AUTHOR: Ryan Reft
Ryan Reft is a historian of the Modern U.S. with a focus on domestic policy and politics in the Manuscript Division. He oversees collections pertaining to the law, Congress, journalism, non-governmental organizations, and LGBTQ+ activism. He co-curated the 2017 exhibition, Echoes of the Great War: American Experiences of World War I and has been writing for various Library blogs since 2015. He also co-authored two library guides: The Federal Paper Chase: Judges' Papers in the Manuscript Division and Richard Nixon's Political Scandal: Researching Watergate in the Manuscript Collections at the Library of Congress.
Most Recent Posts
- Made at the Library: How the John Birch Society Radicalized the American Right March 14th, 2023
- Gideon v. Wainwright at 60: Anthony Lewis, Clarence Gideon, and America’s Public Defenders March 9th, 2023
- Libraries, Self-Determination, and Collaboration: Virginia Mathews and the 1978 White House Preconference on Indian Library & Information Services November 17th, 2022
- Halloween Greetings October 27th, 2022
- Unfolding Research: Exploring the History of the John Birch Society October 13th, 2022
- USA Today at 40 September 15th, 2022
- Boundary Crossing for a Better Future: Pauli Murray, Patricia Roberts Harris, and the 1982 Mayoral Election in the District of Columbia September 1st, 2022
- Behind the Scenes: Surveying Part X of the NAACP Papers August 18th, 2022
- Unfolding Research: Exploring the History of Drug Addiction Policy August 11th, 2022