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Posted by: Neely Tucker
A 529-year-old Jewish religious text is discovered in the Library's collections, just in time for Eric Lander, the new director of the White House Office of Science and Technology, to use it in his swearing-in ceremony.
Posted in: Jewish American History, Rare Book and Special Collections
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Mark Twain made his name on the lecture circuit with a talk about his work as a newspaper correspondent in Hawaii, then known as the Sandwich Islands.
Posted in: Newspapers, Rare Book and Special Collections, Writers
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
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.
Posted in: Abraham Lincoln, LCM, Library Work and Employees, Manuscripts, New Online, U.S. Presidents
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
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.
Posted in: Library Work and Employees, My Job
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: Wendi Maloney
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.
Posted in: Library Work and Employees, My Job
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."