A Virtual Experience
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Sophie Lefebvre looks back on her unexpectedly virtual experience as a 2020 Junior Fellow at the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Business, Five Questions
Archive: 2020 (59 Posts)
“It is up-to-date. It is accurate. It is reliable.” Historical Telephone Directories and Advertising
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
2020 Junior Fellow Sophie Lefebvre explores advertising in telephone books and offers some suggestions for exploring and understand advertising though telephone books.
Posted in: Advertising, Business
The US Census – A Business Librarian’s Perspective
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Businesses rely on statistics and the U.S. Census Bureau supplies many of them, but business librarians also rely on them for all sorts of questions.
Posted in: Business, Census and Statistics
Celebrating the Hubble Space Telescope from its Beginnings to its Thirtieth Anniversary
Posted by: Nate Smith
In honor of Hubble Space Telescope's 30th launch anniversary, we explore it's early conception and deployment in April 1990 and provide resources for further learning.
Posted in: Astronomy/Mathematics, History of Science and Technology, Science
Historical Science Collections from WWII to the Postwar Period
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
During the World War II, the countries involved pushed to advance scientific, technological and medical (STM) research for the war effort. The Library of Congress houses substantial material of original photos, reports, correspondence and manuscripts on scientific, technological and medical research conducted by the United States, Nazi Germany, Imperialist Japan and Fascist Italy
Posted in: Military science, Technical Reports and Standards
Distance education: Re-imagining an Old Solution to a Modern Problem
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
COVID has changed everything, including how people learn. Today we may use computers and the Internet, but correspondence courses as a way to learn have a long tradition in America.
Posted in: Business
African American Fashion Designers – from the Lincolns to the Kennedys and Beyond
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Junior Fellow Sophia Southard writes about two seamstresses Elizabeth Keckley and Ann Lowe working for two first ladies and how their stories are seen withing the historic arch of African Americans in fashion.
Posted in: Uncategorized
Honoring African American Contributions: The Newspapers
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This post from 2020 Junior Fellow Sophia Southard looks at just a few of the African American owned newspapers.
Posted in: African American History, Business
July May be National Ice Cream Month, but Ice Cream is a Year-Round Treat
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
July is National Ice Cream Month and for those interested in studying the history and the industry, the Library of Congress has resources that can help.
Posted in: Advertising, Business