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Category: Behind the Scenes
Behind the Scenes: Preserving the Edwin Swillinger Scrapbook April 13, 2023 Posted by: Josh Levy Manuscript collections often include scrapbooks, which tell unique stories but can be challenging to preserve. With Edwin Swillinger’s scrapbook, archivist Katherine Madison chose to disassemble it in order to provide the best care for the many photographs and other documents depicting Swillinger’s military service and life in post-World War II Japan.
Category: Science and Technology
Made at the Library: Outsider. Freud, In-Person Film Screening and Conversation with Director Yair Qedar January 29, 2026 Posted by: Josh Levy Join us in person for a “Made at the Library” film screening of “Outsider. Freud” (2025) and conversation with filmmaker Yair Qedar.
Category: Hispanic and Latino History
Made at the Library: Making Mexican Chicago with Mike Amezcua June 20, 2023 Posted by: Ryan Reft Join historian Georgetown University history professor and author, Mike Amezcua at noon (EDT) on Monday, June 26, as he discusses his new book, Making Mexican Chicago.
Archive: November 2024 (5 Posts)
Made at the Library: Forgotten Veterans, Invisible Memorials with Allison S. Finkelstein November 7, 2024 Posted by: Elizabeth Novara In the latest book talk from the Made at the library event series, join author Allison S. Finkelstein as she discusses her research for Forgotten Veterans, Invisible Memorials: How American Women Commemorated the Great War, 1917-1945. Posted in: Events, War and Society, Women's & Gender History
Archive: September 2024 (5 Posts)
Made at the Library: Conflict of Command: George McClellan, Abraham Lincoln, and the Politics of War, with George C. Rable September 10, 2024 Posted by: Michelle Krowl Join us on September 17, the anniversary of the 1862 battle of Antietam, as Manuscript Division historian Michelle Krowl and reference librarian Lara Szypszak interview historian George C.
Archive: August 2024 (5 Posts)
Maria Mitchell’s Enduring Legacy: From Astronomical Poetry to Liberty Ships August 22, 2024 Posted by: Josh Levy This post is coauthored by Morgan Black, librarian at the United States Naval Observatory, and Josh Levy, historian of science and technology at the Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Archive: January 2024 (4 Posts)
Show Frederick Douglass some love: Transcribe his letters for Douglass Day on February 14 January 25, 2024 Posted by: Julie Miller Library of Congress volunteer transcription program By the People, in collaboration with the Center for Black Digital History at Pennsylvania State University, invites you to join a Douglass Day transcribe-a-thon focused on letters from the Frederick Douglass Papers at the Library of Congress! Posted in: African American History, Digital Collections, Researcher...
Archive: September 2023 (5 Posts)
“Nothing that you do…can fail to interest me”: Elizabeth Blackwell and Florence Nightingale Exchange Ideas on Women in Medicine September 14, 2023 Posted by: Elizabeth Novara Letters exchanged between two great women of medicine, Elizabeth Blackwell and Florence Nightingale, demonstrate differing perspectives on women’s roles in the medical profession in the nineteenth century. Posted in: International History, Letters, Science and Technology, Women's & Gender History
Archive: December 2022 (5 Posts)
December 29, 2022 Posted by: Josh Levy Read about anthropologist Margaret Mead's thoughts on annual observances of the New Year's holiday. Posted in: Holidays December 22, 2022 Posted by: Andrea J. Briggs The author recounts her culinary adventure attempting to recreate an original 1890s recipe for gingerbread found in the Rodgers Family Papers.
Archive: November 2022 (9 Posts)
Live! at the Library: Reflections from the Past, Present and Future with Mosaic Theater November 29, 2022 Posted by: Elizabeth Novara This guest post is by Adrienne Cannon, historian of African American history and culture in the Manuscript Division. On September 22, 2022, the Manuscript Division partnered with the Exhibits Office and Mosaic Theater to present Live! at the Library: Reflections from the Past, Present and Future with Mosaic Theater.
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