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Posted by: Julie Miller
Benajah Jay Antrim’s journals and sketchbooks document an American artist’s journey across Mexico in 1849. As of January 29, 2025, you can volunteer to transcribe them as part of the “By the People” crowdsourcing project from the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Digital Collections, Hispanic and Latino History, International History
Posted by: Josh Levy
A 1937 tea party held at the home of the chief of naval operations, today’s official vice presidential residence, reveals a mansion that was once a showcase of women’s hidden political influence within the nation’s military elite.
Posted in: War and Society, Women's & Gender History
Posted by: Julie Miller
Applications for federal jobs fill thirty-two volumes in the George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress. Each one tells a story.
Posted in: Digital Collections, Early America, Letters, Politics
Posted by: Michelle Krowl
Experience Abraham Lincoln’s second inauguration on March 4, 1865, through selected scenes from the day.
Posted in: Civil War, War and Society
Posted by: Josh Levy
In June 1910, a few days after President William Howard Taft signed legislation allowing the Arizona and New Mexico territories to move toward statehood, a strange telegram arrived in the White House, which reveals the story of a river that once buzzed with legend.