InRetrospect: August Blogging Edition

Music played a pivotal role in the March on Washington.

Inside Adams: Science, Technology & Business

• No Opera, No X-Rays!

Researcher Mark Schubin talks about the deadliness of opera and x-rays.

In Custodia Legis: Law Librarians of Congress

• Odd Laws of the United Kingdom

From plague-free taxi rides to no gambling in a library, Clare Feikert-Ahalt discusses U.K. law.

The Signal: Digital Preservation

• Rich Online Resources Document the 1963 March on Washington

Bill LeFurgy presents other resources related to the historical civil rights event.

Teaching with the Library of Congress

• Looking Behind the March on Washington: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the Civil Rights Movement, and Labor in Primary Sources

Primary sources from the Library of Congress can help students learn more about the march.

Picture This: Library of Congress Prints & Photos

• Summer Road Trip: From Sea to Shining Sea

Kristi Finefield writes on bygone era road trips.

From the Catbird Seat: Poetry & Literature at the Library of Congress

• The Secret Anniversaries of the Heart

Director of Ed Outreach Lee Ann Potter talks about poetry in her life.