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Archive: October 2014 (3 Posts)

Ornate red and ivory wall decoration, with plaque and symbols

Found Objects: Things We Uncovered During the Move

Posted by: Donna Sokol

David S. Mao, Law Librarian of Congress; Jim Martin; Margaret Wood; Aga Pukniel; and Agata Tajchert contributed to this post. Have you ever moved out of a house and found yourself lingering over objects that you had once thought lost?  Or have you ever discovered a piece of the home’s history that a previous owner left behind? …

Ornate red and ivory wall decoration, with plaque and symbols

Free Public Access to Federal Materials on Guide to Law Online

Posted by: Donna Sokol

This is a guest post by Ann Hemmens, legal reference librarian at the Law Library of Congress.  Through an agreement with the Library of Congress, the publisher William S. Hein & Co., Inc. has generously allowed the Law Library of Congress to offer free online access to historical U.S. legal materials from HeinOnline.  These titles are available …

Ornate red and ivory wall decoration, with plaque and symbols

Establishing the Smithsonian Institution

Posted by: Donna Sokol

The sight of construction cranes in Washington DC is nothing new; the city is constantly changing and renewing.  The cranes and I-beams peeking above the trees near the Washington Monument hearken the arrival of the newest Smithsonian museum: the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NAAHC).  In the 15 years I’ve been in …