The Biographical Records of the Royal Mu Family
This blog introduces a faithful copy of the Mu family ancestors’ portraits from the first to the thirty-third generation in accordance with style of the original illustrations.
Living the Dream: The Hispanic Division’s First Librarian-in-Residence
Librarian-in-Residence in the Hispanic Division reflects on her experiences at the Library of Congress.
Luisa Capetillo: Puerto Rican Changemaker
Luisa Capetillo was a Puerto Rican feminist, advocate for worker’s rights, unión activitist, and writer who believed in the power of education to advance the rights of women and workers.
The Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall
(The following is a post by David B. Morris, German Area Specialist, European Division) The Berlin Wall came down on the evening of November 9, 1989, during a hastily arranged international press conference in East Berlin. Günter Schabowski, an official in East Germany’s ruling Socialist Unity Party, ambled to the podium clutching some papers. Neither […]
Prodigies of Cosmology: A Muslim Perspective
The Library of Congress has several manuscripts of one of the best-known and most influential works of Muslim cosmology, Qazwini’s famous “‘Aja’ib al-Makhluqat wa-Ghara’ib al-Mawjudat” (Marvels of Creation and Rarities of Existence).
“Doctrina Christiana”: More than Four-hundred Years of Filipino-American History
The “Doctrina Christiana,” dated to 1593, is one of the first books produced in the European tradition in the Philippines. The only known extant copy may be found in the Rare Book & Special Collections Division of the Library of Congress.
Tai Manuscripts in the Southeast Asian Rare Book Collection
This blog introduces the Thai and Lao manuscripts found in the Southeast Asian rare book collection in the Asian Division at the Library of Congress.
Pasó por Aquí: The Hispanic Heritage in the United States
In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, a discussion of Spanish explorations and explorers during discovery and conflict.
Hispanic Heritage Month Highlight: 50 New Literary Recordings Available to Stream Online
The Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress celebrates the release of 50 literary recordings featuring writers and poets during Hispanic Heritage Month.
Teaching French at Harvard and “L’Abeille Françoise”
Teaching French in the early days of the United States of America.