Archive: July 2017 (3 Posts)

Refined by: (Author) Danna Bell; (Year) 2017; (Month) July

One woman watches as another examines with a magnifying glass an ornate, decorative image on a printed page

Five Questions with Karen Lloyd, Director of the Library of Congress Veterans History Project

July 18, 2017

I am the Director of the Veterans History Project, part of the American Folklife Center, at the Library of Congress. VHP's mission is to gather the oral histories of veterans and ensure they are accessible so current researchers and future generations understand what they saw, did and felt during their selfless service to our nation.

Posted in: Interviews with Experts, Veterans and Military History

Five Questions with Gary Johnson, Reference Librarian, Library of Congress Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room

July 11, 2017

Posted by: Danna Bell

As a reference librarian in the Newspaper & Current Periodical Reading Room my basic functions are to answer questions about and provide access to the Library's collection of serials (newspapers and periodicals) and government documents.

Posted in: Interviews with Experts

Celebrating Independence Day with the American Colony in Jerusalem at the Turn of the 20th Century

July 4, 2017

Posted by: Danna Bell

Though away from home, the members of the Colony celebrated Independence Day. The picture below shows the Colony's pageant at the start of the 20th century.

Posted in: Holidays, Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945)

Refined by: (Author) Danna Bell; (Year) 2017; (Month) July