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Posted by: Mark Hartsell
A shorter version of this story appeared in the July/August edition of the Library of Congress Magazine. The best clues to a person’s character lie right in the palms of their hands. That, at least, is what Nellie Simmons Meier believed. Meier, you see, was one of the world’s foremost practitioners of the “science” of …
Posted in: LCM, Manuscripts, Women's History
Posted by: April Slayton
American singer, rapper and songwriter Lizzo toured the Library's Dayton C. Miller flute collection and played one of the historical flutes during her Washington D.C. concert that week.
Posted in: Collections, Music, Performing Arts
Posted by: Neely Tucker
George Chauncey took to the stage in the Library’s Great Hall last Wednesday night to formally accept the 2022 Kluge Prize for Achievement in the Study of Humanity. It was a black tie event that had an emotional undercurrent that belied both the formal wear of the crowd and the formal nature of academic dinners. …
Posted in: Kluge Center, LGBTQ, Library Work and Employees, Writers
Posted by: Neely Tucker
This is a guest post by Anne McLean, a music specialist in the Music Division. On Sept. 28 — that’s Wednesday — the Music Division partners with Dance Theatre of Harlem and Washington Performing Arts to present a special event saluting a pathbreaking Black artist: “Celebrating Hazel Scott: Pianist, Singer, Actress and Activist.” The evening …
Posted in: African American History, Events, LCM, Music, Women's History
Posted by: Neely Tucker
This is a guest post by Giselle Aviles, a reference librarian in the Hispanic Reading Room of the Latin American, Caribbean and European Division. The Hispanic Reading Room has a new research guide, Interconnecting Worlds: Weaving Community Narratives, Andean Histories & the Library’s Collections. This guide, with resources in English, Spanish and Quechua, facilitates research …
Posted in: Education, Hispanic and Latino, Hispanic Division, Library Work and Employees, Native Americans
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
Ashley Jones is a visual information specialist in the Office of Communications. She designs the Library of Congress Magazine, the Gazette and other publications. Tell us about your background. I grew up in Baltimore County, Maryland. Art has always been a part of my life. I credit my elementary school art teacher with igniting my …
Posted in: LCM, Library Work and Employees, My Job
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Jason Reynolds, the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, is back from summer break. It’s been a long time and I apologize for my absence. But I’ve been writing and reading and thinking, and reading some more, and writing some more. Oh, and sweating. I’ve been doing so much sweating, thanks to the swelter of …
Posted in: National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, Writers
Posted by: John Sayers
A remembrance of a visit by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom to the Library of Congress in 1991.
Posted in: History, News, Photos, Washington DC, Women's History
Posted by: Neely Tucker
New recipients of the Library of Congress Literacy Awards have been announced for 2022.
Posted in: Literacy Awards