Category: New Online

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New Online: William A. Gladstone Afro-American Military Collection

February 22, 2018

The Library of Congress is delighted to launch online in time for African-American History Month the William A. Gladstone Afro-American Military Collection, consisting of about 500 items. Gladstone was a historian and author of books about black Civil War troops. The collection spans the years 1773 to 1987, with the bulk of the material dating …

Posted in: Civil War, Collections, Manuscripts, New Online

New Online: James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston Papers

February 21, 2018

Posted by: Wendi Maloney

This is a guest post by Michelle Krowl, a historian in the Manuscript Division. “There is no wish nearer my heart than that you should become an amiable & intelligent woman,” Senator James Buchanan of Pennsylvania wrote to his niece and ward, Harriet Lane, on February 16, 1842. “You can render yourself very dear to …

Posted in: Collections, Manuscripts, New Online

Results: 19 - 20 of 20 | Refined by: (Author) Wendi Maloney; (Year) 2018