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New Optical Lab Brings LOC into 21st Century
(The following is a guest article about new preservation capabilities at the LOC by my colleague Donna Urschel, which was recently published in the the Library’s staff newsletter, the Gazette.)...
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Gateway to Knowledge Guest Post #5.1
This is one of a series of guest posts by Abigail Van Gelder, who with her husband, Josh, is journeying across the country on the Library’s “Gateway to Knowledge” traveling exhibition: Congressman...
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Gateway to Knowledge Guest Post #7
This is the seventh in a series of guest posts by Abigail Van Gelder, who with her husband, Josh, is journeying across the country on the Library’s “Gateway to Knowledge” traveling exhibition: We knew...
View ArticleThe View From 30,000 … Maps!
This is a guest post by Donna Urschel of the Library’s Public Affairs Office. If you’ve ever wondered where you are, or where you might be going, know this: if you have access to a computer, the...
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New and Improved
The Library of Congress is constantly in the process of improving its products and services to better assist its patrons, friends and researchers. Recently we launched a series of updates to the...
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Legal Cleanup on Aisle 4!
If someone set a bowl of cheese curls in front of you and declared it “breakfast,” would you be able to discern it from cereal? Wesley Verge explains the case Even if you’re the type who likes cold...
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Let the Games Begin!
Tonight the 2012 Olympics in London kick off. The excitement has certainly been building all year as enthusiasts have followed the torch relay and participating athletes and teams. I can admit that the...
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Countdown to Book-Stravaganza
Scouts can get a badge for attending the Festival. Just days stand between the book-lovers of the USA and the Library of Congress National Book Festival! But don’t just stare at the countdown clock on...
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Mapping Slavery
Edwin Hergesheimer. “Map Showing the Distribution of the Slave Population of the Southern States of the United States Compiled from the Census of 1860.” Washington: Henry S. Graham 1861. Geography and...
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Civil War Cartography, Then and Now
During the Civil War, cartographers invented new techniques to map the country and the conflict more accurately than ever before in the nation’s history. Since then, cartographic technology has evolved...
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A Gift for President Karzai — and for You
On Thursday evening, a very nice gift was given, and received, in an ornate room at the U.S. Department of State. Afghan President Hamid Karzai was the recipient – on behalf of several libraries and...
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Trending: Summer Vacation
All across the country, people are traveling for summer vacation. The Library’s collections document this age-old trend. A contemporary country road in rural America. Photo by Carol Highsmith. Prints...
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Witnesses to History, Keepers of the Flame
This is a guest post by Cheryl Fox of the Library’s Manuscript Division The First Battle of Bull Run/Manassas (July 21, 1861) set many precedents in American history—key troops were transported by...
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Carrying a Torch — Ours!
The Library of Congress (top right) overlooks its National Book Festival, which returns to the National Mall Saturday, Sept. 21 and Sunday, Sept. 22 With the Library of Congress National Book Festival...
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One Day, 15 Hours, 53 Minutes and Counting …
Pavilions arise … the Library of Congress National Book Festival opens Saturday The Library of Congress National Book Festival is just hours away! It’s free … it’s open to the public on the National...
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A Congressional Legacy: The Peter Force Library
1865 portrait of Peter Force / Mathew Brady, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchased through an act of Congress in 1867, the Peter Force Library became the foundation of the Library’s Americana...
View ArticleA Celebration of Mexico: Masterpieces of Aztec Material Culture
One in 10 people living in the United States of America is of Mexican origin. One in five Americans is Hispanic. The Library of Congress is hosting a special “Celebration of Mexico” next month to honor...
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You’re Supposed to Steep Tea in Boiling Water
The destruction of tea at Boston Harbor. 1846. Prints and Photographs Division. On Dec. 16, 1773, a group of Bostonians dressed as Mohawk Indians boarded ships docked in Boston Harbor and dumped some...
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Ten Thousand Treasures
The World Digital Library – a website of world cultural treasures offered free of charge in seven languages to anyone on the planet with access to the Internet – has put up its 10,000th offering. It...
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WDL Marks 5 Years of Sharing Cultural Treasures with Globe
(The following is an article written by Mark Hartsell, editor of the Library of Congress staff newsletter, The Gazette.) Director John Van Oudenaren delivers a presentation about the World Digital...
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