Today in history.
Contributors: Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program.
Publisher: Library of Congress
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906.; Smithsonian Institution -- History.; Poets, American -- 19th century -- Biography.; African American poets -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Other titles: June 27
Description: Presents a brief biography of the American writer Paul Laurence Dunbar, who was born on June 27, 1872 in Dayton, Ohio. Also discusses the founding of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. through the endowment of the English scientist James Smithson, who died on June 27, 1829.
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Illustrated by digitized items from the American Memory historic collections compiled by the National Digital Library Program of the Library of Congress.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Table of contents: title: Paul Laurence Dunbar; title: The Smithsonian Institution.