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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: Lewis Wyman
Learn about twelve recently processed new collections and additions to twelve other existing collections. This post is the first of what will be a regular blog feature announcing recently available collections.
Posted in: African American History, Civil War, Diaries, Journalism, Labor, Letters, Politics, Science and Technology, War and Society
Posted by: Lewis Wyman
Join the Manuscript Division for a special night of Live! at the Library on Thursday, May 19, from 5 pm to 8 pm in the Thomas Jefferson Building in honor of the 100th anniversary of the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial.
Posted in: Civil War, Events, War and Society
Posted by: Lewis Wyman
George S. Patton kept a personal journal during his involvement in the 1916 Mexican Expedition. While serving as aide-de-camp to General John J. Pershing, he recorded many observations of the military campaign against Pancho Villa’s forces - everything from day to day activities, to the first use of airplanes by the U.S. Army in a combat roll and its last use of mounted cavalry. This is the first of many wartime diaries that Patton kept during his military career.
Posted in: Diaries, War and Society