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Posted by: Natalie Burclaff
Explore Mexican American contributions to the U.S. economy using collections from the Occupational Folklife Project (OFP), the related individual worker reflections celebrated in the new America Works podcast, and the StoryCorps project, which has its archive at the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History, Hispanic American History
Posted by: Nate Smith
Joseph A. Torres-González, 2021 Junior Fellow, answers five questions about his work with the Science, Technology and Business Division's Latin American Food Studies Project.
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Posted by: Natalie Burclaff
The United States Atomic Energy Commission started an effort in 1947 to identify and develop domestic sources of uranium for purposes of national security, putting out advertisements and offering financial incentives, which created a uranium rush of those hoping to strike it rich.
Posted in: Business, Technical Reports and Standards
Posted by: Nate Smith
Join the Science Reference Section in discovering digitized science collections from the Library of Congress on September 21.
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Posted by: Nate Smith
Tania M. Ríos Marrero, 2021 Junior Fellow, tells us about her research and what it was like collaborating with the Library.
Posted in: Five Questions
Posted by: Nate Smith
In the summer of 1860, three American scientists set out on an epic months-long journey into the Canadian north, where indigenous guides hauled them hundreds of miles up the Saskatchewan River to catch sight of a total solar eclipse.
Posted in: Astronomy/Mathematics, Guest Blog Posts, History of Science and Technology, Science