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A Sample of Newly Digitized Images

May 3, 2024

American Legend George Takei at the Library on May 11

May 2, 2024

Highlights from the Library's Blogs

May 2, 2024

Of Note: Eleanor Roosevelt, Alien Investigator

May 2, 2024

In Cod We Trust: Fishing Grounds and National Ambitions in Early Maps of North America

May 2, 2024

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Timeless: Stories from the Library of Congress

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• Researcher Story: Cormac Ó hAodha & the Heart of Irish Music
• National Recording Registry 2024! Green Day, Blondie, Doug E. Fresh, Juan Gabriel!
• The Adams Building Turns 85!

Bibliomania: Rare Books & Special Collections

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• Not So Silent Spring: Remembering Rachel Carson
• Learning to Let Go: Poet May Sarton
• Tiny Totality: A Souvenir of the 1878 Solar Eclipse

Bookmarked: Celebrating Contemporary Books & Writers at the Library

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• American Legend George Takei at the Library on May 11
• New Recordings from the PALABRA Archive Available Online
• Behind-the-Scenes with Our Archive!

Copyright: Creativity at Work

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• World IP Day: How the Copyright System Builds Our Common Future
• The Economics of Creativity: A Q&A with the Copyright Office’s Chief Economist
• The Enduring Legal and Creative Legacy of Justice Sandra Day O’Connor

Folklife Today: American Folklife Center & Veterans History Project

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• Homegrown Plus: The Berntsons, Andrea Hoag, and Loretta Kelley
• New Occupational Folklife Project Documents African American Nurses and the Chi Eta Phi Sorority
• Homegrown Plus: Northern Resonance

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

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• Conveyances: Poet Salgado Maranhão and Translator Alexis Levitin Join the PALABRA Archive
• Afghanistan Reflected in the Collections at the Library of Congress
• Now Online: South Asian Digital Collection

Guardians of Memory: Preserving the National Collection

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• For Library Preservation Staff, Everything is Awesome
• Register Now for Preservation Week 2024 Programming
• Conserving Toy Theaters

Headlines & Heroes: Newspapers, Comics & More Fine Print

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• Famous American Trees
• Exploring New Hampshire Newspapers in Chronicling America
• Dune’s Shai-Hulud and Other Sandworms

Inside Adams: Science, Technology & Business

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• Ice Cold: The Business of Ice
• A Transportation Roundup to Introduce a New Business Guide
• Celebrating 85 years of the John Adams Building

Insights: Scholarly Work at the Kluge Center

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• David Harrington Appointed Kluge Chair in Modern Culture
• Reading Vogue, Then and Now
• Kluge Center Welcomes Jeremy Greene

In Custodia Legis: Law Librarians of Congress

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• Join us on 5/23 for a Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar on “Weaponization of Passports – Tool of War and Diplomacy: Legality, Methodology, and Impact of Russian ‘Passportization’ Policy toward Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova”
• Foreign Legal Gazette Collection – Winter 2024 Recap
• A Primer on Congressionally Mandated Reports and How to Find Them

In The Muse: Performing Arts at the Library of Congress

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• Celebrating International Jazz Day
• Queen Elizabeth, Liszt and Instrument Additions Arrive for the Fritz Kreisler Collection
• Introduction to the Lee Mergner Jazz Photography Collection

Minerva’s Kaleidoscope: Resources for Kids & Families

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• Join Us for Family Days at the Library: Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month on May 11th
• Exploring Storytelling Through Pictures
• Floral Finds in the Library’s Collections

NLS Music Notes: Resources for the Blind & Print Disabled

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• New BARD Additions for April 2024
• New BARD Additions: March 2024
• New BARD Additions: February 2024

Now See Hear!: National Audio-Visual Conservation Center

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• Film Loans from the Library of Congress — May 2024
• This Coming Weekend at the Packard Campus Theater (May 3 and 4, 2024)
• This Month at the Packard Campus Theater — May 2024

Of the People: Widening the Path

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• Recording of CCDI’s 2023 Awardee Project Celebration Available Online!
• AHHA Intern Spotlight: Le’Evelyn Hammett
• Register Now for CCDI’s Summer Fuse 2024

Picture This: Library of Congress Prints & Photos

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• A Sample of Newly Digitized Images
• Come Fly With Me – Part Two
• Come Fly With Me – Part One

The Signal: Digital Happenings at the Library of Congress

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• What’s New Online at the Library of Congress: April 2024
• A New Resource to Explore Library of Congress Transcription Datasets
• Stayin’ Alive: How Community and Maintenance Support Digital Preservation

Teaching with the Library: Primary Sources & Ideas for Educators

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• Highlights from the Library’s Blogs
• Primary Sources and Political Parties: Reading Complex Texts
• Inventions and Innovations: Entrepreneur Madam C.J. Walker

Unfolding History: Manuscripts at the Library of Congress

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• Of Note: Eleanor Roosevelt, Alien Investigator
• Celebrate the Library’s NAACP Records with Gloria J. Browne-Marshall, author of “The Voting Rights War: The NAACP and the Ongoing Struggle for Justice,” May 7, 2024
• Made at the Library with Cassandra Good, author of First Family: George Washington’s Heirs and the Making of America

Worlds Revealed: Geography & Maps at the Library of Congress

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• In Cod We Trust: Fishing Grounds and National Ambitions in Early Maps of North America
• The Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip Through Maps
• The Geography of Buffalo Bill’s Irrigation Misadventures