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Photograph of Sam Ponczak smiling head and shoulders

“Lest You Forget”: Samuel Ponczak (1937-2022)

Card with photograph of a baby sleeping in a small cloth hammock.

Why Celebrate New Year’s?

The recipe completed with finished gingerbread, accompanied by candied ginger and cranberries on a white plate with a blue rim. Photo courtesy of author.

Of Note: A Dessert Straight Out of History

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

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

Handwritten message on printed telegram form

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

Photograph of Ann Cottrell interviewing refugees in China, the photograph is in black and white with Free wearing a long skirt and a what appears to be a beige top, 1948. Box 224, Ann Cottrell Free Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress.

Recently Processed Ann Cottrell Free Papers Expand Coverage of Women Journalists in the Manuscript Division

Woman speaking at a podium.

Live! at the Library: Reflections from the Past, Present and Future with Mosaic Theater

Head and shoulders portrait . Printed at bottom: SAMUEL EDMUND NICHOLS. DURING THE WAR

Of Note: Trust Your Gut: A Civil War Soldier’s Thanksgiving

Stereograph of MAjor General Benjamin F. Butler with Butler two profile images of Butler circa 1861-1865, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress.

Made at the Library: Benjamin Franklin Butler, Reevaluating the Man Behind the Caricatures