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Posted by: Wendi Maloney
This is a guest post by Naomi Coquillon, an education specialist in the Interpretive Programs Office. When I began to develop educational programs for the Library’s new exhibition, Echoes of the Great War: American Experiences of World War I, I knew I wanted to give visitors the opportunity to touch objects from the period, to …
Posted in: Collections, Exhibitions, Veterans History Project
Posted by: Erin Allen
(The following is a guest post by Rachel Telford, archivist with the Veterans History Project.) In 1917, Norvel Preston Clotfelter’s life was upended when he was drafted into the United States Army. He postponed his wedding, left his job as a school teacher in Mazie, Okla., and began his service at Camp Travis, Texas; he …
Posted in: Collections, Curators, Folksonomies, History, LC Web site, Manuscripts, Veterans History Project
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
(The following guest post was written by archivist Rachel Telford of the Library of Congress Veterans History Project). “I went to the VA and I said, with tears in my eyes, I hurt. I mean, I really, really hurt, and I think Vietnam had something to do with it.” —William Barner, January 2006 William Barner …
Posted in: Exhibitions, Veterans History Project
Posted by: Erin Allen
Happy New Year! Let’s look back on some of the Library’s headlines in December. Topping the news was the announcement of the new selections to the National Film Registry. Outlets really picked up on the heavy 80s influence of the list. “It’s loaded with millennials,” said Christie D’Zurilla of The Los Angeles Times. “Ten of …
Posted in: Audiovisual, Collections, Film, Libraries, Maps, News, Newspapers, Veterans History Project, Video