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: Making Mexican Chicago with Mike Amezcua June 20th, 2023
• LGBTQ History in New Exhibit: “Join In!” June 1st, 2023
• New American Federation of Labor By the People Crowdsourced Transcription Campaign Launched May 9th, 2023
• Unfolding Research: Delving into the Warren Court with Laura Kalman May 4th, 2023
• Dominicans on the Hill 2023 April 27th, 2023
• Unfolding Research: Making Mexican Chicago April 6th, 2023
• 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