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PTSD: A Lasting Impact of War
The following is a guest blog post by Rachel Telford, Archivist for the Library of Congress Veterans History Project (VHP). A version of this article was previously published on the Library of Congress...
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Bringing the Church into the World: The Civil Rights Struggle & the Student...
(This guest blog is provided courtesy of our old friend, David Cline, assistant professor of history and director of the graduate certificate in public history at Virginia Tech. Many Library patrons...
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Alan Lomax in Haiti: A Visit from Gage Averill
The following is a guest post by Todd Harvey, AFC’s Lomax collection curator. Portions of the post appeared in a short essay Todd contributed to the Haiti box set pictured below. Alan Lomax in Haiti,...
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Kites Rise on the Wind: The Origin of Kites
“Haru no akebono” (Spring Sunrise), by Utagawa, Kuniteru, (1830?-1874), woodcut print on three sheets (Japan). Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division....
View ArticleBilly McComiskey Concert Online for St. Patrick’s Day!
Last Summer I profiled Billy McComiskey, Irish-American button accordion player, National Heritage Fellow, and leader in the east coast Irish traditional music scene. I promised to update our readers...
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Appalachian Veterans: Our History, Their Story
The following is a guest blog post by Tea McCaulla, an English instructor at Pickaway-Ross Career & Technology Center (PRCTC) in Ohio. Each year, she incorporates the Veterans History Project (VHP)...
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CSU-MB (and Fort Ord) Goes to Washington
Although we often don’t like to admit it, much in life comes down to chance, luck and serendipitous encounters. In April 2014, I attended a panel presentation at the National Council on Public History...
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From Thread to Fabric to Art
An unidentified African American woman spinning flax on a spinning wheel. Photo by Paul Gunter, ca. 1907. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a27459 Before the industrial era, much of the work of the...
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