Born to Fly
This is a guest post by Megan Harris, a librarian with the Veterans History Project. It is one of four profiles that...
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1.8KInquiring Minds: Raising a Curtain on Amy Beach, Musical Pioneer
Amy Beach This year marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Amy Beach (1867–1944), whose musical accomplishments changed the way Americans...
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Update on the Twitter Archive at the Library of Congress
In 2010, the Library of Congress announced an exciting and groundbreaking acquisition—a gift from Twitter of the entire archive of public tweet...
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1.8KFeatured Item: Let’s Go Sledding!
An 1887 advertisement for Star Toboggans, showing people sledding at night. To celebrate the season, we’re highlighting a historical advertisement for Star...
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1.9KWorld War I: Injured Veterans and the Disability Rights Movement
This is a guest post by Ryan Reft, a historian in the Manuscript Division. Fans of the HBO series “Boardwalk Empire” may...
