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Posted by: Josh Levy
Supplementary items from the Manuscript Division’s Walt Whitman Papers in the Charles E. Feinberg Collection are newly available for transcription through the Library of Congress By the People program.
Posted in: Literature Culture & the Arts
Posted by: Julie Miller
A new agile case exhibit shows off the Manuscript Division’s collection of Mary Oliver Papers.
Posted in: Exhibits, Letters, Literature Culture & the Arts
Posted by: Julie Miller
The earliest surviving poem by Edgar Allan Poe is included in the Ellis & Allan Company Records in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Posted in: Early America, Literature Culture & the Arts
Posted by: Julie Miller
The photographs in the Library of Congress Archives provide a look into the Library throughout the twentieth century. They document visits from authors, politicians, and celebrities as well as Library staff and their work.
Posted in: Behind the Scenes, Literature Culture & the Arts, Science and Technology
Posted by: Andrea J. Briggs
This is a guest blog by Barbara Bair, historian of Literature, Culture, and the Arts in the Manuscript Division. In 1990, author Oscar Hijuelos (1951-2013) became the first Hispanic American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his novel The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love (1989). He later received the Hispanic Heritage Award …
Posted in: Hispanic and Latino History, Literature Culture & the Arts
Posted by: Julie Miller
The newly opened papers of sex therapist and talk show host Ruth Westheimer contain thousands of letters sent by listeners of her radio program and viewers of her television show, providing insight into the sexual frustrations and obsessions of the 1980s. They also document the dynamic rise in popularity of “Dr. Ruth.”
Posted in: Literature Culture & the Arts, Media History, Women's & Gender History
Posted by: Josh Levy
Join Manuscript Division senior archives specialist Laura Kells and author Kurt Jensen as they highlight the work and legacy of film and theater director Rouben Mamoulian and Jensen’s new book, Peerless: Rouben Mamoulian, Hollywood, and Broadway with collection specialist and host Barbara Bair.
Posted in: Events, Literature Culture & the Arts
Posted by: Julie Miller
In honor of Pride Month, the recently acquired personal papers of best-selling Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, essayist, literary critic, and teacher Mary Oliver (1935-2019) are now open to researchers in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Posted in: Letters, Literature Culture & the Arts, Women's & Gender History
Posted by: Josh Levy
In honor of Poetry Month, join professors and coeditors Eric Keenaghan and Rowena Kennedy-Epstein as they discuss their new book The Muriel Rukeyser Era: Selected Prose with Manuscript Division historian Barbara Bair.
Posted in: Events, Literature Culture & the Arts