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By: Joshua Kueh
The Asian Division is now accepting applications for its Florence Tan Moeson Fellowship, which supports short-term research visits to the Asian Reading Room at the Library of Congress. This year's application deadline is midnight Sunday, January 12, 2025.
Posted in: 4 Corners of the World
In this guest blog, Senior Music Specialist Ray White discusses the Music Division's recent acquisition of "Last Rites and Matins of the Dead" (ca. 1375-1425), which represents liturgical text, traditions and music of the "Triduum," a three-day period (that includes Halloween and Día de los Muertos) focused on honoring the departed in Western Christian faiths.
Posted in: In The Muse
By: Melissa Lindberg
Whether you think black cats are spooky, good luck, or simply adorable companions, the many images featuring these striking felines in the collections are evidence that photographers and other artists have found them compelling since at least the 19th century. This photograph by Arthur Rothstein highlights the tonal contrast between the cat’s dark fur and …
Posted in: Picture This
Wes Craven’s master slasher film still has us lying awake at night even 40 years later. One final warning, whatever you do tonight and before you click this link, “don’t fall asleep…"
Posted in: Now See Hear!
By: Bryan Cornell
Announcement of screening of Tremors (1990) in the Mary Pickford Theater at 7:00 pm on Thursday October 24, 2024.
Posted in: Now See Hear!
By: Cary O’Dell
We're getting close to Halloween and we'd love to scare the living daylights out of you! Please come see any--or all!--of these frightening films.
Posted in: Now See Hear!
By: Kristi Finefield
The vast majority of the items in the Prints & Photographs Division’s collections are works of art on paper, such as photographs, posters, and architectural drawings. However, there are exceptions. In my latest Flickr album heralding the coming of autumn, there are two items featured that are not on paper at all, but are instead …
Posted in: Picture This
By: Stephen Wesson
A new video from the Library of Congress shows a high school science teacher using primary sources with her students.
Posted in: Teaching with the Library
By: Bailey DeSimone
Where does our favorite morning beverage grow in the United States, and how is it regulated? Pour a cup of coffee and learn about the Code of Federal Regulations with Bailey before traveling to the two areas of the United States where coffee production is regulated.
Posted in: In Custodia Legis
By: Meg Nicholas
Earlier this year, I had the chance to delve through the fieldnotes from the Pinelands Folklife Project for a post celebrating American Wetlands Month. I used a number of quotes from these accounts, but there were many more that I wanted to highlight and didn’t have space for. The prose – some humorous, some profound, …
Posted in: Folklife Today