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By: Taylor Gulatsi
Today's picture of the week post highlight's the first woman to practice law in Maryland, Etta Haynie Maddox, and her contributions to Maryland's Women's Suffrage movement.
Posted in: In Custodia Legis
By: Wendi Maloney
The Library's American Folklife Center and the Mellon Foundation have teamed up over the past several years to set up a series of grants that help preserve traditions that may otherwise be absent from the national record. For the most recent year, these include dances of the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, artistic creations of the Comanche Nation of Oklahoma and traditional Hawaiian music. These works are then preserved in Library collections for future generations.
Posted in: Timeless
By: Taylor Gulatsi
Today's blog post is a pic of the week post, examining the history of the U.S. Supreme Court case, Loving v. Virginia, that reached it's decision on June 12, 1967.
Posted in: In Custodia Legis
By: Taylor Gulatsi
Today's blog post announces the upcoming U.S. Law webinars occurring in July 2025, including an Orientation to Legal Research and an Orientation to Law Library Collections featuring the Connecticut State Library.
Posted in: In Custodia Legis
By: Bailey DeSimone
Explore the scope of the Law Library's U.S. Treaties and Other International Agreements Collection in two data visualizations.
Posted in: In Custodia Legis
By: Stacey Jocoy
May 29 marks the birthday of film and concert music composer Erich Korngold, whose papers are held by the Music Division. Learn more about this important twentieth century composer.
Posted in: In The Muse
The Library of Congress Music Division announces in the acquisition of the 1690 Tuscan-Medici viola made by Antonio Stradivari. Now rechristened Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1690, viola, Fulton, ex Baird, Tuscan-Medici, the acquisition was made possible through an extraordinary gift to the nation from David and Amy Fulton and the Baird family’s Tuscan Corporation. Learn about this historic addition to the Library's instrument collection.
Posted in: In The Muse
By: Anna Price
A summary of recent trademark litigation involving a genealogical claim to the fleur-de-lis symbol.
Posted in: In Custodia Legis
By: Taylor Gulatsi
Today's blog post highlights the newly published Law Library of Congress legal report, titled: "Corporate Criminal Liability in Selected Jurisdictions."
Posted in: In Custodia Legis
Curator of the George and Ira Gershwin Collection Ray White discusses the origins of the Gershwins' "Porgy and Bess" in commemoration of the work's 90th anniversary. The Library and Washington National Opera present a concert and panel discussion to celebrate the anniversary on Wednesday, April 23 at 6:00 p.m. in the Coolidge Auditorium.
Posted in: In The Muse