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Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Sometimes when I am using material from the collections, I run across items that have been left in the books by earlier researchers. Today’s post features one such item. This is a photo of one of the Library’s old call slips used in what is now the Adams Building. A call slip is the form …
Posted in: John Adams Building, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
Today’s Pic of the Week comes from the Library’s collection of American church, club, and community cookbooks. The picture featured is the cover of the 1889 Cooks in Clover: Reliable Recipes, compiled by the Ladies of the North Reformed Church (Passaic, New Jersey). This cookbook is “dedicated to their husbands and gentlemen friends.” Selections from …
Posted in: Cookbooks and Food, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Since the budget of the U.S. Government is the current hot topic on Capitol Hill, I thought I would share this U.S. Treasury Report on Monies for 1800. The image is a bit difficult to read, but there are lines for military expenditures for the Army, the Navy, and arms. Further expenditures are indicated for …
Posted in: Business, Presidents
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
I was recently at a dinner party where the gracious hostess embellished the dining room table with Sweethearts, also known as Conversation Hearts and Sweet Talks. As you can imagine, the guests questioned the history of these sweethearts and turned to me for an answer. I promised that when I returned to the Library that …
Posted in: Advertising, Business, Cookbooks and Food, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This post features a detail from the Canterbury Tales by Chaucer featured in a mural in the John Adams Building.
Posted in: John Adams Building, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
I am the granddaughter of a football coach and the Super Bowl XLV (45th) is this Sunday (Feb. 6), so I was inspired to write something for the blog about the history of football in the United States. I searched the Library’s online catalog, databases, and browsed the football section of the book stacks hoping …
Posted in: Favorites From the Fifth Floor, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History, Sports
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
Are you ready for some football? This week’s Pic of the Week comes from the Library’s Prints and Photographs collection and features a photograph taken during the first Super Bowl game. The Green Bay Packers and Kansas City Chiefs battled it out at the Los Angeles Coliseum January 15, 1967- with the Packers claiming victory …
Posted in: Pic of the Week, Sports
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
For my first post of February 2011, I wanted to give a heads up for a publication that I find very useful. Coming out this month from the Council of Economic Advisers is the Economic Report of the President. This publication, published annually since 1947, gives an overview of the nation’s economic progress along with …
Posted in: Business, Favorites From the Fifth Floor