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Posted by: Michelle Krowl
In an 1861 letter to her mother, sixteen-year-old Louisa Russell recounted a Thanksgiving feast that battled against her "considerably tight" clothing.
Posted by: Josh Levy
The Herman Hollerith papers offer a window into an unexpected story about war, governance, and the power of data: one that unfolded in the Philippines, more than 8,000 miles from Washington, D.C.
Posted in: International History, Science and Technology
Posted by: Elizabeth Novara
The Manuscript Division announces the National Woman’s Party (NWP) Research Fellowship, a new opportunity for researchers to explore unparalleled women’s history collections at the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Women's & Gender History
Posted by: Lewis Wyman
George S. Patton kept a personal journal during his involvement in the 1916 Mexican Expedition. While serving as aide-de-camp to General John J. Pershing, he recorded many observations of the military campaign against Pancho Villa’s forces - everything from day to day activities, to the first use of airplanes by the U.S. Army in a combat roll and its last use of mounted cavalry. This is the first of many wartime diaries that Patton kept during his military career.
Posted in: Diaries, War and Society
Posted by: Lewis Wyman
The Library of Congress Manuscript Division holds the papers of aviation pioneer Octave Chanute, which include correspondence between Chanute, George Spratt, and the Wright Brothers. These letters provide insights into their aeronautical experiments as they share ideas on wing design, lift, drag and other problems facing early experimenters.
Posted by: Ryan Reft
World War I had a wide ranging impact on Europe and the United States particularly in the management of news, information, and propaganda. Join the Library of Congress Manuscript Division and author John M. Hamilton on November 10 at 12 noon for a discussion of the Committee on Public Information (CPI) and its influence on civil liberties, news gathering, and the issuance of propaganda in the United States and abroad.
Posted in: Events, War and Society