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Posted by: Andrea J. Briggs
In November 1913, freshman Jean Snowden remained on campus at Howard University in Washington, D.C., where she recorded the exciting events of the Thanksgiving holiday celebrations in her diary.
Posted in: African American History, Diaries, Holidays
Posted by: Andrea J. Briggs
This is a guest blog by Barbara Bair, historian of Literature, Culture, and the Arts in the Manuscript Division. In 1990, author Oscar Hijuelos (1951-2013) became the first Hispanic American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his novel The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love (1989). He later received the Hispanic Heritage Award …
Posted in: Hispanic and Latino History, Literature Culture & the Arts
Posted by: Andrea J. Briggs
A brief look at the life and collection of Robert A. Lavender, and an archivist’s one-sided but deeply felt relationship with the collection.
Posted in: Aviation, Behind the Scenes, War and Society
Posted by: Andrea J. Briggs
Discover how former Library of Congress Asian Division chief Warren M. Tsuneishi built bonds across nationalities and languages through a shared love for books and knowledge.
Posted in: Asian American History, Intern Spotlight, Library of Congress History