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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: Elizabeth Novara
In 1933, psychoanalyst Frieda Fromm-Reichmann fled Nazi Germany. Before landing in the United States, she passed through France. An item from the Manuscript Division’s collections tells this story.
Posted in: International History, Of Note, Science and Technology, War and Society
Posted by: Elizabeth Novara
The Vietnam Women’s Memorial exemplifies one representational, and controversial, addition to the larger Vietnam Veterans Memorial, and is part of a broader debate over who and what becomes part of the nation’s public memory.
Posted in: War and Society, 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
The last Sunday in September is designated as Gold Star Mother’s and Family’s Day, a time to reflect upon, honor, and preserve the histories not only of those who have died in military service, but also the parents, spouses, and family members who continue on in the midst of sorrow.
Posted in: War and Society, Women's & Gender History
Posted by: Elizabeth Novara
A new crowdsourcing transcription campaign features the Manuscript Division’s Hannah Arendt Papers.
Posted in: Digital Collections, Literature Culture & the Arts, War and Society, Women's & Gender History
Posted by: Elizabeth Novara
The holiday cards of Mary Marvin Breckinridge Patterson convey more than season’s greetings, providing insight into her career as a photographer in the 1930s and her life as the spouse of a U.S. foreign service officer from 1940 to 1958.
Posted in: Holidays, War and Society, Women's & Gender History
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