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Posted by: Neely Tucker
Girls Who Code meets with several members of Congress in the Library for a bipartisan discussion on how to bring more women into careers in tech.
Posted in: Pic of the Week, Technology, Women's History
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
Giuliana Muscio teaches film studies at the University of Padova in Italy. She's using the Library to research her next book about Robert G. Vignola, an Italian immigrant who directed and acted in silent movies.
Posted in: Film, Researcher Stories
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The papers of Jim Bouton, the former Major League pitcher whose 1970 memoir, "Ball Four," became one of the most celebrated American books of the 20th Century, are now at the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Baseball, Books, Manuscripts
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The Library's "Free to Use and Reuse" sets features copyright-free prints and photographs for public use.
Posted in: Free to Use and Reuse, Photos, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Saxophonist Chris Potter talks about the legacy of jazz great BIlly Strayhorn, whose papers are now at the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Music
Posted by: Mark Hartsell
This story is adapted from an upcoming story in the Library of Congress Magazine. It recounts the day of July 2, 1881 — 138 years ago — when President James A. Garfield was shot at a train station in Washington and the national drama that ensued. Something about Charles Guiteau wasn’t right — anyone could …
Posted in: Today in History, Washington DC