Library’s Web Archiving: COVID-19 Challenges
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The Library is collecting web content that documents COVID-19's devastating impact on the nation.
Posted in: Cataloging, Collections, COVID-19, Influeza/Covid-19, Poetry
Category: Influeza/Covid-19
Library Seeks Pictures of Pandemic Experiences
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The Library invites you to contribute photographic and graphic art images to the Flickr group called “COVID-19 American Experiences.” Library curators will review submissions and select images to add to the group and to preserve in our permanent collections.
Posted in: COVID-19, Influeza/Covid-19, New Online, Photos
The 1793 Yellow Fever Epidemic: The Washingtons, Hamilton and Jefferson
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The yellow fever epidemics that struck American cities soon after the birth of the nation left a powerful mark in the historical record, especially in the papers of members of George Washington's administration.
Posted in: Alexander Hamilton, Influeza/Covid-19, Thomas Jefferson, U.S. Presidents
Color Your World with the Library
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The Library features new coloring pages adapted from our collections, adding to the growing number of family activities on offer since Covid-19.
Posted in: Education, Influeza/Covid-19, Kids, National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, New Online, Thomas Jefferson Building
Mapping Pandemics at the Library
Posted by: Neely Tucker
John Hessler, a specialist in the Library's Geography and Map Division, is tracking the COVID-19 pandemic with computational geography and geographic information science.
Posted in: Influeza/Covid-19, Maps, National Book Festival
Cartography of Contagion in the 19th Century
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The Library's Geography and Map Division has several 19th-century maps that show how malaria, tuberculosis and other diseases spread across the nation. Produced long before current map-making technology, they still show how diseases spread across the landscape.
Posted in: Geography and Maps Division, Influeza/Covid-19, Maps
“The Great Influenza” — Library Resources on the 1918 to 1919 Pandemic
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The Library has many resources that document the 1918 to 1919 flu pandemic. Historian John Barry discuss his book, "The Great Influenza," with David Rubenstein.
Posted in: Influeza/Covid-19