Archive: November 2020 (2 Posts)

Refined by: (Author) Bailey DeSimone; (Year) 2020; (Month) November

Ornate red and ivory wall decoration, with plaque and symbols

From the Serial Set: NASA’s Project Mercury – A Significant Milestone

November 24, 2020

The following is a guest post by Elina Lee, a library technician (metadata) in the Law Library of Congress Digital Resources Division. In 1958, Congress passed the National Aeronautics and Space Act (Public Law 85-568, 72 Stat. 426), and it was signed into law by President Dwight Eisenhower on July 29, 1958. The act “provided …

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From the Serial Set: Ely S. Parker and the Tonawanda Seneca Nation

November 17, 2020

Posted by: Bailey DeSimone

We’ve explored many types of documents in the Serial Set in our monthly series. Today, in honor of National Native American Heritage month, we will identify a Native American whose name appears throughout the Serial Set, and explore the legacy of his nation through the Law Library’s Indigenous Law Resources. Ely S. Parker was born …

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Refined by: (Author) Bailey DeSimone; (Year) 2020; (Month) November