InRetrospect: May Blogging Edition

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The Library of Congress blogosphere was blooming with great posts. Here are a selection.

In the Muse: Performing Arts Blog

Letters reveal insight into the composer’s private life.

Inside Adams: Science, Technology & Business

Jennifer Harbster writes about Civil War aeronautics.

In Custodia Legis: Law Librarians of Congress

Certain baby names are banned every year in New Zealand.

The Signal: Digital Preservation

Susan Manus presents a list of ways to get involved in digital preservation.

Teaching with the Library of Congress

Danna Bell-Russel looks ahead at some important dates in June.

Picture This: Library of Congress Prints & Photos

A shop window honors Jewish heritage in its display.

From the Catbird Seat: Poetry & Literature at the Library of Congress

Caitlin Rizzo pays homage to the first female Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry at the Library.

Experts Corner: The Art of Collecting

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(The following is an interview from the May-June 2013 edition of the Library of Congress Magazine, LCM.) Martha Kennedy, curator of “The Gibson Girl’s America: Drawings By Charles Dana Gibson,” discusses illustration art with Richard Kelly, curator of his collection of American illustration. Martha Kennedy: You have developed a remarkable collection of illustration art along …

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Hollywood Mermaid

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You know the old saying, “they don’t make them like they used to” – which is perhaps why I’ve always been a fan of classic movies. I’m more prone to get excited about one of them on the television than brand-new ones at the movie theater. The passing of a beloved actress, who I grew …

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Inquiring Minds: An Interview with Marie Arana

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(The following is a guest post by Jason Steinhauer, program specialist in the Library’s John W. Kluge Center.) Author Marie Arana is a writer-at-large for the Washington Post and former editor-in-chief of Book World, as well member of the Library of Congress Scholars Council. Her latest book, a biography of Simon Bolívar, was extensively researched …

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A Special Recording to Celebrate Casey’s 125th

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This is a post by Gayle Osterberg, the Library’s Director of Communications. There is joy in Mudville today, as we mark the 125th anniversary since “Casey at the Bat” was first published on June 3, 1888, in the San Francisco Examiner. The poem, dubbed the “single most famous baseball poem ever written” by the Baseball …

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Civil War Chic

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When looking at some clothing trends of today, with their bright colors and patterns, daring necklines, couture price tags and sometimes general wackiness, it’s hard to imagine how far fashion has actually come. According to Mary D. Doering, an heirloom-clothing collector, despite the trauma imposed by the Civil War, the mid-19th century witnessed the development …

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A Cabinet of Gold

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(The following is a story written by Martha Kennedy for the May-June 2013 edition of the Library of Congress Magazine, LCM.) The Library’s new exhibition “The Gibson Girl’s America: Drawings by Charles Dana Gibson” features works by a great American master of pen-and-ink drawing selected from the Library’s Cabinet of American Illustration. The story of …

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