Why Celebrate New Year’s?
Posted by: Josh Levy
Read about anthropologist Margaret Mead's thoughts on annual observances of the New Year's holiday.
Posted in: Holidays
Archive: 2022 (68 Posts)
Of Note: A Dessert Straight Out of History
Posted by: Andrea J. Briggs
The author recounts her culinary adventure attempting to recreate an original 1890s recipe for gingerbread found in the Rodgers Family Papers.
George Washington, “The Greatest Man in the World”?
Posted by: Julie Miller
Did King George III of Great Britain really say that George Washington was “the greatest man in the world?” And if he did, who did he say it to?
Posted in: Early America, Politics
Of Note: Lincoln Reelected. Simple Message, Complex Messaging System
Posted by: Michelle Krowl
In 1864, Anson Burlingame, an American diplomat in China, received a telegram from his counterpart in Russia with a simple message: Abraham Lincoln had been reelected president. Yet there was a complexity behind the simplicity.
Posted in: Civil War, Of Note, Politics, War and Society
Recently Processed Ann Cottrell Free Papers Expand Coverage of Women Journalists in the Manuscript Division
Posted by: Elizabeth Novara
The Manuscript Division recently processed the papers of journalist, author, environmentalist, and animal rights advocate Ann Cottrell Free, who early in her career covered World War II-era Washington and post-war China.
Posted in: Journalism, Women's & Gender History
Live! at the Library: Reflections from the Past, Present and Future with Mosaic Theater
Posted by: Elizabeth Novara
This guest post is by Adrienne Cannon, historian of African American history and culture in the Manuscript Division. On September 22, 2022, the Manuscript Division partnered with the Exhibits Office and Mosaic Theater to present Live! at the Library: Reflections from the Past, Present and Future with Mosaic Theater. A recording of the event is …
Posted in: African American History, Events
Of Note: Trust Your Gut: A Civil War Soldier’s Thanksgiving
Posted by: Andrea J. Briggs
Excerpts from a letter written November 27, 1864, by Lieutenant Samuel E. Nichols of the Union Army provide insight into the surprise contingencies that afflicted soldiers in his unit on Thanksgiving Day during the Civil War.
Posted in: Holidays, Letters, Of Note, War and Society
Made at the Library: Benjamin Franklin Butler, Reevaluating the Man Behind the Caricatures
Posted by: Michelle Krowl
Join us on December 5 for a conversation with historian Elizabeth D. Leonard about her recent biography of the controversial politician and Civil War general Benjamin F. Butler, whose “noisy, fearless life” defied the caricatures history attached to him.
Posted in: Civil War
Intern Spotlight: Libraries, Self-Determination, and Collaboration: Virginia Mathews and the 1978 White House Preconference on Indian Library & Information Services
Posted by: Ryan Reft
In 1978, Native American library professionals from across the country gathered for the first time to hash out their visions for tribal libraries. The papers of Osage literacy advocate Virginia H. Mathews document the significance of that meeting in the history of Native librarianship.
Posted in: Intern Spotlight, Native American History