Another Reason to Love Your Local Library

As part of the research for my latest project, I've been closely scouring the Washington Post from the mid-1950s on.  While doing research at the Library of Congress last year, one of their typically awesome librarians steered me away from the microfiche and over to the online resource ProQuest.

If you're not a research nerd, I'll explain.  ProQuest is a database made up of tons of different newspapers — the Washington Post, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor , to...