The Library today announced a new, multiyear initiative to connect more deeply with Black, Hispanic, Indigenous and other minority communities by expanding its collections, using technology to enable storytelling and offering more internship and fellowship opportunities, supported by a $15 million investment from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
The Library of Congress houses a multitude of papers, blueprints, recordings, drawings, images and artifacts that document the dazzling era of American invention, from the 1850s to the 1910s.
Thomas Jefferson, future president, designed a macaroni-making machine, one of his many inventions drawn and described in his papers at the Library of Congress.
The Library's latest crowdsourcing project is the papers of Alan Lomax, whose legendary field recordings documented much of American folk music, most notably the blues.
The Library's Science, Technology and Business Division hosted the art quilt display, "Inspired by Endangered Species: Animals and Plants in Fabric Perspectives," putting an array of brilliantly colored quilts on display.
Kellie Taylor is the Library’s first-ever Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator. The fellowship program appoints accomplished K–12 teachers of science, technology, engineering and mathematics — the STEM fields — to collaborate with federal agencies and congressional offices in advancing STEM education across the country. Taylor has a doctorate in educational technology from Boise State University. She …
Myles Zhang, a senior at Columbia University, used maps from the Library of Congress to build animation showing the growth of New York City from 1609 to today.
