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Posted by: Erin Allen
(The following is a guest post written by Kaleena Black, program manager for the 2016 Junior Fellows Summer Intern Program.) Are you thinking about applying to the Library of Congress Junior Fellows Summer Intern Program, but aren’t quite sure? The program is a 10-week paid fellowship for undergraduate and graduate students who will work full-time …
Posted in: Capitol Hill, Education
Posted by: Erin Allen
Luthier John Montgomery inspects the strings on the 1697 “Castelbarco” cello made by Cremonese master Antonio Stradivari, one of five Stradivari instruments originally donated to the Library by Gertrude Clarke Whittall in 1935. According to her bequest, the instruments would be played from time to time, as they were intended. To that end, she established …
Posted in: Capitol Hill, Collections, Music, Photos, Pic of the Week, Washington DC
Posted by: Erin Allen
Staff from A&E Networks’ HISTORY stopped by the Library this week to donate interviews from some of our nation’s oldest World War II veterans — specifically those who witnessed the attack on Pearl Harbor. On the eve of the attack’s anniversary, these stories offer meaningful testimony to the American entry into World War II. These 25 …
Posted in: Capitol Hill, Collections, Events, History, Photos, Pic of the Week, Veterans History Project, Washington DC
Posted by: Erin Allen
The month of October continued to see the arrival of Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden in the news. Featured on the cover of Library Journal, Hayden sat down with the magazine to outline her vision for the Library. Her underlying agenda, noted reporter Meredith Schwartz, is to “make LC the library of the American people, …
Posted in: Audiovisual, Capitol Hill, Collections, Events, News, Newspapers, Thomas Jefferson Building, Video, Washington DC
Posted by: Erin Allen
Last Monday, the Library of Congress welcomed thousands of visitors into its Main Reading Room for the twice-yearly open house. New this year was an open house a few miles down the road at the Library’s Packard Campus for Audio-Visual Preservation, where the free tour tickets quickly “sold out” on Eventbrite in advance of the …
Posted in: Abraham Lincoln, Capitol Hill, Education, Events, Photos, Pic of the Week, Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington DC
Posted by: Erin Allen
(The following is an article in the September/October 2016 issue of the Library of Congress Magazine, LCM. The article was written by Fenella France, chief of the Library’s Preservation, Research and Testing Division.) Technological advancements have made it possible for the Library to put several rare maps on long-term display. Preserving and making the Library’s …
Posted in: Capitol Hill, Collections, Curators, Exhibitions, LCM, Maps, Science, Technology, Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington DC
Posted by: Erin Allen
In case you missed it, the Library of Congress has a new Librarian of Congress, who made headlines throughout the month of September. In addition to being named Fox News Sunday Power Play of the Week, Carla Hayden spoke with several outlets, including USA Today, The Washington Post, The Guardian, NBC, NPR, CBS, The New …
Posted in: Books, Capitol Hill, Collections, Congress, Events, Libraries, National Book Festival, News, Newspapers, Washington DC
Posted by: Erin Allen
To say that Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden is all smiles, excitement and curiosity is an understatement. On her first official day in office last Thursday, her inquisitiveness and thirst for all things was almost palpable. Hayden began her day with a meeting on the National Book Festival. “This is so exciting,” she said, a …
Posted in: Capitol Hill, Collections, Congress, Curators, Education, History, Manuscripts, Maps, Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington DC
Posted by: Erin Allen
Library of Congress employees gathered for a photo op to share today to welcome 14th Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden on her first official day at the institution. Posing for photos were staff from the Library’s main campus on Capitol Hill, Taylor Street Annex in Northwest D.C. (which is home to the National Library Service …
Posted in: Capitol Hill, Photos, Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington DC