Archive: November 2023 (2 Posts)

Refined by: (Author) Wendi Maloney; (Year) 2023; (Month) November

Color photo of a man wearing a colorful shirt, seated at a desk with two computer monitors in front of him showing different images of Abraham Lincoln.

160 Years Later … Where Did Lincoln Stand While Delivering the Gettysburg Address?

November 17, 2023

Christopher Oakley, a prominent film animator turned university historian, used his knowledge of computer modeling -- and his research at the LIbrary of Congress -- to help solve a small but important mystery: Where exactly did Lincoln stand while delivering his famed Gettysburg Address?

Posted in: Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, Gazette, Library Work and Employees, Researcher Stories, Today in History, U.S. Presidents

Nathan Dorn, half-length portrait, wearing a blue suit and tie.

My Job: Nathan Dorn, Curating Rare Books in the Law Library

November 13, 2023

Posted by: Wendi Maloney

Nathan Dorn is the curator of the rare books collection at the Law Library of Congress. He builds the Library's holdings of centuries of legal texts from many nations, including early methods of legal procedures to unusual subjects such as witchcraft and miracles.

Posted in: Curators, Law Library, LCM, Library Work and Employees, Rare Book and Special Collections

Refined by: (Author) Wendi Maloney; (Year) 2023; (Month) November