
The Original Lady Liberty
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The copyright applications for the Statue of Liberty are some of the most famous in the Library's holdings.
Posted in: Copyright, Free to Use and Reuse
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Posted by: Neely Tucker
The copyright applications for the Statue of Liberty are some of the most famous in the Library's holdings.
Posted in: Copyright, Free to Use and Reuse
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Nearly 50,000 title pages that accompanied copyright registrations dating back to the foundation of the country are now online for the first time, featuring works by some of the nation's most famous authors.
Posted in: Copyright, Rare Book and Special Collections
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Nicole Lamberson of the Copyright Office offers fun guidance as to what you can and can't copyright.
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Vaughn de Leath, a singer in the early 20th century known as "Radio Girl" for her pioneering role on the airwaves, also wrote hundreds of songs and a several stage revues.
Posted in: Copyright, Music, Women's History
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
This is a guest post by Flynn Shannon, who interned this summer in the Library’s Communications Office through the Junior Fellows Program. He is a student at Kenyon College, where he is pursuing a degree in classical mathematics with a concentration in scientific computing. The post was first published on “The Signal,” a blog covering …
Posted in: Copyright, Free to Use and Reuse, LC Web site, Social Media, Technology
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
Teachers and filmmakers have long relied on primary sources to make history come alive. Ben West, director, performer and musical theater historian, is also drawn to them—but with a novel purpose. He is using unpublished manuscripts, papers of Broadway authors, copyright records and more to tell the story of the American musical—through a musical. His …
Posted in: Collections, Copyright, Manuscripts, Music, Researcher Stories
Posted by: Mark Hartsell
This is a post in advance of the announcement this week of this year’s selection of motion pictures to be added to the National Film Registry. Director Christopher Nolan, the subject of this post, is a member of the National Film Preservation Board, which advises the Librarian of Congress regarding selections to the registry. Even in the …
Posted in: Copyright, Events, Film, Preservation
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
Mark Twain impersonators routinely don a white suit to evoke the persona of the famous author. But Twain himself did not make a habit of wearing white at all times of the year until very late in his life. He unveiled his signature style on December 7, 1906, at age 71, when he testified about …
Posted in: Collections, Copyright, Photos
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas 54 years ago today. Last month, to much anticipation, historians and the public awaited release by the National Archives of the government’s final records on the investigation into his murder—a law passed in 1992 set October 26, 2017, as the deadline for public disclosure of all assassination-related …
Posted in: Copyright