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Posted by: Meg Metcalf
Discover how historic newspapers and periodicals guided readers through autumn with peak fall foliage reports, popular leaf-hunting destinations, and seasonal travel and fashion tips.
Posted in: Chronicling America, Halloween, Newspapers
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: 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: Joanna Colclough
In Chronicling America's new interface, the image viewer provides tools to help you inspect and interact with each individual newspaper page. Here are our top five tips for navigating, clipping, and sharing!
Posted in: Chronicling America, Digitized Newspapers, Newspapers
Posted by: Meg Metcalf
This post will explore how to use the unique features of a newspaper title record to find detailed information about historic newspapers in the Chronicling America digital collection.
Posted in: Chronicling America, Digitized Newspapers, Newspapers
Posted by: Meg Metcalf
Chronicling America has a new look! This post explores how to use the advanced search features and how to limit your search by title, date, language, and ethnicity.
Posted in: Chronicling America, Digitized Newspapers, Newspapers
Posted by: Joanna Colclough
An interview with researcher Caleb Franz who utilized the collections at the Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room for his new book "The Conductor: The Story of Rev. John Rankin, Abolitionism’s Essential Founding Father." Read about his researcher experience, cool discoveries, and tips and recommendations for navigating the collections.
Posted in: Interviews, Newspapers
Posted by: Joanna Colclough
Crockett Johnson (1906-1975), born David Johnson Leisk, had a career as a cartoonist and newspaper comic strip artist before he wrote children’s books, most notably “Harold and the Purple Crayon.” See where you can find his work in the journals and newspapers at the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Behind the Bylines, Newspaper Comic Strips, Newspapers
Posted by: Malea Walker
This year the Washington Nationals will celebrate their 5-year anniversary since winning the World Series in 2019. But did you know that the Nationals won the World Series 100 years ago as well? Better known as the Washington Senators at the time, the team had officially changed its name to the Washington Nationals in 1905, …
Posted in: Baseball, Newspapers, Sports