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Archive: May 2019 (4 Posts)

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Happy Birthday, Bob Hope!

Posted by: Karen Fishman

This is a guest post by Frances Allshouse and Susie Booth, librarian/catalogers in the Moving Image Section. Wednesday, May 29, 2019, would have been Bob Hope’s 116th birthday and we couldn’t let the day go by without a bit of a celebration.  This year, our gift is the recently-formed Bob Hope moving image processing project. …

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Recorded Sound Research at the Library of Congress

Posted by: Karen Fishman

Curious about doing research in the recorded sound collections of the Library of Congress but don’t know where to start? Then this blog post is for you! Here we’ll discuss finding materials in our collections, offer some search strategies, and point out how to get in touch should you have further questions or want to …

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Film Night at the Mary Pickford Theater: Thursday, May 16

Posted by: Karen Fishman

Thursday, May 16, 2019 at 7:00 p. m. Every month, films from the Library’s collection are shown at the Mary Pickford Theater in the James Madison building, ranging from titles newly preserved by the National Audio Visual Conservation Center film lab, classics from the National Film Registry, and lesser known titles worthy of discovery. WHO’S …

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Moving Image Research in the Library of Congress

Posted by: Karen Fishman

Curious about doing research in the moving image collections of the Library of Congress but don’t know where to start? Then this blog post is for you! Here we’ll discuss finding materials in our collections, offer some search strategies, and point out how to get in touch should you have further questions or want to …