Archive: August 2018 (2 Posts)

Refined by: (Author) Stephen Wesson; (Year) 2018; (Month) August

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

Women in Baseball: A Junior Fellow Meets the Bloomer Girls

August 14, 2018

As mentioned in my previous blog post, I am one of 40 Junior Fellows at the Library of Congress this summer, and I have been working on researching women in baseball and updating the Library's primary source set for educators on baseball.

Posted in: Development of the Industrial United States (1877-1914), Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945), Women's History

Explore Japanese Prints from the Library’s “Anime for All” Event

August 9, 2018

Posted by: Stephen Wesson

As part of the Library's “Anime for All” event series in conjunction with the Asian pop-culture convention Otakon, we’ve put together a special public display highlighting Japanese graphic arts and storytelling which includes some spectacular portraits of heroic warriors.

Posted in: Fine and Performing Arts, News and Events

Refined by: (Author) Stephen Wesson; (Year) 2018; (Month) August