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Posted by: Lewis Wyman
Professor Jennifer Putzi discusses her work with American women’s diaries, and the impact the transcription experience had on her students.
Posted in: Diaries, Researcher Stories, Women's & Gender History
Posted by: Josh Levy
In 1921, when the National Woman’s Party drafted a constitutional amendment declaring equal rights for men and women, one of the most formidable opponents of the amendment was a friend and ally in the suffrage movement. Florence Kelley, a leading reformer and head of the National Consumers’ League, feared the amendment would put hard-earned workplace protections in jeopardy.
Posted in: Politics, Researcher Stories, Women's & Gender History
Posted by: Ryan Reft
Legal historian Laura Kalman discusses her research into the Warren Court using Manuscript Division collections.
Posted in: Law, Researcher Stories
Posted by: Ryan Reft
In this interview with Manuscript Division staff, historian Mike Amezcua discusses the history of Chicago’s Latinx communities, the manuscript collections he consulted, and his approach to research.
Posted in: Hispanic and Latino History, Researcher Stories
Posted by: Elizabeth Novara
Crystal Brandenburgh, the 2022 National Woman’s Party Research Fellow at the Library of Congress, discusses her research on the policy disagreements between post-1920 women’s organizations, including the National Woman’s Party and the League of Women Voters.
Posted in: Researcher Stories, Women's & Gender History
Posted by: Ryan Reft
Historian Matthew Dallek discusses the history of the John Birch Society, the many manuscript collections he examined, and his approach to research in this interview with Manuscript Division staff.
Posted in: Politics, Researcher Stories
Posted by: Ryan Reft
Historian Emily Dufton discusses the history of drug addiction policy, the Jerome Jaffe Papers, and her approach to research in this interview with Manuscript Division staff.
Posted in: Politics, Researcher Stories
Posted by: Laura Kells
In a class project for a course on Imperial Russian history at Virginia Tech, students learned about the Manuscript Division's holdings of explorer and lecturer George Kennan's personal papers and examined newspaper accounts of his lectures using the Library's Chronicling America website.
Posted in: Digital Collections, International History, Researcher Stories