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Posted by: Gayle Osterberg
It has been a busy first two weeks for the Poet Laureate, Natasha Trethewey, who is working this spring from the Library of Congress Poetry and Literature Center – a first for a laureate. She visited with fellow poet Richard Blanco about his poem “One Today”, which he read at Barack Obama’s second presidential inauguration. …
Posted in: Capitol Hill, Poetry
Posted by: Erin Allen
Today, the Library of Congress joined 12 other government agencies and non-governmental organizations in signing a “Declaration of Learning” that formally announces their partnership as members of the Inter-Agency Collaboration on Education. The initiative is spearheaded by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who joined representatives at the signing ceremony in the Diplomatic Reception Rooms …
Posted in: Capitol Hill, Collections, Education, Events, LC Web site, Libraries, News, Technology, Washington DC
Posted by: Erin Allen
The Library of Congress holds the papers of 23 U.S. presidents, from George Washington to Calvin Coolidge. These collections, housed in the Manuscript Division—and the Library’s holdings in other formats such as rare books, photographs, films, sound recordings, sheet music and maps—inform us about the time and tenor of each of their administrations. Unique to …
Posted in: Abraham Lincoln, Capitol Hill, Collections, Congress, Events, History, Manuscripts, Today in History, Uncategorized, Washington DC
Posted by: Erin Allen
President Barack Obama next week will again take the oath of office on the Bible, drawn from the Library of Congress collections, that President Abraham Lincoln used at his first inauguration more than 150 years ago. Obama took the oath on the Lincoln Bible at his first inauguration, in 2009. On Monday, the small, burgundy …
Posted in: Abraham Lincoln, Books, Capitol Hill, Collections, Congress, Events, Manuscripts, News, Washington DC
Posted by: Jennifer Gavin
On Thursday evening, a very nice gift was given, and received, in an ornate room at the U.S. Department of State. Afghan President Hamid Karzai was the recipient – on behalf of several libraries and research institutions in his nation – of a trove of digitized treasures from the Library of Congress and its associated …
Posted in: Books, Capitol Hill, Collections, Film, Libraries, Manuscripts, Maps, News, Photos, Poetry, Preservation, Uncategorized, Washington DC