This blog post highlights unusual maps found in the Geography and Map Division collections including a chart of port cities, a history of the Civil War, and a railroad organization chart.
In honor of Asian / Pacific American Heritage Month, Library of Congress 2023-2024 Innovator in Residence Jeffrey Yoo Warren invites the public to experience hidden portals to five historic Asian American communities created with Library of Congress collections for the month of May.
This is a guest post by Geography and Map Division summer intern, Wayne Hastings, who worked on processing and housing the John Parr Snyder Collection. Imagine this. During the summer of 1972, the United States was in the midst of one of the most wildly impressive eras of technological and scientific development – the Space …
Please join Geography and Map Division staff for our first virtual orientation of 2023! Date: Tuesday, February 14, 2023 Time: 3:00-4:00 pm (Eastern) Location: Zoom Register for this session here! Reference librarians Amelia Raines and Julie Stoner will present an introduction to the Library of Congress Geography and Map collections. This general orientation session will highlight a …
This is a guest post by Rachel Trent, Digital Collections and Automation Coordinator in the Geography and Map Division. Every time you look at an online image of a historical map, what you’re viewing is really just a spreadsheet of numbers. Or more likely, three spreadsheets, one each for red, green, and blue (the technical way to …