Ready. Set. Mail! The Christmas Rush is On!
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Read a little about the busy Christmas season at the US Post Office.
Posted in: Business, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History, World War I
Archive: December 2017 (3 Posts)
How “Shop Class” Helped Win the War: The “Model Aircraft Project” of World War II
Posted by: Nancy Lovas
This post was written by Michelle Cadoree Bradley, a Science Reference Specialist in the Science, Technology and Business Division. In the collections of the Library of Congress, there are thousands of books in red buckram binding. These fairly innocuous exteriors can sometimes hide unique items. One such item from the stacks is the book Model Aircraft Project from …
Posted in: Aeronautics/Astronautics, Favorites From the Fifth Floor, Guest Blog Posts, Science
Accounts of the Clyde River Trustees: Shipbuilding and Trade in Glasgow, Scotland; Part Three
Posted by: Nancy Lovas
It is not every day that I have on my desk tables of revenue and expenditure from the Trustees of the River Clyde “for improving the navigation of the River Clyde, and enlarging the harbour of Glasgow, from 1st July 1850, to 30th June 1851.” I also have the July 1846-June 1847 accounts. The Accounts of …
Posted in: Business