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Of Butterflies and Other Things: Natalie Merchant Visits the Harned-Whitman Papers in the Manuscript Division

May 31, 2023

The Lifecycle of Copyright: 1927 Works In the Public Domain

May 31, 2023

Business Collections Orientation Webinar June 14

May 31, 2023

"Re-writing America": AFC Symposium on the Federal Writers' Project, June 16, 2023

May 31, 2023

LGBTQI+ Resources at the Library of Congress

May 31, 2023

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Timeless: Stories from the Library of Congress

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• Kluge Scholar George Chauncey on Libraries and LGBTQ+ History
• A Civil War Story: Rebecca Pomroy, Lincoln’s Nurse
• Paul Newman, Marilyn Monroe, Harry Belafonte: A Star-Studded Day at the Actors Studio

Bookmarked: Celebrating Contemporary Books & Writers at the Library

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• Of Butterflies and Other Things: Natalie Merchant Visits the Harned-Whitman Papers in the Manuscript Division
• Laureate Lands on Jeopardy! Come See the Launch of Her Space Poem!
• Meg Medina Sets Off on National Ambassador Tour

Copyright: Creativity at Work

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• The Lifecycle of Copyright: 1927 Works In the Public Domain
• Celebrating Women Through Their Copyright Story: Dolly Parton and Whitney Houston
• Copyright Deposit Requirements May Be Easier Than You Think

Folklife Today: American Folklife Center & Veterans History Project

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• “Re-writing America”: AFC Symposium on the Federal Writers’ Project, June 16, 2023
• Announcing the COVID-19 American History Project and an Award to Document Stories of COVID-19 Frontline Workers
• Asian Pacific American Heritage Month on the Folklife Today Podcast

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

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• Looking Back, Looking Ahead: Lao Literature in Diaspora at 50
• “Aquí pero allá”: Telling the story of Chileans in the United States through the Library’s Collections
• A Long and Dedicated Journey Through Libraries: An Interview With Phong Tran

Guardians of Memory: Preserving the National Collection

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• Big Item, Tiny Light Beam: Buddha Shakyamuni Visits the Basement
• From Jikji to Gutenberg
• Preservation Intern Profile: Julie Pramis

Headlines and Heroes: Newspapers, Comics and More Fine Print

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• Searching Jewish American Newspapers in Chronicling America
• America’s Popular Dog Breeds, 1900-1960
• The Phantom of the Opera in Newspapers

Inside Adams: Science, Technology & Business

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• Business Collections Orientation Webinar June 14
• Samuel Gompers and the American Federation of Labor
• Reflections of a Business Reference Intern: Eric Yang, Spring 2023

Insights: Scholarly Work at the Kluge Center

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• The Materiality of Thought (or How to Read Minds for Fun and Profit)
• A Movie Mystery at the Kluge Center
• Announcing the 2023 Kluge Fellowship Selectees

In Custodia Legis: Law Librarians of Congress

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• LGBTQI+ Resources at the Library of Congress
• Join Us on 6/22 for a Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar on Medieval European Legal Manuscripts And What They Are Telling Us
• Hello Mr. Lawyer! – Pic of the Week

In The Muse: Performing Arts at the Library of Congress

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• The Triple Crown of Researching John Philip Sousa
• Concerts from the Library of Congress: March 2023 Events
• Music for Men’s Chorus at the Library of Congress

Minerva’s Kaleidoscope: Resources for Kids & Families

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• Family Activities for Exploring the Photography Lens of Gordon Parks: Perceive, Believe, Document
• Lit Bits: Finding Beauty in the Darkness with Sophie Blackall & Kate DiCamillo
• Research Inspired by Fiction and Fiction Inspired by Research: Exploring San Francisco’s Historic Chinatown

NLS Music Notes: Resources for the Blind & Print Disabled

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• American Music from A to Z in the NLS Music Collection: M—Henry Mancini
• Ich habe genug. Reflections on Bach’s Cantata BWV 82, Performed by Roderick Williams and the Bach Collegium Japan
• New BARD Additions: February 2023

Now See Hear!: National Audio-Visual Conservation Center

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• Remembering Kenneth Anger (1927 – 2023)
• Behind the Scenes: Scoring a Silent Feature with Jon Mirsalis
• The Packard Campus Theater will be closed the weekend of June 2 – 3, 2023

Of the People: Widening the Path

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• Maya Cade Shares Her Experiences as CCDI Scholar-in-Residence
• New Round of Funding for Connecting Communities Digital Initiative: Applications Open!
• Meet the 2023 Connecting Communities Digital Initiative Award Recipients

Picture This: Library of Congress Prints & Photos

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• Posters in the Picture
• People in HABS/HAER/HALS
• Here Comes the Sun

The Signal: Digital Happenings at the Library of Congress

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• New FADGI Project: Researching Accessibility in Open-Source Digital Preservation Applications
• What’s new online at the Library of Congress – May 2023
• Getting the Band Back Together: Recap of FADGI Audiovisual Working Group Meeting

Teaching with the Library: Primary Sources & Ideas for Educators

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• “But when am I ever going to use this?”
• Reflections from the Library: Interesting Finds to Introduce Content
• Remembering the Fallen and Documenting their Stories

Unfolding History: Manuscripts at the Library of Congress

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• New Crowdsourcing Transcription Project in the By the People Walt Whitman Campaign: The Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of Walt Whitman Papers
• Tobacco Lords and Virginia Women in the Records of John Glassford and Company
• The Manuscript Division Transcribes Fifty-Six Letters from Philip Schuyler to Alexander and Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton

Worlds Revealed: Geography & Maps at the Library of Congress

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• Exploring Haussmannian Paris
• The Secret Life of GeoTIFFs
• Maps of You (and Everyone You Know)