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Posted by: Ryan Reft
From May through September 1971, the nation endured rising inflation, witnessed widespread anti-Vietnam War protests, and heard controversial Supreme Court cases. Join Journalist John Jenkins as he discusses this tumultuous period in his new book, Summer of ’71: Five Months that Changed America.
Posted by: Michelle Krowl
Future president Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) suffered a double tragedy in February 1884, which he poignantly recorded in his pocket diary. Now, for the first time, full color, high-resolution images of this famous diary are available on the Library of Congress website.
Posted by: Josh Levy
In 1996, psychiatrist Alvin Poussaint produced a television program about a youth soccer team that explored themes of teamwork, empathy, conflict resolution, and coping with frustration.
Posted in: African American History, Literature Culture & the Arts, Science and Technology, Sports
Posted by: Josh Levy
Join Jane Aikin as she discusses her latest publication with John Cole, historian of the Library of Congress and Cheryl Fox, curator of the Library of Congress Archives collection in the Manuscript Division.
Posted in: Events, Library of Congress History
Posted by: Andrea J. Briggs
The richly colored illustrations and handwritten text in Jacob Stauffer’s manuscript book “Sketches of Insects” reflect his decades of observing some of the smallest inhabitants of the natural world.
Posted in: Animals, Diaries, Science and Technology