Here’s a wide range of historical highlights for you to consider this weekend. (I’m especially fond of the article about the Ancient Egyptian burial shroud.)
Sound archives preserve recordings for future generations; read about some sounds that are being saved here, here, and here.
Have you ever heard of Mary Golda Ross?
What do you know about Isabella of Castile?
An ancient Egyptian burial shroud was discovered in a Scottish museum, where it had lain dormant for 80 years.
Read about this recent acquisition by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill:
“Livre de Prières [published in 1886] is the first and only illustrated book woven on a Jacquard loom. The Jacquard loom was invented in 1804; it employs a punch card system of programming to produce complex woven patterns of textiles. This punch card system inspired 19th-century inventor Charles Babbage, who examined the loom while working on his Analytical Engine. Employing an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 punched cards to complete its complex design, Livre de Prières is considered to be a precursor to computer programming.”
Who knew that President Polk’s final resting place was a controversial issue?
Here are some tips for researching photographs relating to World War II military units.
Collaborative history blogs are going mainstream.
A reminder that librarians change lives.