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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: crowd.loc.gov/campaigns/roug…
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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. lincoln-institute.org/schola…
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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! 🔗 loc.gov/events/2024-national…
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New! Transcribe James Garfield's correspondence from the Civil War through his Congressional career and learn more about Garfield's fascinating pre-presidential life: crowd.loc.gov/campaigns/garf…
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Sneak peek at an upcoming campaign in the new @Librarycongress Magazine -- a 1865 scroll signed by 3,740 Black South Carolinians petitioning for equal rights. More details to come on how you can help us transcribe their names! loc.gov/lcm/pdf/LCM_2023_010…
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"Darling you + I must trade books. You must make me read Middlemarch, + I want you to read Walks in Rome - that you may live over that golden week we spent among all its wonders -" Love a couple that reads! James to Lucretia Garfield 1873-04-28 @Crowd_LOC crowd.loc.gov/campaigns/garf…
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Joseph Holt lived through one of the most important elections in US history: the 1864 presidential race, won by Abraham Lincoln. Transcribe his letters from 1864 to learn more: crowd.loc.gov/campaigns/jose…
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Michelle A. Krowl retweeted
Today we are celebrating the 125th anniversary of the @librarycongress Thomas Jefferson Building. What part is your favorite?
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NEW CAMPAIGN ALERT! We just launched 5,000+ pages of James A. Garfield's personal correspondence for transcription. Explore the former president's letters to and from his family: crowd.loc.gov/campaigns/garf…
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Michelle A. Krowl retweeted
In 2 years volunteers have completed over 80,000 pages of President Theodore Roosevelt's correspondence! 33,000+ more await peer review. Jump in to see what TR's friends and critics had to say and help ensure these transcriptions are whole and accurate: crowd.loc.gov/campaigns/roug…
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Are you a Civil War buff? Transcribe Joseph Holt's wartime letters! Holt presided over courts-martial cases as the Judge Advocate General of the US Army. He stayed true to the Union and broke with most of his family in KY who supported the Confederacy. crowd.loc.gov/campaigns/jose…
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NEW! Transcribe the correspondence of Joseph Holt, judge advocate general during the Civil War. Holt's papers cover the whole history of the war, from the sectional crisis to Reconstruction. Jump in here: crowd.loc.gov/campaigns/jose…
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This statue of President James A. Garfield is found at the United States Capitol (@uscapitol) in Washington, D.C. Sculpted by John Quincy Adams Ward w/ pedestal by Richard Morris Hunt, the monument was unveiled & dedicated #onthisday 135 years ago: May 12, 1887. #WashingtonDC
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Everyone is invited to a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Lincoln Memorial on the morning of May 22, 2022. Put it on your calendar now and RSVP for updates! lnkd.in/gAb8yY3A
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY LUCRETIA! Lucretia Rudolph Garfield born in Garrettsville, OH #OnThisDay 190 yrs ago: 4/19/1832. She married future POTUS James Garfield in 1858 & became mother to 7. First Lady of U.S. 1881. She loved art, literature, architecture, & more. Lived until 3/13/1918.
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To preserve the Lincoln Memorial statue for another century, we're announcing a plan to rotate the massive stone figure 180°, so the backside will face the entrance & shield the front from exposure. A rotating turntable option was rejected. Learn more: nps.gov/nama/linc01.htm
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Authors/historians/readers/researchers: James A. Garfield had your back. #jamesagarfieldnhs #twitterstorians
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BREAKING NEWS: After years of silence, President James A. Garfield has finally decided to speak out on an important topic. His full statement is as follows: “Mondays? Oh, yeah, they’re terrible.” Image: @librarycongress. #jamesagarfieldnhs #jamesagarfield
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NEW! Celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth by transcribing documents related to African American military service and experience from the American Revolution to WWI in our newest campaign: go.usa.gov/xtmWQ