Crafting with the Collections: Ideas for the Holidays
Ideas for creating bookplates, wrapping paper, and holiday cards using images from the Library’s collections.
Archive for the Holidays & Celebrations Category (25 posts)
Cooking Up History: Holiday Baking with a Retro Twist
Holiday baking ideas from the pages of the Chronicling America historic newspapers online collection, a product of the National Digital Newspaper Program and jointly sponsored by the Library and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Cranberry Sauce, with a Side of Social History
A short history of cranberries through the collections of the Library, in honor of Thanksgiving.
Ghost Tales for Halloween
“The Golden Arm” and selected ghost stories from the American Folklife Center for Halloween.
Cooking Up History: Homemade Halloween
Halloween recipes and activity suggestions from the past via the Library’s newspaper archive, Chronicling America. The Chronicling America historic newspapers online collection is a product of the National Digital Newspaper Program and jointly sponsored by the Library and the National Endowment for the Humanities.