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Posted by: Ellen Terrell
2020 Junior Fellow Bailey Ward continues her journey learning about the Library of Congress collections as she starts her project on trade beads.
Posted in: Business, Guest Blog Posts
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This post was written by Brendan Bachmann, a visiting library science student from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. Horoscopes have long been popular with those hoping for a glimpse of their future. Indeed, some individuals have made a business of the mystical, profiting from people’s curiosity of the unknown. A horoscope pamphlet that has recently …
Posted in: Business, Guest Blog Posts
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Brendan Bachmann is a library science student from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. He spent two weeks with Business Reference staff at the Library of Congress in January 2020. Coming from a very different background, having worked for six years in various public libraries in Australia, it has been a fascinating experience spending two weeks …
Posted in: Guest Blog Posts
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This is the second post exploring Samuel Griswold Goodrich's Peter Parley books educating young and curious minds.
Posted in: Astronomy/Mathematics, Guest Blog Posts, Rare Books and Special Collections
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Today’s guest post is by Jacqueline Coleburn and Anthony Mullan. Jackie is a rare book cataloger at the Library of Congress and is cataloging the Library’s rare children’s books. Peter Parley books are a particular interest of hers. These books, which were very popular in the 1830s, 40s, and 50s, offer insight into the evolution …
Posted in: Astronomy/Mathematics, Guest Blog Posts, Rare Books and Special Collections
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
In Walden, Thoreau’s critique cleverly invites us to think about the costs of the railroad via the labor used to build them. Before publication of Walden, he may have read the debates regarding the building of a railroad line linking to the Pacific.
Posted in: Guest Blog Posts, Science
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Today’s guest post is by Michael Sconzo, an intern from the University of Virginia in the Science, Technology, and Business Division. Using inspiration and access to the extensive collections of the Library Congress, Michael was asked to write blog posts on the theme of transportation. After reflection, he chose to write on the impact of …
Posted in: Guest Blog Posts, Science
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This is a guest post by Tomoko Y. Steen, Ph.D. a Science Reference librarian in the Science, Technology & Business Division. Every summer when the temperatures reach their peak, daily news coverage begins to express concern about mosquito-borne diseases. Mosquitos have been our unfriendly neighbors for many centuries during the summer months and year round …
Posted in: Guest Blog Posts, Science
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This guest post was written by Constance Carter the previous head of Science Reference who now volunteers here at the Library. One of the most delightful children’s books I have read is Barb Rosenstock’s The Camping Trip that Changed America: Theodore Roosevelt, John Muir, and our National Parks (New York, Dial Books for Young Readers, …
Posted in: Guest Blog Posts, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History, Presidents, Science