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Archive: 2014 (41 Posts)

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Harry Houdini’s Rare Magic Books

Posted by: Jennifer Harbster

The following is a guest post authored by Elizabeth Gettins, a Digital Conversion Specialist for the Library’s  Rare Book and Special Collections (RBSC). She has worked on multiple RBSC digital collections through the years such as the Kraus Collection of Sir Francis Drake, the Miller NAWSA Suffrage Scrapbooks and the Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana …

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Expanding the Capitol’s Dome

Posted by: Ellen Terrell

The United States Architect of the Capitol has embarked on a massive project to restore the Capitol’s dome that is slated to take years and cover the dome with scaffolding.  This project inspired me to write a series of posts using the Library’s collections to explore a few of the firms and people who worked …

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Climate and Wildfires in the 21st Century

Posted by: Jennifer Harbster

If you live west of the Mississippi, then you are no stranger to living with the threat of wildfires. Generally speaking, the western half of the country is more fire prone, compared to the more industrialized East, with large tracts of forest and grasslands on state and federal lands–national forests, state and national parks, and …

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Early American Beer

Posted by: Jennifer Harbster

Today’s post is written by science librarian and culinary specialist Alison Kelly. She has provided her expertise in a number of Inside Adams blog posts related to food history and cooking. Alison is also a gardener and a horticulture subject specialist- she wrote  a post about Women in Horticulture that highlights a selection of books …

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Upcoming Lecture: Climate Change on Mars- The Case of the Missing Martian Atmosphere

Posted by: Jennifer Harbster

Several types of evidence from past Mars missions lead us to believe that Mars used to be much different from the dry, cold place we find today.  Ancient gullies and canyons look as if they were carved by flowing water, minerals that can only be made in standing water have been found, and ancient volcanoes …

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Upcoming Lecture: The Moody Sun

Posted by: Jennifer Harbster

There is no way around it- we live in the sun’s extended atmosphere. The dynamic activity of the sun and its changing behavior impacts us all. Why this might concern the citizens of Earth is that solar storms, however beautiful, can be a threat to our planet- specifically our electrical grid and technologies such as …

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Five Questions (The Intern Edition): Nancy Lovas

Posted by: Ellen Terrell

What is your background? I’m a recent graduate of Berry College in Rome, Georgia, where I studied economics and minored in history. I grew up in the Metro Atlanta area, and I’ve always loved books, especially historical novels a la Little House in the Big Woods and Anne of Green Gables. In my third year …