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- Doing Research at the Library of Congress (2017) https://www.loc.gov/rr/main/research/ 2 comments
- “Diagram of All Space and Time” by Carl Sagan (1960s?) https://www.loc.gov/resource/mss85590.084/ 30 comments
- Help identifying this WWII American cargo truck? https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.84081/ 3 comments military
- George Washington, September 17, 1796, Farewell Address https://www.loc.gov/resource/mgw2.024/?sp=240&st=text 5 comments politics
- 100 Years Ago - Ice skating at the (then new) Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C. [January 1922] https://www.loc.gov/resource/hec.41910/ 2 comments hockey
- Website where you can listen to audio recordings from the 1890s https://www.loc.gov/audio/?dates=1890-1899 3 comments internetisbeautiful
- If someone starts running for president at 34, then turns 35 right before the election day, are they still able to run? https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/elections/presidential-election-process/requirements-for-the-president-of-the-united-states/ 8 comments politics
- TIL that the guys who wrote Take Me Out to the Ballgame had never seen a baseball game. https://loc.gov/item/ihas.200153239 5 comments baseball
- On this day in history... https://www.loc.gov/resource/cwpb.06538/ 3 comments navy
- The Library of Congress has made a free online collection of a hundred children's books from a century or more ago available online https://www.loc.gov/collections/childrens-book-selections/about-this-collection/ 88 comments books
- James Madison thought these books formed the "intellectual nucleus" for the Library of Congress... anybody have any idea what's on it? The LOC's scan is too blurry for me to read. https://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/cph.3b26570/?co=cph 6 comments books
- Faces and Voices from the Presentation. Interviews from former slaves https://www.loc.gov/collections/voices-remembering-slavery/articles-and-essays/faces-and-voices-from-the-presentation/?loclr=twloc?loclr=twloc& 4 comments history
- Papers of President Theodore Roosevelt Now Online https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-18-132/?loclr=fbloc& 100 comments history
- The Library of Congress has digitized 1,750 of Branch Rickey's scouting reports from the 1950s and 60s. Includes reports on Hank Aaron, Lou Brock, Sandy Koufax, and more https://www.loc.gov/collections/branch-rickey-papers/about-this-collection/ 47 comments baseball
- A baseball poster from 1895 http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/ppmsca.18405/ 29 comments baseball
- The Library of Congress has provided a portal to its digitized World War One holdings for use throughout the 2017 centenary and beyond https://www.loc.gov/topics/world-war-i/ 7 comments history
- The oldest fiction book listed on the Library of Congress' Books That Shaped America exhibition is The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Are there other fiction books from before 1820 that are worth noting? http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/books-that-shaped-america/exhibititems.html 27 comments books
- America Reads: the 65 most influential books written in America http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2016/16-088.html 11 comments books
- Former US Presidents discussion series - Part IV https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Indian.html 158 comments politics
- PSA: Your library has more books than you realize https://www.loc.gov/rr/loan/ 16 comments books
- Philosophers Habermas and Taylor to Share $1.5 Million Kluge Prize http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2015/15-125.html?loclr=twloc 2 comments philosophy
- TIL The writer of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" had never been to a major league game, and wouldn't do so for thirty-two years after coming up with the lyrics. http://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200153239 10 comments baseball
- Chrome won't play music from US Library of Congress? http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/recordings/detail/id/2281 3 comments chrome
- Video of Men Playing Hockey in New Jersey from 1898 http://www.loc.gov/item/00694223 31 comments hockey
- Course Material from Carl Sagan's 1965 Astronomy 170 Course at Harvard has been Digitized and Published http://loc.gov/item/cosmos000027?loclr=blogadm 9 comments science
- this is so sad :-( http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2013/13-A06.html 17 comments books
- The Library of Congress has a huge collection of digitized materials from the Rare Book & Special Collections Division. Really cool stuff. Making collections like this available to the public is what makes ebooks great. http://www.loc.gov/rr/rarebook/digitalcoll.html 13 comments books
- 209 years ago today the Louisiana Purchase was ratified http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/louisiana.html 6 comments history
- Anyone else going to the National Book Festival in DC later this month? Here's the author lineup. http://www.loc.gov/bookfest/authors/ 26 comments books
- The Empire That Was Russia: The Prokudin-Gorskii Photographic Record Recreated [amazing pre-WWI color prints from czarist Russia] (A Library of Congress Exhibition) http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/ 3 comments history
- Belarus: Browsing Foreign Websites a Misdemeanor http://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205402929_text= 7 comments europe
