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Archive: April 2022 (5 Posts)

Handwritten copy (with deletions crossed out and additions added) of the first few sentence of Jefferson

The Book Delivery System at the Library of Congress

Posted by: Josh Levy

This is a guest post by Cheryl Fox, Library of Congress Archives and Library History Collections Specialist in the Manuscript Division. Congress began in 1873 to plan a separate building for the Library of Congress, which had outgrown its space in the U.S. Capitol Building. It took more than sixteen years to decide on the …

Handwritten copy (with deletions crossed out and additions added) of the first few sentence of Jefferson

The Artistry of Learning Math: The Ellerton-Clements Cyphering Book Collection

Posted by: Josh Levy

Before the modern textbook, Western school-age children learned mathematical concepts through what was called the "cyphering tradition" and created textbooks of their very own. The volumes in the recently processed Ellerton-Clements Cyphering Book Collection will certainly be of interest to those who study math and early modern education, but many also possess a unique kind of artistry.