“The Crown” At the Library
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Insights from the Library's holdings into Season 3 of "The Crown."
Posted in: Manuscripts
Category: Manuscripts
Inquiring Minds: Family Surprised to Discover Civil War Veteran’s Ordeal on LOC Blog
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
Peggy Lundeen Johnson is the great-great-granddaughter of Samuel J. Gibson. He fought for the Union during the Civil War and was incarcerated in the Confederate military prison in Andersonville, Georgia, in 1864. While there, he kept a daily log of his experience. Johnson was unaware of the diary until she encountered it on the Library’s …
Posted in: Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, Manuscripts, Researcher Stories
How “The Postman Always Rings Twice” Got Its “Sort of Crazy” Name
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The backstory of how "The Postman Rings Twice," one of the most famous titles in 20th century American literature, got its curious title.
Posted in: Books, Crime and Punishment, LCM, Manuscripts
Inquiring Minds: Alan Gephardt, Garfield Expert
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
Freud’s Last Days in Vienna as Nazis Approached
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The personal papers of Sigmund Freud at the Library of Congress have been digitized and are available online Included on the Library’s website for streaming are 11 home movies of Freud made between 1928 and 1939. Margaret McAleer, a historical specialist of modern America in the Library’s Manuscript Division, oversees the Library’s more than 100 collections …
Posted in: Manuscripts, Today in History, World War II
Civil War General McClellan: Calligrams Hiding in Plain Sight
Posted by: Neely Tucker
This is a guest post by Michelle Krowl, a historian in the Manuscript Division, who always writes so well about her specialty, the Civil War and Reconstruction era. Researchers discover all kinds of materials in the George Brinton McClellan Papers that suit their varied research interests, and this collection is now available online through the …
Posted in: Civil War, Manuscripts, Researcher Stories
Crowdsourcing Challenge!
Posted by: Neely Tucker
By the People, the Library’s crowdsourcing transcription project, is calling on volunteers to complete 1,000 pages from the “Suffrage: Women Fight for the Vote” campaign before Monday, August 19th.
Posted in: By the People, Manuscripts, Women's History
Now Online! The Love Letters of James and Lucretia Garfield
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The letters, diaries, speeches and other personal papers of President James A. Garfield are now online at the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Manuscripts, U.S. Presidents
Inquiring Minds: Rediscovering One of America’s Leading Songwriters
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
Mezzo-soprano Kathleen Shimeta stumbled upon Gena Branscombe (1881–1977) in the late 1990s when Shimeta was planning a Valentine’s Day recital. Branscombe, it turned out, had set to music Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s famous sonnet beginning “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.” Delighted by the composition, Shimeta wanted to know more — including …
Posted in: Manuscripts, Music, Researcher Stories