Lin-Manuel Miranda and his production team researched Jonathan Larson's papers at the Library for the new musical, "tick...tick...Boom!" Here's how they did it.
For years, artist Robert Schultz has made creative reuse of historical Civil War-era images, developing photographs from the Library's Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Portraits in the flesh of tree and plant leaves found on former battlefields. It turned out so well that the Library has acquired some of his art.
American Indians walked the land where the nation's capital city now stands long before Europeans arrived. Local historian Armand Lione shares that history when he talks about his research, much of which is conducted at the Library of Congress.
John Y. Cole is the historian of the Library of Congress and the former director of the Library's Center for the Book. He began working at the Library in 1966 and is retiring this month.
Author Nelson Johnson, a former lawyer and judge in New Jersey, used the Library's collections to inform his bestselling "Boardwalk Empire," turned into a hit HBO series; and his new historical novel about Clarence Darrow, "Darrow's Nightmare."
All 23 sets of presidential papers held by the Library, a total of more than 3.3 million images, now are available and searchable online, an accomplishment more than two decades in the making.
During Public Service Recognition Week 2021, we're recognizing some of the unique people who make the Library special. Shannon Gorrell is senior clinical manager in the Health Services Division.
In this My Job feature, the Library's Maurice Carter talks about keeping the Library's loading docks working during the pandemic...and singing at Madison Square Garden.