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Detail from a visual outline for “So Imagined Mercado” (“Blue Antiquity”), by Oscar Hijuelos, undated.

Hispanic Heritage: Oscar Hijuelos Papers Newly Available in the Manuscript Division

Posted by: Andrea J. Briggs

Monochrome photograph of Lincoln standing with hand on chair, uniformed Union soldiers standing at left and right, with military tents in background

Made at the Library: “Conflict of Command: George McClellan, Abraham Lincoln, and the Politics of War,” with George C. Rable

Posted by: Michelle Krowl

The capitol building at Williamsburg, Virginia, where the House of Burgesses met.

George Washington and the “Spirit of Association”

Posted by: Julie Miller

Monochrome image of Ford at table in committee hearing room, speaking into microphone

The Nixon Pardon

Posted by: Ryan Reft

Nautical Almanac Office director Charles Henry Davis offers Maria Mitchell a position as a “computer,” at a time when computers were people and opportunities for professional work in astronomy were vanishingly few, for both men and women. Davis to Mitchell, August 10, 1849.

Maria Mitchell’s Enduring Legacy: From Astronomical Poetry to Liberty Ships

Posted by: Josh Levy

Melissa Capozio Jones at Robert Lavender’s grave, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA, February 2024.

Behind the Scenes: Meeting Captain Lavender

Posted by: Andrea J. Briggs

Color image of uniformed Union soldier at right, holding rifle with woods in background

Of Note: The Material Culture of Picket Duty during the Civil War

Posted by: Michelle Krowl

Monochrome image of muscular man facing camera, in swimsuit

A Confluence of Lives: The 1912 Olympic Games

Posted by: Lewis Wyman

Portrait of Dr. Ruth smiling wearing red blouse with glasses and necklace.

“On the Air” and in the Archives: The Dr. Ruth Westheimer Papers

Posted by: Julie Miller