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Posted by: Danna Bell
I love the Library's collections of prints and photographs. I also love the "Selected Library of Congress Sources for Texas!" However, I would like to share some analog primary sources that we have digitally preserved: the bilingual gazettes (1863), Spanish and French, of the Second Mexican Empire.
Posted in: Government and Law, Hispanic American History, Interviews with Experts
Posted by: Danna Bell
We're delighted to introduce the Library of Congress 2015-16 Teacher in Residence for audio and visual materials. Since 2000, the Library of Congress has selected an exceptional teacher to advise and collaborate with its educational staff. Tom Bober, a librarian at RM Captain Elementary in Clayton, Missouri, has used primary sources on historical and scientific topics from the Library of Congress to help students construct knowledge.
Posted in: News and Events
Posted by: Danna Bell
This year the National Book Festival is bigger than ever with over 200 authors, 1000 volunteers and tons of opportunities to celebrate the joys of reading. As this year is the 200th anniversary of the purchase of Thomas Jefferson's books to help rebuild the Library of Congress we are saluting Thomas Jefferson and using his comment, "I Cannot Live Without Books" as the theme for this year's festival.
Posted in: News and Events
Posted by: Danna Bell
An item in the collections that I love because I think it is both beautiful and intriguing is this poster for P.T Barnum & Co's Greatest Show on Earth.
Posted in: Development of the Industrial United States (1877-1914), Science Technology and Math
Posted by: Danna Bell
September highlights include the life of Jonathan Chapman, commonly known as Johnny Appleseed and John Smith's presidency of the Jamestown settlement.
Posted in: Lesson Ideas
Posted by: Danna Bell
Just like my colleagues I have a number of favorite items within the collections. However, instead of focusing on one item I'm going to focus on a question: "What makes a quilt pretty?"
Posted in: Culture and Folklife
Posted by: Danna Bell
I am a folklorist in the American Folklife Center and I catalog and describe unpublished ethnographic collections from our Archive, so they can be found and explored by users.
Posted in: Culture and Folklife, Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945), Interviews with Experts
Posted by: Danna Bell
The Library of Congress has the locks of many famous and not so famous Americans within its collections. To me, hair is so personal and individual--literally, a part of you--that you can really imagine a living, breathing person attached to it rather than a historical figure
Posted in: Culture and Folklife, Development of the Industrial United States (1877-1914)
Posted by: Danna Bell
One of the advantages the Library of Congress offers is the range and diversity of its collection. Thus, the inherent value of a manuscript collection is enhanced by collections of a comparable nature in the Manuscript Division and other custodial divisions.
Posted in: African American History, Interviews with Experts