New: Omar Ibn Said Story Map
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The Library of Congress is using the Story Maps platform to tell multi-media stories.
Posted in: American Folklife Center, Veterans History Project, World War II
Archive: 2019 (163 Posts)
Pic of the Week: Flickr Edition
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The Library has featured some of its best historical photographs on a Flickr page for years, with more than 34,000 images in more than 45 albums. If you haven’t checked it out before, we hope you’ll take a minute now. Delights abound. Readers have flocked to see the 1930s-40s in Color album, with more than 3.9 million …
Posted in: Concerts, Pic of the Week, Veterans History Project, Women's History, World War II
New! The National Book Festival Poster!
Posted by: John Sayers
The dazzling poster for the 2019 National Book Festival is by Marian Bantjes.
Posted in: Free to Use and Reuse, National Book Festival
Inquiring Minds: Rediscovering One of America’s Leading Songwriters
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
Mezzo-soprano Kathleen Shimeta stumbled upon Gena Branscombe (1881–1977) in the late 1990s when Shimeta was planning a Valentine’s Day recital. Branscombe, it turned out, had set to music Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s famous sonnet beginning “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.” Delighted by the composition, Shimeta wanted to know more — including …
Posted in: Manuscripts, Music, Researcher Stories
Pic of the Week: Girls Who Code Edition
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
Inquiring Minds: Researching a Star of Silent Cinema
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
New! Baseball’s Jim Bouton and “Ball Four” at the Library
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
Pic(s) of the Week: Ice Cream!
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
Remembering Jazz Legend Billy Strayhorn
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