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Archive: August 2018 (14 Posts)

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George Washington: Gardener and Globalist

Posted by: Wendi Maloney

This is a guest post by Julie Miller, a historian in the Manuscript Division. The division’s holdings of the papers of George Washington (1732–1799) constitute the largest collection of original Washington papers in the world. In 1786, English agricultural reformer Arthur Young wrote to George Washington, addressing him as a “brother farmer” and offering to …

Image of an ornate clock showing 2:05 with sculpted male figures sitting on each side of the clock face

Ensuring the Long-Term Accessibility of Creative Content

Posted by: Wendi Maloney

This is a guest post by Ted Westervelt, a section head in the Library’s U.S. Arts, Sciences and Humanities Division; Kate Murray, a digital projects coordinator in the Digital Collections Management and Services Division; and Donna Brearcliffe, an electronic resources coordinator in the Collection Development Office. Since the first edition of the Recommended Formats Statement …