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Posted by: Julie Miller
The Library of Congress recently inaugurated Arthur Sze as the twenty-fifth Poet Laureate of the United States. In the Manuscript Division, a small collection of manuscript poems from the Library’s first Consultant in Poetry, Joseph Auslander, is now available for research.
Posted in: Letters, Library of Congress History, Literature Culture & the Arts, Of Note
Posted by: Ryan Reft
All marriages are partnerships, but they can also be professionally collaborative, as is revealed in many Manuscript Division collections. Ruth Bader and Martin Ginsburg and Elizabeth and Daniel Patrick Moynihan are two such examples.
Posted in: Law, Politics, Supreme Court, Women's & Gender History
Posted by: Josh Levy
The National Woman’s Party campaigned against western Democrats for blocking the Nineteenth Amendment. Watch what happened when Senator Key Pittman of Nevada realized he might lose his seat.
Posted in: Politics, Women's & Gender History
Posted by: Julie Miller
A note by Rufus King, President Washington’s ambassador to Great Britain, appears to be a first-hand account of the tie-breaking vote in Congress after the presidential election of 1800. But, King was in London and could not have witnessed events in Washington. So, what is the story behind this note?
Posted in: Early America, Politics