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Posted by: Joel Mota
This summer, Junior Fellow Grace Pryor helped to process the Library’s historic 9/11 Newspaper Collection. Read more about her experience, including some interesting finds in the collections!
Posted in: Interviews, Newspapers
Posted by: Malea Walker
Calling all teachers, students, cartoonists, and comics fans of all ages! Join us at the Library on Friday, September 12, to hear from two-time Eisner Award winning cartoonist and international comics instructor, Paul Karasik. Read more about it!
Posted in: Comic Books, Small Press Expo
Posted by: Malea Walker
The Senate restaurant in the U.S. Capitol, known for its famed bean soup, has had its fair share of international chefs at its helm, including Swiss Chef Gottlieb Baumgartner, who worked as the head chef of the Senate restaurant from 1919 to 1937. Read more about Baumgartner and some of his notable dishes!
Posted in: Digitized Newspapers
Posted by: Joel Mota
Summer break is in its final days and that means…there is still time to read some comics! Take a look at the college days of Aquaman and Daffy Duck, and the summer antics of Archie, Richie Rich, and more!
Posted in: Comic Books
Posted by: Malea Walker
Peaches are a summertime delight. Take a look through some of the sweet and savory recipes from our historic American newspapers featuring peaches along with some classic peach "salads."
Posted in: Digitized Newspapers, Recipes
Posted by: Joel Mota
While participating in the Library’s Archives, History, and Heritage Advanced Internship Program (AHHA), Lucy Havens researched the representation of Black cartoon and comic creators in the Library’s Comic Book Collection. Here she highlights a handful of “firsts” in the history of Black and African American cartoons and comics. Read more about it!
Posted in: African American History, Chronicling America, Comic Books, Newspaper Comic Strips
Posted by: Malea Walker
In the dark of night on June 16, 1775, colonial soldiers worked hard to dig, build and fortify the area around Breed’s Hill and Bunker Hill outside of Charlestown, Massachusetts, to prepare for the battle the next day. Read about the Battle of Bunker Hill in newspapers from 1775.
Posted in: America250, Digitized Newspapers
Posted by: Amber Paranick
The Library of Congress has launched a new project to improve the text supporting keyword searches in Chronicling America. Read about our recent work and future plans to make this valuable historical collection easier to explore.
Posted in: Digitized Newspapers, Newspapers
Posted by: Malea Walker
On April 21, 1775, The New-Hampshire Gazette and Historical Chronicle published an article titled “Bloody News,” reporting the first hostilities of what would become the Revolutionary War. On April 19, 1775, British troops fired on the men of the Lexington Company who had already begun to disperse, beginning an unplanned and bloody battle. The descriptions …
Posted in: America250, Digitized Newspapers