http://www.metafilter.com/tags/Library+congress Posts tagged with 'Library' and 'congress' at MetaFilter. Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:16:32 -0800 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:16:32 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/75363/The%2DMystery%2Dof%2DDorcas%2DSnodgrass <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2868006945/">What happened to Dorcas Snodgrass?</a> I don't know who did this research on this nurse, but she's haunting me and the articles hint at a tragic mystery but leave many unanswered questions. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.75363 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:16:32 -0800 congress flickr library mystery nurse of chickaboo http://www.metafilter.com/73328/This%2Ddeal%2Dhere%2Dis%2Dnew "<a href="http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/newdeal/">New Deal Programs: Selected Library of Congress Resources</a> was created to serve as a starting point for research using Library of Congress collections of New Deal program materials." Includes links to numerous collections of <a href="http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/newdeal/am.html">digitized materials</a>, including <a href="http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsowhome.html">photos</a>, <a href="http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaposters/wpahome.html">posters</a>, <a href="http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/afccchtml/cowhome.html">music</a>, <a href="http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/wpahome.html">manuscripts</a> and <a href="http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fedtp/fthome.html">more</a>. Some of these individual sites have been linked here before, but the "New Deal Programs" portal in the first link is the first time the individual collections have been...uh... collected by the LOC. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.73328 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:55:46 -0800 collection collections congress deal fdr folkways fsa ftp library libraryofcongress LOC new newdeal wpa dersins http://www.metafilter.com/70243/Library%2Dof%2DCongress%2DHistoric%2DBaseball%2DResources The Library of Congress has unveiled a <a href="http://www.loc.gov/topics/baseball/index.html">baseball history section</a> on their website. You can see old <a href="http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/bbhtml/bbhome.html">baesball cards</a>, <a href="http://www.loc.gov/topics/baseball/photos/panorama.html">panoramic shots</a>, a section for <a href="http://memory.loc.gov/learn/community/cc_baseball.php">teachers</a> and, coolest of all, a video of a baseball game shot by Thomas Edison in <a href="http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/h?ammem/papr:@field(NUMBER+@band(awal+1317}))">1898</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.70243 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:20:38 -0800 baseball congress library loc of zzazazz http://www.metafilter.com/50978/2005%2DNational%2DRecording%2DRegistry The Library of Congress has competed its <a href="http://www.fcw.com/article94066-04-13-06-Web#related">annual selection of 50 sound recordings</a> for the <a href="http://www.loc.gov/rr/record/nrpb/">2005 National Recording Registry</a>. Nominations are being accepted for 2006. tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.50978 Mon, 17 Apr 2006 16:17:37 -0800 congress library loc stbalbach http://www.metafilter.com/39016/September%2D11%2D2001 <a href="http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/911_archive/">September 11, 2001</a> is an online documentary from the Library of Congress with "nearly 170 audio and video interviews, totaling 40 hours, with photos, drawings, written narratives and poems." (<a href="http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/911_archive/911about.html">About the collection.</a>) <small>[via <a href="http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2005/01/26/records/index.html">Salon</a>]</small> tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.39016 Wed, 26 Jan 2005 16:01:42 -0800 11 congress library september kirkaracha