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William Thornton and negro colonization by Gaillard Hunt
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Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples by marquis de Jean-François-Albert du Pouget Nadaillac
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Diary of a Pedestrian in Cashmere and Thibet by W. H. Knight
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How the Poet Mary Oliver was “Saved by the Beauty of the World”
The beloved poet Mary Oliver, whose papers are preserved at the Library, is the subject of a new documentary, "Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World," now airing on PBS as part of the network's American Masters series. Sasha Waters, the documentary's director, was at the National Book Festival to discuss the film, which was heavily researched at the Library.
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My Job: Serena Ying-Ting Chiu and the American Folklife Center
In this installment of the My Job series, Serena Ying-Ting Chiu tells us about her work as a library technician in the American Folklife Center, where she processes collections containing everything from old manuscripts to films and music recordings. She's a classically trained pianist, originally from Taiwan, and loves the kaleidoscope-like environment of cultures and traditions that swirl through the AFC.
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Sor Juana, the 17th Century Nun Who Became a Mexican (and Feminist) Icon
In 17th-century Mexico, Sor (“Sister”) Juana Inés de la Cruz, a 17th century Catholic nun, used her dazzling scholarship, wit and writings to challenge the church’s harsh limitations on women’s right to education. She has since become regarded as the first feminist of the Americas, a national icon and is featured on national currency.
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David Harrington, the Kronos Quartet and the American Folklife Center
— This is a guest post by David Harrington, the founder and artistic director of San Francisco’s Grammy Award-winning Kronos Quartet. It also appears in the September/October issue of the Library of Congress Magazine. In 2024, the Library appointed Harrington the Kluge Chair in Modern Culture and announced its acquisition of the Kronos archives. The …
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John J. Audubon’s Breathtaking Book of Birds
In the early 19th century, John James Audubon set out to do something no natural history illustrator had attempted at such scale: depict North American birds at life size, in vivid, animated poses. The result was “The Birds of America,” one of the most ambitious — and physically imposing — sets of books ever produced. The Library preserves a full set of the four books, weighing a combined 196 pounds. The 435 illustrations are still in brilliant color.
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Mary Lincoln: “A nice, chatty little letter” Shortly Before the Assassination of her Husband
The Library has acquired and digitized a letter from Mary Lincoln written only two months before Abraham Lincoln's assassination. The "simple, chatty letter," as a Library historian describes, is written to a friend and shows Mary Lincoln's state of mind was as calm and hopeful as at any point during her time in the White House.
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Some of the Spookiest Specters in the Library’s Archives
Library staffers aren’t easily spooked — as proved by a recent presentation by reference specialists on some of their collection’s most haunting finds, just in time for Halloween. The Bell Witch, spirit photography, gargoyles — you never know what you'll come across in the Library's stacks!
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Death of the Magician: 100th Anniversary of Houdini’s Tragic Death
Harry Houdini died 100 years ago this Halloween, the master magician shuffling off this mortal coil on Oct. 31, 1926. But his real final act — the Prestige, in the parlance — was that he never really disappeared. He bequeathed to the Library his astonishing collection of books on magic, witchcraft and spiritualism, about 4,000 books in all, going back to 1489, ensuring that the nation would always have access to his world of the mystical. He remains, after all this time, firmly embedded in pop culture.
