| Veterans History Project: The WASP, First in Flight |
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The story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) is a chapter from World War II nearly forgotten for over 30 years. The first American women trained to fly military aircraft, the WASP logged over 60 million miles between 1942 and 1944 ferrying planes, towing targets, testing planes and training pilots. But they were civil servants, never fully incorporated into the armed forces. In 1977, after Air Force women began training for the first time to fly planes, Congress passed legislation to belatedly give the true pioneers, the WASP, veteran status. And in 2009, surviving WASP veterans were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. |
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| Henry Clay: A Resource Guide |
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The digital collections of the Library of Congress contain a wide variety of material associated with U.S. political figure Henry Clay (1777-1852). This resource guide compiles links to digital materials related to Clay such as manuscripts, letters, broadsides, government documents, and images that are available throughout the Library of Congress website. |
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| New Wise Guide |
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The latest issue of the Wise Guide to the Library of Congress website features fascinating facts on Maryland, ping-pong, flutes, jazz photos and jailbreaks. |
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| Hope for America: Performers, Politics & Pop Culture |
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Bob Hope, who entertainment historian and critic Leonard Maltin declared “may be the most popular entertainer in the history of Western civilization,” was arguably the nation’s best-loved topical humorist during the twentieth century. This exhibition draws from the personal papers, joke files, films, radio and television broadcasts, and other materials donated to the Library of Congress by Bob Hope and his family. |
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| New Wise Guide |
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The latest issue of the Wise Guide to the Library of Congress website features fascinating facts on anarchism, flutes, Bob Hope and hot-air balloons. |
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| Visual Materials from the Papers of John D. Whiting |
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The photographs in the John D. Whiting Collection document two related subject areas: (1) places, events, and people in the Middle East, and (2) daily life among members and associates at the American Colony in Jerusalem. More than 3,200 images cover the years 1870 to 1951, with the bulk dating from 1900 to 1940. From the Prints and Photographs Division. |
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| As the Old Sing, So the Young Twitter |
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The exhibition As the Old Sing, So the Young Twitter takes its inspiration from the musical and verbal relationship between birds and flutes. In the often archaic definitions of words like “Twitter,” “Chatter,” “Record,” and “Warble” are links between birdsong and human music making. Using these four words, this exhibition explores the different realms of flute-playing, from the lively to the serene, and takes an etymological and iconographic journey through the depth and breadth of the Library of Congress collections relating to the flute. |
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| New Wise Guide |
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The latest issue of the Wise Guide to the Library of Congress website features fascinating facts on the Twitter archives, a remarkable gift, a very funny guy and volcano preparedness. |
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| Library General Publishing Program |
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A resource for publishers, editors, and the general public. Find information on the wide variety of publications published by the Library of Congress, learn about co-publishing opportunities, and browse webcasts and audio clips related to recent publications. |
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