Within the span of about a month, the Dibner Library received two separate inquiries about our lone manuscript page from the draft of the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin. more »
Month: September 2009
L-R: Assistant Director Martin Kalfatovic, Deputy Director Mary Augusta Thomas, Assistant Director Marcia Adams, Dan Cohen On September 24, Dan Cohen was the second speaker in the Libraries’ 2009 Lecture more »
Director Nancy Gwinn and Assistant Director Martin Kalfatovic attended a reception on September 15 at the Library of Congress for a presentation on the World Digital Library (WDL). The highlight more »
The Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum Library boasts more than 10,000 postcards in its “hidden” collection. Arranged by subject in card file drawers, they range in date from the turn more »
Those are the sounds a good old-fashioned typewriter makes after a feverish night of typing done by the literary wordsmith writing the Great American Novel or the muckraking journalist exposing more »
The Libraries isn't exactly pushing the season, but our Cataloging department must review and process titles such holiday-themed now, in preparation for the upcoming season. This particular item, after it more »
Mannen van beteekenis in onze dagen ; — d. 6, 1876?, Portrait of Charles Darwin This well-attended event at the National Museum of Natural History on September 12, 2009, featured more »