Archive: January 2013 (3 Posts)

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Photograph shows Captain Robert F. Scott, sitting at a table in his quarters, writing in his diary, during the British Antarctic Expedition

Saving Science Blogs

January 25, 2013

Last year I wrote about collecting and preserving websites and how 21st century librarians are integrating the collection and preservation of digital items such as eBooks, datasets, and websites into their traditional analog collections. For example, the Library of Congress has been involved in preserving websites since the year 2000. We traditionally collect websites based …

Posted in: Science

Print shows Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln greeting Union generals, Cabinet members and others at a reception for Lincoln's second inauguration.

First Ladies of Fashion

January 18, 2013

Posted by: Jennifer Harbster

For the 2013 Presidential Inauguration I am highlighting the First Ladies and their inaugural ball gowns. A BIG THANK YOU to our friend, fashion historian John A. Tiffany, who briefed me on some great moments in inaugural gown history. Fashion is an art, but it is also an industry. The First Lady’s inaugural gown is …

Posted in: Biography, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History, Presidents, Women's History

seated portrait photograph of chase weraing a dark coat

Salmon P. Chase: Lincoln’s Treasury Secretary

January 14, 2013

Posted by: Ellen Terrell

As Secretary Chase was instrumental in establishing a national banking system after the National Banking Acts of 1863 and 1864 were passed.

Posted in: Biography, Business

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