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Posted by: Neely Tucker
Ryan Semmes, an associate professor at Mississippi State University and archivist at the university's Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library, is researching Grant's presidential policies at the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Civil War, Manuscripts, Researcher Stories
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Fragments of "The Iliad" and from copies of the Bible provide clues to their original versions, as seen in the the Library's Jay I. Kislak Collection.
Posted in: Jay I. Kislak Collection, Researcher Stories
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
Myles Zhang, a senior at Columbia University, used maps from the Library of Congress to build animation showing the growth of New York City from 1609 to today.
Posted in: Maps, Researcher Stories, Technology
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
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
Carolyn Bennett, a music at Wheeler Middle/High School in North Stonington, Connecticut, is a teacher-in-residence a the Library’s Learning and Innovation Office this year.
Posted in: Education, Music, Researcher Stories
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Paulette Hasier, chief of the LIbrary's Geography and Map Division, is the ninth person and first woman to head the division since its creation in 1897. She talks about that work here.
Posted in: Maps, Researcher Stories
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Giselle Aviles, the 2019 Archaeological Research Associate in the Geography and Map Division, is exploring the treasures of the Jay I. Kislak Collection of the History and Archaeology of the Early Americas.
Posted in: Collections, Researcher Stories
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: Wendi Maloney
For the past three decades or so, Thomas Doherty has taught and written about films, television and Hollywood — a lot. An American studies professor at Brandeis University with a special interest in classical Hollywood, he has written seven books touching on topics including teen movies, censorship, Hitler and McCarthyism. His latest book, “Show Trial: …
Posted in: Collections, Film, Researcher Stories