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Posted by: Michelle Krowl
Manuscript Division intern Maureen S. Thompson describes the experience of locating African Americans in the Blair Family Papers, and highlights some of the notable documents she discovered.
Posted in: African American History, Early America, Intern Spotlight, Letters, Women's & Gender History
Posted by: Michelle Krowl
Civil War soldier and artist Charles Wellington Reed proves that today’s emojis had Civil War ancestors.
Posted in: Civil War, Digital Collections, Letters, Of Note, War and Society
Posted by: Michelle Krowl
While the Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency Records might not contain your grandfather’s Pinkerton’s employment history, the collection offers information about the Pinkertons who ran the family’s agency and some of the more interesting criminals they investigated.
Posted by: Michelle Krowl
How did James A. Garfield's wife respond when he channeled his inner "mean girl" after observing Abraham and Mary Lincoln for the first time?
Posted in: Digital Collections, Letters, Politics
Posted by: Michelle Krowl
In an 1861 letter to her mother, sixteen-year-old Louisa Russell recounted a Thanksgiving feast that battled against her "considerably tight" clothing.