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Posted by: Neely Tucker
A Nazi commemorative atlas of Operations Barbarossa was captured by U.S. troops after the fall of Berlin in World War II. The only one known to exist, it is housed in the Geography and Maps Division.
Posted in: History, Maps, World War II
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Thomas Jefferson, future president, designed a macaroni-making machine, one of his many inventions drawn and described in his papers at the Library of Congress.
Posted in: History, Technology, U.S. Presidents
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
Alan Gephardt is a ranger at the James A. Garfield National Historic Site of the U.S. National Park Service in Mentor, Ohio. Here, he writes about what his job entails.
Posted in: History, Manuscripts, Preservation, Researcher Stories, U.S. Presidents
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The Library of Congress recently acquired one of the most famous Black Ship scrolls -- "Kinkai kikan" ("Strange View off the Coast of Kanagawa") by Otsuki Bankei, a Japanese artist and scholar -- that depicts the arrival of U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry and his fleet of steamships in Edo Bay in 1854. The gunboat diplomacy established American relations with Japan.
Posted in: Asian American History, History
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."
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Michelle Krowl, a historian in the Library's Manuscript Division, reveals how she resolved a literary mystery in the online diaries of Clara Barton.
Posted in: History, Manuscripts, Researcher Stories, Women's History
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Roberto Valturio, an Italian engineer, included an illustration of a dragon war machine in his "De re militari," ("On military matters"), an influential military manual in the 15th Century.
Posted in: History, Manuscripts
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
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Suffrage songs were a significant part of the movement for the 19th Amendment, with novelty pieces such as "She's Good Enough to Have Your Baby and She's Good Enough to Vote with You" lending a sense of humor to the campaign.
Posted in: History, Music, Women's History