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Mr Jefferson's Library (5 part series)
Michael Goldfarb visits the Library of Congress and Thomas Jefferson's home at Monticello in Virginia to see how Jefferson's reading shaped the beginnings of American history.
#MichaelGoldfarb
#LibraryOfCongress
#ThomasJefferson
#Monticello#BBCRadio4 #BookOfTheWeek #BBCBOTW #BBCBookOfTheWeek
(15 minute episodes) (very fast reading presentation style)
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Mr Jefferson's Library (5 part series)
Michael Goldfarb visits the Library of Congress and Thomas Jefferson's home at Monticello in Virginia to see how Jefferson's reading shaped the beginnings of American history.
#MichaelGoldfarb
#LibraryOfCongress
#ThomasJefferson
#Monticello#BBCRadio4 #BookOfTheWeek #BBCBOTW #BBCBookOfTheWeek
(15 minute episodes) (very fast reading presentation style)
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Mr Jefferson's Library (5 part series)
Michael Goldfarb visits the Library of Congress and Thomas Jefferson's home at Monticello in Virginia to see how Jefferson's reading shaped the beginnings of American history.
#MichaelGoldfarb
#LibraryOfCongress
#ThomasJefferson
#Monticello#BBCRadio4 #BookOfTheWeek #BBCBOTW #BBCBookOfTheWeek
(15 minute episodes) (very fast reading presentation style)
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Mr Jefferson's Library (5 part series)
Michael Goldfarb visits the Library of Congress and Thomas Jefferson's home at Monticello in Virginia to see how Jefferson's reading shaped the beginnings of American history.
#MichaelGoldfarb
#LibraryOfCongress
#ThomasJefferson
#Monticello#BBCRadio4 #BookOfTheWeek #BBCBOTW #BBCBookOfTheWeek
(15 minute episodes) (very fast reading presentation style)
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Mr Jefferson's Library (5 part series)
Michael Goldfarb visits the Library of Congress and Thomas Jefferson's home at Monticello in Virginia to see how Jefferson's reading shaped the beginnings of American history.
#MichaelGoldfarb
#LibraryOfCongress
#ThomasJefferson
#Monticello#BBCRadio4 #BookOfTheWeek #BBCBOTW #BBCBookOfTheWeek
(15 minute episodes) (very fast reading presentation style)
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A Tribute to Patrick Hemingway with Sandra Spanier | The Hemingway Society
A Tribute to Patrick Hemingway with Sandra Spanier
Hemingway and his children, photo via Wikipedia. By Not specified, owned by John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum – Ernest Hemingway Photograph Collection, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7895616Share on Facebook, Share on Twitter, Share on LinkedIn, Subscribe with Apple Podcasts, Subscribe with RSS, Download this episode
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September 10, 2025
At One True Podcast we were sad to hear of the death of Patrick Hemingway, the middle son of Ernest, who died on September 2, 2025. Patrick Hemingway (1928-2025) lived a life that was truly Hemingwayesque: traveling like his father, living much of his life in Africa, hunting and fishing, and determined to maintain the legacy of his father’s literary work.
We invited Sandra Spanier, General Editor of the Hemingway Letters Project, to share her memories of Patrick, including his contributions to the Letters Project, her visits with him, and a poignant interview with Patrick that was conducted just a few months ago. Our episode closes with a soundbite from that June 2025 interview.
We hope you enjoy this immediate reaction to the sad news of Patrick’s passing.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: A Tribute to Patrick Hemingway with Sandra Spanier | The Hemingway Society
#2025 #Books #Death #Education #ErnestHemingway #HemingwaySociety #History #Libraries #Library #LibraryOfCongress #Obituary #OneTruePodcast #Passing #PatrickHemingway #Reading #September2 #Son #UnitedStates
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A Tribute to Patrick Hemingway with Sandra Spanier | The Hemingway Society
A Tribute to Patrick Hemingway with Sandra Spanier
Hemingway and his children, photo via Wikipedia. By Not specified, owned by John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum – Ernest Hemingway Photograph Collection, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7895616Share on Facebook, Share on Twitter, Share on LinkedIn, Subscribe with Apple Podcasts, Subscribe with RSS, Download this episode
Listen to the podcast, also on many podcast platforms.
