Five Questions with Suzanne Schadl, Chief of the Hispanic Division, Library of Congress
Posted by: Danna Bell
Meet Suzanne Schadl, Chief of the Hispanic Division.
Posted in: Interviews with Experts
Archive: August 2020 (8 Posts)
Five Questions with Ashley W. Greek, Preservation Specialist at the Library of Congress
Posted by: Danna Bell
Meet Ashley Greek, a Preservation Specialist in the Conservation Division.
Posted in: Interviews with Experts
Studying Depictions of Nurses During World War I: Images from Religious Art in Red Cross Posters
Posted by: Danna Bell
While most of the Red Cross posters of nurses can be analyzed or read in distinctly gendered ways, there is a subset that carries clear references to imagery from religious art.
Posted in: Fine and Performing Arts, Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945)
What Does a Portrait Show?
Posted by: Danna Bell
Explore what portraits can say about a person using portraits of Presidents of the United States.
Posted in: Fine and Performing Arts, Presidents
Join Us for Office Hours: A Glimpse into the Library’s Comic Arts Collection
Posted by: Danna Bell
During this week's office hours, Richard D. Deverell, the Library's Swann Foundation Fellow, 2019-2020, will examine the history of censorship in postwar America, focusing on the Comics Code Authority and the regulation of comic books.
Posted in: News and Events
Studying Images of World War I Nurses: The Nurturer in a Red Cross Poster
Posted by: Danna Bell
The Red Cross posters of nurses from WWI are complex images rife with gendered implications and imagery. These images contrast not only against the social movement of feminism happening at the time, but also each other.
Posted in: Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945), Women's History
Join Us for Online Office Hours: Celebrate Hispanic Heritage August 11 and the Library’s Comic Arts Collection August 18
Posted by: Danna Bell
Join us for virtual Office Hours on Tuesday August 11 and 18 at 2pm ET. During office hours you have the opportunity to hear a brief presentation and ask questions of some of the Library of Congress curatorial staff.
Posted in: News and Events
Jason Reynolds August Grab the Mic Newsletter
Posted by: Danna Bell
In this month's newsletter Jason Reynolds explores photographs and considers what photographs do and don't tell people about the person in the image.
Posted in: News and Events, Poetry and Literature