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Women’s History Month: Latinas!
The is a guest post by Hispanic Division Huntington Fellows Maria Guadalupe Partida, Herman Luis Chavez, and reference librarian Maria Thurber. Images used clockwise from top left – El Dia...
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Another Little Piece: A New Way to Study Medieval Manuscript Fragments
This is a guest post by Marianna Stell, a reference assistant, Rare Book and Special Collections Division. When most of us think of Janis Joplin’s hit song “Piece of My Heart,” it’s her raspy voice...
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Researcher Story: Kimberly Hamlin
Kimberly Hamlin. Photo courtesy of the author. Kimberly Hamlin is a history professor at Miami University in Ohio and a distinguished lecturer for the Organization of American Historians. She...
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The 2020 Class of the National Recording Registry: A New “Rhythm Nation”
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View ArticleKermit! On Fame, Fortune and the 2020 National Recording Registry
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Library Photographer Carol Highsmith: Documenting the Nation’s Beauty and...
Yardi Gras in New Orleans, replacing Mardi Gras during COVID. Photo: Carol Highsmith. Prints and Photographs Division. This is a guest post by María Peña, a public relations strategist in the Library’s...
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New Book Draws on the Library’s Bob Hope Collection
Bob Hope and his USO troupe visiting a hospital ward in the South Pacific (from left) Tony Romano, Jerry Colonna, Bob Hope, Patty Thomas, and Frances Langford, 1944. Bob Hope Collection. This is a...
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Jason Reynolds: Grab the Mic April Newsletter.
It’s April, which means it’s … NATIONAL POETRY MONTH! Honestly, this might be my favorite month of the year besides February, and July. Oh, and there’s December, which is my birthday month. And there’s...
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More Jazz, More Mingus? The Library Has It
The following is a guest post by Music Division archivist Dr. Stephanie Akau; it originally appeared on the In the Muse blog. Charles Mingus, circa early 1950s. Photo: Not known. Music Division. The...
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Prince Philip at the Library of Congress
Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh and husband of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, died on Friday at Windsor Castle in England. Prior to her ascension to the throne, then-Princess Elizabeth...
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Medieval Pandemic Cures That Were…Medieval
Illustration from “Herbarium.” Rome, 1481. Rare Book and Special Collections Division. This intriguing look into the medical practices of Europe some 600 years ago was written by Andrew Gaudio, a...
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Russell Lee’s Look at America
“Secondhand Tires for Sale,” a photograph by Russell Lee. Prints and Photographs Division. This is a guest post by Leah Knobel, a public affairs specialist in the Office of Communications. Russell...
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Season Two of “America Works” Podcast Launched
This guest post by John Fenn, head of research and programs at the American Folklife Center, originally appeared on the center’s “Folklife Today” blog. The Library’s American Folklife Center continues...
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African American Genealogy: Searching for Yesterday
The author’s family, 1922, in Clarke County, Miss. This is a guest post by Ahmed Johnson, a reference librarian in Researcher and Reference Services. When people ask me what sparked my interest in...
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Mystery Photo Contest: Nearing the End!
Cary O’Dell at the Library’s National Recording Registry runs our Mystery Photo Contest. He’s back with a batch of our toughest cold cases. Regular readers know of our (thankfully shrinking!)...
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Library’s Preservation Team Starts Blog
The following guest post is by Jacob Nadal, Director for Preservation. Today we are launching a new blog covering preservation at the Library, Guardians of Memory. You will hear from preservation...
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The Path to Nirvana, from an 18th Century Buddhist Carving
The top of the 31 levels of existence, as seen on the cosmography. Photo: John Hessler. Geography and Map Division. This is a guest post by John Hessler, a specialist in the Library’s Geography and...
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Jason Reynolds: Grab the Mic Newsletter, May Edition
This is a guest post by Jason Reynolds, the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. His most recent piece ran in April. A question I get all the time—like, all the time—is, “Jason, are you...
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Librarian Carla Hayden: Public Service Recognition Week
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George Willeman, at Home with (Old, Highly Flammable) Movies
George Willeman in the film vaults Photo: Shawn Miller. It’s Public Service Recognition Week, so we caught up with George Willeman, leader of the nitrate film vaults at the Packard Campus of the...
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