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Posted by: Josh Levy
A 1937 tea party held at the home of the chief of naval operations, today’s official vice presidential residence, reveals a mansion that was once a showcase of women’s hidden political influence within the nation’s military elite.
Posted in: War and Society, Women's & Gender History
Posted by: Michelle Krowl
Experience Abraham Lincoln’s second inauguration on March 4, 1865, through selected scenes from the day.
Posted in: Civil War, War and Society
Posted by: Elizabeth Novara
In the latest book talk from the Made at the library event series, join author Allison S. Finkelstein as she discusses her research for Forgotten Veterans, Invisible Memorials: How American Women Commemorated the Great War, 1917-1945.
Posted in: Events, War and Society, Women's & Gender History
Posted by: Elizabeth Novara
In anticipation of National Cat Day on October 29, this post highlights some feline-related imagery and expressions of friendship found in the Manuscript Division’s Clara Barton Papers.
Posted in: War and Society, Women's & Gender History
Posted by: Michelle Krowl
Join us on September 17, the anniversary of the 1862 battle of Antietam, as Manuscript Division historian Michelle Krowl and reference librarian Lara Szypszak interview historian George C. Rable about his new book Conflict of Command: George McClellan, Abraham Lincoln, and the Politics of War, which reevaluates the command relationship between General McClellan and President Lincoln during the Civil War.
Posted in: Civil War, Events, War and Society
Posted by: Andrea J. Briggs
A brief look at the life and collection of Robert A. Lavender, and an archivist’s one-sided but deeply felt relationship with the collection.
Posted in: Aviation, Behind the Scenes, War and Society
Posted by: Michelle Krowl
Find out what kind of military duty Civil War soldier Private William M. Phile of the 27th Regiment Connecticut Infantry found to be particularly rough on his pants.
Posted in: Civil War, War and Society
Posted by: Lewis Wyman
As the 2024 Summer Olympics kicks off this month, we take a look at the intersection of three remarkable American lives at the Stockholm Olympics in 1912.
Posted in: International History, Native American History, Sports, War and Society
Posted by: Michelle Krowl
When the U.S. Army started moving into the Pentagon in 1942, author, artist, and U.S. Marine Corps officer Colonel John W. Thomason, Jr., penned a humorous, but not entirely complimentary, description of the new building.
Posted in: Of Note, War and Society