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Posted by: Neely Tucker
Wanda Whitney, the Library's Head of History and Genealogy, Researcher and Reference Services, tells how readers can use the Library's collections to research the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921.
Posted in: African American History
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Roman Totenberg's papers at the Library tell the story of his amazing 101-year life. Born in Poland in 1911, he was a child prodigy on the violin, playing street corners in Russia to help his family survive famine. He returned to Poland, became a star while a teenager, eventually fled the Holocaust and became one of the 20th century's greatest violinists, living the rest of his life in the United States. He was as renowned as a teacher as he was a performer, and his three children -- Nina, Amy, Jill -- each went on to prominent careers.
Posted in: Holocaust, Jewish American History, Music, World War II
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The Library marks Asian/Pacific American Heritage month with a report on the Rock Springs Massacre of Chinese mine workers in Wyoming in 1885.
Posted in: Asian American History
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Russell Maret, a New York-based book artist and private press-printer based in New York City, writes a short essay about the art, craft and magic of transforming blank sheets of paper into a book, a process that can "transform the world."
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Herencia, the Library's Spanish-Language crowdsourcing project, wraps up a very successful first year, with more than 800 volunteers transcribing rare documents from a unique Law Library collection.
Posted in: By the People, Herencia
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Art and handcrafted books of the fine press movement have produced wildly innovative takes on traditional printing and book production. The Library's Rare Book and Special Collections Division collects modern takes on t what a "book" might actually be.
Posted in: Books, Rare Book and Special Collections
Posted by: Neely Tucker
U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo has edited a new anthology of poems, "Living Nations, Living Words," a companion volume to ongoing project at the Library to bring Native poets into mainstream cultural conversations.
Posted in: Native Americans, U.S. Poet Laureate, Writers
Posted by: Neely Tucker
DC Chief Creative Officer and Publisher Jim Lee joins a conversation about superheroes and publishing for Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month.
Posted in: Asian American, Comics, National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, Writers
Posted by: Neely Tucker
George Willeman is the leader of the nitrate film vaults at the Library of Congress Packard Campus. Here, he tells about lost and nearly lost films he's discovered and helped preserve.
Posted in: Audiovisual, My Job, Preservation, Preservation and Conservation