While recently wandering through the twisting halls of the National Museum of American History, my colleagues and I bumped into a young researcher at the Libraries' American History Library. Joseph more »
Month: July 2009
2009 is the centennial year of the discovery of the Burgess Shale fossil in the Rocky Mountains of southeastern British Columbia, Canada. In 1909, Charles Walcott—the fourth secretary of the more »
On June 26 twenty-three Catholic University of America (CUA) library program students and two instructors, Diane Schnuurpusch and Michele Masias, came to the National Museum of American History and the more »
Mary Jinglewski from Cottey College joined the Libraries for a six-week internship this summer. Jinglewski, hailing from the state of Georgia, spent her internship in the National Museum of American more »
In 1940, a star was born. Bugs Bunny appeared in A Wild Hare which also starred his ever-hunting co-star, Elmer Fudd. Over the past 69 years, Bugs has starred in more »
Recto: Abraham Woodside (born Philadelphia, PA, 1819; died Philadelphia, PA,1853) Verso: Carte-de-visite photographer: H. G. DeBurlo, Philadelphia, PA Abraham Woodside was a prominent artist in Philadephia in the mid-nineteenth century. more »
Garrison-Wagner Company, Christmas Displays, 1955 If the summer heat is getting you down, why not close your eyes and try to conjure up a snowman and celebrate Christmas in July? more »