Clara Barton: A Memorial Day Story
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Clara Barton's letters reveal the tragedy of one death resulting from the Civil War's Battle of Fredericksburg.
Posted in: Civil War, Women's History
Category: Civil War
Crowdsourcing Invitation: Help Tell a Civil War Soldier’s Story
Posted by: Neely Tucker
By the People, the Library’s crowdsourcing transcription project, is rallying readers to complete 500 pages from the “Civil War Soldiers: Disabled but not disheartened” campaign before Memorial Day. These were gathered by journalist and chaplain William Oland Bourne as part of a left-handed penmanship competition for Union soldiers who had lost their right hand or …
Posted in: By the People, Civil War
‘O Captain! My Captain!’ Walt Whitman, Two Centuries Later
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Two hundred years after his birth, Walt Whitman remains a towering figure. The Library of Congress, with the world's largest collection of Whitman's writings, marks the bicentennial with a flurry of events.
Posted in: Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, Washington DC
Howard University, Library, Team Up for New Internship Program
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Keshad "Ife" Adeniyi, an intern in the Library's Manuscript Division through the Archives, is a Howard University Ph.D. candidate who is researching the history of escaped slaves known as "contrabands."
Inquiring Minds: Peter Carlson Brings History to Life
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Peter Carlson, a journalist and author of three books of American history -- much of it about outsized characters and their adventures -- bases his writing on reasearch done at the Library of Congress. He also writes a column for American History magazine, "American Schemers," which also draws heavily on Library research.
Posted in: Civil War, History, Newspapers, Researcher Stories
Pic of the Week: Harriet Tubman, Seen as Never Before
Posted by: Neely Tucker
In a March 25 ceremony, Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden and National Museum of African American History and Culture Director Lonnie Bunch unveiled the photo album of abolionist Emily Howland, featuring a previously unknown portrait of Harriet Tubman. The portrait, taken around 1868, captures Tubman in her mid 40s, years younger than most surviving photographs that show her late in life
Posted in: Civil Rights, Civil War, Photos, Pic of the Week, Women's History
Mary Ann Shadd Cary: Trailblazer for Feminism, Freedom
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Mary Ann Shadd Cary was a 19th Century African-American feminist, lawyer, anti-slavery crusader and newspaper publisher.
Posted in: Civil Rights, Civil War, Women's History
Crowdsourcing Helps to Unlock the Mystery of Cursive
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
This is a guest post by Julie Miller, a historian in the Manuscript Division, and Victoria Van Hyning, a senior innovation specialist in the division. This post coincides with National Handwriting Day. “That’s so beautiful, but what does it say?” This is what we often hear from visitors to the Library of Congress when they …
Posted in: Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, Collections, Events, Literacy, Manuscripts, Social Media
Pic of the Week: Gettysburg Address
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
On Nov. 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Invited to give a “few appropriate remarks” to dedicate a cemetery for Union soldiers killed at the Battle of Gettysburg, Lincoln delivered — over the course of about two minutes — what has become one of the most widely recognized speeches in …
Posted in: Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, Collections, Events, Manuscripts, Social Media