A Seasonal Perennial: Who Invented Christmas Tree Lights?
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
It's asked every holiday season, so here's your answer one more time: Thomas Edison created the first Christmas tree lights.
Posted in: Science
Archive: 2020 (12 Posts)
My Job: Andrew Huber — Helping Veterans Tell Their Stories
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
Andrew Huber, a liaison specialist in the Veterans History Project, tells what it's like to help veterans tell their stories.
Posted in: My Job, Veterans History Project, World War II
Navigating the Virtual Book Festival
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
An overview of what users can expect at the 20th Library of Congress National Book Festival, all-virtual for the first time in 2020.
Posted in: Books, LC Web site, National Book Festival
My Job: Talia Guzmán-González
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
Reference librarian Talia Guzman-Gonzalez helps connect patrons with the resources they need.
Posted in: My Job
How Will We Remember COVID-19?
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
The Library is amassing a vast collection of materials that document the COVID-19 pandemic, including the award-winning photography of Camilo Vergara.
Posted in: Influeza/Covid-19, Photos, Preservation
Erik Larson: True Tales from the Library of Congress
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
Bestselling author Erik Larson starts research for many of his books at the Library of Congress. "There's always something of incredible value," he says in this interview.
Posted in: Manuscripts, Newspapers, Researcher Stories
Writing African Americans into the Story
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
Jesse Holland wears a lot of different hats: he’s an award-winning political journalist, he’s a television host, he’s a professor and he’s a comics aficionado — he wrote the first novel about the Black Panther for Marvel in 2018. African American history is yet another of his passions — in particular documenting long-overlooked contributions of …
Posted in: African American History, Civil Rights, Civil War, Exhibitions, Kluge Center, Researcher Stories
“Dearest Lenny”: Leonard Bernstein’s Love Letters from Japan
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
For pretty much all her life, Mari Yoshihara has had one foot in the United States and the other in Japan: She was born in New York City, raised in Tokyo. She earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Tokyo, then an M.A. and a Ph.D. from Brown University. Her career as an academic …
Posted in: Collections, Music, Researcher Stories
A President and a King, George Washington and King George III, in a Dangerous Year
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
This is a guest post by Julie Miller, a historian in the Library’s Manuscript Division. For both George Washington and King George III of England, the summer of 1788 began a year shaped by illness and worry. Even though the sources of their troubles differed, each George had reason to look anxiously across the Atlantic. …
Posted in: Manuscripts, Today in History, U.S. Presidents