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Archive for the Geography and Maps Division Category (20 Posts)

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Library Acquires Rare Codex from Central Mexico

Posted by: Neely Tucker

Posted in: Geography and Maps Division, Hispanic and Latino, Manuscripts, Maps, Native Americans

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Harjo, Library Honored by Native American Tribal Association

Posted by: Brett Zongker

Posted in: Geography and Maps Division, Library Work and Employees, Maps, Native Americans, Poetry, U.S. Poet Laureate, Women's History, Writers

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Ida B. Wells, W.E.B. Du Bois, and the Maps of American Racism

Posted by: Wendi Maloney

Posted in: African American, African American History, Congress, Education, Geography and Maps Division, Junior Fellows Program, LCM, Library Work and Employees, Maps, Technology

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A Fond Farewell to John Hessler, LOC Polymath

Posted by: Wendi Maloney

Posted in: Curators, Geography and Maps Division, Jay I. Kislak Collection, Library Work and Employees, Native Americans, News, Writers

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Library of the Unexpected: Cocaine, Hair and…Wedding Cake?

Posted by: Neely Tucker

Posted in: Abraham Lincoln, Geography and Maps Division, Jay I. Kislak Collection, LCM, Preservation and Conservation, U.S. Presidents, Veterans History Project

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The Genius of Cameroon’s Sultan Ibrahim Njoya

Posted by: Neely Tucker

Posted in: African and Middle Eastern Division, Geography and Maps Division, Library Work and Employees

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Pocket Globes: The Whole World in Your Hand

Posted by: Neely Tucker

Posted in: Collections, Curators, Geography and Maps Division, Jay I. Kislak Collection, Maps

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Maps: A 17th-Century Korean View of the World

Posted by: Neely Tucker

Posted in: Geography and Maps Division, LCM

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Researcher Stories: Armand Lione and the Search for Native American History in D.C.

Posted by: Wendi Maloney

Posted in: Capitol Hill, Geography and Maps Division, Native Americans, Researcher Stories, Washington DC