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Posted by: Erin Allen
(The following is a story featured in the May/June 2016 issue of the Library of Congress Magazine, LCM. You can read the issue in its entirety here. The story was written by August and Clare Imholtz, who have been collecting “Alice” books for more than 30 years. Clare is also a volunteer in the Library’s …
Posted in: Books, Collections, Copyright, History, LCM, Manuscripts
Posted by: Erin Allen
On Saturday, the Library of Congress opened the new exhibition, “World War I: American Artists View the Great War,” highlighting how American artists galvanized public interest in World War I. Drawn from the Library’s Prints and Photographs Collections, the works on display reflect the focus of wartime art on patriotic and propaganda messages—by government-supported as well as independent …
Posted in: Capitol Hill, Collections, Exhibitions, History, Photos, Pic of the Week, Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington DC
Posted by: Erin Allen
(The following is written by Michelle Krowl, a historian in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division.) On May 10, 1867 Colonel Nathan W. Daniels celebrated his 31st birthday. He noted in his diary, “Learned to day that I had been recommended and nominated by Chief Justice Chase as Register under the Bankrupt Act for the …
Posted in: Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, Collections, Curators, History, LC Web site, Manuscripts
Posted by: Erin Allen
(The following article by Audrey Fischer is from the May/June 2016 issue of the Library of Congress Magazine, LCM, soon to be available here. In the meantime, make sure to catch up on all our editions!) One West Virginia daughter succeeded in memorializing mothers everywhere. Greeting cards, flowers, candy, dining out—Mother’s Day is big business. Sales …
Posted in: Collections, Folksonomies, History, LCM, Newspapers, Photos, Women's History
Posted by: Erin Allen
(The following is a guest post by William Kellum, manager in the Library’s Web Services Division.) DIGITIZED COLLECTIONS New online this month are two manuscript collections featuring the poet Walt Whitman. The Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of Walt Whitman papers consists of approximately 3,000 items spanning the period 1842-1937. Most of the items date from 1855, …
Posted in: Blogging, Collections, History, LC Web site, Manuscripts, New Online, Technology
Posted by: Erin Allen
April headlines covered a wide range of stories about the Library of Congress. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera continues to make the news, especially with the April announcement of his returning for a second term. Herrera told Sara Catania of Reuters that poetry fans provided an “inspiration tsunami” during his first year in which he …
Posted in: American Folklife Center, Capitol Hill, Collections, Folksonomies, News, Newspapers, Poetry, Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington DC
Posted by: Erin Allen
In May 2005, two StoryCorps MobileBooths left the Library of Congress to travel across the United States—one taking an Eastern route and the other covering the Western states. This inaugural tour stopped at 34 cities, and visits lasted two and three weeks, with about 100 interviews collected at each location. The MobileBooth returned to the …
Posted in: American Folklife Center, Audiovisual, Capitol Hill, Collections, Events, Folksonomies, History, Photos, Pic of the Week, Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington DC
Posted by: Erin Allen
Today we welcome the newest member of the Library’s blogosphere: 4 Corners of the World. Dedicated to showcasing the international collections and studies at the Library of Congress, the blog will highlight important research resources and rare treasures from the Library’s four area studies divisions — African and Middle Eastern, Asian, European and Hispanic. The term “four corners” is used in many …
Posted in: Blogging, Collections, Curators, Education, LC Web site, Technology
Posted by: Erin Allen
(The following blog post is by Julie Miller, early American historian in the Manuscript Division.) How did 18th-century Americans pay for their medical care? A leather-bound volume of patient payments kept by Philadelphia physician William Shippen Jr. between 1775 and 1793 helps answer this question. The volume is in the Shippen Family Papers in the Manuscript …
Posted in: Collections, Curators, History, Manuscripts