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Posted by: Ellen Terrell
In Business we get a lot of questions about historical stock prices. While there are a number of subscription databases that do have deep historical coverage of daily stock price data, they often aren’t widely accessible. Since most people who are asking the question often have limited avenues for research, I prefer to direct researchers …
Posted in: Business
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
Last week I had the fantastic opportunity to give a gallery talk in the Library’s Civil War in America Exhibit Hall about the role of technology during the U.S. Civil War. There were many technologies or tools in use or being developed at this time, such as the telegraph, ironclad steamships (e.g. Merrimack and Monitor), railroads, …
Posted in: Aeronautics/Astronautics, Biography, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History, Inventions, Military science
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
The bog post is about a floor detail in the vestibule of the John Adams Building.
Posted in: John Adams Building, Pic of the Week