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Archive: June 2016 (7 Posts)

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Five Questions with Lisa Taylor, Senior Liaison Specialist, Veterans History Project

Posted by: Danna Bell

I write and edit materials for publication; serve as a blogger; establish and maintain relationships with local and national organizations; coordinate community outreach activities and programming to encourage veterans to tell their stories and to inspire interviewers to record them; and brief Congressional staffers on ways in which they may coordinate Veterans History Project activities within their districts and states.

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Learning “How the Other Half Lives” with Jacob Riis at the Library of Congress

Posted by: Cheryl Lederle

Many of us know Jacob Riis for his compelling photographs, but the exhibition Jacob Riis: Revealing How the Other Half Lives underscores that Riis was also a powerful communicator who "devoted his life to writing articles and books, delivering lectures nationwide, and doggedly advocating for social change"

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New Ebooks from the Library of Congress: Scientific Data, Weather Forecasting, and the New Deal

Posted by: Stephen Wesson

Pore over the first periodic table of elements. Highlight interesting entries in Thomas Jefferson’s handwritten record of temperatures of Monticello. Hear the stories of people struggling to survive the Great Depression. The Library of Congress is once again providing students everywhere with a chance to touch, draw on, and explore treasures from its vast collections with the release of its three newest free interactive ebooks for tablets.