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Posted by: Rachel McNellis
Explore stories from the life of Philip C. Jessup, a childhood actor and college prankster who became an authoritative voice on international law, navigated global crises as ambassador-at-large under President Harry Truman, and served on the International Court of Justice.
Posted in: International History, Law, Politics
Posted by: Julie Miller
Filipino politician Apolinario Mabini’s “Manifesto Regarding the American Occupation and the Philippine Insurrection,” 1902, provides insight into the shifting political landscape of the Philippines after the conclusion of the Philippine-American War and the subsequent annexation of the archipelago by the United States.
Posted in: International History, Of Note, War and Society
Posted by: Josh Levy
Join us in person for a “Made at the Library” film screening of “Outsider. Freud” (2025) and conversation with filmmaker Yair Qedar. Qedar takes the viewer on a journey into the life and work of Sigmund Freud, set in four acts and combining animation, dreams, and insights from leading psychoanalysts incorporating the Library’s Sigmund Freud Papers and other collections.
Posted in: Events, International History, Science and Technology
Posted by: Julie Miller
The Library of Congress has just received a group of thirteen letters, mostly from Henry Clay to William Harris Crawford, six of which are unpublished. These document the work of the American commissioners who negotiated the Treaty of Ghent, which ended the War of 1812, and the subsequent commercial treaty signed with Britain.
Posted in: Early America, International History, Law, Letters, Politics, War and Society
Posted by: Julie Miller
In letters to her sister, Margaret Hunter Hall (1799-1876), wife of the popular British travel author Basil Hall (1788-1844), recorded her impressions of the United States during a trip the couple took in 1827-1828. These are available for research in the Margaret Hunter Hall Papers in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Posted in: Early America, International History, Letters
Posted by: Julie Miller
The Milagros Gonzalez Jamias Family Photograph Album portrays aspects of Philippine society during the American colonial period, including social and economic reforms implemented by President William S. Taft, and the private life of a wealthy family.
Posted in: Asian American History, International History, Of Note
Posted by: Josh Levy
Staff Favorites is a new interview-based series in which staff members share favorite items from Manuscript Division collections. This guest post is by Manuscript Division cataloging librarian Joy Orillo-Dotson.
Posted in: International History, Staff Favorites, War and Society
Posted by: Josh Levy
Wendell Cannon, a high school teacher from Illinois, toured Europe during his summer break in 1936. His journal, photographs, and other souvenirs capture familiar tourist activities such as a visit to Paris’s Arc de Triomphe as well as the unique experience of visiting Nazi Germany and witnessing Jesse Owens win gold in the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics.
Posted in: International History, Sports, War and Society
Posted by: Julie Miller
Benajah Jay Antrim’s journals and sketchbooks document an American artist’s journey across Mexico in 1849. As of January 29, 2025, you can volunteer to transcribe them as part of the “By the People” crowdsourcing project from the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Digital Collections, Hispanic and Latino History, International History