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Posted by: Malea Walker
Tales of hauntings around Washington, D.C., are a tradition that goes back hundreds of years. From presidents and soldiers to local residents, the ghosts are said to haunt both official buildings and houses. Read more about where to find these ghosts and spooks.
Posted in: Digitized Newspapers, Halloween, Holidays, Mystery
Posted by: Amber Paranick
This post was written by Rachel Gordon, Visitor Services Specialist in the Library’s Center for Learning, Literacy and Engagement. It was originally published on Minerva’s Kaleidoscope: Resources for Kids & Families Blog. For Halloween 2020, we’re all going to be staying much closer to home than is the norm. That made me wonder what we …
Posted in: Advertising, Digitized Newspapers, Halloween, Holidays, Recipes
Posted by: Megan Halsband
We’re excited to announce that our research guide, American Women: Resources from the Serial & Government Publications Collections, is now available online!
Posted in: Comic Books, Government Documents, Newspapers, Pulp Fiction, Women's History
Posted by: Heather Thomas
Without a flicker of emotion, Russian aristocrat, Prince Felix Yussupov, declared on the witness stand that he killed Russia’s “Mad Monk,” Rasputin. Yussupov described in detail how he helped poison, shoot, beat, and drown him, as part of a larger conspiracy to murder the mystical “holy man,” who had gained powerful influence over the Imperial …
Posted in: Biography, Crime, Digitized Newspapers, Newspapers
Posted by: Amber Paranick
This blog post was written by Jennie Horton, a 2020 Librarian-in-Residence in the Serial & Government Publications Division. Unrest in Latin America caused many to flee to the United States. Exile newspapers, Spanish-language papers published in the US, helped immigrants stay connected to their homeland, language, and culture. Spanish-language newspapers first appeared in the United States in 1808 with El …
Posted in: Digitized Newspapers, Hispanic American History, Journalism