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Posted by: Neely Tucker
The Library's original manuscript copy of George Gershwin's iconic "Rhapsody in Blue," with handwritten notations, is now on line.
Posted in: Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, Manuscripts, Music, New Online
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Joy Harjo, the first Native American to serve as the U.S. Poet Laureate, will serve a third term in the office, the Librarian of Congress announced today.
Posted in: American Folklife Center, Geography and Maps Division, New Online, U.S. Poet Laureate, Writers
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The William Howard Taft papers are the largest of the Manuscript Division’s 23 presidential collections, comprising approximately 676,000 documents covering his personal life and public career. Among them lies the heartbreaking tale of the death of Maj. Archie Butt, his beloved friend and aide, in the sinking of the Titanic.
Posted in: Manuscripts, New Online, U.S. Presidents
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The Library invites you to contribute photographic and graphic art images to the Flickr group called “COVID-19 American Experiences.” Library curators will review submissions and select images to add to the group and to preserve in our permanent collections.
Posted in: COVID-19, Influeza/Covid-19, New Online, Photos
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The Library launches a new podcast, "America Works," with interviews of workers across the nation talking about their jobs and their lives.
Posted in: American Folklife Center, New Online, Podcasts
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Newly colorized photographs from the 1963 March on Washington show the historic day in a new light.
Posted in: African American History, New Online, Photos, Researcher Stories, Today in History, Washington DC
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The 2020 National Book Festival will be entirely online this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Two of the Library's Junior Fellows worked in the Signature Programs Office this summer to put previous events online, too.
Posted in: National Book Festival, New Online
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Some of the most sought-after materials in the Library's North Korean periodicals collection are now online. It's a slice of the Asian Division's holdings in what is one of the world's largest repositories of North Korean publications.
Posted in: New Online
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The Library features new coloring pages adapted from our collections, adding to the growing number of family activities on offer since Covid-19.
Posted in: Education, Influeza/Covid-19, Kids, National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, New Online, Thomas Jefferson Building