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Profile of Sitgreaves in monochrome

Two American Diplomats in London and the Presidential Election of 1800

Posted by: Julie Miller

Three headshots, from left: monochrome portrait of woman with high-necked dress and updo hairstyle, monochrome portrait of bearded man in black robe with severe facial expression, and color portrait of young man in loose fitting shirt

Made at the Library: Claiming Space in the Capital City of Science

Posted by: Josh Levy

Yellowed printed invitation card

Boy Scout Robert Inglis Jr. Embarks on Polar Expedition, Survives Catastrophe

Posted by: Rachel McNellis

Man offering flower bouquet to a woman

Of Note: Valentines for Suffrage

Posted by: Elizabeth Novara

Monochrome photograph of four men sitting at table with two men in background, all wearing suits, handwritten caption below

Of Note: From a Cow in a Chapel to the Berlin Blockade: Introducing Ambassador Philip C. Jessup

Posted by: Rachel McNellis

Film poster with red background, showing Freud looking to camera

Made at the Library: Outsider. Freud, In-Person Film Screening and Conversation with Director Yair Qedar

Posted by: Josh Levy

Cartoon of man dressed in blue coat standing with back to Rumford fireplace, pots on mantle above

Thomas Jefferson and the Rumford Fireplace

Posted by: Julie Miller

Made at the Library: Alias Agnes: The Notorious Tale of a Gilded Age Spy, with Elizabeth A. DeWolfe

Posted by: Elizabeth Novara

Did Lucretia Garfield Really Say That? Sourcing the Dialogue in the Netflix Series Death by Lightning

Posted by: Michelle Krowl