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Finding Latinos in Film

October 3, 2024

Storytelling Collections on the Folklife Today Podcast

October 2, 2024

New Video: Primary Sources in a K-12 Classroom

October 2, 2024

Teens Collect Memories at the Library of Congress

October 2, 2024

Junior Fellow Spotlight: Avianna Miller

October 2, 2024

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Timeless: Stories from the Library of Congress

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• Finding Latinos in Film
• The Great Pyramid of Pei
• Ada Limón & Poetry in the National Parks!

Bibliomania: Rare Books & Special Collections

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• Thomas Jefferson Knew his Greek
• An Interview with Patrick Hastings, Education Outreach Specialist
• An Honest Man and a Good Writer: 100 Years of James Baldwin

Bookmarked: Celebrating Contemporary Books & Writers at the Library

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• Comedy Night Is Going to Be Fun-tastic!
• The Latest: 2024 National Book Festival Sessions Are Online
• We Go Nordic on September 26!

Copyright: Creativity at Work

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• #ICYMI: Recap of the Copyright Office’s Webinar on Leveling Up Your Copyright Public Records Search
• Inside the Copyright Office’s Report, “Copyright and Artificial Intelligence, Part 1: Digital Replicas”
• Celebrating Pride Month: Poets Who Explore Identity and Authenticity Through Creative Expression

Folklife Today: American Folklife Center & Veterans History Project

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• Storytelling Collections on the Folklife Today Podcast
• Coffee: “America’s Necessary Drink”
• Andrea Kitta on Conspiracy Theories: Botkin Folklife Lectures Plus

4 Corners of the World: International Collections at the Library of Congress

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• Nynorsk: The Literary Language of Nobel Laureate Jon Fosse
• Indian Independence League Files in the World War II Records from Burma Collection
• Fifty New Recordings from the PALABRA Archive Now Available

Guardians of Memory: Preserving the National Collection

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• Is this going to work at all? My summer exploring the non-invasive analysis of organic colors.
• Explainette!? A 1950’s Training Time Capsule
• Good Wood: Using Beech to Rebind a Medieval Manuscript, Part 4

Headlines & Heroes: Newspapers, Comics & More Fine Print

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• Junior Fellow Spotlight: Zoe Harrison
• Celebrate the Small Press Expo at the Library
• 250 Years Ago: News of the First Continental Congress

Inside Adams: Science, Technology & Business

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• Hispanic American Business Icons Webinar on October 15
• Truss: Bird or Bridge?
• A Short Review of the “Review of Reviews”

Insights: Scholarly Work at the Kluge Center

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• Chair in Technology and Society Ainissa Ramirez on Why Everyone Deserves a Chance to Find Science Fascinating
• Weather Control, Vichy France, and Early America: A Summer of Research as a Kluge Center Intern
• Roth, the Patient as a Nice Jewish Boy

In Custodia Legis: Law Librarians of Congress

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• Watch a Recording of the 2024 Congress.gov Public Forum
• The Law Library of Congress Invites Applications for the 2025 Guggenheim Scholars Program
• Join the Manuscript Division on October 4, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. for a panel titled, “Center Court: Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and the Supreme Court”

In The Muse: Performing Arts at the Library of Congress

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• The Henry Mancini Papers: A Centennial Celebration
• New Finding Aids at the Music Division of the Library of Congress
• Jim Belushi Visits the Library of Congress

Minerva’s Kaleidoscope: Resources for Kids & Families

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• Teens Collect Memories at the Library of Congress
• Traces of Homelands
• “Getting To Help Everyone A Little Bit”: Meet Upward Bound Intern Adolfo A. Ixchop

NLS Music Notes: Resources for the Blind & Print Disabled

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• New BARD Additions September 2024
• New BARD Additions: August 2024
• NLS Music Section Moves to John Adams Building on Capitol Hill

Now See Hear!: National Audio-Visual Conservation Center

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• Film Loans from the Library of Congress — October 2024
• This Coming Weekend at the Packard Campus Theater (October 4-5, 2024)
• “Modesta” (1956): Puerto Rican Filmmakers Honor the Power of Barrio Women

Of the People: Widening the Path

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• Junior Fellow Spotlight: Avianna Miller
• Connecting Communities Digital Initiative – An Interview with Michelle Minor
• Behind the Scenes of the Community Collections Grants: Preserving and Ensuring Accessibility of Project Collections

Picture This: Library of Congress Prints & Photos

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• New Gift of Artist Takuichi Fujii’s Drawings
• All Aboard for Pikes Peak
• Everything Including the Kitchen Sink

The Signal: Digital Happenings at the Library of Congress

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• What’s New Online at the Library of Congress: August 2024
• Nominations sought for the 2024-2025 U.S. Federal Government Domain End of Term Web Archive
• Recommended Formats Statement: Updates for 2024-2025

Teaching with the Library: Primary Sources & Ideas for Educators

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• New Video: Primary Sources in a K-12 Classroom
• Informational Text: A New Primary Source Set from the Library of Congress
• Get to Know Library of Congress Research Guides

Unfolding History: Manuscripts at the Library of Congress

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• Of Note: Not THAT Kind of Husbandry
• George Washington’s Uncle Writes Home: The Letterbook of Joseph Ball
• Hispanic Heritage: Oscar Hijuelos Papers Newly Available in the Manuscript Division

Worlds Revealed: Geography & Maps at the Library of Congress

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• Unearthing the 20th Century’s Ground-Breaking Soil Surveys
• Made in America: U.S. Manufacturing in Gilded Age Census Maps
• Mapping in the Islamic Tradition—Fall Presentation