Collections Spotlight: Avalanches & Snow Storms
Avalanches Snow storms/Snowstorms Blizzards Related resources
Avalanches Snow storms/Snowstorms Blizzards Related resources
Library blog posts Gift Card Designing c1922 Interactive primary source holiday cards Greeting cards image set More greeting cards New Year’s cards image set Christmas cards image set North Vietnam Says It Will Allow POWS to Receive Christmas Cards and Gifts Forwarding of Letters and Christmas Cards to U.S. Servicemen Missing in Southeast Asia Historical…
Natural disasters primary source set with teacher’s guide Natural Disasters primary source set Disasters, Devastation and Destruction from America’s Library Severe Weather In Custodia Legis Natural Disasters: A Resource Guide National Geographic Natural Disasters National Severe Storms Laboratory Natural Disasters: Nature’s Fury lesson plan Avalanches & snow storms Cyclones hurricanes, typhoons Earthquakes Fire! Floods &…
Earthquake damage photos Earthquake films & videos Earthquake maps Earthquake oral histories And behold there was a great earthquake, an Easter anthem sheet music Books, reports & other texts about earthquakes U.S. historical newspaper coverage: earthquakes U.S. legislation related to earthquakes Global Legal Monitor articles related to earthquakes U.S. Geological Survey: Earthquake Hazards Library blog…
Tornado images Tornado scenes in St. Louis 1896 Insurance map illustrating scope of damage by tornado in Gainesville, Georgia Tornado sheet music U.S. historical newspaper coverage related to tornadoes Books America’s Greatest Flood and Tornado Calamity c. 1913 The Great Tornado of 1821 in New Hampshire A Modern Herculaneum: Story of the New Richmond Tornado…
Floods Flood images Flood maps Oral histories related to floods Flood sheet music Swept by Mighty Waters c. 1913 Books, reports and other texts related to floods U.S. historical newspaper coverage: flood disasters Johnstown Flood (1899): Topics in Chronicling America select articles & timeline Galveston Flood of 1900: Topics in Chronicling America select articles & timeline…
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On June 19, 2019, Joy Harjo was appointed the 23rd Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry by Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden. On making the appointment, Dr. Hayden said: Joy Harjo has championed the art of poetry—‘soul talk’ as she calls it—for over four decades. To her, poems are ‘carriers of dreams, knowledge and wisdom,’ and through…