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Posted by: Josh Levy
Lillian Gatlin is best remembered for being the first woman to fly across the United States, but she saw herself in grander terms: as a pioneering thinker born with “idea virus.” A new collection of Gatlin’s papers in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division offers clues to the many ideas that animated her life.
Posted in: Aviation, Women's & Gender History
Posted by: Lewis Wyman
The process of designing and producing a government seal for the Department of Mindanao and Sulu in the Philippines illustrates how American officials incorporated symbols of U.S. power and prestige into Philippine governance without Filipino participation.
Posted in: International History, Letters, Library of Congress History
Posted by: Josh Levy
In 1914, the Ford Motor Company announced that it was doubling the wages of its workers, creating the “Five-Dollar Day.” A simple typewritten report in the James Couzens Papers documents the Company’s efforts to start building more than vehicles and begin “making men and homes” as well.
Posted in: Labor, Science and Technology
Posted by: Sherri Sheu
As the Library of Congress opens its newest exhibition, The Declaration’s Promise, for America 250, this blog post highlights four exhibition items from Manuscript Division collections.
Posted in: African American History, Exhibits, Literature Culture & the Arts, Politics
Posted by: Ryan Reft
From May through September 1971, the nation endured rising inflation, witnessed widespread anti-Vietnam War protests, and heard controversial Supreme Court cases. Join Journalist John Jenkins as he discusses this tumultuous period in his new book, Summer of ’71: Five Months that Changed America.
Posted by: Michelle Krowl
Future president Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) suffered a double tragedy in February 1884, which he poignantly recorded in his pocket diary. Now, for the first time, full color, high-resolution images of this famous diary are available on the Library of Congress website.
Posted by: Josh Levy
In 1996, psychiatrist Alvin Poussaint produced a television program about a youth soccer team that explored themes of teamwork, empathy, conflict resolution, and coping with frustration.
Posted in: African American History, Literature Culture & the Arts, Science and Technology, Sports
Posted by: Josh Levy
Join Jane Aikin as she discusses her latest publication with John Cole, historian of the Library of Congress and Cheryl Fox, curator of the Library of Congress Archives collection in the Manuscript Division.
Posted in: Events, Library of Congress History
Posted by: Andrea J. Briggs
The richly colored illustrations and handwritten text in Jacob Stauffer’s manuscript book “Sketches of Insects” reflect his decades of observing some of the smallest inhabitants of the natural world.
Posted in: Animals, Diaries, Science and Technology