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Posted by: Erin Allen
“‘Le jour de l’an,’ as the French call the first day of January, is indeed the principal day of the year to those who still keep up the custom of calling and receiving calls. But in New York it is a custom which is in danger of falling into desuetude, owing to the size of …
Posted in: Books, Collections, LC Web site, Music
Posted by: John Sayers
In celebration of the release of the 10 millionth page of Chronicling America, our free, online searchable database of historical U.S. newspapers, the reference librarians in our Serials & Government Publications Division have selected some interesting subjects and articles from the archives. We’ve been sharing them in a series of Throwback Thursday #TBT blog posts. …
Posted in: Collections, History, LC Web site, Newspapers
Posted by: Erin Allen
Today we welcome the newest member of the Library’s blog family. World’s Revealed: Geography & Maps at the Library of Congress will highlight cartographic objects from the Library’s collections that “sometimes go beyond what usually ends up in exhibits and in textbooks and bring to the forefront uncataloged objects that have never before been placed online.” The …
Posted in: Blogging, Collections, Congress Blogs, Curators, Education, LC Web site, Maps
Posted by: John Sayers
In celebration of the release of the 10 millionth page of Chronicling America, our free, online searchable database of historical U.S. newspapers, the reference librarians in our Serials & Government Publications Division have selected some interesting subjects and articles from the archives. We’ve been sharing them in a series of Throwback Thursday #TBT blog posts. …
Posted in: Collections, History, LC Web site, Newspapers
Posted by: Erin Allen
The following is an article, written by Jennifer Gavin of the Library’s Office of Communications, for the September/October 2015 issue of the Library of Congress Magazine, LCM. You can read the issue in its entirety here.) The Library of Congress promotes the pleasure and power of reading. Thomas Jefferson famously stated, “I cannot live without …
Posted in: Books, Capitol Hill, Collections, Education, LC Web site, Libraries, National Book Festival, Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington DC
Posted by: Jennifer Gavin
To read a poem is a quiet joy. To read some authors’ prose is as wonderful as reading a poem. It’s just the poet, or the writer, and you. Right there, in black and white. What could be better? How about hearing it “in color” as a poet or author reads to you from his …
Posted in: Audiovisual, Capitol Hill, Collections, History, LC Web site, Poetry, Preservation, Technology, Washington DC
Posted by: John Sayers
The following post, written by Peter Armenti, was originally published on the blog From the Catbird Seat: Poetry & Literature at the Library of Congress. In 2001, the then U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins launched the online poetry project Poetry 180 as a way to introduce American high school students to contemporary poetry. Poetry 180 quickly …
Posted in: LC Web site, Poetry, Social Media
Posted by: Jennifer Gavin
The nation and the world are mourning the passing of civil-rights activist Julian Bond, who died on Saturday in Florida at age 75. Brought up in an intellectual family, he was a skinny, witty, articulate young man when he helped found the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, or SNCC, in 1960, traveling around the south to …
Posted in: American Folklife Center, Collections, Congress, Education, Exhibitions, LC Web site, Manuscripts, Poetry
Posted by: Erin Allen
Today’s post has been written by Logan Tapscott, one of 36 college students participating in the Library of Congress 2015 Junior Fellows Summer Intern Program. Tapscott is completing a modified dual degree through the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education: a master of arts degree in public history from Shippensburg University and a masters in …
Posted in: Abraham Lincoln, Blogging, Books, Collections, Education, History, LC Web site, Manuscripts