- So, I have this idea... reddit should create the largest oral history project ever. http://www.loc.gov/folklife/ 238 comments reddit.com
- According to my boss and coworker, the separation of church and state is not part of the US constitution. What's going on? http://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/9806/danpre.html 21 comments reddit.com
- Growing Up Black in Nazi Germany: The Remarkable Life of Ebony Editor Hans Massaquoi http://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/0003/black_nazi.html 5 comments history
- Why do pigeons bob their heads while they walk? http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/pigeon.html 2 comments science
- A Simpler Time [Pic] http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/boundforglory/images/bg0007.jpg 2 comments reddit.com
- America 1940s (70 photos with location/commentary) [non link-jacked version] http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/boundforglory/glory-exhibit.html?x 25 comments reddit.com
- An Herblock Cartoon from 1964 - History Repeats. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/images/hb015.jpg 9 comments reddit.com
- Hi-Resolution Color Pictures from the 1930s and 40s http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/boundforglory/glory-exhibit.html 17 comments reddit.com
- The Empire That Was Russia: Awesome, high-quality 100 year old color pictures, before color cameras existed ! http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/making.html 14 comments reddit.com
Linking pages
- The metaverse is dystopian – but to big tech it’s a business opportunity | John Naughton | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/29/the-metaverse-is-dystopian-but-to-big-tech-its-a-business-opportunity 1020 comments
- Judy Blume: 'I thought, this is America: we don't ban books. But then we did' | Children and teenagers | The Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jul/11/judy-blume-interview-forever-writer-children-young-adults 614 comments
- The Smithsonian and the National Gallery held on as long as they could. They’re closing. - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/the-smithsonian-and-the-national-gallery-held-on-as-long-as-they-could-theyre-closed/2019/01/01/ff06f66e-0d3d-11e9-84fc-d58c33d6c8c7_story.html?noredirect=on 494 comments
- Walt Whitman's lost novel The Life and Adventures of Jack Engle found | Walt Whitman | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/feb/21/walt-whitmans-lost-novel-the-life-and-adventures-of-jack-engle-found 175 comments
- Someone needs to save the Internet Archives from the lawyers and I have an idea | TechRadar https://www.techradar.com/computing/websites-apps/someone-needs-to-save-the-internet-archives-from-the-lawyers-and-i-have-an-idea 98 comments
- The metaverse is dystopian – but to big tech it’s a business opportunity | John Naughton | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/29/the-metaverse-is-dystopian-but-to-big-tech-its-a-business-opportunity?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other 50 comments
- Library of Congress and FTC will take their sites offline if gov’t shuts down | Ars Technica http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/09/library-of-congress-says-it-will-take-its-site-offline-if-govt-shuts-down/ 26 comments
- What the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Destroyed - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/05/24/us/tulsa-race-massacre.html 18 comments
- "America Reads" Exhibition to Open June 16 | Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2016/16-088.html 11 comments
- 29 Photos Of Russia You Won't Believe Are 100 Years Old http://www.buzzfeed.com/alanwhite/29-photos-of-russia-you-wont-believe-are-100-years-old 9 comments
- I’ve been studying congressional emails to constituents for 15 years − and found these 4 trends after scanning 185,222 of them https://theconversation.com/ive-been-studying-congressional-emails-to-constituents-for-15-years-and-found-these-4-trends-after-scanning-185-222-of-them-225618 9 comments
- Obama to Take Oath on Same Bible as Lincoln - The New York Times http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/23/obama-to-take-oath-on-same-bible-as-lincoln/ 8 comments
- Playback: 130-Year-Old Sounds Revealed - Berkeley Lab – News Center http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2011/12/14/old-sounds-revealed/ 7 comments
- Istituto di Politiche Pubbliche e Scelte Collettive - POLIS | DIGSPES http://polis.unipmn.it/pubbl/repec/uca/ucaiel/iel024.pdf 6 comments
- Library of Congress Accepts First Emoji Novel | Mashable http://mashable.com/2013/02/19/library-congress-first-emoji-novel/ 3 comments
- Article: Okay kids, raise your hand if you can say Geospatial-Intelligence! | OpEd News http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_laura_ro_070815_okay_kids_2c_raise_you.htm 2 comments
- Best Online Research Tools You've Never Heard Of http://oedb.org/library/features/best-online-research-sites 2 comments
- Philosophers Habermas and Taylor to Share $1.5 Million Kluge Prize | Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2015/15-125.html?loclr=twloc 2 comments
- How to Use Your Library Card to Check Out E-Books, Audiobooks and More - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/25/technology/personaltech/library-card-ebooks-apps-libby.html 2 comments
- Guide to DRM-Free Living: Literature | Defective by Design https://www.defectivebydesign.org/guide/ebooks 1 comment