Mary, The Primary Source Librarian | February 17, 2008
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has a great new online exhibit called Running for Office: Candidates, Campaigns, and the Cartoons of Clifford Berryman. Given the interest of young people in the current presidential campaigns, this exhibit comes at just the right time. Fifty-two early 20th century political cartoons drawn by Clifford Berryman have [...]
Mary, The Primary Source Librarian | February 11, 2008
To prepare for my recent presentation on the 1908 national Democratic convention in Denver as seen through historic newspapers, I quickly found myself happily wandering through Colorado’s Historic Newspaper Collection. Honestly, old newspapers really can be a source of delight and amazement. In just eight months, Denver built a brand new auditorium to attract the [...]
Mary, The Primary Source Librarian | February 3, 2008
Over the past two days I attended and presented at the fourth annual Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) “Librarian Days 2008″on the Auraria Campus in downtown Denver. About one hundred forty educators from across Colorado – mostly school library media specialists and classroom teachers, with a number of technology coordinators in the mix – came [...]