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Posted by: Erin Allen
(The following is a guest post by Barbara A. Tenenbaum, specialist in Mexican culture in the Library of Congress Hispanic Division.) It seems a bit strange that in contrast to all the other “heritage” celebrations and recognitions, the one for Hispanic Americans starts in the middle of the month – September 15 …
Posted in: Education, Events, Hispanic American History, History, Today in History, Uncategorized
Posted by: Erin Allen
(The following is the cover story written by Stephen Wesson, educational resource specialist in the Educational Outreach Division of the Office of Strategic Initiatives, for the September-October 2013 edition of the Library of Congress Magazine. You can download the issue in its entirety here.) Teachers and students are discovering new ways of learning with resources from …
Posted in: Education, Thomas Jefferson Building, Uncategorized, Washington DC
Posted by: Erin Allen
(Today, one of the Library of Congress blogs, Teaching with the Library of Congress, made an important announcement about its new tool in education outreach.) The Library of Congress Launches @TeachingLC, Its New Twitter Feed for K-12 Educators September 12, 2013 by Stephen Wesson Sharing ideas is a critical part of all great teaching, and now the …
Posted by: Erin Allen
Let’s take a look back at some of the posts populating the Library of Congress blogosphere in August. In the Muse: Performing Arts Blog “We’ll walk hand and hand someday” — Music and the March on Washington Music played a pivotal role in the March on Washington. Inside Adams: Science, Technology & Business No Opera, …
Posted in: Blogging, Education, Law Library, Music, Photos, Poetry, Preservation, Science, Uncategorized
Posted by: Erin Allen
(The following is a guest post by Guha Shankar, folklife specialist in the American Folklife Center and the Library’s project director of the Civil Rights History Project, and Kate Stewart, processing archivist in the American Folklife Center, who is principally responsible for organizing and making available collections with Civil Rights content in the division to …
Posted in: African American History, Audiovisual, Capitol Hill, Civil Rights, Collections, Education, Events, Exhibitions, History, Uncategorized
Posted by: Erin Allen
Picture this: The battle of good versus evil set against the backdrop of early 19th century America, where the coming together of two young lovers is threatened by the mistaken belief of an inheritable disease that would afflict their future children. Charlatans who promise quack cures in place of scientific medicine are pitted against the …
Posted in: Audiovisual, Collections, Education, Film, News, Science
Posted by: Erin Allen
(The following is a guest post by Guha Shankar, folklife specialist in the American Folklife Center and the Library’s Project Director of the Civil Rights History Project, a Congressionally mandated documentation initiative that is being carried out in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture.) Fifty years later, the …
Posted in: African American History, Capitol Hill, Civil Rights, Education, Events, Exhibitions, History, Washington DC
Posted by: Erin Allen
(The following is a guest post by Kate Stewart, processing archivist in the American Folklife Center, who is principally responsible for organizing and making available collections with Civil Rights content in the division to researchers and the public.) For many Americans, the calls for racial equality and a more just society emanating from the steps of …
Posted in: African American History, American Folklife Center, Audiovisual, Capitol Hill, Civil Rights, Collections, Education, Events, Exhibitions, Uncategorized, Washington DC
Posted by: Erin Allen
The Library’s blogosphere kept things cool in the July heat with a variety of posts representing the wealth and breadth of the institution’s collections and initiatives. Here are just a few selections. In the Muse: Performing Arts Blog Ben-Hur and Music to Race Chariots By Robin Rausch talks about musical adaptations of Lew Wallace’s well-known …
Posted in: Blogging, Collections, Congress Blogs, Education, Law Library, Music, Photos, Poetry, Social Media, Technology