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Posted by: Erin Allen
(The following is a guest post by VHP Reference Specialist Megan Harris, reprinted from the Folklife Today blog.) One look at Irving Greenwald’s diary is all it takes to bring to mind the old adage “good things come in small packages.” This World War I diary, written by Pfc. Irving Greenwald, was donated to the Veterans …
Posted in: Collections, Curators, Education, History, Manuscripts, Veterans History Project
Posted by: Erin Allen
(The following is an article in the September/October 2016 issue of the Library of Congress Magazine, LCM. The article was written by Fenella France, chief of the Library’s Preservation, Research and Testing Division.) Technological advancements have made it possible for the Library to put several rare maps on long-term display. Preserving and making the Library’s …
Posted in: Capitol Hill, Collections, Curators, Exhibitions, LCM, Maps, Science, Technology, Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington DC
Posted by: Erin Allen
The Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress and the Galileo Museum in Florence, Italy, today unveiled a multi-media interactive website that celebrates the life and times of 16th-century cartographer Martin Waldseemüller, who created the 1507 World Map, which is the first document to use the name “America,” represent the Pacific Ocean and …
Posted in: Collections, Curators, Education, History, Libraries, Maps
Posted by: Erin Allen
(The following is an article written by Hannah Stahl and featured in the September/October 2016 issue of the Library of Congress Magazine, LCM. Stahl is a library technician in the Library’s Geography and Map Division. This article is adapted from a series of posts by the author on the Geography and Map Division’s blog.) Maps of …
Posted in: Collections, Maps
Posted by: Erin Allen
In case you missed it, the Library of Congress has a new Librarian of Congress, who made headlines throughout the month of September. In addition to being named Fox News Sunday Power Play of the Week, Carla Hayden spoke with several outlets, including USA Today, The Washington Post, The Guardian, NBC, NPR, CBS, The New …
Posted in: Books, Capitol Hill, Collections, Congress, Events, Libraries, National Book Festival, News, Newspapers, Washington DC
Posted by: Erin Allen
(The following is a guest post by William Kellum, manager in the Library’s Web Services Division.) Website Updates Today in History is an online presentation of historic events illustrated by items from the Library’s digital collections. First established in 1997, the site was migrated this month from the American Memory site to a new home …
Posted in: Audiovisual, Collections, Congress, Education, Exhibitions, Folksonomies, History, Law Library, LC Web site, Maps, New Online, Today in History
Posted by: Erin Allen
The Library of Congress hosted the 16th annual National Book Festival last Saturday at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in D.C. Thousands of book-lovers came to get books signed, check out exhibits, play with their kids and get close to some of the world’s most popular authors. This year was a year of several firsts. …
Posted in: Books, Education, Events, Libraries, National Book Festival, Photos, Pic of the Week, Washington DC
Posted by: Erin Allen
(The following is a feature story in the September/October 2016 issue of the Library of Congress Magazine, LCM. The story is written by Ralph Ehrenburg, chief of the Library’s Geography and Map Division. You can read the issue in its entirety here.) Advances in technology continue to transform the ancient art and science of mapmaking. …
Posted in: Collections, Curators, Education, LCM, Maps, Technology
Posted by: Erin Allen
(The following is a guest post from Ryan Reft, modern U.S. historian in the Manuscript Division.) “No son has ever left home whose family had greater pride in him than we have in you,” wrote prominent Washington D.C. lawyer and African American civic leader William LePre Houston to his son, Charles Hamilton Houston in September …
Posted in: Civil Rights, Collections, Curators, Education, History, Manuscripts