AUTHOR: Sonia Kahn

Sonia joined the Library of Congress in 2018 after graduating from the University of California, Berkeley with a bachelor of arts in both history and political science. She served as a library technician, helping to process maps as they make their way into the Geography and Map Division’s collection. In 2022 she completed her master of library and information science from Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis. Sonia left the Library in Spring 2023 to pursue other archival opportunities.

Most Recent Posts

• Oh, the One Place You’ll Go March 31st, 2023
• Man and Metropolis: The Story of Houston March 2nd, 2023
• Mapping Magnitude: The Evolution of Earthquake Maps January 20th, 2023
• Double Double Trials and Trouble October 31st, 2022
• Indeterminately Independent: The Volatile Autonomy of the Spanish Region of Catalonia September 9th, 2022
• What Goes Up Must Come Down: A brief history of New York City’s elevated rail and subway lines May 19th, 2022
• The City Which Would Not Be Cowed: The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 October 8th, 2021
• Shaken to the Core April 14th, 2021