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1.4KLoC GlobalD-Day’s Top Secret Map
As the 75th anniversary of D-Day approaches, Ryan Moore, a cartographic specialist in the Geography and Map Division, writes about a top-secret...
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1.2KLoC GlobalPic of the Week: Walt Whitman Birthday Edition
Whitman autographed this photo by Alexander Gardner. Feinberg-Whitman Collection. Walter Whitman (no middle name, thanks) was born on this day in West...
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1.2KLoC GlobalNorth Mississippi Home Place
Michael Ford’s work in 1970s Mississippi was the foundation of his new book. Heat. Molasses. Wooden houses, tin roofs. Grist mills. Mules,...
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1.3KLoC GlobalClara Barton: A Memorial Day Story
This is a guest post by Michelle Krowl, a historian in the Manuscript Division. Civil War nurse Clara Barton traveled to Falmouth,...
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1.1KLoC GlobalPic of the Week: Crazy Rich Asians Edition
Novelist Kevin Kwan looks over a collection of Asian Division items with South Asian Specialist Jonathan Loar, May 22, 2019. Photo by...
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1.3KLoC GlobalFragments of History
This is a guest post by John Hessler, Curator of the Jay I. Kislak Collection of the Archaeology and History of Early...
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1.1KLoC GlobalChronicling America: 15 Million and Counting!
This is a guest post by Nathan Yarasavage, a digital projects specialist in the Serial and Government Publications Division. You can find...
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1.2KLoC GlobalCrowdsourcing Invitation: Help Tell a Civil War Soldier’s Story
By the People, the Library’s crowdsourcing transcription project, is rallying readers to complete 500 pages from the “Civil War Soldiers: Disabled but...
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1.2KLoC GlobalRemembering I. M. Pei
I.M. Pei died Thursday at his home in Manhattan. He was 102. In recognition of his extraordinary achievements, we reprint this guest...
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1.1KLoC GlobalPIc of the Week: Roses Edition
Flower arrangement. Photo: Shawn Miller. Sometimes, it’s just all about the image. In that spirit, we bring you this gorgeous photograph of...
