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Posted by: Erin Allen
The file boxes of Charles and Ray Eames yielded all sorts of eclectic items to archivists processing the collection at the Library of Congress – a letter from Georgia O’Keefe in this one, a receipt for a Moroccan robe in that one, printed butterflies in another. Buried in one carton, senior archives technician Tracey Barton …
Posted in: Audiovisual, Blogging, Collections, Curators, Exhibitions, History, Preservation
Posted by: Erin Allen
This Thursday and Friday, the Library of Congress is hosting a special “Celebration of Mexico” to honor the culture and history of Hispanic Americans and highlight the Library’s collection of Hispanic materials, which is the largest in the world. During the event, the Library will present the world premiere of the oldest-known documentary footage of …
Posted in: Audiovisual, Collections, Curators, Events, History, Preservation, Uncategorized, Video
Posted by: Erin Allen
Today we welcome the newest member of the Library of Congress blogosphere: Folklife Today, a new blog produced by the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. AFC has one of the largest archives in the world relating to traditional folk culture. The center’s team of bloggers will be posting regularly with interesting information about its …
Posted in: Blogging, Collections, Curators, Folksonomies, LC Web site, Social Media, Uncategorized
Posted by: Jennifer Gavin
The Library of Congress National Book Festival is just hours away! It’s free … it’s open to the public on the National Mall … and it’s got fun and fascination for readers of all ages and tastes. No fewer than 112 stellar authors – historians, novelists, children’s and teens’ authors, poets, biographers, illustrators and graphic …
Posted in: Books, Capitol Hill, Collections, Copyright, Curators, Education, Events, LC Web site, Libraries, Maps, Music, National Book Festival, Poetry, Preservation, Uncategorized, Washington DC
Posted by: Jennifer Gavin
With the Library of Congress National Book Festival just days away (it’s a week from this weekend, Saturday, Sept. 21 and Sunday, Sept. 22, free of charge on the National Mall) we have a lot to share in addition to more than 100 best-selling authors for readers of all ages. One of the great stops …
Posted in: Books, Capitol Hill, Civil War, Collections, Concerts, Copyright, Curators, Education, Events, Law Library, LC Web site, Libraries, Maps, Music, National Book Festival, Newspapers, Photos, Preservation, Social Media, Technology, Veterans History Project, Washington DC
Posted by: Jennifer Gavin
Celebrants observing the 50thanniversary of the March on Washington should not miss special displays of artifacts, treasures and a talk by Congressman John Lewis on Wednesday, Aug. 28, all at the Library of Congress and all free and open to the public. Opening that day is the Library’s photo exhibition, “A Day Like No Other, …
Posted in: Audiovisual, Capitol Hill, Collections, Congress, Copyright, Curators, Education, Events, Exhibitions, History, Law Library, LC Web site, Manuscripts, Music, News, Photos, Thomas Jefferson Building, Uncategorized, Washington DC
Posted by: Erin Allen
(The following is an interview from the July-August 2013 edition of the Library of Congress Magazine, LCM. You can read the issue in its entirety here.) Adrienne Cannon, African American history and culture specialist for the Manuscript Division, discusses the scope of the Library’s civil rights collections. When did the Library of Congress begin collecting …
Posted in: Civil Rights, Collections, Curators, History, Manuscripts
Posted by: Erin Allen
(The following is an interview from the May-June 2013 edition of the Library of Congress Magazine, LCM.) Martha Kennedy, curator of “The Gibson Girl’s America: Drawings By Charles Dana Gibson,” discusses illustration art with Richard Kelly, curator of his collection of American illustration. Martha Kennedy: You have developed a remarkable collection of illustration art along …
Posted in: Collections, Curators, Exhibitions