The Library’s Website for Teachers: A New Look for a Trusted Resource
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
Learn about the updates to the Teachers Page.
Posted in: News and Events, Teaching Tools
Archive: August 2020 (10 Posts)
Coming Soon: A New Look for Our Site for Teachers
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
If you’re a longtime user of the Library’s site for Teachers or are just hearing about it now, watch this space! The site will be receiving an update very soon with a fresher look and easier access to our most effective teacher resources. We hope you’ll find this new version of the site more useful …
Posted in: News and Events
Five Questions with Suzanne Schadl, Chief of the Hispanic Division, Library of Congress
Posted by: Danna Bell
Meet Suzanne Schadl, Chief of the Hispanic Division.
Posted in: Interviews with Experts
Five Questions with Ashley W. Greek, Preservation Specialist at the Library of Congress
Posted by: Danna Bell
Meet Ashley Greek, a Preservation Specialist in the Conservation Division.
Posted in: Interviews with Experts
Studying Depictions of Nurses During World War I: Images from Religious Art in Red Cross Posters
Posted by: Danna Bell
While most of the Red Cross posters of nurses can be analyzed or read in distinctly gendered ways, there is a subset that carries clear references to imagery from religious art.
Posted in: Fine and Performing Arts, Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945)
What Does a Portrait Show?
Posted by: Danna Bell
Explore what portraits can say about a person using portraits of Presidents of the United States.
Posted in: Fine and Performing Arts, Presidents
Join Us for Office Hours: A Glimpse into the Library’s Comic Arts Collection
Posted by: Danna Bell
During this week's office hours, Richard D. Deverell, the Library's Swann Foundation Fellow, 2019-2020, will examine the history of censorship in postwar America, focusing on the Comics Code Authority and the regulation of comic books.
Posted in: News and Events
Studying Images of World War I Nurses: The Nurturer in a Red Cross Poster
Posted by: Danna Bell
The Red Cross posters of nurses from WWI are complex images rife with gendered implications and imagery. These images contrast not only against the social movement of feminism happening at the time, but also each other.
Posted in: Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945), Women's History
Join Us for Online Office Hours: Celebrate Hispanic Heritage August 11 and the Library’s Comic Arts Collection August 18
Posted by: Danna Bell
Join us for virtual Office Hours on Tuesday August 11 and 18 at 2pm ET. During office hours you have the opportunity to hear a brief presentation and ask questions of some of the Library of Congress curatorial staff.
Posted in: News and Events