2024 | Page 4 | Inside Adams

Photograph of the sculpted bronze doors three groups of two doors.

Thoth and Hermes

March 21, 2024

Posted by: Ellen Terrell

This post takes a look at two of the figures on the the doors of the John Adams Building - Thoth and Hermes.

Posted in: John Adams Building

Two women kneeling and one women standing in between actively using tools to repair metallic sides.

Closing the Gap: Unraveling Pay Inequities

March 12, 2024

Posted by: Natalie Burclaff

This week we commemorate Equal Pay Day, which represents the extra number of days beyond a year that the average woman needs to work to earn the same amount a man earns in one year for equal work, by taking a look at sources that examine the pay gap.

Posted in: Labor, Women's History

man in a suit with a pointer stands to the left of a chart with the title UNITED STATES BUSINESS POPULATION with Thousands of Concerns along one axis and the years along the other with lines for New Enterprises, Total Discontinued, Total Listed Concerns

To Create a Temporary National Economic Committee

March 6, 2024

Posted by: Ellen Terrell

The Temporary National Economic Committee was formed to look at concentration in American industry and produced a number of reports that show America business and industry in the first decades of the 20th century.

Posted in: Business

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A “Jewell” in the Adams Building: Jewell Mazique

February 26, 2024

Posted by: Ellen Terrell

Learn a little about one Library of Congress employee who went on to be a civil rights advocate and labor organizer.

Posted in: African American History, African Americans, Business Reference Guides

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Selling Valentines

February 14, 2024

Posted by: Ellen Terrell

Geyer’s was a great source for everything a stationer needed to know and wanted to sell; that includes cards for Valentine's Day.

Posted in: Business, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History

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Business Collections Orientation February 28

February 9, 2024

Posted by: Natalie Burclaff

Join the Business Section for a short, 30-minute webinar at 1pm on Wednesday, February 28, highlighting collections, with content related to the fashion industry as examples.

Posted in: Lunchtime Lectures and Videos

parade float is designed like a cornucopia with an oversize paper Mache chef with hat and apron standing behind a paper Mache oversize white bull with a garland around its neck. Seven of the float riders dressed in white like a chef but masked wearing and are standing throwing Mardi Gras beads with the crowd n the foreground and background

Carnival Season and the Street Sweepers

February 8, 2024

Posted by: Ellen Terrell

Mardi Gras is a time of fun, but all that fun means a lot of rubbish to be cleaned up and those street sweeping machines have their own history.

Posted in: Business Reference Guides, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History

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A Dinosaur on Capitol Hill?

January 25, 2024

Posted by: Nate Smith

Washington D.C. has a limited but fascinating history of dinosaurs. The "Capitalsaurus" is a controversial dinosaur, which has been debated over for more than a century. But, why are there so few dinosaurs found in D.C. or on the East Coast generally?

Posted in: History of Science and Technology

Ashley Cuffia being interviewed by Fox News about Brood X 2021 cicadas. The U.S. Capitol is in the background.

Five Questions: Ashley Cuffia, Librarian for Medicine and Life Science

January 20, 2024

Posted by: Jennifer Harbster

Five questions with the Library's medical and life sciences librarian, Ashley Cuffia.

Posted in: Five Questions

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