Mary, The Primary Source Librarian | December 25, 2007
If you take a look at the December 25 Today in History feature from the Library of Congress, you’ll find some wonderful memories of Christmas recorded for the American Life Histories WPA project between 1936 and 1940. (If you miss December 25 today, just look in the archives of Today in History for that date.) [...]
Mary, The Primary Source Librarian | December 16, 2007
Yesterday was Bill of Rights Day. Even though many students are now on winter break, and others are just marking time until we release them, I thought I should go in search of a few resources for teaching about the Bill of Rights. Just pack these links away in your back pocket for next December [...]
Mary, The Primary Source Librarian | December 12, 2007
I just “attended” another free interactive webcast from the Library of Congress, and I’d like to share some of my favorite primary sources from the session. Every month a team of Library of Congress reference librarians gathers at the OPAL auditorium to present a program to interested librarians, historians, and the general public. I always [...]
Mary, The Primary Source Librarian | December 4, 2007
Sorry about the low number of posts in the past few weeks. I’m currently on the road in Germany, and my access to primary sources (aka computer time) has been limited. Just wanted to let my blog readers know about an upcoming Tapped In session that I heard about from Michael Hutchison, a Social Studies [...]