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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: 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: Lewis Wyman
On Thursday, May 14, from 6:00 to 7:00 PM in the Hispanic Reading Room, LJ-240, Lori Carlson-Hijuelos will be interviewed about her new memoir, A Writing Marriage (2026), reflecting on her life with the Pulitzer-Prize winning writer Oscar Hijuelos (1951-2013), whose personal papers are preserved in the Manuscript Division.
Posted in: Events, Hispanic and Latino History, International History
Posted by: Julie Miller
Join Brooke Newman of Virginia Commonwealth University to discuss her new book, The Crown’s Silence: The Hidden History of the British Monarchy and Slavery in the Americas at a virtual Made at the Library event sponsored by the Manuscript Division.
Posted in: African American History, Early America, Events
Posted by: Ryan Reft
Join Manuscript Division historian Ryan Reft and reference librarian Kristen Reichenbach for a discussion with historian Emily Dufton and Dr. Jerome Jaffe for a discussion about the nation’s drug addiction treatment policy.
Posted in: Events, Politics, Science and Technology
Posted by: Josh Levy
Learn about the emergence of Washington, D.C. as a scientific city, the pioneering anthropology of Anita Newcomb McGee, and the scientific advocacy of astronomer Simon Newcomb in a conversation with historian and author Vincent Femia on his recent scholarship and research in the Manuscript Division.
Posted in: Events, Science and Technology, Women's & Gender History
Posted by: Josh Levy
Join us in person for a “Made at the Library” film screening of “Outsider. Freud” (2025) and conversation with filmmaker Yair Qedar. Qedar takes the viewer on a journey into the life and work of Sigmund Freud, set in four acts and combining animation, dreams, and insights from leading psychoanalysts incorporating the Library’s Sigmund Freud Papers and other collections.
Posted in: Events, Science and Technology
Posted by: Elizabeth Novara
Learn about undercover detective Jane Tucker, alias Agnes Parker, in a conversation with author Elizabeth A. DeWolfe about her book and her research in the Manuscript Division.
Posted in: Events, Women's & Gender History
Posted by: Josh Levy
Join us in person for a “Made at the Library” film screening of “Outsider. Freud” (2025) and conversation with filmmaker Yair Qedar. Qedar takes the viewer on a journey into the life and work of Sigmund Freud, set in four acts and combining animation, dreams, and insights from leading psychoanalysts incorporating the Library’s Sigmund Freud Papers and other collections.
Posted in: Events, International History, Science and Technology