Today is the anniversary of D-Day, June 6, 1944. the National Museum of American History Library has many wonderful titles in its collection.—Elizabeth Periale, with huge thanks to Chris Cottrill more »
Category: Collection Highlights
Children's book author Richard Scarry was born today. The Libraries has a number of this classic author and illustrator's books in its collection, many of them considered rare: At the more »
Today commemorates the first Hot Air Balloon Flight By the Montgolfier brothers in 1783. A truly golden age of ballooning…—Elizabeth Periale Barthélemy Faujas de Saint-Fond, Description des Expériences de la more »
Today is National Doughnut Day! How do you plan to celebrate?—Mary Ann Wilson From the Libraries' trade literature collection: New uncrowded business field, big steady profits in electrically-baked greaseless cake more »
L-R: Grace Duke, Richard Naples, Alvin Hutchinson, David Holbert, Keri Thompson, Martin Kalfatovic, Conrad Ziyad, Erin Thomas, Erin Clements Rushing This newly renamed division is headed by Martin Kalfatovic, Assistant more »
He haunts physics textbooks. His cat is featured on T-shirts. He won a Nobel Prize. Who is he? A newly digitized manuscript collection can help us find out! Although Austrian more »
Departure of the First Ohio Zouave Regiment from Cincinnati for Western VirginiaSketch by Henry Mosler (1841-1920)from Harper's Weekly, October 5, 1861, p. 631 Henry Mosler was born in Troplowitz, Silesia, more »