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Archive: 2018 (158 Posts)

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Free to Use and Reuse: Cycling Season Has Arrived!

Posted by: Wendi Maloney

On Sunday night, July 16, 1895, Hattie Strage of Chicago was arrested and fined for disorderly conduct. Her offense? Bicycling over the city’s fashionable South Side boulevards “arrayed in a bloomer suit consisting of flesh-colored tights and a short jacket.” Women’s cycling attire was a subject of intense scrutiny at the dawn of the golden …

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Literacy: The Library Is Looking for a Few Good Organizations

Posted by: Wendi Maloney

This is a guest post by Guy Lamolinara, communications officer in the Center for the Book at the Library of Congress. Do you work in the field of literacy or know someone who does? Then you may want to consider applying for a Library of Congress Literacy Award. Applications will be accepted from organizations that …

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It’s #SpringFling Time! Help Us Celebrate the Season

Posted by: Wendi Maloney

This is a guest post by Naomi Coquillon of the Interpretive Programs Office. As spring slowly blossoms in Washington, we’re gearing up for our celebration of all things windy, flowery and new with our Spring Fling Pop-Up Exhibition. Open April 6, 7, 13 and 14, the pop-up invites visitors to experience the living history of …

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World War I: The Women’s Land Army

Posted by: Wendi Maloney

This is a guest post by Ryan Reft, a historian in the Manuscript Division, in honor of Women’s History Month. “The man with the hoe is gone. Six hundred thousand of him left the fields of America last year,” observed the Los Angeles Times in April 1918. Hundreds of thousands more would follow as a …

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National Recording Registry Reaches 500!

Posted by: Wendi Maloney

Harry Belafonte, Run-DMC, Yo-Yo Ma Recordings Among Newly Announced Inductees Tony Bennett’s hit single “I Left My Heart in San Francisco”; the Latin beat of Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine’s 1987 “Rhythm Is Gonna Get You”; the timeless soundtrack of “The Sound of Music”; Run-DMC’s 1986 crossover hit album “Raising Hell”; and radio …

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Rare Book of the Month: A Revolutionary Woman and the Declaration of Independence

Posted by: Wendi Maloney

This is a guest post by digital library specialist Elizabeth Gettins. Mary Katherine Goddard (1738–1816) lived during remarkable times in early American history, and she did not sit idly by observing events. Instead, this brave and industrious woman actively took part in helping to found a new republic through use of her printing press. She …

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Pic of the Week: Team of Linguists Translate Rare Mayan-Language Manuscript

Posted by: Wendi Maloney

On March 13 and 14, an international team of linguists visited the Library of Congress to transcribe and translate, for the first time, the “Guatemalan Priests Handbook,” a rare and important manuscript in the Library’s Jay I. Kislak Collection. Dating from the early 16th century, the manuscript is written in several indigenous Mayan languages. The …