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Archive: June 2019 (7 Posts)

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Five Questions with Arlene Balkansky, Reference Specialist, Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room

Posted by: Danna Bell

Arlene Balkansky loves working with the full range of people visiting Newspaper and Current Periodical reading room, whether on-site or remotely: the teenager working on a National History Day project, the family interested in comic books, the university student, the teacher participating in the Library’s Summer Teacher Institute, the genealogist, the professor, the filmmaker, the author, and more.

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

Researching Aerial Locomotion – Kites and Alexander Graham Bell

Posted by: Danna Bell

In his quest for knowledge, Alexander Graham Bell meticulously documented his experiments through correspondence and journals. Studying these documents can lead to insights into his processes and approaches to recording his work as well as deeper understanding of particular experiments or inventions.

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

Illuminating Primary Sources with Electric Lights

Posted by: Danna Bell

What would it be like to walk city streets without streetlights? or to read a book or do homework by candle light? Elementary students may struggle to understand the many changes that electricity brought about in homes and industry, but focusing on the changes brought by electric lighting may be easier for them.