Finding General Electric
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Some ideas about free resources for anyone researching General Electric.
Posted in: Business
Archive: 2019 (60 Posts)
Updated Beauty & Fashion Guides
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This is a second post about updates for Business Reference guides, and this post features guides for those studying the fashion industry and beauty business. I hope that both of them can help those doing research on the current state of the industry, but both also include resources for those wanting to look at the …
Posted in: Business, Business Reference Guides
Organic Molecules in Martian Mud: NASA Lecture with Astrobiologist Jennifer Eigenbrode on September 12
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
On September 12, NASA Astrobiologist Jennifer Eigenbrode presents "A Mud Matter: The Recent Discovery of Organic Matter Preserved in 3-billion-year-old Mudstones on Mars," at the Library's James Madison Building's third floor Mary Pickford Theater from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Posted in: Aeronautics/Astronautics, Lunchtime Lectures and Videos
Walt Whitman’s View of Railroads: To a Locomotive in Winter
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
Whitman's poem "To a Locomotive in Winter;" first appeared in print February 19, 1876 in the New York Daily Tribune as part of a preview of the volume Two Rivulets (1876). Published just seven years after the union of the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific railroad at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory, Whitman's poem "To a Locomotive in Winter" considers the dynamic relationship between the railroad and nature.
Posted in: Guest Blog Posts
Peter Parley Explains the Moon to Children, Part 2
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This is the second post exploring Samuel Griswold Goodrich's Peter Parley books educating young and curious minds.
Posted in: Astronomy/Mathematics, Guest Blog Posts, Rare Books and Special Collections
Peter Parley Explains the Moon to Children, Part 1
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Today’s guest post is by Jacqueline Coleburn and Anthony Mullan. Jackie is a rare book cataloger at the Library of Congress and is cataloging the Library’s rare children’s books. Peter Parley books are a particular interest of hers. These books, which were very popular in the 1830s, 40s, and 50s, offer insight into the evolution …
Posted in: Astronomy/Mathematics, Guest Blog Posts, Rare Books and Special Collections
In Search of Unicorns?
Posted by: Natalie Burclaff
In the business world, unicorns are private startups valued at over one billion dollars. However, if you search for books with the subject of unicorns in our collections, you’re more likely to find titles like Unicorns: The Myths, Legends and Lore or Unicorns and Other Magical Creatures. The term unicorn, according to the Oxford Dictionary, …
Posted in: Business
Thoreau’s View of the Railroad: Thoreau, the Railroad, and the Cost of Industrialization
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
In Walden, Thoreau’s critique cleverly invites us to think about the costs of the railroad via the labor used to build them. Before publication of Walden, he may have read the debates regarding the building of a railroad line linking to the Pacific.
Posted in: Guest Blog Posts, Science
Thoreau’s View of the Railroad
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Today’s guest post is by Michael Sconzo, an intern from the University of Virginia in the Science, Technology, and Business Division. Using inspiration and access to the extensive collections of the Library Congress, Michael was asked to write blog posts on the theme of transportation. After reflection, he chose to write on the impact of …
Posted in: Guest Blog Posts, Science