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Posted by: Neely Tucker
Jason Reynolds, the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, is staging a virtual tour of 13 schools around the country in the first two weeks of December 2020.
Posted in: National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, Writers
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Cary O'Dell at the Library's National Recording Registry runs our Mystery Photo Contest. He recently wrote about readers solving several photos from a September set of pictures. He's back with another round.
Posted in: Mystery Photo Contest, Photos
Posted by: Neely Tucker
After the Union victory at Gettysburg in the Civil War in 1863, President Abraham Lincoln asked the nation set aside the fourth Thursday of November as a national holiday of thanksgiving. Congress made it official in 1870.
Posted in: Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, Music, Rare Book and Special Collections, Thanksgiving, U.S. Presidents
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Applications for the Library's Junior Fellows Summer Internship Program for 2021 are open until November 30. College students are invited to apply.
Posted in: Junior Fellows Program, Washington DC
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Joy Harjo, the first Native American to serve as the U.S. Poet Laureate, will serve a third term in the office, the Librarian of Congress announced today.
Posted in: American Folklife Center, Geography and Maps Division, New Online, U.S. Poet Laureate, Writers
Posted by: Mark Hartsell
Copyright submissions preserve a treasure trove of history that might otherwise be lost.
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The Library's collection of Lynd Ward's works includes a first-edition copy of "Gods' Man," a 1929 wordless novel that is credited as the precursor of the graphic novel.
Posted in: Comics, Rare Book and Special Collections
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The copyright applications for the Statue of Liberty are some of the most famous in the Library's holdings.
Posted in: Copyright, Free to Use and Reuse
Posted by: Neely Tucker
A 1943 Works Progress Administration urges Americans to remember the sacrifices of veterans and vote.
Posted in: World War II