Inspiration for Mother's Day from the Library's Collections
By: Naomi Coquillon
Inspiration from the collections for celebrating Mother's Day.
Posted in: Minerva’s Kaleidoscope
Blogs Categories: Uncategorized
Blogs Categories: Uncategorized
Erik Satie and the Art of Simplicity
By: Juliette Appold
Erik Satie wrote wonderfully simple, clear, straight-forward and popular music, that beautifully contrasted the heavy 19th century music and the impressionist sounds of the time. Check out this blog and borrow some of the NLS Music materials to learn more!
Posted in: NLS Music Notes
Motherhood and the Military
By: Naomi Coquillon
The following post was written by Kerry Ward, Liaison Specialist in the Veterans History Project (VHP), and was originally published on the Library’s Folklife Today blog. It references VHP’s upcoming virtual discussion panel, “Motherhood and the Military,” taking place on May 6. This second Sunday in May has been set aside for our nation …
Posted in: Minerva’s Kaleidoscope
Before Brown v. Board of Education, There was Tape v. Hurley
Tape v. Hurley (1885) is one the most important civil rights decisions that you've likely never heard of. The parents of American-born Mamie Tape successfully challenged a principal's refusal to enroll their daughter and other children of Chinese heritage into the Spring Valley Primary School in San Francisco, California, seven decades before the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education.
Posted in: Headlines & Heroes
“Her Name is Shizuko”—A Mother’s Influence
By: Melissa Lindberg
The following is a guest post by Karen “Kara” Chittenden, Senior Cataloging Specialist, Prints and Photographs Division. On April 25, 1942, a U.S. War Relocation Authority photographer documented a young Japanese American woman who was waiting in line for an appointment to receive a family registration number before being removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center …
Posted in: Picture This
LC Labs Letter: April 2021
The monthly LC Labs newsletter for April 2021.
Posted in: The Signal
An Acquisition Adventure: “Loco Foco Witches Laying a Spell Over the Country”
The following is a guest post by Sara W. Duke, Curator of Popular and Applied Graphic Arts, Prints and Photographs Division. “Exceptionally rare and believed to be previously unknown,” in the seller’s letter intrigued me. On offer, an 1836 anti-Martin Van Buren woodcut print, depicting Van Buren as a witch and riding the coattails of …
Posted in: Picture This
Tips for Teen Researchers
By: Naomi Coquillon
Tips for teens for using the Library's new guide to online research for students, written by a high school junior.
Posted in: Minerva’s Kaleidoscope
Hidden Gems of the NLS Collection: Six Chansons by Paul Hindemith
By: Brian McCurdy
For this week's NLS Music Notes blog, learn more about one of the hidden gems in our collection: Paul Hindemith's "Six Chansons."
Posted in: NLS Music Notes
Curating as Artistic Act: Selecting Items for Speculative Annotation
The following is a guest post by the 2021 Innovator in Residence Courtney McClellan, a research-based artist who lives in Atlanta, Georgia. With a subject focus on speech and civic engagement, McClellan works in a range of media including sculpture, performance, photography, and writing. Courtney’s Residency initiative “Speculative Annotation” will be an experimental browser-based application that …
Posted in: The Signal