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By: Julie Miller
The Milagros Gonzalez Jamias Family Photograph Album portrays aspects of Philippine society during the American colonial period, including social and economic reforms implemented by President William S. Taft, and the private life of a wealthy family.
Posted in: Unfolding History
By: Katie McCarthy
Find out what it was like to grow up in San Francisco's Chinatown in the 1920s and 1930s in this dive into Jade Snow Wong's memoir Fifth Chinese Daughter. The Manuscripts Division of the Library of Congress holds Wong's papers in its AAPI Collection.
Posted in: Minerva’s Kaleidoscope
By: Stephen Winick
The American Folklife Center is excited to announce the online availability of an excellent fieldwork collection of interviews and videos of cultural events created through its Community Collection Grants (CCG)! “Lao Buddhist New Year Festival in Southern Louisiana,” documents the Louisiana Lao New Year Festival presented in 2022 by Wat Thammarattanaram, a Buddhist temple and monastery in Broussard (Iberia Parish), Louisiana. A community-based research team conducted interviews and captured video of events, ceremonies, and celebrations. Find links to the collection in this blog post.
Posted in: Folklife Today
By: Rachel Gordon
Join us at the Library of Congress on Saturday, April 5, 2025 for Japanese Culture Day, an official offering of the National Cherry Blossom Festival.
Posted in: Minerva’s Kaleidoscope