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World War I: The Women’s Land Army
This is a guest post by Ryan Reft, a historian in the Manuscript Division, in honor of Women’s History Month. 1918 poster...
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1.6KLoC GlobalNational Recording Registry Reaches 500!
Harry Belafonte, Run-DMC, Yo-Yo Ma Recordings Among Newly Announced Inductees Tony Bennett’s hit single “I Left My Heart in San Francisco”; the...
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Rare Book of the Month: A Revolutionary Woman and the Declaration of Independence
This is a guest post by digital library specialist Elizabeth Gettins. The Declaration of Independence, printed in Baltimore by Mary Katherine Goddard....
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1.7KLoC GlobalPic of the Week: Team of Linguists Translate Rare Mayan-Language Manuscript
Photo by Shawn Miller. On March 13 and 14, an international team of linguists visited the Library of Congress to transcribe and...
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1.7KLoC GlobalWorld War I: An American Soldier’s Journey Home
This is a guest post by actor Douglas Taurel, who developed an original one-man show based on a World War I diary...
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1.4KLoC GlobalThat All May Read: Technological Innovations Extend Reach of National Library
This is a guest post by Benny Seda-Galarza of the Communications Office. Family members in the recently launched ad campaign of the...
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1.5KLoC GlobalInquiring Minds: Library’s Collections Are a Gold Mine for Noted Biographer
James McGrath Morris in the Library’s Main Reading Room in February. Photo by Shawn Miller James McGrath Morris first came to the...
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1.7KLoC GlobalNew Webinar Series: Discover the Library’s Ancient Mesoamerican Manuscripts
The Library of Congress recently acquired the Codex Quetzalecatzin, one of the most important indigenous manuscripts from the earliest history of America...
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1.8KLoC GlobalHarriet Tubman: Teaming Up to Acquire a Rare Photograph
This post draws on the article “Pulling Together for Tubman,” published in the January–February issue of LCM, the Library of Congress Magazine....
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1.6KLoC GlobalNew Online: Rare Photo of Harriet Tubman Preserved for Future Generations
This post draws on the article “Building Black History: A New View of Tubman,” published in the January–February issue of LCM, the...
