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Posted by: Elizabeth Novara
This Thanksgiving take inspiration from Alice Stone Blackwell’s “Pleasure Book,” where the journalist and women’s rights advocate recorded daily moments of optimism and joy.
Posted in: Diaries, Digital Collections, Holidays, Women's & Gender History
Posted by: Elizabeth Novara
Kaila Brugger, a 2022 Archives History and Heritage Advanced Internship Program (AHHA) intern, explores diaries that speak to her from within the Manuscript Division's holdings.
Posted in: African American History, Civil War, Diaries, Intern Spotlight, Women's & Gender History
Posted by: Elizabeth Novara
James E. Gee was captured three days after arriving at the European front in July 1918. His haunting POW journal bears silent witness to the experiences of American prisoners of war during World War I.
Posted in: Diaries, War and Society
Posted by: Elizabeth Novara
On the 200th anniversary of Clara Barton’s birth on Christmas Day 1821, a look at Barton’s birthday diary entries and her published holiday greetings reveals the complexities of this well-known figure. Volunteer to transcribe and review newly added materials from the Clara Barton Papers on the Library of Congress’s By the People crowdsourced transcription website during Barton’s birthday month.
Posted in: Civil War, Diaries, War and Society, Women's & Gender History