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Photograph of attendees at Representative Adriano Espaillat's Dominicans on the Hill event examining exhibit items arrayed on a confrerence table inside the Capitol Visitor Center.

Dominicans on the Hill 2023

Posted by: Ryan Reft

Archivist in blue hoodie prying open dark green metal cabinet with crowbar

Behind the Scenes: Sorting Part X of the NAACP Papers

Posted by: Josh Levy

Sign reading "Save Our Republic: Impeach Earl Warren" with American flag in corner

Made at the Library: How the John Birch Society Radicalized the American Right

Posted by: Ryan Reft

Green and purple poster laying on table, picturing sign-carrying suffragist

Of Note: A Poster from Suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst’s 1911 American Tour

Posted by: Elizabeth Novara

Embroidered cloth showing a cartoon GI Joe-cupid character shooting a heart with the message "1943 To my eternal Valentine Dorsey Wife from Husband Dave, London."

This Just In: Newly Processed Manuscript Collections

Posted by: Lewis Wyman

first page of handwritten manuscript letter beginning with "Dear Sir"

George Washington, “The Greatest Man in the World”?

Posted by: Elizabeth Novara

Handwritten message on printed telegram form

Of Note: Lincoln Reelected. Simple Message, Complex Messaging System

Posted by: Michelle Krowl

Handwritten copy (with deletions crossed out and additions added) of the first few sentence of Jefferson

If You Can’t Say Something Nice…: James and Lucretia Garfield on Abraham and Mary Lincoln

Posted by: Michelle Krowl

Handwritten copy (with deletions crossed out and additions added) of the first few sentence of Jefferson

Unfolding Research: Exploring the History of the John Birch Society

Posted by: Ryan Reft