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Posted by: Neely Tucker
Cary O'Dell at the Library's National Recording Registry is the maestro of our ever-popular Mystery Photo Contest, and he's back with another entry.
Posted in: Film, Music, National Recording Registry, Photos
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The will of Claudia Smith Izard, written in 1854, is an uneasy mixture of women's rights and slave-owning sentiments.
Posted in: Civil War, Manuscripts
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Ryan Semmes, an associate professor at Mississippi State University and archivist at the university's Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library, is researching Grant's presidential policies at the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Civil War, Manuscripts, Researcher Stories
Posted by: Neely Tucker
"The Life and Activities of Shakyamuni Buddha Incarnate," published under the Ming Emperor Chenghua (who reigned from 1465 to 1487), was recently added online to the Library's Chinese Rare Book Digital Collection.
Posted in: Pic of the Week
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The Library's Cataloging in Publication database is updated for the first time in 16 years.
Posted in: Cataloging
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The LIbrary opened "Shall Not Be Denied," a yearlong exhibit, on June 4, 2019, 100 years after the U.S. Senate ratified the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote.
Posted in: Capitol Hill, Exhibitions, Today in History
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Library experts explain how they built the extensive "D-Day Story Map."
Posted in: American Folklife Center, Today in History, World War II
Posted by: Neely Tucker
This is a guest post written by Kate Zwaard, Director of Digital Strategy. A professor from California, an entrepreneur from Boston, an author from New York, and a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire all walk into a library… Sounds like the start of a joke, right? Instead, it’s some exciting news …
Posted in: Events
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Dwight D. Eisenhower's Gettysburg farmhouse served as his "temporary White House" during his two terms as president.
Posted in: World War II