George Washington, Sportsman: From His Own Journals

By Dr. Colleen Yarger – George L. Ohrstrom, Jr. Curator of Library Collections Did you know that many of our nation’s Presidents enthusiastically participated in sporting pastimes covered under the National Sporting Library & Museum’s (NSLM) mission? As our institution is dedicated to preserving, promoting, and sharing the literature, art, and culture of equestrian, angling, […]

Fingerprints

By Colleen Yarger, George L. Ohrstrom, Jr. Curator of Library Collections Do you see it and recognize it for what it’s worth? Because I didn’t the first time I saw it… Beginning July 2022, with my tenure at National Sporting Library & Museum (hereafter NSLM), I have been researching and working towards a Forrest E. […]

Spot On!

by Colleen Yarger, George L. Ohrstrom, Jr. Curator of Library Collections “Huh, well that’s different…” I noted in the early hours of a Monday morning in the dark and empty Library’s main reading room. When I made this statement, I was transferring files from the Patricia Williams MacVeagh Photo Collection to Internet Archive, and a […]

Adoring Aquatint

by Colleen Yarger, George L. Ohrstrom Jr., Curator of Library Collections aq·ua·tint NOUN VERB I’ll admit, ever since I learned about this printmaking method a few years ago, I have become head-over-heels enamored with this medium. What, you may ask, makes it worthy of my affection? Well, it’s an art. It’s a science. It’s tremendously […]