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Posted by: Joanna Colclough
I recently got a reference question that required some real detective work and creative thinking. In the end, the mystery remained but maybe you can help solve it. It all started with a political cartoon without a single citation in sight.
Posted in: Digitized Newspapers, U.S. Presidents
Posted by: Joanna Colclough
Want some thrills about things that go bump in the night? Read about the local legends of American monsters in historic newspapers!
Posted in: Digitized Newspapers, Newspapers
Posted by: Joanna Colclough
Author Kitty Felde shares her fun experience using Chronicling America to research information for her historical fiction.
Posted in: Digitized Newspapers, Newspapers
Posted by: Joanna Colclough
Read about the plays of the Federal Theatre Project that were created from newspapers by newspaper staff.
Posted in: Digitized Newspapers, Newspapers
Posted by: Joanna Colclough
Check out some ice cream soda fountain history in Chronicling America with some at-home recipes to keep cool in the summer heat.
Posted in: Digitized Newspapers, Holidays, Recipes
Posted by: Joanna Colclough
Lintoypes brought speed to a new level of the newspaper printing process and ruled the composing rooms for 100 years. Read more about these incredible machines and take a look at how they worked!
Posted in: Digitized Newspapers, Newspapers
Posted by: Joanna Colclough
The printing press has always been a marvel of human invention. Take a look at this brief history of how newspapers were published over 500 years!
Posted in: Newspapers
Posted by: Joanna Colclough
Belle de Costa Greene made sensations when she, a woman, entered the men-dominated art world. Imagine the further sensation if they had known she was a Black woman. Read about her and the Morgan Library in historic newspapers.
Posted in: African American History, Biography, Digitized Newspapers, Women's History