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Posted by: Ryan Reft
Fifty-one years after his death in August 1971, E. Barrett Prettyman’s papers continue to provide researchers with an inside look into how the late chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit advocated for both federal judicial reform and the rights of city residents.
Posted by: Elizabeth Novara
Learn about Alice Stone Blackwell’s penchant for poetry and volunteer to review transcribed materials in the NAWSA Records and the Blackwell Family Papers.
Posted in: Digital Collections, Women's & Gender History
Posted by: Laura Kells
Notes on an air sickness bag in the Bernard A. Schriever Papers illustrate the fact that, when people need to record their thoughts, all sorts of things can become writing paper.
Posted in: Of Note, Science and Technology
Posted by: Josh Levy
A literate rant from pioneering programmer Ida Rhodes offers a window into the history of early digital computing, and the women who helped shape it.
Posted in: Of Note, Science and Technology, Women's & Gender History