The following guest post is by Ann Hoog, folklife specialist from the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. To celebrate Black History Month on this last day of February, Ann has written the following post on the Library’s extraordinary Zora Neale Hurston collections. Among the American Folklife Center’s extensive collections of ethnography, folk …
Walk out the front door of the Library’s Jefferson Building, take a left and then a short walk down Pennsylvania Avenue. About eight blocks down you’ll reach the Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital. The building is extraordinary, a noble looking brick structure with tall ceilings and oak paneling. Built at the end of …
“Know the songs of a country and you will know its history for the true feeling of a people speaks through what they sing.” – Preface to The Songs of Henry Clay Work (1884) Today is an exciting day at the Library of Congress! The long-awaited Song of America project officially debuts. The collection features …
