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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
Posted by: Laura Kells
Comedy writer Robert Orben’s stockpile of thousands of his jokes, one-liners, and witty patter is a rich resource for those interested in the history of humor in the last half of the twentieth century.
Posted in: Literature Culture & the Arts
Posted by: Ryan Reft
Join us on November 30 for a “Live! at the Library” commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of home rule in Washington, D.C., with a panel discussion on the legacy of home rule moderated by Kojo Nnamdi and featuring journalist Tom Sherwood; The Drum and Spear Bookstore co-founder, Eyes on the Prize documentarian and civil rights activist Judy Richardson; and historians G. Derek Musgrove and Kyla Sommers. A performance by the D.C. Go-Go band Mambo Sauce will follow the panel discussion.
Posted in: African American History, Events, Journalism, Literature Culture & the Arts, Politics
Posted by: Elizabeth Novara
In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, a Library of Congress “Native American Arts” display highlights select Indigenous artists documented in Indian Arts and Crafts Board materials in the Manuscript Division’s Vincent Price Papers.
Posted in: Exhibits, Literature Culture & the Arts, Native American History
Posted by: Laura Kells
A look at an eye-catching vacation photo from the summer of 1887 contained in the F. Holland Day Papers.
Posted in: Literature Culture & the Arts, Of Note
Posted by: Josh Levy
Walt Whitman’s birthday month of May marks the addition of a new Manuscript Division collection in the By the People Walt Whitman Campaign.
Posted in: Civil War, Digital Collections, Literature Culture & the Arts