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Posted by: Wendi Maloney
This post by Anne Holmes of the Library’s Poetry and Literature Center was first published on “From the Catbird Seat,” the center’s blog. National Poetry Month is here, and we’re over the moon to announce the release of 50 additional recordings from the Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature, now available to stream online. The …
Posted in: New Online, Poetry
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
Opening day for Major League Baseball took place last week, on March 29—the earliest opening date in MLB history, excepting for special international events. This year’s opening day also marked the first time in 50 years that a full slate of games was scheduled for the first day. The Library of Congress is marking the …
Posted in: Baseball, Collections, Manuscripts, New Online
Posted by: Mark Hartsell
This post draws on the article “Building Black History: A New View of Tubman,” published in the January–February issue of LCM, the Library of Congress Magazine. The issue is available in its entirety online. A remarkable photo album brought two major institutions together to restore and preserve an important piece of American history. Today, the …
Posted in: Civil Rights, Civil War, LCM, New Online, Photos, Preservation, Video, Women's History
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
This is a guest post by Julie Miller, a historian in the Manuscript Division. When the Constitutional Convention met in Philadelphia in 1787, James Madison, then a delegate from Virginia, later fourth president of the United States, took it upon himself to take notes. Later, as documented in the introduction to “Records of the Federal …
Posted in: Collections, Manuscripts, New Online
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
The Library of Congress is delighted to launch online in time for African-American History Month the William A. Gladstone Afro-American Military Collection, consisting of about 500 items. Gladstone was a historian and author of books about black Civil War troops. The collection spans the years 1773 to 1987, with the bulk of the material dating …
Posted in: Civil War, Collections, Manuscripts, New Online
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
This is a guest post by Michelle Krowl, a historian in the Manuscript Division. “There is no wish nearer my heart than that you should become an amiable & intelligent woman,” Senator James Buchanan of Pennsylvania wrote to his niece and ward, Harriet Lane, on February 16, 1842. “You can render yourself very dear to …
Posted in: Collections, Manuscripts, New Online