September 10, 2025
At One True Podcast we were sad to hear of the death of Patrick Hemingway, the middle son of Ernest, who died on September 2, 2025. Patrick Hemingway (1928-2025) lived a life that was truly Hemingwayesque: traveling like his father, living much of his life in Africa, hunting and fishing, and determined to maintain the legacy of his father’s literary work.
We invited Sandra Spanier, General Editor of the Hemingway Letters Project, to share her memories of Patrick, including his contributions to the Letters Project, her visits with him, and a poignant interview with Patrick that was conducted just a few months ago. Our episode closes with a soundbite from that June 2025 interview.
We hope you enjoy this immediate reaction to the sad news of Patrick’s passing.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: A Tribute to Patrick Hemingway with Sandra Spanier | The Hemingway Society
#2025 #Books #Death #Education #ErnestHemingway #HemingwaySociety #History #Libraries #Library #LibraryOfCongress #Obituary #OneTruePodcast #Passing #PatrickHemingway #Reading #September2 #Son #UnitedStates
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A Tribute to Patrick Hemingway with Sandra Spanier | The Hemingway Society
A Tribute to Patrick Hemingway with Sandra Spanier
Hemingway and his children, photo via Wikipedia. By Not specified, owned by John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum – Ernest Hemingway Photograph Collection, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7895616Share on Facebook, Share on Twitter, Share on LinkedIn, Subscribe with Apple Podcasts, Subscribe with RSS, Download this episode
Listen to the podcast, also on many podcast platforms.
September 10, 2025
At One True Podcast we were sad to hear of the death of Patrick Hemingway, the middle son of Ernest, who died on September 2, 2025. Patrick Hemingway (1928-2025) lived a life that was truly Hemingwayesque: traveling like his father, living much of his life in Africa, hunting and fishing, and determined to maintain the legacy of his father’s literary work.
We invited Sandra Spanier, General Editor of the Hemingway Letters Project, to share her memories of Patrick, including his contributions to the Letters Project, her visits with him, and a poignant interview with Patrick that was conducted just a few months ago. Our episode closes with a soundbite from that June 2025 interview.
We hope you enjoy this immediate reaction to the sad news of Patrick’s passing.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: A Tribute to Patrick Hemingway with Sandra Spanier | The Hemingway Society
#2025 #Books #Death #Education #ErnestHemingway #HemingwaySociety #History #Libraries #Library #LibraryOfCongress #Obituary #OneTruePodcast #Passing #PatrickHemingway #Reading #September2 #Son #UnitedStates
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A Tribute to Patrick Hemingway with Sandra Spanier | The Hemingway Society
A Tribute to Patrick Hemingway with Sandra Spanier
Hemingway and his children, photo via Wikipedia. By Not specified, owned by John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum – Ernest Hemingway Photograph Collection, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7895616Share on Facebook, Share on Twitter, Share on LinkedIn, Subscribe with Apple Podcasts, Subscribe with RSS, Download this episode
Listen to the podcast, also on many podcast platforms.
September 10, 2025
At One True Podcast we were sad to hear of the death of Patrick Hemingway, the middle son of Ernest, who died on September 2, 2025. Patrick Hemingway (1928-2025) lived a life that was truly Hemingwayesque: traveling like his father, living much of his life in Africa, hunting and fishing, and determined to maintain the legacy of his father’s literary work.
We invited Sandra Spanier, General Editor of the Hemingway Letters Project, to share her memories of Patrick, including his contributions to the Letters Project, her visits with him, and a poignant interview with Patrick that was conducted just a few months ago. Our episode closes with a soundbite from that June 2025 interview.
We hope you enjoy this immediate reaction to the sad news of Patrick’s passing.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: A Tribute to Patrick Hemingway with Sandra Spanier | The Hemingway Society
#2025 #Books #Death #Education #ErnestHemingway #HemingwaySociety #History #Libraries #Library #LibraryOfCongress #Obituary #OneTruePodcast #Passing #PatrickHemingway #Reading #September2 #Son #UnitedStates
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A Tribute to Patrick Hemingway with Sandra Spanier | The Hemingway Society
A Tribute to Patrick Hemingway with Sandra Spanier
Hemingway and his children, photo via Wikipedia. By Not specified, owned by John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum – Ernest Hemingway Photograph Collection, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7895616Share on Facebook, Share on Twitter, Share on LinkedIn, Subscribe with Apple Podcasts, Subscribe with RSS, Download this episode
Listen to the podcast, also on many podcast platforms.
