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1.8KLoC GlobalAfrican-American History Month: Happy Birthday, Frederick Douglass!
This year marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Frederick Douglass, and this month is African-American History Month. To celebrate, we...
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1.8KLoC GlobalInquiring Minds: Digital Artist Gives New Life to Historical Scenes and People
Lewis Powell, also known as Lewis Payne, was one of the conspirators with John Wilkes Booth in the assassination of President Abraham...
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1.7KLoC GlobalNew Online: Senate Watergate Hearings
This is a guest post by Amanda Reichenbach, a 2017 summer intern with the Junior Fellows Program in the Library’s Motion Picture,...
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2.0KLoC GlobalNew Acquisition: Art Buchwald Papers
This is a guest post by Barbara Bair, a historian in the Manuscript Division. Art Buchwald with Katharine Graham of the Washington...
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1.7KLoC Global“Drawn to Purpose” Exhibition: What Viewers Are Saying
The following is a guest post by Martha H. Kennedy, curator of popular and applied graphic arts in the Prints and Photographs...
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1.6KLoC GlobalWorld War I: American Jazz Delights the World
This is a guest post by Ryan Reft, a historian in the Manuscript Division. James Reese Europe’s band plays jazz tunes in...
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1.7KLoC GlobalInquiring Minds: Tracking the Polar Adventures of a Rich American Dame
Louise Arner Boyd. Courtesy Marin History Museum. Louise Arner Boyd was born in 1887 to wealth. Her father was a mining magnate...
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1.7KLoC GlobalMy Job at the Library: Audio Engineer Helps to Preserve the Nation’s Sounds
Bryan Hoffa discusses his work at the Library’s Audio-Visual Conservation Center. This post was first published in LCM, the Library of Congress...
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2.1KCrime IntelMdluli departure a major victory for crime intelligence
Mdluli departure a major victory for crime intelligence Leader of the Freedom Front Plus (FF Plus), Piet Groenewald, said the dismissal of...
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1.9KLoC Global
Inquiring Minds: Director Casts Girls as “Newsies,” Citing Library’s Historical Photos
Benny Seda-Galarza, a public affairs specialist in the Communications Office, is co-author of this post. The Maltz Jupiter Theatre production of “Disney...
