Oct. 14 deadline approaching to apply for the Abraham Lincoln Institute travel grant of $1,000.00 (one thousand dollars) for graduate students in the Civil War field. See https://t.co/WyWurZuU5C for more information on the award and how to apply.
Looking for an indoor activity to escape the summer heat? Volunteer for the By the People transcription program at https://t.co/FU833gAisV! Try the letters of Civil War naval officer Louis M. Goldsborough, which includes letters from his wife Elizabeth and their daughter Lizzie.
The Abraham Lincoln Institute is currently accepting applications for a travel grant of $1,000.00 (one thousand dollars) for graduate students in the Civil War field. See https://t.co/ZLwUgg6HH5 more information on the award and how to apply.
What happens when a Civil War aeronaut plans a balloon ascention but needs someone to guarantee the gas bill will get paid?
Nothing Happens in Washington without a Purchase Order: William J. Rhees and Thaddeus Lowe’s Balloons, 1861. https://t.co/7X7rh3z98N
JOB ANNOUNCEMENT: Digital Engagement Specialist, Library of Congress
Leads efforts to attract and inspire new audiences to use the digital collections of the Library of Congress. For more information and to apply online go to (https://t.co/rfDTnhhSQf)
Good news for students of Abraham Lincoln! Supplements 1 and 2 of “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln” are now available online for the first time, courtesy of the Abraham Lincoln Association. Access the PDF files at https://t.co/SG3bC50LE5
FYI Abraham Lincoln fans! The Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association homepage has moved to https://t.co/kT9GuVzU76. Visit this site to access both the JALA archives and the most recent content available to the public.
🎉Celebrate TR's 166th birthday on October 27 by helping to transcribe his correspondence in the Theodore Roosevelt Papers at the Library of Congress! Content for Nov. 1912-May 1914 now available! What interesting letters will you discover? Find out at https://t.co/QybMS0u3qL
Volunteers have completed transcriptions for 250k pages of Theodore Roosevelt's Papers! To celebrate of this milestone (and Teddy's upcoming birthday), we've added a new batch of letters from 1913-1914 for all the Ted Heads out there.
Dive in here: https://t.co/ihRgfmzn7a
ICYMI live: The recording of the "Made at the Library" conversation with George C. Rable on his book "Conflict of Command" is now available online through the Library of Congress website. Enjoy!
https://t.co/6oLSZJ1K2Q
If you think students misunderstanding their textbooks is a new phenomenon, then you'll enjoy Horace Taft's story about confused students in a Roman History class. Of Note: Not THAT Kind of Husbandry | Unfolding History https://t.co/mqBCPnAbNX
For anyone unable to attend the celebration of life event for Pete Carmichael in Gettysburg tomorrow, it will be livestreamed on the Civil War Institute's YouTube channel beginning at 3pm, and the recording will remain on the site. https://t.co/yCnUaoAX0d
Graduate students in the Civil War field, please consider applying for this grant from the Abraham Lincoln Institute. Note that the dollar amount has been increased.
https://t.co/mJJyGmVqwH
Join us online next Tues., Sept. 17, for a discussion with George C. Rable on his book "Conflict of Command." Registration information included in the blog post.
https://t.co/taE8GYT28y
Join us on Sept. 17 as Library of Congress staff interview historian George C. Rable about his reevaluation of the command relationship of Abraham Lincoln and Gen. George B. McClellan, the focus of his new book “Conflict of Command.” https://t.co/o2e1AV928X
The National Book Festival is THIS SATURDAY. 🎉📚
Download the festival schedule and site map so you can plan ahead and live your best bookish life on festival day!
🔗 https://t.co/WptSSjGzSS
The nomination period is open for the 2025 Hay-Nicolay Dissertation Prize, awarded by the Abraham Lincoln Association and Abraham Lincoln Institute. See https://t.co/5aX5XPvAjR more information and how to apply.
@rachelshelden@andrewkent33 Most American Memory sites were launched in the early 2000s, and were often hand-tooled platforms that became untenable to update and maintain as online technology advanced. Can't speak to the timing, but "Century" lasted longer than most.
Since the American Memory version of the Congressional Globe is no longer functional, you might try the Univ of North Texas Globe site until accessibility to the Globe on https://t.co/3jt1YZOeEL improves. https://t.co/8mnNpPQVJb
@rachelshelden@arielronid Hi Rachel! In case you don't see my reply below, the LOC Law Library gave another researcher a link to the Univ of North Texas Globe site. May work for you until Globe accessibility on the https://t.co/3jt1YZOeEL site improves?
https://t.co/8mnNpPQVJb