The Library of Congress Science Reference Section and Technical Reports Section are creating an open access collection of Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD) materials, which have previously been accessible only onsite. The collection starts with material from two of the OSRD’s administrative divisions, Division 12: Transportation and Division 16: Optics & Camouflage. Information on topics such as amphibious vehicle studies, DUKW design, bridge, ponton and ferry designs and much more, can be found in reports in Division 12 (Transportation). The Optics/ Camouflage (Division 16) collection includes reports on topics such as aerial photography, camouflage applications, periscopes and other optical instruments.
Have you ever wondered what it takes to get a traveling circus on the road? 2023 Junior Fellow Hannah Meyer has written a post that takes a look under the big top.
Read about the two new entries to Business Reference's This Month in Business History project; one on A. Philip Randolph and one on the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters.
Michelle Cadoree Bradley, who began her professional career at the Library of Congress in 1989, is retiring after 34 years of service with the Library's Science, Technology and Business Division.
If you are researching active companies, we have two webinars -- Doing Private Company Research and Doing Public Company Research -- that may be of interest.
Despite a brief spike in popularity in the early 1920s, iced coffee was not a typical American drink. A number of campaigns from coffee cooperatives sought to change that.
