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BlogA “Jewell” in the Adams Building: Jewell Mazique Learn a little about one Library of Congress employee who went on to be a civil rights advocate and labor organizer.- Contributor: Terrell, Ellen
- Date: 2024-02-26
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BlogJulia Sand: The Letters to President Arthur, Now Digital The letters of Julia Sand to President Chester A. Arthur have been digitized and are now online.- Contributor: Tucker, Neely
- Date: 2020-05-18
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BlogThe “Historical” Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The following guest post, part of our “Teacher’s Corner” series, is by Rebecca Newland, a Fairfax County Public Schools Librarian and former Teacher in Residence at the Library of Congress. In the Poet’s Corner of Westminster Abbey in London, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is the only non-British writer to be honored with a bust.But how well …- Contributor: Armenti, Peter
- Date: 2016-04-27
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BlogPics of the Week: Honoring Rosa Parks The Library of Congress presented a special program on Tuesday to honor the Howard G. Buffett Foundation for loaning the Rosa Parks Collection to the Library. A special guest was U.S. Rep. John Conyers, who employed Rosa Parks in his Detroit congressional office for 22 years. Conyers described Rosa Parks as a quiet, humble person …
- Contributor: Allen, Erin
- Date: 2015-04-03
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BlogAmerican Ballet Theatre on the Road: Touring Rodeo The following is a guest post from Sophie Benn, one of the Music Division’s Fellows from Case Western Reserve University this past summer. Dance Archivist Libby Smigel introduces her. I’m beginning to believe that every dance historian could benefit from working alongside a dance-loving musicologist. This past summer graduate student Sophie Benn fit that role …- Contributor: Smigel, Libby
- Date: 2017-10-25
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BlogRewriting Novels and Stories as Epic Poems The following guest post, part of our “Teacher’s Corner” series, is by Rebecca Newland, a Fairfax County Public Schools Librarian and former Teacher in Residence at the Library of Congress. Epic poetry is often a regular part of the high school English curriculum. Among the epic poems most frequently taught in classrooms are Homer’s Greek …
- Contributor: Armenti, Peter
- Date: 2017-03-29
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BlogLights, Camera, Action in Culpeper There are almost as many different ways to watch movies today as there are movies themselves: on television (broadcast, cable, satellite, video on-demand, DVR), on disc (DVD or BluRay, at home or on the road), or in digital version on countless varieties of portable devices. But can anything truly top the experience of watching a …
- Contributor: Raymond, Matt
- Date: 2008-08-26
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BlogJoseph Lamb: an Unlikely Ragtime Giant Processing Technician Pam Murrell shines light on the surprisingly ordinary life of a man who would be deemed one of the extraordinary classical composers of syncopated rhythm.
- Contributor: Stevens-Garmon, Morgen
- Date: 2021-06-07
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BlogThe Geography of Copyright Registrations: A Look at How Registration Differs Across the Country On September 11, the U.S. Copyright Office released a report, The Geography of Copyright Registrations. The report examines the geographic distribution of copyright claims registered by individuals and organizations within the United States using a dataset compiled by the Office of the Chief Economist. The purpose of this report is to better recognize how patterns …- Contributor: Tucker, Ashley
- Date: 2024-10-29
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BlogFive Questions with Jennifer Cutting The following is a guest post by Jennifer Cutting. The “Five Questions” interview was performed by Danna Bell, from the Library of Congress’s Educational Outreach office. A shorter version of her answers is available at their blog, Teaching with the Library of Congress. Describe what you do at the Library of Congress and the materials …- Contributor: Winick, Stephen
- Date: 2016-08-16
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BlogMaria Tallchief: Osage Prima Ballerina “Onstage, she looks as regal and exotic as a Russian princess; offstage, she is as American as wampum and apple pie,” cheered TIME magazine about prima ballerina Maria Tallchief in 1951. One of the most celebrated Native American women of the 20th century, Tallchief was the first American dancer in the history of ballet to earn …- Contributor: Thomas, Heather
- Date: 2019-11-19
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BlogDu Bois in Paris – Exposition Universelle, 1900 What can your students discover about W.E.B. DuBois and the Paris exposition- Contributor: Bell, Danna
- Date: 2020-02-27
