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1.3KNational Tell-a-Joke Day: Listen to the Earliest Recording of One!
This is a guest post by American Folklife Center archivist Kelly Revak. An expanded version appeared in “Folklife Today,” the center’s blog....
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1.4KWorld War I: Exhibition Specialists to Host Live Web Talks
This is a guest post by Kathleen McGuigan, an educational resources specialist in the Educational Outreach Program. “Lest Liberty Perish,” by printmaker...
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1.4KRare Book of the Month: A Man Driven by “Amazing Grace”
This is a guest post by digital library specialist Elizabeth Gettins. John Newton, composer of “Amazing Grace,” published in “Olney Hymns” in...
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1.1KPic of the Week: Bringing the Navy’s History to Life Through Photos
Photo by Shawn Miller. Robert Hanshew, a photo curator for the U.S. Navy, visits the Library’s Prints and Photographs Division almost every...
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1.1KWorld War I: Over There
This is a guest post by Rachel Telford, archivist for the Veterans History Project. It was first published on “Folklife Today,” the...
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1.1KInquiring Minds: Bringing the Navy’s History to Life Through Photographs
Robert Hanshew works in the Library’s Prints and Photographs Division in July. Photos by Shawn Miller. Robert Hanshew visits the Library’s Prints...
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1.4KA Different Sense of Thomas Jefferson’s Library
This post is by Zein Al-Maha Oweis, a summer intern in the Library’s Communications Office. Zein Al-Maha Oweis. Photo by Shawn Miller....
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1.8KWorld War I Film Series: Testament of Youth
This is a guest post by Naomi Coquillon, an education specialist in the Interpretive Programs Office. It is the second of two...
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1.6KUncovering the Story of Cats in the Biodiversity Heritage Library
This post is by Madison Arnold-Scerbo, a 2017 summer intern with the Junior Fellows Program. She is a student of history and...
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1.5KThis Day in History: James Baldwin
This post draws on an essay about Baldwin’s life and achievements by Alan Gevinson of the Library’s National Audio-Visual Conservation Center. Photograph...
