The Library of Congress publishes more than 20 blogs, written by subject matter experts from around the Library and covering a variety of different topics, from the scholarly to the playful. Here are a few recent posts that might be of interest to educators.
Antrim’s Mexican Journey, a 19th-century Time Capsule introduces a collection of journals and sketchbooks documenting a journey across Mexico by packhorse in February 1849. The collection offers visual and textual representations of historic buildings, people, places, and more.
Each post in the 25 Years of the National Book Festival retrospective series highlights two videos from one year of the National Book Festival and includes a link to the full menu of recordings from that year, leading up to this year’s festival on September 6. (Can’t attend in person this year? A selection of programs will be livestreamed online and videos of all programs will be available shortly after the festival.)
Crazy About Those Martians presents a conversation with author David Baron, who will speak at the National Book Festival about his book exploring the public fascination with what looked to be the very real possibility of life of Mars.
Everything is Peachy: Summer Recipes from Historic Newspapers highlights sweet and savory recipes featuring peaches.
Library blogs get updated several times a week, so let us know what new favorite post you discover the next time you browse the blogs page. You can also subscribe to Teaching with the Library or other blogs from the Library of Congress!