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Posted by: Danna Bell
As the Senior Reference Specialist for the Veterans History Project (VHP), I work to make our collections accessible to on-site users as well as those who visit us in the American Folklife Center reading room.
Posted in: Interviews with Experts, Veterans and Military History
Posted by: Danna Bell
The Teacher Resources team wishes you a wonderful and safe Independence Day.
Posted in: Fine and Performing Arts, Holidays
Posted by: Danna Bell
As an archivist in the Music Division, I am fortunate to put my hands on historical documents every day for the purpose of eventually putting them into yours, either by showcasing them in person, sharing them through interactive digital exhibits, or indirectly highlighting them by facilitating the scholarship of other patrons.
Posted in: Fine and Performing Arts, Interviews with Experts
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.
Posted in: Interviews with Experts, Veterans and Military History
Posted by: Danna Bell
The Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) Regional program has just awarded a $20,000 grant to the Academy of American Poets to support the addition of resources from the Library's collections to the Academy's Teach This Poem series for the 2019-2020 school year.
Posted in: News and Events, Poetry and Literature
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.
Posted in: Development of the Industrial United States (1877-1914), Science Technology and Math
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.
Posted in: Science Technology and Math
Posted by: Danna Bell
We invite you to join that great audience as the Library celebrates Whitman’s 200th birthday with children, teens, and their families on June 1, 2019.
Posted in: News and Events, Poetry and Literature
Posted by: Danna Bell
Memorial Day can provide an opportunity for students to consider how we honor and remember important people within our communities.
Posted in: Holidays