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Meet our Librarian-in Residence!

Posted by: Karen Fishman

This is a guest post by Amanda Jenkins, Librarian-in-Residence, in the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. Last November, I received an email about a new program being offered by the Library of Congress: the Librarians-in-Residence program. My library and information science program at the University of Iowa sent out emails like this frequently—of …

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Voices of the Great Migration

Posted by: Karen Fishman

This is a guest post by Tenesha Hare and Jasmyne Post, 2018 summer interns with the Junior Fellows Program in the Library’s Recorded Sound Section. Tenesha is a senior at the University of South Carolina, Aiken, studying Political Science with a concentration in Government and Public Relations. Jasmyne is a sophomore at the University of Louisville, majoring …

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At the Packard Campus Theater — August 2018

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

Spanning ninety years, the August schedule for The Library of Congress Packard Campus Theater in Culpeper features star-studded dramatic classics on the National Film Registry (Joan Crawford in Mildred Pierce, Lana Turner in Imitation of Life and Bette Davis in Now, Voyager); a recent restoration of the 1922 Marion Davies historical romance When Knighthood was …

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Bob Hope Collection Update

Posted by: Karen Fishman

The following is a guest post by David Jackson, Archivist, Bob Hope Collection, Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation. I’m entering the home stretch of my project to process the manuscript materials in the Bob Hope Collection and wanted to present a brief look at what’s now available for researchers. Processed material has been entered …

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Talking Baseball and America with the Spirit of Studs Terkel

Posted by: Bryan Cornell

  In conjunction with the Library of Congress’s new Baseball Americana, opening June 29th, this special event explores the intersection of the Library, the Studs Terkel Radio Archive and baseball. The collaboration is an outgrowth of the Library’s work to digitize Studs’ radio programs spanning his 45-year broadcast career. Filmmaker John Sayles, actor David Strathairn, …

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A Report from Mostly Lost 7: Help Us Identify These Films!

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

The following is a guest post from Rachel Parker, a Processing Technician in the Moving Image Section.  We’re in the second full day of screenings at the seventh edition of the Mostly Lost Film Identification Workshop, our annual gathering of film archivists, scholars, students, and anyone else with even a passing interest in film and/or …

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At the Packard Campus–July 2018

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

The Library of Congress Packard Campus Theater in Culpeper celebrates the season with Summer Matinees every Saturday in July. Although geared toward families, the G and PG rated films (Space Jam, Lilo & Stitch, Oliver and Company and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory) can be enjoyed by everyone. In addition to 2 pm screenings, …