During July 1-3, 1863, the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War took place around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The Confederate defeat is seen as the turning point of the war ending more »
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After losing the rights to his original animated character, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Walt Disney created a new character named Mortimer Mouse who was quickly renamed Mickey Mouse. Mickey first more »
The James Smithson Bicentennial Medal was presented for conveyance to Claude Lévi-Strauss, who has been called the “father of modern anthropology,” on June 24, 2009 when he was 100 years more »
Did you know that the National Air and Space Museum Library (NASM) collects historical children's books on aeronautical themes? Yes, there are picture books and juvenile readers about balloons and planes and more »
This month’s featured S.I. Libraries exchange partner is the 120-year-old Japan Academy in Ueno Park, Tokyo, Japan founded in 1897 by Yukichi Fukuzawa under the name Tokyo Academy. The Academy’s more »
In a previous post, we featured candy recipes from the 1907 Ice Cream and Candy Makers’ Factory Guide. As you can tell from the title, the guide also has an more »
Believe it or not, clocks played a very important role for the foreign missionaries in opening the door to China in the 16th and 17th centuries. Italian Jesuit missionary Matteo more »