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Posted by: Malea Walker
Historic newspapers are a rich yet often overlooked resource when it comes to studying LGBTQIA+ history. Read about search techniques and strategies unique to newspaper research, and watch our new video presentation: Finding LGBTQIA+ History Hidden in Newspapers.
Posted in: Digitized Newspapers, LGBTQ+, Newspapers
Posted by: Malea Walker
The following is a guest post by Robin Pike, Head, Digital Collection Services Section in the Serial and Government Publications Division. Robin conducted the following interviews with Ann Sneesby-Koch from History Colorado in Denver, CO, and Melissa Jerome from the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL. Chronicling America* has grown its collection of newspapers by …
Posted in: Digitized Newspapers, Interviews, Jewish American History
Posted by: Malea Walker
Chronicling America has grown its collection of African American newspapers through the contributions of state partners. Interviews with partners from Arkansas and Virginia highlight three titles that provide details about the early civil rights movement, the end of school segregation, and post-Civil War Reconstruction; and strategies are provided for searching these newspapers in Chronicling America.
Posted in: African American History, Digitized Newspapers, Interviews, Newspapers
Posted by: Malea Walker
“Like a ‘Flying Dutchman,’ the five-masted schooner Carroll A. Deering loomed through the mists about Diamond Shoals today, all sails set, but un-manned.” –The Washington Herald, February 3, 1921. In late January, 1921, all occupants of the schooner Carroll A. Deering disappeared somewhere in the waters along the North Carolina coast. The ship was still …
Posted in: Digitized Newspapers, Mystery, Newspapers
Posted by: Malea Walker
Chronicling America has grown its collection of newspapers by and for Native American communities under the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) over the past decade through the contributions of state partners. It is important to read these newspapers to better understand Native American perspectives.
Posted in: Digitized Newspapers, Interviews, Native American History, Newspapers
Posted by: Malea Walker
These Halloween puzzles from Chronicling America are perfect for adults and children alike and go perfectly with a cup of hot apple cider.
Posted in: Digitized Newspapers, Free Puzzles, Halloween
Posted by: Malea Walker
The following is a guest post written by Robin Pike, Head of the Digital Collections Services Section in the Library’s Serial and Government Publications Division. The National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) has reached two major milestones this September: the inclusion of New Hampshire as the 50th state to join the program and making 20 million …
Posted in: Digitized Newspapers
Posted by: Malea Walker
The following is an interview conducted by Sara W. Duke, Curator, Popular & Applied Graphic Art, in the Prints & Photographs Division of the Library of Congress with award-winning, Dutch author and artist Aimée de Jongh. Ms. de Jongh will be the speaker for the Library’s 8th Annual Small Press Expo (SPX) Author Series, September …
Posted in: Comic Books, Interviews
Posted by: Malea Walker
Did you know the Library of Congress has the largest public collection of comic books in the nation? Read how the preservation staff at the Library work to examine and preserve these amazing works of art and pop culture.
Posted in: Comic Books