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Monochrome image of woman standing at right pointing toward billboard encouraging women to vote against Woodrow Wilson for president

National Woman’s Party Research Fellowship: 2026 Application Period Opens

A group of women in colorful dresses, four standing and one sitting discuss fashion in 1862

“I Did Not See the Use of Being Uncomfortable on Thanksgiving Day”: Tight Clothes and Big Meals in 19th-Century America

Image shows a hand written letter from John R. Graham on letterhead that includes a small engraving of a kitten in a leather boot.

Of Note: How a Kitten in a Boot Explains Urban Culture in the Industrial Revolution

A bending river with a boat on the water in the foreground. On the shore in the foreground, men in hats, a cannon. In the background, smoke rises from an explosion.

Of Note: A Manifesto’s Lasting Legacy

Film poster with red background, showing Freud looking to camera

Made at the Library: “Outsider. Freud,” In-Person Film Screening and Conversation with Director Yair Qedar

Cover of the book Mary Cassatt Between Paris and New York on left and author Ruth Iskin on right

Made at the Library: Mary Cassatt Between Paris & New York with author Ruth Iskin

Copies of Copies: British-Intercepted Letters During the Revolutionary War

Paper with a series of looping and scribbled writing in pencil, with interpretations written in ink.

Inside a Physicist’s Investigations of the Spiritual World: William W. Coblentz and His “Automatic Writing”

A black and white allegorical print referencing the Treaty of Ghent which ended the War of 1812, showing Minerva dictating the terms of peace, which Mercury delivers to Britannia and Hercules compels her to accept.

Behind the Scenes with the Treaty of Ghent: The Library of Congress Acquires Unpublished Correspondence Between Henry Clay and William Harris Crawford