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On this day: October 26
October 26 Edward Roye 1341 – The Byzantine army proclaimed chief minister John VI Kantakouzenos as emperor, triggering a civil war between his supporters and those of John V Palaiologos , the heir to the throne. 1871 – Liberian president Edward James Roye (pictured) was overthrown in modern Africa's first coup d'état. 1906 – The Illinois Memorial , honoring Union army soldiers from Illinois who fought at the Siege of Vicksburg , was dedicated at Vicksburg National Military Park . 1994 – Israel and Jordan signed a peace treaty , settling relations between the two countries and pledging that ne
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On this day: October 27
October 27 City Hall station in the 1900s 1726 – In Leipzig , J. S. Bach led the first performance of Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen , one of the few works that he called a cantata . 1904 – The first underground segment of the New York City Subway opened, connecting New York City Hall (station pictured) with Harlem . 1946 – Inter-religious riots in which Hindu mobs targeted Muslim families began in the Indian state of Bihar , resulting in thousands of deaths. 1999 – Armed men led by Nairi Hunanyan carried out a mass shooting at the Armenian parliament , killing Prime Minister Vazgen Sargs
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On this day: October 28
October 28 Statue of Liberty 312 – Civil wars of the Tetrarchy : Constantine the Great defeated Maxentius at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge in Rome. 1453 – Ladislaus the Posthumous was crowned King of Bohemia , although George of Poděbrady remained in control of the government. 1886 – In New York Harbor , U.S. president Grover Cleveland dedicated the Statue of Liberty (pictured) , a gift from France commemorating the Declaration of Independence . 2013 – Members of the Turkistan Islamic Party drove a vehicle into a crowd in Tiananmen Square , Beijing, China, killing five people and injuring t
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On this day: October 29
October 29 : Republic Day in Turkey ( 1923 ) 1831 Bristol riots 1831 – Rioting broke out in Bristol, England, after the Second Reform Bill failed during its passage through Parliament , causing up to 250 casualties and £300,000 of damage (pictured) . 1868 – The Nanbu clan of Honshu surrendered to Japanese imperial forces during the Boshin War . 1956 – Suez Crisis : The Israel Border Police massacred 48 Arab citizens in Kafr Qasim , among them women and children who were returning from work. 1991 – Galileo became the first spacecraft to visit an asteroid when it made a flyby of Gaspra . Edmund
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On this day: October 30
October 30 French troops capturing Stettin 1806 – War of the Fourth Coalition : Believing that they were outnumbered, the German garrison at Stettin surrendered to a much smaller French force (pictured) without a fight. 1966 – Singaporean leftist opposition leader Chia Thye Poh was detained under the Internal Security Act , which allows for preventive detention ; he was released 32 years later. 1991 – The Madrid Conference , an attempt by the international community to revive the Israeli–Palestinian peace process through negotiations, convened. 2001 – Michael Jackson released Invincible , his
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On this day: October 31
October 31 : Halloween Indira Gandhi 1917 – World War I : Allied forces defeated Turkish troops in Beersheba in Southern Palestine at the Battle of Beersheba , the battle involving one of the last successful cavalry charges . 1941 – One hundred crew members of the USS Reuben James perished when their vessel became the first U.S. Navy ship sunk by hostile action during World War II after it was torpedoed by the German submarine U-552 . 1984 – Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi (pictured) was assassinated by two of her own Sikh bodyguards, sparking riots that killed thousands of Sikhs . 2005 –
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On this day: November 1
November 1 : Samhain and Beltane in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, respectively; Rajyotsava (Formation Day) in Karnataka , India ( 1956 ) Goaltender mask worn by Jacques Plante 1921 – Frances Kyle and Averil Deverell were called to the Bar of Ireland , becoming the first female barristers in Ireland or Great Britain. 1959 – After being struck in the face with a hockey puck , Jacques Plante played the rest of the game wearing a face mask (pictured) , now mandatory equipment for goaltenders in ice hockey . 1963 – Lê Quang Tung , loyalist head of the South Vietnam Special Forces , was exe
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On this day: November 2
November 2 Ngô Đình Diệm 1943 – World War II : A U.S. Navy task force turned away an Imperial Japanese Navy formation at the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay , thus protecting the landings at Cape Torokina . 1963 – South Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm (pictured) was arrested and assassinated in Saigon , marking the culmination of a coup d'état led by Dương Văn Minh . 1984 – Velma Barfield , a convicted serial killer, became the first woman to be executed in the United States since 1962. 2008 – Lewis Hamilton overtook Timo Glock in the final corners of the Brazilian Grand Prix to become the Fo
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Wikipedia picture of the day for October 26
The Babylonian captivity , or Babylonian exile, was a period in Jewish history during the 6th century BCE when thousands of Judeans from the ancient Kingdom of Judah were deported to Babylonia . A major deportation occurred in 597 BCE, following the conquest of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar II , with further expulsions after the destruction of the city and Solomon's Temple in 587 BCE. In the aftermath of the Persian conquest of Babylon in 539 BCE, Cyrus the Great permitted the exiles to return to Judah, although many remained in Mesopotamia. The exile had a significant influence on the developme
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