The Annex – “400 Feet by 225 Feet”
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Read about the "new" Annex Building from 1936.
Posted in: John Adams Building
Archive: 2019 (60 Posts)
Caught in the Web? Check Out Our Business Webinar for Online Searching
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Have you ever found yourself struggling to find information online that isn’t located behind a pay wall? Are you trying to do business research but don’t know where to start? Do you want to utilize the Library of Congress’ resources but live far from D.C.? The Library of Congress wants to assist you with your …
Posted in: Business
Josephine Aspinwall Roche: A Changemaker You’ve Likely Never Heard of!
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Read about Josephine Aspinwall Roche, Progressive reform advocate.
Posted in: Biography, Business, Women's History
Icebox: Exploring States of Matter Using Historic Photographs
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This post is by Kellie Taylor, Ed.D., the 2018-2019 Library of Congress Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow and was originally posted on the Teaching with the Library of Congress blog. How does science affect our daily lives? Or as students might ask, “Why do I have to learn this?” In addition to making communications faster …
Posted in: Science
Earhart in L’Aerophile
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
For Women's History month, a short post about Amelia Earhart material in the L'Aerophile collection.
Posted in: Aeronautics/Astronautics, Women's History
Happy 150th Anniversary to the Periodic Table
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This post was written by Science Reference Specialist Nate Smith. This year marks the 150th anniversary of one of the most important breakthroughs in the field of chemistry: the Periodic Table of Elements. While there have been over 700 distinct iterations of the table (Scerri, 20), the first tables that explicitly showed periodicity were created …
Posted in: Chemistry, History of Science and Technology, Inventions, Science
As Seen in the Appeal – St. Paul’s African American Business Community
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
The Western Appeal and the Appeal were noted African-American weekly newspapers published in St. Paul that covered news but also provided a way for African American businesses to advertise in the St. Paul area. The publication was celebrating their quarto-centennial (25th) anniversary and along with this souvenir edition, the paper held a celebration at the Junior Pioneer Hall that featured a number of speeches and musical performances.
Posted in: African American History, Business, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History
Gold Miners, Circus Performers, and Hairdressers – Stories from the Occupational Folklife Project
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This post was written by Nancy Groce, an ethnomusicologist and folklorist who is a Senior Folklife Specialist in the American Folklife Center. After years of planning, research, fieldwork, and archiving, the American Folklife Center is excited to begin online posting of material from its Occupational Folklife Project, a major oral history initiative featuring in-depth interviews …
Posted in: Business, Favorites From the Fifth Floor, Rare Books and Special Collections
Celebrate Innovators and Changemakers on National Inventors Day! Learn about Aviation Pioneers Orville and Wilbur Wright
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This post was written by Michelle Cadoree Bradley, a Science Reference Specialist in the Science, Technology and Business Division. “For some years I have been afflicted with the belief that flight is possible to man,” wrote Wilbur Wright in a letter to Octave Chanute in May 1900. (Octave Chanute Papers: Special Correspondence–Wright Brothers, 1900, in …
Posted in: Aeronautics/Astronautics, Science