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By: Melissa Lindberg
Many of us spend a considerable amount of time in the kitchen, a space that can serve both a utilitarian and a social function. The Prints & Photographs Division collections provide great images of kitchen spaces that highlight prepared food, architectural elements, and the labor that goes into ensuring our nourishment. The photograph below shows …
Posted in: Picture This
By: Cary O’Dell
It's getting close to the deadline for nominations to the National Recording Registry. Make sure your voice is heard!
Posted in: Now See Hear!
By: Heather Darnell
On June 27, 2024, actor and comedian Jim Belushi visited the Library of Congress, where he received a special tour of the collections of the Music Division, Recorded Sound Division and American Folklife Center. Belushi took part in “Live! At the Library: The House of Blues Moves into the Library of Congress,” an event celebrating …
Posted in: In The Muse
By: Colleen Smith
Explore teacher resources related to Labor Day from the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Teaching with the Library
By: Douglas D. Peach
The American Folklife Center recently posted a new collection of interviews with workers at the Tillamook County Creamery Association (TCCA), a farmer-owned dairy cooperative in coastal Oregon, to its Occupational Folklife Project website. This post is an interview with Dr. Jared Schmidt, a public folklorist based in Oregon, who conducted the interviews with TCCA workers. In 2021, Schmidt received an Archie Green Fellowship from the American Folklife Center to undertake this research.
Posted in: Folklife Today
By: Cary O’Dell
We honor one of the movies' greatest composers this month. Come see the lush and diverse films scored by the great Henry Mancini!
Posted in: Now See Hear!
By: Douglas D. Peach
The American Folklife Center is seeking an organization to conduct oral history interviews with Americans about the COVID-19 pandemic, as part of the COVID-19 American History Project. In this post, learn more the opportunity and how to apply.
Posted in: Folklife Today
By: Douglas D. Peach
In this post, Nancy Groce (Senior Folklife Specialist, American Folklife Center) highlights a new exhibition organized by Los Herederos -- a 2023 recipient of a Community Collections Grant (CCG) from the American Folklife Center -- that celebrates the cultural diversity of Queens, New York.
Posted in: Folklife Today
By: Bryan Cornell
Announcement of a screening of the film "King Solomon's Mines" (MGM 1950) at the Pickford Theater on August 15, 2024
Posted in: Now See Hear!
By: Nicole Saylor
In June 2024, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi had a special viewing of the AIDS Memorial Quilt Records stewarded by the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. This post details Pelosi's visit to the Library, her previous work to advocate for the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, and the work American Folklife Center staff to steward these valuable collections.
Posted in: Folklife Today