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BlogThe Last Word: E.L. Doctorow (The following is an article in the July-August 2014 issue of the Library of Congress Magazine, LCM. Award-winning novelist E.L. Doctorow discusses the role of fiction and storytelling. You can read the issue in its entirety here.) The story is the most ancient way of knowing. It preceded writing. It is the world’s first system for collecting …
- Contributor: Allen, Erin
- Date: 2014-08-27
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Blog#ICYMI: Recap of the Copyright Office’s Webinar on Leveling Up Your Copyright Public Records Search On August 1, 2024, the Copyright Office hosted a public webinar, Level Up Your Copyright Public Records Search, sharing ways of searching copyright public records using our pilot of the new Copyright Public Records System (CPRS). CPRS is an easy-to-navigate, highly searchable database with the ability to download, save, email, and share public records such as …- Contributor: Padmanabhan, Anjana
- Date: 2024-08-20
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BlogParliamentary Petitions Move Online in Australia and New Zealand The Australian and New Zealand parliaments now provide the ability to create and sign petitions online. The right to petition the legislature or the government is a feature of various democracies around the world, and the move to online platforms for receiving petitions is an example of the impact of technology on how parliaments engage with the public.- Contributor: Buchanan, Kelly
- Date: 2018-03-20
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BlogKites Rise on the Wind: The Origin of Kites When I was a kid, March signaled kite-flying time. A girl between two boys, I did what my brothers did, and the three of us would go to a large field near our home where kites had less chance of winding up in a tree. We flew diamond shaped kites that my mother favored, or …
- Contributor: Hall, Stephanie
- Date: 2017-03-16
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BlogCivil War Faces – New Additions The following is a guest post by Helena Zinkham, Chief, Prints & Photographs Division. “You know the generals. Now meet the young men who made them famous.” That’s how Tom Liljenquist describes the special collection of rare portrait photographs that he continues to build at the Library of Congress to commemorate the American Civil War. …- Contributor: Finefield, Kristi
- Date: 2012-03-05
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BlogThis Week at the Library: “Pump Up the Volume,” Steven Isserlis & Connie Shih, “In Bach’s Hand,” “Painting Jazz,” and Steve Coleman and Five Elements This Week at the Library: Wednesday, 4/19, 7:00 pm – Bibliodiscotheque Film Screening: Pump Up the Volume (Film) Friday, 4/21, 6:30 pm – Conversation with Steven Isserlis (Interview) Friday, 4/21, 8:00 pm – Steven Isserlis and Connie Shih (Concert) Saturday, 4/22, 11:00 am – #Declassified: “In Bach’s Hand” (Lecture) Saturday, 4/22, 6:30 pm – John Szwed: “Painting …
- Contributor: Plylar, David
- Date: 2017-04-19
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BlogCelebrate GIS Day at the Library of Congress on Wednesday, November 16th! The Library of Congress is proud to celebrate GIS Day, Wednesday November 16th, with a full-day series of talks and discussions highlighting GIS technology, research, resources, and opportunities on Capitol Hill and beyond! The event will kick off at 9am and take place in the room LJ-119 on the First Floor of the Jefferson Building …- Contributor: St. Onge, Tim
- Date: 2016-11-04
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BlogOn the Shelf: Congressional Hearings Well up until the 1960s, when the Class K schedule was completed, Congressional Hearings were classified according to their subject matter, and not necessary as Law.
- Contributor: Lupinacci, Betty
- Date: 2015-12-17
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BlogWeb Archive Management at NYARC: An NDSR Project Update The following is a guest post by Karl-Rainer Blumenthal, National Digital Stewardship Resident at the New York Art Resources Consortium (NYARC). A tipping point from traditional to emergent digital technologies in the regular conduct of art historical scholarship threatens to leave unprepared institutions and their researchers alike in a “digital black hole.” NYARC–the partnership of …- Contributor: Manus, Susan
- Date: 2015-01-09
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BlogThe Suffrage Struggle After The 19th Amendment One hundred years ago today -- August 26, 1920 -- Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby certified that the 19th Amendment had become a part of the U.S. Constitution. It didn't bring the right to vote to most women of color, though.
- Contributor: Tucker, Neely
- Date: 2020-08-26
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BlogLet’s Make Bubbles: Connecting History and STEM Amara L. Alexander, 2019-20 Library of Congress Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator invites students to learn more about the science of bubbles and an important part of United States history using an image from a Japanese internment camp.
- Contributor: Lederle, Cheryl
- Date: 2020-06-16
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