Song Stories: Two Tales of September
By: Brian McCurdy
For this week's NLS Music Notes blog, our series "Song Stories" looks at two different takes on the month of September.
Posted in: NLS Music Notes
Blogs Categories: Uncategorized
Blogs Categories: Uncategorized
Trials of the Century: 1900 to 1950
The infamous trials throughout the early 20th century provide great theater for the masses. A look at these trials gives a snapshot of the issues of class, wealth, status, and race that pervade the time period.
Posted in: Headlines & Heroes
Remembering September 11th with the Authors of "14 Cows for America"
By: Sasha Dowdy
Remembering September 11 with presentation from the 2009 National Book Festival by author Carmen Agra Deedy and her collaborator Wilson Kimeli Naiyomah, sharing the story of a heartfelt offer of aid to America from an unexpected source after the September 11 attacks.
Posted in: Minerva’s Kaleidoscope
Talking with Kwame Mbalia: Folktales, Storytelling, and Gum Baby!
By: Sasha Dowdy
Program Specialist Sasha Dowdy shares a preview of her conversation with author Kwame Mbalia for the National Book Festival. Mbalia's appearance will be available as an on-demand video beginning Friday, September 25.
Posted in: Minerva’s Kaleidoscope
Taking Flight with the Tissandier Collection: Exploring Early Aviation in Pictures
By: Melissa Lindberg
The value of providing online access to collection material has never been more apparent than during this challenging time. Opportunities for remote learning and vicarious experience are in high demand, and while we are doubling down on our efforts to digitize more materials all the time, we also want to take the opportunity to highlight …
Posted in: Picture This
American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress Launches Podcast 'America Works'
By: Stephen Winick
The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress is delighted to announce a new podcast: “America Works.” It is based on our Occupational Folklife Project collection, and tells fascinating stories of American workers. You can listen to a trailer for this exciting new series in the player below: [loc-audio-player id=’ADBF1F1CC09200E6E0538C93F11600E6′ content=”America Works – Series …
Posted in: Folklife Today
Homegrown at Home and Home Archive Challenge on the Folklife Today Podcast
By: Stephen Winick
Episode 19 of the Folklife Today Podcast (or Season 2, Episode 7) is ready for listening! Find it at this page on the Library’s website, or on Stitcher, iTunes, or your usual podcatcher. As usual, I’ll use this blog post to direct you to fuller audio and video of the items we mentioned in the podcast, …
Posted in: Folklife Today
What I Wish They Taught Me about Copyright in Art School
By: Holland Gormley
I have a confession to make. I made it all the way through a BFA in photography without knowing what exactly copyright was or what it meant for me and my work. It’s not that my professors did anything wrong. They were inspiring, wonderful, and talented creators. It’s never too late to learn though. All …
Posted in: Copyright
Yuba Dam Once More!
By: Stephen Winick
In a previous post, I took a look at the song “Yuba Dam,” in which a man gets in trouble with his wife and the law by answering questions honestly with the words “Yuba Dam,” only to be repeatedly misheard as saying “you be damned.” In this post, I’ll look into the deeper history of …
Posted in: Folklife Today
LC Labs Letter: August 2020
August's monthly newsletter from the LC Labs team.
Posted in: The Signal