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June 27, 2016Posted in: Special Collections
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June 15, 2016Posted in: Special CollectionsAfter an exchange of words with his father and an undisclosed dispute with the local sheriff, Carson J. Dale (1888-1916) abruptly left his home in Wiggins, Mississippi and headed to England to join the fight in WWI. Under the guise of being Canadian, he joined the 1/6th Gloucestershire Regiment.
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May 11, 2016Posted in: Special CollectionsCover. Bound Music Collection, Volume 231. Mss. 1.12.
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April 1, 2016Posted in: Special CollectionsBefore a collection makes its way to a researcher's table in the reading room, archivists take considerable time preparing it: sort
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March 23, 2016Posted in: Special Collections
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March 16, 2016Posted in: Special CollectionsThe Library of Congress's reconstruction of Thomas Jefferson's library now receives many visitors who wander through the remarkable library of a remarkable man, institutionalized at the very heart of the US government. The importance and preservation of the libraries of "great men" has been a part of our history for a long time; and most national, university, college, and other institutional libraries are based around those of white men.
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March 2, 2016Posted in: Special CollectionsPhotograph of amphitheater ruins, 1979.
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February 24, 2016Posted in: Special CollectionsPirates, pirates, pirates!
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January 20, 2016Posted in: Special CollectionsBefore superhero and princess Valentine’s Day cards, we had Lord Byron.
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December 16, 2015Posted in: Special CollectionsNineteenth-century bound sheet music of
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