2020 | Timeless

Library collections preserve photos taken by George S. Patton, the brilliant World War II commander on campaigns through North Africa and Europe. His family donated his papers to the Library after his death in 1945.

Posted in: World War II

World War II: Voices of War

July 1, 2020

Posted by: Mark Hartsell

Diaries, letters and oral histories reveal the hardships and heartbreak of wartime service. They're captured in the Library's Veterans History Project.

Posted in: Veterans History Project, World War II

Reading Music in Braille

April 9, 2020

Posted by: Mark Hartsell

Braille music collections at the National Library Service help blind or visually impaired musicians pursue their work and passions.

Posted in: LCM, National Library Service (NLS)

Garth Brooks: Live at the Library

March 5, 2020

Posted by: Mark Hartsell

Garth Brooks and wife Trisha Yearwood, herself a country star and a celebrity chef, came to the Library's Coolidge Auditorium to talk with Librarian Carla Hayden about love, food, music and his receiving the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.

Posted in: Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, Music

Love Letters Straight to Your Heart

February 13, 2020

Posted by: Mark Hartsell

Love letters dot the Library of Congress's collections — centuries of devotion, passion, longing, regret and heartbreak put down on paper.

Posted in: Civil War, Manuscripts, U.S. Presidents, Veterans History Project, World War II

‘Lost Girls’ Artwork from the Holocaust

January 15, 2020

Posted by: Mark Hartsell

A small collection in the Library’s Manuscript Division preserves drawings created by children who survived Nazi concentration camps during World War II.

Posted in: Holocaust, Jewish American History, Women's History, World War II

Archive: 2020 (8 Posts)