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Posted by: Erin Allen
In February, the Library added a host of resources to its offerings, both onsite and online. Early February, the Library debuted a new exhibition on “Jazz Singers,” which offers perspectives on the art of vocal jazz, featuring singers and song stylists from the 1920s to the present. The ArtsBeat blog of the New York Times called …
Posted in: Collections, Exhibitions, History, LC Web site, Manuscripts, Maps, Music, News, Newspapers
Posted by: Erin Allen
“You’re never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read with a child.” ~ Dr. Seuss On Wednesday, children gathered at the Library’s Young Readers Center for “Read Across America” day, which also coincides with the birthday of Dr. Seuss. The National Education Association’s signature program is now in its …
Posted in: Books, Capitol Hill, Education, Events, Libraries, Photos, Pic of the Week, Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington DC
Posted by: Erin Allen
(The following is a guest post by William Kellum, manager in the Library’s Web Services Division.) In February, the Library of Congress added the Rosa Parks Papers to its digitized collections. The collection contains approximately 7,500 manuscripts and 2,500 photographs and is on loan to the Library for 10 years from the Howard G. Buffett …
Posted in: Collections, Education, Exhibitions, LC Web site, Manuscripts, Maps, New Online, Technology, Video, Women's History
Posted by: Erin Allen
(The following is a guest post by Levon Avdoyan, Armenian and Georgian area specialist in the African and Middle Eastern Division.) Poghos Garabedian started his personal memoirs with a flourish. Within the next 41 pages, this merchant in the Ottoman Empire – originally from Arapkir in the region of Malatya, Turkey – would detail his …
Posted in: Collections, Curators, History, Manuscripts
Posted by: Erin Allen
Louis W. Sullivan, former secretary of Health and Human Services, discussed his new book, ”Breaking Ground: My Life in Medicine” (University of Georgia Press, 2014), on Wednesday during an author talk presented by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress. A video of the presentation will be available in the coming weeks. Sullivan spent …
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Posted by: Erin Allen
The Rosa Parks Collection at the Library of Congress has been digitized and is now online. The collection, which contains approximately 7,500 manuscripts and 2,500 photographs, is on loan to the Library for 10 years from the Howard G. Buffett Foundation. The Library received the materials in late 2014, formally opened them to researchers in …
Posted in: Civil Rights, Collections, Education, History, LC Web site, Manuscripts, Video
Posted by: Erin Allen
(The following is a guest post by Gene DeAnna, head of the recorded sound section in the Library’s Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.) I’m often asked what sound recordings are most at risk of being lost before we are able to preserve them. The fact is, the two-headed monster of physical degradation and …
Posted in: Audiovisual, Collections, Copyright, Curators, Music, Preservation, Video
Posted by: Erin Allen
(The following is a guest post by Eve M. Ferguson, reference librarian for East Africa in the African and Middle Eastern Division.) As President Barack H. Obama gave his final State of the Union Address last month and this month is African American History Month, there is no better time to recount the birth of a …
Posted in: Collections, Curators, History
Posted by: Jennifer Gavin
Author Harper Lee’s opus, "To Kill a Mockingbird," is celebrated.
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