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Posted by: Betty Lupinacci
Today’s interview is with Agata Tajchert, a technician in the Processing Section of the Collection Services Division. Agata recently wrote about our collection of House of Lords’ records and briefs. Describe your background. As probably most of my colleagues know, I am originally from Poland. I grew up in Warsaw in a neighborhood that during …
Posted in: Interview
Posted by: Betty Lupinacci
I love my job. Starting today, and continuing into July 2019, the Library of Congress is hosting a new exhibit, Baseball Americana. I hope you all make plans to come and see this fascinating look into baseball and our culture. The Library has lots of interesting artifacts, bolstered by items and material from the Baseball …
Posted in: Collections
Posted by: Betty Lupinacci
I never know where the inspiration of an On the Shelf post will come from. Today’s stems from a patron request for an item which Ann Hemmens subsequently brought back to me for preservation work. As the 1941 D.C. Building Code sat on my desk, I thought about how many times I’ve told friends and …
Posted in: Collections
Posted by: Betty Lupinacci
Josh Darland, an assistant project manager in the Law Library, brought me this book on Minnesota law, written in Danish and published in the United States in 1896. He thought it would make a good post for our On the Shelf series because it was so unexpected. And he was correct. Though it’s not as …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law
Posted by: Betty Lupinacci
Surprise! Another baseball-related post from Betty. This one is not entirely my fault. A would-be anonymous colleague brought the pictured item to me, having received it from the general collection. Why would the general (non-law) collection have congressional hearings, you may ask? Well, up until the 1960s when the Class K schedule was completed, congressional …
Posted in: Collections
Posted by: Betty Lupinacci
A blog post describing the legal implications of the Sand Creek and Moiwana Massacres
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post, Native Americans