September 10, 2025
At One True Podcast we were sad to hear of the death of Patrick Hemingway, the middle son of Ernest, who died on September 2, 2025. Patrick Hemingway (1928-2025) lived a life that was truly Hemingwayesque: traveling like his father, living much of his life in Africa, hunting and fishing, and determined to maintain the legacy of his father’s literary work.
We invited Sandra Spanier, General Editor of the Hemingway Letters Project, to share her memories of Patrick, including his contributions to the Letters Project, her visits with him, and a poignant interview with Patrick that was conducted just a few months ago. Our episode closes with a soundbite from that June 2025 interview.
We hope you enjoy this immediate reaction to the sad news of Patrick’s passing.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: A Tribute to Patrick Hemingway with Sandra Spanier | The Hemingway Society
#2025 #Books #Death #Education #ErnestHemingway #HemingwaySociety #History #Libraries #Library #LibraryOfCongress #Obituary #OneTruePodcast #Passing #PatrickHemingway #Reading #September2 #Son #UnitedStates
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Inside the Library of Congress’s Collection – Library of Congress
Photograph of digital display by Shawn Miller/Library of Congress.
Inside the Library of Congress’s Collection
The nation’s library is an ever-expanding temple of knowledge and creativity. Here are a few of its most incredible, unexpected, and otherwise historic jewels.
Written by Ron Cassie | Published on July 24, 2025
During the War of 1812, British troops famously torched the US Capitol, burning down the still-new home of the fledgling country’s legislative body. Also going up in flames? Roughly 3,000 books, largely about law, that made up the Library of Congress’s core collection.
Within a month, former President and noted bibliophile Thomas Jefferson offered his personal library as a replacement. His offer was warmly received by many in the House and Senate, but not by all. Massachusetts representative Cyrus King, an opposition Federalist, argued that Jefferson’s diverse holdings—which included works in Greek, Latin, French, Italian, Spanish, and Old English, as well as a translation of the Qur’an—would foster his “infidel philosophy” while being “in languages which many cannot read, and most ought not.”
The bill narrowly passed, along party lines, and Congress paid almost $24,000 for Jefferson’s 6,487 books. On May 8, 1815, as a final wagonload of books left Monticello, Jefferson wrote to Samuel Harrison Smith, who had helped facilitate the sale, that “an interesting treasure is added to . . . the depository of unquestionably the choicest collection of books in the U.S. and I hope it will not be without some general effect on the literature of our country.”
Jefferson eventually got his wish. Today, the Library of Congress is a national jewel. Its main building on Capitol Hill, opened in 1897 and later named for the Founding Father, is home to a domed Main Reading Room that endures as one of Washington’s most elegant spaces. Within the library’s collection of more than 178 million items, the world’s largest, are a number of incredible treasures—and across the following pages, we’ve highlighted some of our favorites.
More incredible still? Most of what the institution has to offer is accessible with a simple library card.
In many ways, the modern library is the brainchild of former Librarian of Congress Ainsworth Spofford, a visionary who lobbied Abraham Lincoln for the job and then stayed on through nine (!) Presidents. Spofford led construction of the Thomas Jefferson Building and a major expansion of the collection, working toward his broader goal of establishing a national library. He succeeded yet never lost sight of the institution’s original mission to serve legislators: For decades, the Jefferson Building and the Capitol were connected by an underground tunnel equipped with an electric book trolley and pneumatic message tubes. Lawmakers (or really, their staffers and pages) could send book requests to librarians via the tubes, and librarians could send books back via the trolley.
In the early 2000s, the book tunnel was demolished to make room for the underground Capitol Visitor Center. A separate, pedestrian-friendly tunnel now links the two buildings, where librarians can still be spotted wheeling book carts from time to time. That’s hardly the only way the library has evolved. Its physical collection is now housed in three Capitol Hill buildings and other facilities in Maryland and Virginia; its digital collection, begun in 1994, contains more than 900 million files; its collections of sounds, music, prints, moving images, and photographs date back more than 100 years and continue to grow alongside audiovisual media and communication.
Editor’s Note: Read the rest of the story, at the below link.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Inside the Library of Congress’s Collection
#2025 #America #Books #History #Libraries #Library #LibraryOfCongress #Monticello #Reading #Science #Technology #ThomasJefferson #ThomasJeffersonLibrary #UnitedStates