Looking for an indoor activity to escape the summer heat? Volunteer for the By the People transcription program at 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 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.

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 (.

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

FYI Abraham Lincoln fans! The Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association homepage has moved to 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

RT @Crowd_LOC: Volunteers have completed transcriptions for 250k pages of Theodore Roosevelt's Papers! To celebrate of this milestone (and….

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! .

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

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.

RT @JoanECashin: Graduate students in the Civil War field, please consider applying for this grant from the Abraham Lincoln Institute. Not….

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.

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.”

RT @librarycongress: The National Book Festival is THIS SATURDAY. 🎉📚.Download the festival schedule and site map so you can plan ahead and….

The nomination period is open for the 2025 Hay-Nicolay Dissertation Prize, awarded by the Abraham Lincoln Association and Abraham Lincoln Institute. See more information and how to apply.

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 improves.

Find out what kind of military duty Civil War soldier Private William M. Phile of the 27th Regiment Connecticut Infantry found to be particularly rough on his pants.

For anyone who missed attending or viewing online my colleague Adrienne Lundgren's discussion of her new book on Civil War-era federal photographer John Wood, it is now available on YouTube;

People familiar with the Pentagon complex will enjoy this humorous 1942 description. 😆.Of Note: “Its All Completely Nuts.” A Marine’s Humorous View of the New Pentagon Building, November 1942 | Unfolding History