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Posted by: Wendi Maloney
Kimberly Hamlin is a history professor at Miami University in Ohio and a distinguished lecturer for the Organization of American Historians. She researched her latest book, “Free Thinker: Sex, Suffrage and the Extraordinary Life of Helen Hamilton Gardener,” in the Library’s Manuscript Division
Posted in: Researcher Stories, Women's History
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
Author and journalist Michelle Farrell researched her latest work at the Library -- the Bermuda experiences of W.W. Denslow, the original illustrator of “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz." Denslow bought a small island there in the early 1900s using royalties from his works.
Posted in: Performing Arts, Researcher Stories, Theater
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
Charles W. Calhoun, a history professor and author, has used the Library's collections for more than half a century in his work on studying late 19th century America.
Posted in: Civil War, Manuscripts, Researcher Stories, U.S. Presidents, Writers
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
It started, the story goes, with a back-to-school jam in the Bronx in 1973. There, in a basement rec room, DJ Kool Herc — aka Clive Campbell — stood between two turntables, switching between records to extend the instrumental breaks so his sister’s friends could dance longer. His parties became so popular he had to …
Posted in: Alexander Hamilton, Copyright, Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film