What’s New at Schaffer Library

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Some of the more interesting maps made available this month include:

• 31 battle and other maps related to World War I, including the Marne and Meuse-Argonne.
• Chronological map of the influenza epidemic of 1918 in the United States·
• Map of the United States showing routes of the principal explorers from 1501 to 1844
• Geological reconnaissance maps of Alaska
• Maps of the National Parks from 1918, including tourist maps.
• Map showing the prehistoric migrations of the Slavs in Bohemia and Moravia.
• Map summarizing American deaths in the Mexican Revolution, 1910-1920.

Of the new documents added to the collection, here are some that stand out:

• Volume 12173 86th-1st S.doc.#13 Review of U.S. Government operations in Latin America
• 12194 86th-1st H.doc.#211 150th anniversary of birth of Abraham Lincoln 1809-1959
• 12285 86th-2nd H.doc.#433 American Ethnology Bureau bulletin 181; Isleta Paintings (featuring 141 color plates)
• 12331 87th-1st S.rp.#994 Freedom of communications, pt. 1. Speeches, remarks, press conferences, and statements of Senator John F. Kennedy, Aug. 1-Nov. 7, 1960
• 12332 87th-1st S.rp.#994 Freedom of communications, pt. 2. Speeches, remarks, press conferences, and study papers of Vice President Richard M. Nixon, Aug. 1-Nov. 7, 1960
• 12333 87th-1st S.rp.#994 Freedom of communications, pt. 3. Joint appearances of Senator John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard M. Nixon, Presidential campaign of 1960

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Tweet Congress


Tweet Congress allows you to see which representatives in Congress are using Twitter to update their constituents about their legislative work. A “Tweetstream” allows you to see the latest updates from all Congress reps who are Tweeting; you can also explore who is tweeting from Congress by state as well as political party.

Follow @tweetcongress on Twitter.

You can also follow “TweetCongress” at http://twitter.com/tweetcongress and on Facebook at http://ow.ly/184.

Some of the more interesting maps* made available this month include:

• Map depicting the route of Theodore Roosevelt’s 1913-1914 expedition to the Amazon Basin
• 17th and 18th Century maps tracing Indian lands in the Colonial Carolina
• Travel maps of national parks, circa 1914

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